An open letter to Garry Cook......

[wrongun73]

let it go mate ffs

hughes will cheer up no end when he ca$hes his cheque.

 

[Barker]

GROW A FUCKING PAIR AND MOVE ON!!

 

[morleyswife]

Couldn't disagree more

Gettng the next Manager in is exactly how you do it, the problem was it was rumbled by Hiddink's Manager

 

[maineroad68]

look at me!!!!

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

look at me!!!!

nope

 

[sixlashes]

Dear Mr Cook,
I am writing to express my feelings further to the events of yesterday as a loyal seasoncard holder and Manchester City supporter for over 40 years.
It is my personal view that Mark Hughes was making good and steady progress for our club following the breathtaking and overwhelming support we have received from our new owners.
However, if the consencus of the profesional people who own and run our club is that Roberto Mancini can develop the club more effectively than Mr.Hughes then I for one am more than willing to support and back that judgement.
What rankles with me, and I suspect a great many City fans, is the terrible and disrespectful manner in which the club have handled this decision.
Since the takeover we have been villified extremely unfairly in almost every quarter of the media, overnight we went from 'loveable little City with the great fans' to a club determined to 'ruin football' with delusions of grandeur above it's station.
As supporters we have been slowly but surely coming to terms with this and learning to live with daily dross written about our beloved club. Throughout all of this time Mark Hughes handled himself with incredible dignity and fought our corner in an admirable, determined manner clearly with the clubs best interests at heart.
Unfortunately Mr Cook I cannot say the same for you.
To be issuing statements relating to Mr Hughes' future whilst a game is in progress and to clearly have been in discussions with his successor well in advance of his demise is utterly despicable and has heaped damage on our club's reputation, giving the gutter press yet more ammunition.
Additionally by handling matters in this way you have massively increased the pressure on Mr. Mancini to succeed whilst doubtless alienating the vast majority of our squad from him.
For someone with your obvious integrity and experience in business I am staggered and quite frankly appalled at the way you have handled this matter and feel strongly that you owe Mr. Hughes and indeed all of us supporters a full and frank explanation of the events.

Yours Sincerely,

Michael Billings, seasoncard holder block 228.

agree with most of it except..the end bit it should read....... a full tank of petrol

 

[Eccles Blue]

If you do send it just don't expect any kind of reply from him or the club. I wrote, when we sold Richard Dunne, in a very polite and concerned vein and am still awaiting any response, even though it says in the customer charter:
"We will respond to any contact, including customer complaints whether by letter, fax or e-mail within a maximum of seven days. If there are justifiable reasons why a query cannot be answered fully within this time, the customer will be sent an acknowledgement indicating how long a full response will take."

The way the club is being run these days is beginning to make me wonder if we weren't better off without all the money!! *gets out the flak jacket and helmet*

 

[Ricster]

Well written letter but we are starting to look like spoilt twats

 

[Xavvi]

Was it really Garry Cook who was at the heart of the managerial changes though? I don't like the man by any means and you are absolutely spot on in what you say about the manner in which he conducts himself but I think the words you have written so well are finding their way to the wrong man. I don't like the way he handled himself over the Kaka saga last year and I think he's an arrogant individual to say the least but I believe the he is a pawn in the Hughes/Mancini saga.

Agreed fully with your sentiments though.

 

[JohnMaddocksAxe]

Throughout all of this time Mark Hughes handled himself with incredible dignity and fought our corner in an admirable, determined manner clearly with the clubs best interests at heart

........ constantly making excuses, constantly degrading anyone who was here before he took over as not up to his standards, constantly spinning his own poor performance as making great progress, never acknowledging his own responsibility for shocking performances and results, authorising leaks to the press accusing his own players of being a disgrace to the shirt and never uttering a denial of these stories, dumping players in a manner akin to the way he himself has now been dumped, making snide and petty attacks on the likes of Moyes just because he wasn't too chuffed about having his player unsettled, always insinuating that the club was a joke before he got all and the the poor results he coached in his first season were due to the idiots who were here before him, constantly saying "if we win the next few games we can finish 7th/get in Europe/whatever" and then pretending that not acheiving these aims were all part of the plan and good for us, seemingly unable to form working relationships with people who were not his own staff and appointments...


Yep, good old St Mark. Never done a bad deed in his life. A paragon of virtue and picked on because he was so moral.