Loyalty is obviously an alien concept to you, especially where money is involved.

You and Mr Cooke would get along well.

Give it up Paul FFS, you'll enjoy it at York!! Nice to see you've admitted your mistake tho with a name like 'easthullairliebird'

Bless.

Got to be Cookies Dad

As York has more pubs per head than any other place in the UK it seems a fairly sensible move for Cooke to make.

Along with the lack of any grammar...how chuffing hard was that to read/understand??!!!!

That he was, saved our season in 2007. Every chance we'd be in NL1 now playing to crowds of 2500, so will be eternally grateful to Cookie lad for his contributions, meant literally millions to the club in the long-term, quite a deal therefore IMO.

Just remembered, I've still got that 'C is for Cookie' ringtone on my phone, should probably have deleted it by now I guess.

Damn...just reminded me I have that 'Where's your Cookie Gone' ringtone

Reporting for training in his black and white ISC gear very soon I've heard....







(joking!

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Don't wish him any harm personally, we all make mistakes afterall.

Agree with you on this one. Without him FC wouldn't have won the Challenge Cup and Rovers would not be in Super League, it's that simple. Massively pi$$ed off at the time, but just pity him now for his greed and waste of undoubted talent. A sad case.

That's really thought-provoking actually when you put it like that - he was with both clubs at the start their rise again, don't think his contributions should ever be forgotten, no matter how badly he's gone about things. And, for all the argueing, professional RL in Hull is surely in it's best shape for 25 years, and he's been a big part of the growth of both clubs.

Cooke's creativity was pivotal to FC's best period in a generation - in 2005 and 2006 he made 53 assists, excluding cup games. Easy to disregard in the turbulent (and in many's opinion unforgivable) way he left the club, but for all his off the pitch issues he was a big game player that delivered consistently at SL level, and his move to Rovers followed by his unceremonious dethronement in favour of Dobson did for him in the end.

Ultimately the right decision though - no way Cooke would have been in the SL Dream Team two years running IMO.

Nonsense. Hudgell's signing and Morgan never really wanted him. Used properly should have a been a much better combination that Dobson & I'Anson/Murrell.

What's with the new Av Roofs? MissNatalieLouise get to you?



Nah, it's actually pretty good apart from that bit in the top-left.

Was Cooke ever in the Dream Team during his best form for Hull

Be hillarious if his debut is against us in pre season

Yes, in 2005. Lost out to McGuire in 2006 but McGuire scored 21 tries himself that year.

Oh right, fair dues. Pretty clear though that there was only room for one - Dobson or Cooke - to be the creative engine of the Rovers team. Paul Cooke at his best does not come close to Dobson at his best IMO.

Paul Cooke was a pivotal player in winning the Challenge Cup (beating Bradford, Saints and Leeds to do so) and was an ever-present in a team that finished 2nd in SL and got to the Grand Final. Saying that at his best he "did not come close to Dobson" is silly. Morgan never wanted Cooke. A coach with more vision and less petulant self-interest could perhaps have worked these two players into a great partnership.

especially if he scores his usual try and inspires his new team to beat you as he usually does

Spot on Mrs.B

Still got the original saved.

GraftonRed came up with it (class act), thought it would be a nice change for a bit.



Hey not kissing booty but that's a decent one too, surprised they've not marketed that particular Airlie Bird design more tbf.

Makes you wonder why Morgan played him so many times in the survival season (and in huge games like Salford away) then?