cooks job on the line

DidsburyCitizen said:
The story comes from Daniel Taylor.
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Daniel Taylor - the man who "heard" City fans singing "We're all going to the golden jubilee" at West Ham in January 2008. (He got it off a forum, probably Bluewatch).
Daniel Taylor - the man who came up with "70% of City fans don't want Sven" when that bore no relation to what he had been told.

I'll bet he's been on here again and has seen all these threads so feels safe writing a story.

Cook's not an elected politician, he's an employee of the owners. If they like what he's doing for the club (and some of you have short memories about the way things used to be) then he'll stay.
 
I have dwelled on this coming into work this morning after hearing one of the reporters from NOTW on talksport shouting him down.I have to say if i was in Gary Cooks shoes i would probably be doing the same thing.
Hey it shows he is passionate about our club ,would we really want anything less? .He believes we will be the biggest in the world he wants us to believe it.
Its like what Martin Samuel said that City’s job is to get on everybody’s wick, precisely because they do not have respect and refuse to apologise for their parvenu presence.
We have the finacial clout to take City to the top of world Elite, we know it Cookie knows it and everyone else is scared of it ,lets not make any appologies of it
 
Couldn't give a monkeys the incompetant fool has made a mockery of the club at times, and it was his partialy due to persuasion that Mark Hughes stayed beyond the end of last season. Good riddance to bad rubbish I say.
 
The majority of the Guardian article was 'old news' grouped together to make a story.
It's a pity that they are so short on real news that they do this but hey, we are still in the 'barrel' and still there to be shot at!
We are clearly getting up people's noses and they don't like it, well tough, get used to it because we are not about to go away.
As for Gary Cook's comments, we have all done it (more than once!). I accept that he is on a much bigger stage and his comments go much further but I do not have a problem with someone talking 'UP' our club.
Alistair Macintosh was a 'nice' guy, but nice guys are not what we want, but I certainly would not want Kenyon.
City is a 'project' and the success is not going to be overnight and we are going to have to take some hits along the way so let's stop having a go at our own and support everyone associated with our famous club.
 
Well we all know the press have their own fucking agenda. i couldn't give a flying fuck what they think or say as i actually like cook and think he's doing a good job.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
Rammy Blue said:
move Cook to the side in charge of brand marketing and developments and bring in a Chief Exec who knows his stuff.

Kenyon, Dein, Parry - not really arsed who as long as they understand the job.
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You have to be joking right? This is a "clarkie" isn't it?

Peter Kenyon - oily, self-serving idiot.
David Dein - umpteen failed businesses until he made a fortune out of Arsenal
Rick Parry - all I'll say is that Liverpool thought Alastair Mackintosh would be better than Parry.

Be careful what you wish for - you might get it.
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Peter Storrie's on the market too?
 
It's difficult for me to make a clear judgement on Cook.
Notwithstanding the fact that he clearly has all the right contacts in the world and I believe CAN make a difference to the global profile of the club...he really needs some serious media training. He should keep his trap shut and I would trust the club to ask him to step down from media events until he learns how to handle them.

If you look back over recent years at our club, we've not had a decent 'front man' in any of them.

Alastair Mackintosh was just an accountant who knew little about how to front the club or indeed raise investors.

Chris Bird (ffs)...well the job went to his head without a doubt. I always wondered what the hell he was doing of a Saturday leading the team out of the tunnel and standing by the dugouts to watch the game. Besides upsetting anyone who crossed his path including numerous supporters (me included).

If Cook can only learn to keep quiet then we might get somewhere.

Mixed feelings about Peter Kenyon. I am sure that him and Cook must go back due to the Umbro/Nike connections. Didn't Abramovich also write a clause in his P45 from Chelsea that he didn't go and work for us? Perhaps that clause has now lapsed due to time (they couldn't write a 'for ever' clause in there I don't believe).
 
I don't like his brashness or arrogance at all! Yes he has improved some elements at the club and for that I'm grateful. But a good CEO keeps his mouth shut and gets on with the job behind the scenes. Cook acts like a horrible plastic fan at times and not what I want associated with our club. That’s just my opinion.
 
He is doing his job and creating publicity for the club. All publicity is good publicity, its only bad when your own start believing the bad.
 
What I don't get is why it was so wrong for Cook to say we are going to be the biggest club? He has ambition for the team/club that I have supported through thick and thin for over 40 years. We should be backing that ambition.

And let's face it one of the main things we have lacked over the years is CONSISTENCY. We need to keep a manager and a CEO for years not just months!

So let Cook get on with his job and ignore all the media hype.

Now off to purchase a hard hat!!
 
Eccles Blue said:
What I don't get is why it was so wrong for Cook to say we are going to be the biggest club? He has ambition for the team/club that I have supported through thick and thin for over 40 years. We should be backing that ambition.

And let's face it one of the main things we have lacked over the years is CONSISTENCY. We need to keep a manager and a CEO for years not just months!

So let Cook get on with his job and ignore all the media hype.

Now off to purchase a hard hat!!
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I think Garry should re-model himself on Captain Mainwaring
 
bizzbo said:
what gets me about the attitude towards cook

fair enough, people don't like his style. some people think he lets us down with what he says. personally I think he knows that mild controversy guarantees headlines. anyway....

they say cook's bad for the image of the club.... and they want kenyon?

he's been involved repeatedly in transfer dealings that bent or broke the rules . how is someone like that going to help the image of our club?
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^^^^^^^ This^^^^^^^
 
johnny crossan said:
Eccles Blue said:
What I don't get is why it was so wrong for Cook to say we are going to be the biggest club? He has ambition for the team/club that I have supported through thick and thin for over 40 years. We should be backing that ambition.

And let's face it one of the main things we have lacked over the years is CONSISTENCY. We need to keep a manager and a CEO for years not just months!

So let Cook get on with his job and ignore all the media hype.

Now off to purchase a hard hat!!
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I think Garry should re-model himself on Captain Mainwaring
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*lol* maybe, maybe. Don't panic, don't panic! :-)
 
Apart from embarrassing us I am not sure what exactly it is that Cook does.

Based on football knowledge, standing in world football, ability to attract players and talk on their level I think that Sven could do an excellent job, probably would be better to replace Marwood with him.

Sven also has a very good relationship with Mancini, if he is going to be our manager next season could be a great partnership.
 
Cookey Monster says what we want,
We want to be the biggest, we want to be the best.

Pay me half his wages and I will do the job, and will be shouting City from the rooftops as well, It shows that he is passionate about us.
I wouldnt mind spending a couple of days with the CM just to see what goes on in his role as CEO of The greatest football club on earth.
 
Personally I find it refreshing to have a CEO that thinks big and isn't a shrinking violet - we've been too long in the shadows. The press make a big deal out of it - but I think they like it really. Sure he gets a bit carried away - but he's a competitive guy that is passionate about us and where he wants us to be. People need to calm down - He's not exactly Don King!

If he were to ever leave - and I hope it will be a long while until he does - How about Sir Howard Bernstein? Huge City fan - integrity, impeccable CV, respected.
 
Most football fans around the world think there is only one team in Manchester, and most refer to the scum as Manchester.

Cook biggin us up is no bad thing.

He is probably under instruction from the Sheik to get us noticed and is there aany better way of doing it. "the brash american way"
 
For all you Cook outers , get off his back. You are only adding fuel to the fire. Do you not realise that most of the press who hate/fear Man City are looking for any excuse to deride our great club. I am getting sick of the amount of vitriolic press we are getting (Hughes sacking/ Cook&transfers/ Cook/anything. Robinho they have really enjoyed all the antics from him. City get come uppance from Utd) Why would any fan of City join this awful band wagon? We will get there, support our team and that includes all the staff.
 
grim up north said:
Most football fans around the world think there is only one team in Manchester, and most refer to the scum as Manchester.

Cook biggin us up is no bad thing.

He is probably under instruction from the Sheik to get us noticed and is there aany better way of doing it. "the brash american way"
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Er yes, on the pitch. People will soon start noticing us when we are in the CL or appearing at wembley. Fuck 'the brash american way' we don't live in the USA.
 
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