Re: Paul Cook
 

there is an interview on radio lancs with leam richardson it was on just after 7pm ... leam says it was a big shock .. and just thinking bout tomorrows game ...

Re: Paul Cook
 

FA Youth Cup

26/10/12 - Oldham Athletic Youth v Accrington Stanley Youth

Boundary Park, 7pm kick off

Cook, Leam and a few of the directors are there.
Unfortunately there has been a bad traffic accident on the M6 and the match officials have not yet arrived. Kick off rescheduled for 8.45pm but a fluid
situation.

Re: Paul Cook
 

No Sherry surely you mean 7:45pm kick off

Re: Paul Cook
 

Ooops, thank you SH. :o

Re: Paul Cook
 

Paul Cook first interview with Radio Sheffield:

Audioboo / Chesterfield's new manager Paul Cook #CFC

Not bringing No 2 in. Enjoy :rolleyes:

Re: Paul Cook
 

Cheers haggis, That bull to me means he "Can't" bring in a number 2,:rolleyes: Cos Rob Heys was quoted as saying he wanted him, n i choose to believe Mr Heys oer a Snake.;)

Re: Paul Cook
 

What the hell is Cook doing at Oldham tonight - shouldn't he be polishing his halo & practising his lines for his debut at Chesterfield tomorrow???, after all every actor needs to rehearse.
He shouldn't be anywhere near our lads, he's made his bed & he can damn well lie in it!

Re: Paul Cook
 

scouting ;)

Re: Paul Cook
 

"It was time to move on" You hadnt been here for a full season Cooky

Re: Paul Cook
 

If he was at Oldham,it would be to try n poison Leam. Thats what snakes do.:rolleyes:

Re: Paul Cook
 

At least Sean McConville will be happy about this thread. He certainly isn't public enemy number 1 any more !!!

What price John Coleman coming back to Stanley? Rochdale are doing OK but i noticed the attendance at their last home game was 1,600 !!

It seems the Rochdale public aren't overly impressed and i dare say the Rochdale board weren't anticipating being back in the middle of league 2 quite so soon.

Re: Paul Cook
 

Rob Heys and others have said Paul Cook has done some great work at ASFC . What 8 wins in 32 leaque games . At any other club hed have been sacked . Good riddance ill never forget when he gave the Lancshire cup away at Leyland. With our stongest team out that day we may not have won but at least we would not have been hammered , he did the same thing against Morecambe in the J P CUP . Im convinced now Chairman and directors are clueless re football . GOOD LUCK to leam and lets all get behind him.

Re: Paul Cook
 

I think you will find they are referring more to off the field issues regarding the players set up. A managers job is measured by the results on the field but at clubs the size of Stanley they also have a lot of input in to the set up off the field where the players are involved.

Re: Paul Cook
 

Exactly whilst Cook is a snake, we have now also got the best playing surface we ever had, n the snake gets credit fer that,

Re: Paul Cook
 

Don't think so, that was work in progress long before he came in.

From what I can gather he was the main instigator of 'basing' the players at the club instead of some remote rugby ground in the back of beyond :). Players are much more involved now with club based activities especially in the community. They also make extensive use of the Crown so it keeps a lot more of the spending 'within' the club. At least thats my understanding of it but I'm sure somebody will enlighten us if I'm wrong :)

Re: Paul Cook
 

I know twas work in progress, but n this info is second hand, but what i was informed he told buzzer,leads me to reckon he had a good knowledge of how pitches are looked after, n to our merry little band, that seems to be working very well.;)

Re: Paul Cook
 

Cashy surely not a snake in the grass;)

Re: Paul Cook
 

Thats a great summary Nige.:D;)

Re: Paul Cook
 

if I measured a manager purely on results I'd brand him to be an absolute clueless clown regardless of his 6 game purple patch.

Where I had warmed to him was his insistence that the club had to get more involved with the community. It may have been luck, or just Peter Marsden taking charge, or it may have been at his bequest that things seem to have started happening off the field a little more. Still dont make him a genius though cos its all stuff that we've been saying for years!

One of Coleys faults was that he had little imagination for anything beyond his 11 players on the field and Cook was a breath of fresh air in that respect.

Right thats the love in sorted, he was still a tosspot though in the end :)

Re: Paul Cook
 

THANKS Macca There is a guy behind the scenes whos more than capable in getting involved with our schools and the community Rob Housman . In my opinion a football club manager is responsible for the team and players ONLY anything else is a distraction. Like you said PAUL COOK is a TOSSPOT and thank god hes gone ill give him 6 months at the most at Chesterfield . Lets all get behind LEAM and once again GOOD LUCK he deserves it.

Re: Paul Cook
 

"New Chesterfield manager Paul Cook said:

"We're certainly wanting to win first and foremost, that won't change, but we are going to try and play attractive football and open teams up. If we can match them both together I think we can have great success.

"We're trying to win the league. People want to settle for second best, if we say we want to be in the top three and we finish fourth then we haven't achieved our goal.

"We've got so many points [left to play for] so we can win the league. There's a lot of league games left to play for and we want to win every single one, we want to be very competitive."

Cook today on the Chesterfield v Barnet game. Didn't he say the same stuff about ASFC? I'd quite like Edgar Davids to score a hat-trick ..............

Re: Paul Cook
 

Interesting you should say that Alan. It may surprise you all to find out that I have done a table showing the 19 managers since our 1st game in 1970 and how their win rate stacks up.

Cook is 2nd last on 24% with only the hapless Leighton James below him on 19%

Don Bramley 68.03%
Dave Baron 52.55%
David Hamilton 50%
Dave Thornley 49.28%
Pat Lynch 47.27%
Gary Pierce 46.25%
Phil Staley45.96%
John Coleman 44.46%
Tony Greenwood 43.08%
Eric Whalley 41.46%
Stan Allen 37.97%
Ken Wright 33.33%
Frank O’Kane 32.08%
Dennis Cook 29.03%
Gerry Keenan 28.57%
Wayne Harrison 26.92%
Billy Rodaway 26..67%
Paul Cook 24.24%
Leighton James 19.23%


Paul Cook = officially sh ite

Re: Paul Cook
 

if you put all the results into a league table allowing 3 points for a win, and 1 for a draw, then average over games played ..... Cook finishes LAST with an average of 0.94 points per game.

Paul Cook = Officially the worst manager ever.

Re: Paul Cook
 

Interesting Stuff Rob get that anorak any tighter be calling you Kenny:D

What about Leam Richardson 100%:)

Re: Paul Cook
 

yep, top o'tree Neil!

You could probably find stats to make him look good, but I aint got all week to waste on him!

Re: Paul Cook
 

Sorry to be pedantic but not quite. He also took charge of the Rotherham game post Gillingham where we lost 1-0. :)

Also no Jimmy Hinksman in that list Macca?

Re: Paul Cook
 

although he had been confirmed as mnager for the Rotherham game it was stated at the time that Leam would choose the squad and take the game - its down as a Leam game on my stats, although as it makes his stats worse I'd be glad to change them!

as for Jimmy Hinksman, well spotted young man. I forgot that the first two seasons or so I haven't got proper stats as I cant find complete lists anywhere. Believe me I've tried but LFA haven't got them, FA haven't got them and the Accy Observer archives don't list every game due to the playing of many games in a short spaces of time owing to bad weather. I have a couple of leads still to follow up but its looking grim. Stats are complete from 73 onwards I think

Re: Paul Cook
 

From the 'Telegraph'

Cook: I had to leave Accrington Stanley for my career (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Re: Paul Cook
 

Excuse me i'm just goin to throw up.:rolleyes:

Re: Paul Cook
 

No protection for our players in the deal then.
Quote taken from The Lancs Telegraph
(((The Reds received a five-figure compensation deal for Cook, although it is understood the agreement does not include a clause preventing Stanley’s old boss from coming back for players in January.)))

Re: Paul Cook
 

not arsed, if he wants them in January he'll have to pay dollar for them. If Leam gets us anywhere near early season form then we should be tying them up to extended deals anyway.

If Cook has gone there because he seriously thinks he can aim higher (double the budget etc) then his targets should reflect that. £100k you can have Boco, £200k you can have him and Podge. As a makeweight I'd throw Toto in.

Re: Paul Cook
 

Radio Sheffield reckoned Cook would sit in the stand and leave Tommy Wright in charge for his last game. He has come down from the stand and has been shouting from the touchline.

Radio Sheffield speculated he was thereby taking ownership of the performance. When last I looked the opposition were having the lion's share of the possession.

Re: Paul Cook
 

Chesterfield 0 Barnet 1

Re: Paul Cook
 

And Barnet bottom of the table too. :rolleyes:

Re: Paul Cook
 

that'll do :)

Re: Paul Cook
 

Full time Chesterfield 0 Barnet 1

Re: Paul Cook
 

That's Ironic, Cook leaves us when we are 16th in the table, and then puts Chesterfield in 16th after his first game. :)

Re: Paul Cook
 

Schadenfreude anyone ? :D

Re: Paul Cook
 

Well done Stanley and well done Barnet :D

Re: Paul Cook
 

The first step towards his P45 !! :D

Re: Paul Cook
 

Well I think Chesterfield have done us a great big favour.....and it appears to me that Cook was already working his notice during his last four games as Stanley manager by the poor results..and leaving the last couple of interviews for Leam to do....
I think we will find in a couple of months time that it WAS a GOOD MOVE...so THANK YOU CHESTERFIELD:-)
ps . i NOTE THAT THEIR GROUND IS NAMED THE PROACT STADIUM....won't be long before their fans will be calling it the PROZAC Stadium...thanks to Cook!!

Re: Paul Cook
 

I spared Coley and Jimmy the Schadenfreude but it tastes good tonight

Chesterfield fans moaning in droves on Radio Sheffield

"no shape"

"all huff and puff and no end product"

"cannot start games with only one forward on the field"

Re: Paul Cook
 

WOW! Where to start on that one!
The team weren't actually picked by Cook but he did say in an interview that he was gonna take a back seat today and see what needs doing...............It took 4 minutes before he was stood in the technical area shouting at the players!
Had to smile though cos' he was applauded onto the pitch and booed off it so he's got a hell of a job to do to turn our fortunes around.

Re: Paul Cook
 

:) What a shame :D

Re: Paul Cook
 

More Grumbles

"We cannot play 4-5-1 at home against Barnet it does not work"

"Cannot put into words how bad we were today"

Re: Paul Cook
 

I can put into one word Haggis= DELIGHTED.:D

Re: Paul Cook
 

sorry Metallilad, chesterfield weren't a club that crossed anyones radar on here until this week, now we'll be cheering your every defeat until we get bored of it. How many games til the board boot back up the M1?

Re: Paul Cook
 

Ha ha ha ha ha!

Re: Paul Cook
 

Listen to this Cook Post Mortem.

"We've been at the football club a few days now."

"We've come in"

Who is the "we" he's talking about?

BBC Sport - Paul Cook: Chesterfield new boss will not tolerate poor display

Re: Paul Cook
 

Probably means him n his "Aunt Sally"? cos thats what he will be come New Years Day i reckon.:D

Re: Paul Cook
 

Paul Cook and his ego ;)

Re: Paul Cook
 

Don't know what I enjoyed the most, our win or Cooks loss. Great quinella.

Re: Paul Cook
 

Thanks for that. How many times have we heard this crap from him. Talking talk, walking walk as Cashy keeps emphasising "snake" good riddance cock and wait for your P45 cos they don't want you and we certainly don't

Re: Paul Cook
 

[QUOTE=Haggis316;1025124]Listen to this Cook Post Mortem.

"We've been at the football club a few days now."

"We've come in"

Who is the "we" he's talking about?


It's the Royal "We"

Re: Paul Cook
 

Well seeing as the Snake has slithered away, i seem to recall when Stanley appointed him, n agreement to play pre-season friendly wi Sligo as part of the agreement? Was that not the case? if so what happens to that agreement now?:confused:

Re: Paul Cook
 

Cheers for the post Cashy, spot on as usual ;) :) :) By the way, SNAKE, that cracks me up :)

Re: Paul Cook
 

Well yeh know me joe, always speak as i see it.:D;)

Re: Paul Cook
 

Paul's first match properly in charge went quite well, 6-1 with a scratch team

Looks like you're happy and we're happy

Win, win, situation for all concerned I'd say

Re: Paul Cook
 

Yep we are happy, yeh obviously are, think the Snake may do very well fer yeh....................Until a better offer comes along.

Re: Paul Cook
 

That's a sad fact of life, there is always a bigger fish

I hope he is poached and not sacked

Re: Paul Cook
 

I think most of us wouldn't wish him to be poached ....... fried would be much more suitable :rolleyes:

Re: Paul Cook
 

Re: Paul Cook
 

[quote=maccawozzagod;1024979]Interesting you should say that Alan. It may surprise you all to find out that I have done a table showing the 19 managers since our 1st game in 1970 and how their win rate stacks up.

Cook is 2nd last on 24% with only the hapless Leighton James below him on 19%

Don Bramley 68.03%
Dave Baron 52.55%
David Hamilton 50%
Dave Thornley 49.28%
Pat Lynch 47.27%
Gary Pierce 46.25%
Phil Staley45.96%
John Coleman 44.46%
Tony Greenwood 43.08%
Eric Whalley 41.46%
Stan Allen 37.97%
Ken Wright 33.33%
Frank O’Kane 32.08%
Dennis Cook 29.03%
Gerry Keenan 28.57%
Wayne Harrison 26.92%
Billy Rodaway 26..67%
Paul Cook 24.24%
Leighton James 19.23%


Very interesting Macca just outside the medals, I will send you a bottle of Banks Red Strip circa 1994 for that, have you also got the number of games for each guy. None of the above compare with Coley's reign.

Re: Paul Cook
 

Is it any coincidence that the bottom four all played for Burnley ? :D

Re: Paul Cook
 

Brilliant.;):rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:

Re: Paul Cook
 

Banks beer? cool, circa june 95 methinks!

yeah, got the games for each manager, win rate, draw rate, loss rate and an average rate based on 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw then averaged by the number of games played, suffice to say that Cook was crap on all of 'em. coming bottom or second to bottom.

Don Bramley 2.21 average points per game over 122
Dave Baron 1.79 points per game over 196
Dave Thornley 1.7 points per game over 69
Phil Staley 1.68 points per game over 161

Coley was joint 8th (695) with Eric Whalley on 1.55 (164), "win at home, draw away, go up as champions" was Erics favourite phrase and no doubt Coley must have agreed with that one.

Back in the medals eh?

Re: Paul Cook
 

Just thought i'd mention, The Snake is 1 down at home already.:hehetable

Re: Paul Cook
 

If the match is on tomorrow wonder if Cook will see it as reward for his encouragement towards the pitch improvements.

Re: Paul Cook
 

Paul Cook's take on Accrington and returning to play there.

Includes link to interview that goes on for nearly five minutes:

Chesterfield FC News from the Chesterfield Post

Re: Paul Cook
 

Paul Cook, who is he..............? ;)

Re: Paul Cook
 

Paul Cook - Could have been a word ending in END, ended up being a word ending in END.

LEGEND or BELLEND ?

You Decide :rolleyes:

Re: Paul Cook
 

Whilst i cannot deny he did some good work,re the pitch n style of play, He showed no loyalty due to the short tenure n left fer money pure n simple, so the i have decided the latter fits best fer me.

Re: Paul Cook
 

Lost at Wycombe. 25 minutes into Radio Sheffield Phone in two "honey moon" over grumbles already.

Re: Paul Cook
 

Chairman Dave Allen has revealed that Chesterfield are around £7million in debt. He wants the Town Council to write off a £960,000 loan debt, because of the publicity the town receives re. the football club! How much do you think HBC will loan us for the publicity Stanley bring to the area???

Re: Paul Cook
 

Complaints on Radio Sheffield tonight from Spireites complaining about 4-5-1 and rumours about Jack Lester going out on loan though apparently the club countered that they themselves would like him to stay.

Re: Paul Cook
 

Maybe Cooky is going to ease his guilt by sending us Jack Lester on loan - now he would score the goals to keep us up !!!!!

Re: Paul Cook
 

Crossed my mind as well; ok if they pay his wages and he doesn't get any more red cards .........

Re: Paul Cook
 

Interesting read - sound familiar !!

Mr Cook Is Well & Truly Under The Spot Light Now! - Bob's Board - Chesterfield FC

Re: Paul Cook
 

This quote from the CFC forum just about confirms all that has been posted on this thread...
'What amazes me more than anything, is the confidence some fans have in PC; making every lame excuse they can think of in order to justify his tenure: from TW and MC 'controlling' team affairs; PC needing his own staff; PC needing to 're-build' and form his 'own team'! PC's track record is enough to cast doubt, never mind his banal rhetoric! Sacked from Southport; relative success after a few seasons with the mighty 'Sligo'; only won 8, yes, 8 games with Accrington but lost 18, that's, lost 18!!!! And, then, somehow, ends up managing Chesterfield FC, with that record! Personally, that kind of record does not fill me with confidence. Even when AS came to the Proact with their pressing, high-tempo play, we still managed to beat them, even though they over-ran our midfield! Just before PC joined us, AS had lost four on the spin and had just been tanked 5-0 by Oxford; they had only won 2 in 10 and they were against Wimbledon and Aldershot!!!!!
Furthermore, PC used the exact rhetoric when at AS, he said their aim was to win the league and believed it was possible; described the club as a 'fantastic place'; believed the 'players work for the fans' blah blah....
I was very worried when we appointed PC, that hasn't changed; we are in deep doo doo!

Seems that The Spireites are suffering from a nasty case of Snakebite !!.

Re: Paul Cook
 

Its hotting up on the local radio.

Last night someone rang in very dismissive of the fare at the Proact and two nights ago someone said they were worried as they had 12 to go and were only 8 points above relegation.

Re: Paul Cook
 

Paul Cook's ears will be burning from Radio Sheffield phone in Football Heaven in last couple of days.

Not at all happy at decision Jack Lester not be offered new contract at the end of the season.

One Spireite fan even rang in to say he hoped Chesterfield would lose their weekend game.

Re: Paul Cook
 

Heard this on way back from Hillsborough.

Listen 3:10 - 3:28 into tape and see what you think.

Did not go down too well with me.:mad::mad::mad:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21983163#asset

Re: Paul Cook
 

Don't expect any less from a snake Haggis. The guy obviously reckons hes much better than he his. Most on Bobs Board are starting to suss him out.

Re: Paul Cook
 

I've withheld joining in the Cook-baiting, despite having to sit behind some of his family at Oxford as they sniggered at Stanley's 5-0 hammering, but the only way that Stanley are 'lesser' than clubs like Chesterfield, Port Vale, etc, can only be in terms of finances. So we can assume our suspicions, that money was and is the only thing about football that interests him, are correct.

Re: Paul Cook
 

"Lesser n bad" What a joke of a man :(

Re: Paul Cook
 

Be honest, most non Stanley fans would view us as a lesser team in league 2

Re: Paul Cook
 

Another honest observation which highlights the negative in yeh,:rolleyes: To be perfectly honest i reckon most stanley fans wouldn't view you as one, no matter what yeh say.:D

Re: Paul Cook
 

What Cook said cannot be put down to the utterances of "a non Stanley fan". Much of this team is what he put together.

Re: Paul Cook
 

Not at all surprised by his comments, wasn't long after he left that he described us in an interview as a difficult club to manage, this from one who had professed to love the club - he was, at best, a good actor, good riddance as far as I'm concerned

Re: Paul Cook
 

He's after Rommy Boco

About 28min 40 seconds in:

BBC Radio Sheffield - Football Heaven, With Rob Staton

Re: Paul Cook
 

Well Rommys his 'player' so to speak, but if he had his heart on his sleeve I'm sure Boco would stay at Stanley. :o Please Rommy :cool:

Re: Paul Cook
 

Hardly a shock, the swine is a snake, simple as.:rolleyes:

Re: Paul Cook
 

Re: Paul Cook
 

Mr potato head true but cheers thanks a lot for his lot beating barnet

Re: Paul Cook
 

Nah, but as they say, "Yeh can't polish a turd";)

Re: Paul Cook
 

They are in good form of late, they may sneak into the play offs if they keep it up.

Re: Paul Cook
 

I have tweeted Paul Walker on Radio Sheffield to find out why he appears to think Rommy Boco is nailed on to move to Chesterfield in the Summer.

Re: Paul Cook
 

i know that he likes Cook, but come on, how many times can you sign for the same manager before you get accused of issues beyond football ...

Re: Paul Cook
 

Seems the Chesterfield fans have started a new thread on snake tonight, Not happy bunnies at all.:alright::D:D:D:D

Re: Paul Cook
 

We are now. Got a big local derby in the FA cup against......errrmm Derby.
Looking good for a nice safe finish in league one.

Noticed that Mr Coleman has got you climbing the table and more importantly I've noticed that your pitch is looking really good this season.
I gotta admit though, I was surprised when James Beattie left. What was deal behind that?
All the best to you. Your still my second club.