[Goku]

Search and Destroy, on 28 January 2022 - 06:02 PM, said:

Jeez, he’d get steamrolled (Ryan)

Cook would be a complete disaster

A team full of highly paid had beens on 3 year contracts

How have you come back chatting more sh** than you did before you left

[LondonBlue]

Search and Destroy, on 28 January 2022 - 06:02 PM, said:

Jeez, he’d get steamrolled (Ryan)

Cook would be a complete disaster

A team full of highly paid had beens on 3 year contracts

Cook would be a fantastic appointment - he's a quality manager and fans love him.

[Tha Knows...]

LondonBlue, on 28 January 2022 - 06:58 PM, said:

Cook would be a fantastic appointment - he's a quality manager and fans love him.

Without a shadow of a doubt, to quote one of his favourite sayings

[Westbars Spireite]

LondonBlue, on 28 January 2022 - 06:58 PM, said:

Cook would be a fantastic appointment - he's a quality manager and fans love him.

This is where someone pops up and says ‘yeah but he can’t do it without Leam Richardson’.

[Tha Knows...]

Westbars Spireite, on 28 January 2022 - 07:04 PM, said:

This is where someone pops up and says ‘yeah but he can’t do it without Leam Richardson’.

Somebody already did, but it won't make any difference.

[dim view]

LondonBlue, on 28 January 2022 - 06:58 PM, said:

Cook would be a fantastic appointment - he's a quality manager and fans love him.

His success here was down to a unique team of Cook, Turner, Mitchell, Richardson. It will never be replicated.

[Tha Knows...]

dim view, on 28 January 2022 - 07:09 PM, said:

His success here was down to a unique team of Cook, Turner, Mitchell, Richardson. It will never be replicated.

You're pi ssing in the wind with that one.

[Andy Rolph's Son]

The Earl of Chesterfield, on 28 January 2022 - 04:56 PM, said:

What if Paul Cook returns.

Possibly assisted by, say, Gaz Roberts, perhaps.

Based upon nowt more than their past here and elsewhere, of course.

Well we know PC prefers four-two-three-one. He said as much in his recent interview, infact. So how would our current squad fit into that?

Loach.

Perm any CB pairing from six.

Gotta be Whittle LB and King RB.

Oyeleke and Weston doing the Morsey and Ryan thing.

In front of them Miller, Mandeville and an Asante given a free role.

All headed by Tshimanga, of course.

Discuss...

PS: think there's more than enough talent in the squad to get us up, though I'd like to see a Clarke replacement given the severity of his injury...

The wide areas would be most interesting for me. I reckon both King and Miller are perfectly suited as wing backs - not quite full-backs and not really wingers. I'd be tempted to have them wide in the 3 behind the striker, with Carline RB and Whittle LB. Khan or Mandeville in the 10 behind Kabby.

The squad is definitely geared up for 3 CBs and wing-backs, but we're not without options.

[Westbars Spireite]

dim view, on 28 January 2022 - 07:09 PM, said:

His success here was down to a unique team of Cook, Turner, Mitchell, Richardson. It will never be replicated.

You think he’s a one trick pony then? Fair enough.

[dim view]

Westbars Spireite, on 28 January 2022 - 07:33 PM, said:

You think he’s a one trick pony then? Fair enough.

I think the contributions made by the three mentioned and, to be fair, especially Turner, can't be replicated at CFC. Cook is an old school touchline motivator. Maybe if by some miracle he could gell with Webb then perhaps he could scrape us through.

[born in 1866]

dim view, on 28 January 2022 - 07:09 PM, said:

His success here was down to a unique team of Cook, Turner, Mitchell, Richardson. It will never be replicated.

So what was his successes at Sligo, Portsmouth and Wigan down to?

[Westbars Spireite]

dim view, on 28 January 2022 - 07:42 PM, said:

I think the contributions made by the three mentioned and, to be fair, especially Turner, can't be replicated at CFC. Cook is an old school touchline motivator. Maybe if by some miracle he could gell with Webb then perhaps he could scrape us through.

I know he liked Turner. Leaving aside any of the other responsibilities he was (wrongly) given, when it came to pure football matters, Turner would be the sort of bloke you’d want on your side with his route the purse-strings.

[DMU Blue]

Any manager worth their salt should be able to be successful with the position we’re in with the squad available at our disposal.

Cooks 4231 probably requires reinforcements in the defensive area of midfield and a creative midfielder. Asante will deputise for Tshimanga with Denton as a plan B (which cook never had in his first stint here).

[Valley Blues]

DMU Blue, on 28 January 2022 - 10:28 PM, said:

Any manager worth their salt should be able to be successful with the position we’re in with the squad available at our disposal.

Cooks 4231 probably requires reinforcements in the defensive area of midfield and a creative midfielder. Asante will deputise for Tshimanga with Denton as a plan B (which cook never had in his first stint here).

Wasn’t Armand Cooke’s plan b?

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

Search and Destroy, on 28 January 2022 - 06:02 PM, said:

Jeez, he’d get steamrolled (Ryan)

Cook would be a complete disaster

A team full of highly paid had beens on 3 year contracts

Isn't sulking like this a bit, y'know...woke?

[Spireiteboy155]

LondonBlue, on 28 January 2022 - 06:58 PM, said:

Cook would be a fantastic appointment - he's a quality manager and fans love him.

Have to disagree.
Cool was fantastic, don’t get me wrong, however:
1. He hasn’t managed in non league.
2. He had a much higher budget than what we have
3. He relied heavily on Leam Richardson and Paul Mitchell, neither of whom he would have with him.
4. He’s done very little since he left in terms of proving he’s a continued winner.

The appointment of the Boreham Wood, Halifax or a Bromley manager would be a far better appointment and I’d still believe we had a chance of going up.
We wouldn’t go up with PC.

This is all hypothetical, of course.

[Tha Knows...]

Spireiteboy155, on 29 January 2022 - 10:34 AM, said:

Have to disagree.
Cool was fantastic, don’t get me wrong, however:
1. He hasn’t managed in non league.
2. He had a much higher budget than what we have
3. He relied heavily on Leam Richardson and Paul Mitchell, neither of whom he would have with him.
4. He’s done very little since he left in terms of proving he’s a continued winner.

The appointment of the Boreham Wood, Halifax or a Bromley manager would be a far better appointment and I’d still believe we had a chance of going up.
We wouldn’t go up with PC.

This is all hypothetical, of course.

The budget was high so good players are already here, he just needs to sort midfield and get em all playing his way. He might only want to stay here for 4 months anyway, if he comes at all.

[metallilad]

Spireiteboy155, on 29 January 2022 - 10:34 AM, said:

Have to disagree.
Cool was fantastic, don’t get me wrong, however:
1. He hasn’t managed in non league.
2. He had a much higher budget than what we have
3. He relied heavily on Leam Richardson and Paul Mitchell, neither of whom he would have with him.
4. He’s done very little since he left in terms of proving he’s a continued winner.

This is all hypothetical, of course.

Apart from league two playoffs with Portsmouth.
Champions of league two with Portsmouth.
Champions of league one with Wigan.
Beating Man City with Wigan when in league one.

[Westbars Spireite]

metallilad, on 29 January 2022 - 10:53 AM, said:

Apart from league two playoffs with Portsmouth.
Champions of league two with Portsmouth.
Champions of league one with Wigan.
Beating Man City with Wigan when in league one.

And he has managed in non-league. Apart from that...

[born in 1866]

Spireiteboy155, on 29 January 2022 - 10:34 AM, said:

Have to disagree.
Cool was fantastic, don’t get me wrong, however:
1. He hasn’t managed in non league.
2. He had a much higher budget than what we have
3. He relied heavily on Leam Richardson and Paul Mitchell, neither of whom he would have with him.
4. He’s done very little since he left in terms of proving he’s a continued winner.

The appointment of the Boreham Wood, Halifax or a Bromley manager would be a far better appointment and I’d still believe we had a chance of going up.
We wouldn’t go up with PC.

This is all hypothetical, of course.

1) yes he has
2) Much higher league = much higher budget
3) Pure conjecture
4) See metalilad's post