Garry Cook IN!

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Chief Cook and bottle washer STAYS!

 

[pardoe]

Best thing to happen to City in the last few years, Mansour and Khaldoon arriving with their golden chequebook aside, obviously.

A thoroughly likeable bloke who's occasionally a little naive, nothing more. The club's stronger with him here, simple as that.

Wish the morons would drop the pantomime theatrics.

 

[Cheltblue]

For heavens sake, how many posts will it take to turn this around into a Hughes, and now Cook, OUT thread?

Let's see it unfold!

Funny how the Hughes innies have a distinct knack of turning any thread into a Hughes in/out thread. This one has nowt to do with Hughes.

As for G Cook, different kettle of fish for me. Have been very very impressed with him overall and i can see he has the determination and commitment to take City to the promised land the owners are looking for.

Yes, he has done a couple of marquee fuck-ups but for me they can all be put down to slips-of-the-tongue and/or inexperience within the British football environment.

He has plenty of plusses against his name and for me overall is doing a fantastic job. There is one area i would like him to have a look at.......but as i said this is a G.Cook thread!!!

 

[harry the plumber]

Like all of us he makes the odd cock up.
As long as he as been down early this morning and got Uwe out of the rags hall of infamy
He will do for me.

 

[citoeast]

I will lend my support to Gary we are all human and make mistakes. Keep up the good work ?Garry and this slip will be forgotten and forgiven.

 

[There is a Light]

I'd love to know what he was thinking.

Anyway, even though it will doubtless provide the Trafford vermin with a good laugh at our expense, I agree we should keep a bit of perspective. It would be seriously small time if this was a basis to sack someone as important as Cook. But really he should stay off the bubbly when he is going to be publicly speaking.

BTW sorry Mr Cook... but that is where the phrase typical City came from!

 

[Scottyboi]

IN COOK WE TRUST!

 

[BobKowalski]

A thoroughly likeable bloke who's occasionally a little naive, nothing more. The club's stronger with him here, simple as that.

Yes. Just what you want in a top Chief Exec. Likable but occasionally a bit naive :)

For the record I don't have a problem with Cookie. He isn't a business genius but he isn't a total idiot either. Just don't allow him to speak in public. Problem solved.

 

[Trigger]

the prince philip comparison is bang on, except I like Garry.

can't help it

from the moment he turned up with that easy, slightly kooky smile, and that sports jacket, he's always been a faintly agreeable presence, and the foot-in-mouth syndrome is something that only makes him more readily identifiable to me.

god forbid we end up with a kenyon clone with a huge knot in his tie and a stream of infinitely bland utterances, or another mackintosh, because his attempts to be invisible just made him appear insidious.

people who make mistakes are ok in my book. I tend to think it shows they aren't too worried about what other people think, that they aren't the type to pass up opportunities because of an overwhelming fear of failure and humiliation.

that's not to say I have him down as a saint or an idealist. he's capable of watching his back, someone who has the political skills to manipulate a situation to his own ends, and those are good traits to have in an executive.

i hope it's not lost on those there on the night that he's made the effort to attend several supporters meetings (along with Hughes who also deserves credit for having made himself available on several occasions).

i'm also somewhat confused by those who criticise him for appeasing/flattering the fans, pretending to be one of the people.. it seems to me what really upsets them is that he (intentionally or not) says something that the average fan doesn't agree with. when he questioned 'city-til-I-die', was it really because he didn't know what your average fan means when they sing it, or because, maybe he did, but he knew that meaning might not be apparent to outsiders? either he really is a million miles out of touch, a true buffoon, or he's a touch radical and not overly afraid of the status-quo or what people think. whilst the club continues to move forward, I'll continue to think he's the clever outsider.

so, yeah, chin up cookie-monster. my advice is, find a way to show the regret and humiliation you feel, but keep a sense of humour about it, cos that is the city way.

Good post.

 

[mcfc1632]

Yes - the other thread demonstrates just how little so many CITY fans have an appreciation of the business benefits he brings and which are vital to a club with CITY's aspirations

Yes - a big cock-up - but a human cock-up that does not have any bearing on the great business matters he conducts

Cannot be arsed to check, but I would not be surprised to see some correlation between the 'cook out' posters and the Hughes out ones