He undoubtably has the ability to open up defences.

In attack he needs to see more of the ball & if there is a more even share of the workload with Dobbo the team can only benefit.

Good luck to him, seems to have got his life back on track and I think with his excellent understanding of the game he could make a very good coach.

Been a while since we had av player coach?

James Webster in 05 IIRC, another great coach-in-the-making I reckon.

Forever grateful to Cookie for ensuring Rovers survival from relegation in 2007 ensuring our long term future as a top-flight RL team because had we not survived, we'd not have been granted a licence in 2008 and we'd probably still be kicking around in the Championship.

He was a big part of our 4th place finish in 2009 (yes we actually finished in the "top-four" - not just speaking about it).

Good luck to him as coach of Donny.

Cooke will make a great coach,he always speaks a lot of sense on the radio and in his newspaper column.Good luck.