Cook is a clever guy and given a lot of unfair stick!

[Bojinov The Bull]

This whole managerial change was always going to be a nightmare from the minute it leaked on Saturday. However, Cook has been very clever in how he's dealt with it, he read an exact statement that was well prepared and printed on the City website with the soul purpose of meaning papers couldn't print whatever they wanted.

It was impossible for them to find any inconsistencys or lies in it because of this (which they have just decided to print anyway!) and it means that city now have hard proof of what was said and then what was reported...

...i.e. I think unless some retractions appear in tomorrows papers some people are going to get sued!

I respect Garry Cook a lot and I think he does a great job, a lot of people give him a hard time but the simple fact is we are more professional than we have ever been, we are better run and most importantly MORE IN TOUCH WITH THE FANS!

 

[samharris]

I find it hard to believe that some have issues with cook...

 

[mrmario]

Do you not think his squirming was a tad embarrassing at the conference yesterday? Press have got a major issue with him because he clearly hasn't been telling the truth about Hughes' dismissal and refused to answer questions on the subject.

Just got to give Mancini our full support now. Still doesn't stop Cook being a clown.

 

[supercity36]

gary cook and clever dont belong in the same sentence

 

[bobmcfc]

me too. i guess his face is the one we see the most so obviously he becomes the whipping boy !


i like the guy and support him fully.

 

[samharris]

Do you not think his squirming was a tad embarrassing at the conference yesterday? Press have got a major issue with him because he clearly hasn't been telling the truth about Hughes' dismissal and refused to answer questions on the subject.

Just got to give Mancini our full support now. Still doesn't stop Cook being a clown.

But giving Mancini support is excactly what cook was doing yesterday...The press conference was about Bobby Manc being instated as new manager....not why and how Hughes was terminated....

 

[warpig]

he is a business man, not a football man. that is his fundamental weakness and it is blatantly obvious. cant see him at city much longer tbh, next mistake and hes out.

 

[samharris]

gary cook and clever dont belong in the same sentence

you'd like to have his bank account..

 

[mrmario]

Do you not think his squirming was a tad embarrassing at the conference yesterday? Press have got a major issue with him because he clearly hasn't been telling the truth about Hughes' dismissal and refused to answer questions on the subject.

Just got to give Mancini our full support now. Still doesn't stop Cook being a clown.

But giving Mancini support is excactly what cook was doing yesterday...The press conference was about Bobby Manc being instated as new manager....not why and how Hughes was terminated....

Agreed. Wish the conference did concentrate purely on Mancini cos he seems like a top bloke and handled himself really well. Got a lot of hope for the future now, definitely more so than under Hughes. The subject of Hughes was always going to come up though and I didn't GC handled it partciualry well.

 

[bobmcfc]

Do you not think his squirming was a tad embarrassing at the conference yesterday? Press have got a major issue with him because he clearly hasn't been telling the truth about Hughes' dismissal and refused to answer questions on the subject.

Just got to give Mancini our full support now. Still doesn't stop Cook being a clown.

considering he had to face those wolves baying for blood no. It was not his decision to sack hughes and he did not deliver the news. i suppose you would have handled it better ?

he had to sit there and take that shit and i appreciate him for doing it !

 

[flb]

he is a business man, not a football man. that is his fundamental weakness and it is blatantly obvious. cant see him at city much longer tbh, next mistake and hes out.

And what mistake has he made exactly-getting rid of a very tactically limited manager?

 

[mrmario]

Do you not think his squirming was a tad embarrassing at the conference yesterday? Press have got a major issue with him because he clearly hasn't been telling the truth about Hughes' dismissal and refused to answer questions on the subject.

Just got to give Mancini our full support now. Still doesn't stop Cook being a clown.

considering he had to face those wolves baying for blood no. It was not his decision to sack hughes and he did not deliver the news. i suppose you would have handled it better ?

he had to sit there and take that shit and i appreciate him for doing it !

No I wouldn't have handled it better but then again I'm not paid hundreds of thousands of pounds to be a CEO. Someone was always gonna have to take the shit. Surely Cook was the guy to do it? Would have looked pathetic if it was just Mancini up there.

 

[warpig]

he is a business man, not a football man. that is his fundamental weakness and it is blatantly obvious. cant see him at city much longer tbh, next mistake and hes out.

And what mistake has he made exactly-getting rid of a very tactically limited manager?

eh? he didnt even decide to get rid of hughes that was the chairman.

my point is the way he delivered the news and the way he went about it stunk. hes made himself look like a right dick, will never be trusted again and dragged the clubs name through the gutter. like i said, hes a business man and not a football man.

 

[mancitypj]

I agree and think he does get unfair criticism. I thought that he was very professional last night, despite what the gutter press thought!

 

[mrmario]

And what mistake has he made exactly-getting rid of a very tactically limited manager?

eh? he didnt even decide to get rid of hughes that was the chairman.

my point is the way he delivered the news and the way he went about it stunk. hes made himself look like a right dick, will never be trusted again and dragged the clubs name through the gutter. like i said, hes a business man and not a football man.

This. Has dropped some major clangers so far and don't think the owners will be impressed how City are now regarded.

 

[bobmcfc]

And what mistake has he made exactly-getting rid of a very tactically limited manager?

eh? he didnt even decide to get rid of hughes that was the chairman.

my point is the way he delivered the news and the way he went about it stunk. hes made himself look like a right dick, will never be trusted again and dragged the clubs name through the gutter. like i said, hes a business man and not a football man.

didn't the chairman tell hughes he was sacked?

 

[warpig]

eh? he didnt even decide to get rid of hughes that was the chairman.

my point is the way he delivered the news and the way he went about it stunk. hes made himself look like a right dick, will never be trusted again and dragged the clubs name through the gutter. like i said, hes a business man and not a football man.

didn't the chairman tell hughes he was sacked?

cook = monkey
sheik = organ grinder

 

[flb]

eh? he didnt even decide to get rid of hughes that was the chairman.

my point is the way he delivered the news and the way he went about it stunk. hes made himself look like a right dick, will never be trusted again and dragged the clubs name through the gutter. like i said, hes a business man and not a football man.

This. Has dropped some major clangers so far and don't think the owners will be impressed how City are now regarded.

Who hasnt dropped any clangers-his good things far outweigh the bad,move on for fucks sake

 

[Gaz in Zurich]

eh? he didnt even decide to get rid of hughes that was the chairman.

my point is the way he delivered the news and the way he went about it stunk. hes made himself look like a right dick, will never be trusted again and dragged the clubs name through the gutter. like i said, hes a business man and not a football man.

didn't the chairman tell hughes he was sacked?

Yes it was the Chairman who sacked him and the chairman who wanted him sacked. Cook just had to deal with the after mas. Give the guy a break!

 

[Didsbury Dave]

he is a business man, not a football man. that is his fundamental weakness and it is blatantly obvious. cant see him at city much longer tbh, next mistake and hes out.

That actually sums it up rather sucinctly. I think his days are numbered.