I wish I shared your optimism Martin.

Hmmmmm. Paul Cooke is like the Curate's egg. When he was on his game, he was sheer class. When his motivation failed him, he was a passenger. There's no doubting his talent but his application let him down. I think he had the potential to be the player of his generation but for reasons we're all aware of, he didn't fulfill his potential. I think after he's retired he might look back at his career and regret not trying harder. On a personal note, the damage he caused when he walked out on Hull is only now starting be put right two years later. I think that shows just how influential he was but came at the cost of of big fish small pond mentality.

Gone because he wants to keep playing rugby league and wasn't going to get that opportunity any more at Rovers, according to tonight's Mail.



Had Morgan told him he'd played his last game for you or did Cooke presume that himself and thus entered talks with Wakey? Hence the assertion by Justine that the move was not instigated by Rovers and the consequential deathly radio silence?

I dont know the answers to your questions, maybe he had to go to accomodate Clinton, with Fisher and Mills not wanting to move on apparently. Maybe he was unsettling the squad, I thought it was going to be a loan deal, but then we hear hes been released and joined them on a short term deal. takes a good sum off the salary cap too.

All i know is hes gone and we have to move on now, lets give I'anson a go and see how he gets on,

Probably won't take a 'great' deal off the cap as his severance pay will be included, probably best for all parties that he's moved on and hopefully he can recapture his form at our club.

He's gone now, so it doesn't really matter.

Correct...However Judas will come back to haunt you, he did it to us every derby

That is something for Rovers to deal with... might be easier said then done if FC's attempts are anything to go by

If he had been loaned it would have been a sort of Rent-a-Ghost.

Mr. Briscoe is playing his last season at Craven Palace. He's told JM that he wants to go back home. Personally, I don't rate him that highly anyway but he's certainly better than chuckles the clown cockayne

You may well be right however the replacement Rovers have in mind would ensure we have the England full back for a few years to come....

No chance Jack Briscoe will sign for rovers