Garry Cook resigns (merged)

[BillyMC]

Re: Big battle for power on the horizon now

Welcome back DD. I know I shouldnt, but I sniggered at the chuck bus remark.....

Alright Billy me ole pal.

I see the natives are revolting on here as usual ;-)

-- Fri Sep 09, 2011 3:50 pm --

Are you back a few days early Didsbury Dave?

Can't let this one go withour comment, Skash.

Whilst I've become rather fond of twitter, you can't deconstruct the latest episode of Eastlanders (dum dum dum-dum dum dadadada) in 140 characters.

How do we know this is the real Didsbury Dave? Mods can you run an internal enquiry and then make a statement on this?

 

[bluemanc]

Re: Big battle for power on the horizon now

Well well well, Cook blows his own foot off. It was always going to happen and ultimately should be good news for the club in the long term. Nice guy he might have been, but he signed his own death warrant with the way the Hughes sacking and subsequent press conference was handled. And the gaffes...sweet Jesus, a club under fire from sections of the media can only take so much.

What's going to happen now? I suspect this may lead to some serious wrangling for power behind the scenes. Our manager will be delighted with this news as he had no love for Cook. I was told in summer he demanded his resignation but was rebuked. He's made no secret of his desire for more control at the club, and his irritation at the way City were handling player exits. In many ways he's been vindicated on this. And he certainly wants more transfer control, like other British managers, although ADUG went down that route with Mark Hughes and ended up with Rocky Santa Cruz. He'll be on the phone to Khaldoon, you can bet your bottom dollar.

Marwood was a pal of Cook and has made enemies on the staff too. I don't know what the manager thinks of him but whispers abounded of various people unhappy with his "tell-tale" type relationship with Abu Dhabi. His position must surely be significantly weakened by this news. A new incumbent may well deem him surplus to requirements and he'll join Cooky on the chuck-bus.

I presume City will go all out for a big hitter to unite the various factions of the club and promote the club's image on a worldwide basis. I have no idea what ADUG's criteria will be. Kenyon? Blue and experienced, but various question marks. Dein? Has to be a possibility. I can't see Williams having the gravitas on a European scale. Outside of football there is DAvid Potts of Tesco, A City fan with a big reputation.

I think Abu Dhabi will use this as a chance to have a root and branch review, and there may be more bloodletting. I sense a lot of political manouvering on the horizon amongst the various players involved.

One thing is for certain. This is the best job in world football and City must seize this opportunity to move to the next level - as a European force - with rock-solid leadership from the top of the club. Come on ADUG. This is a crucial time for MCFC. You need to get this one right.

Onwards and upwards.

Did ur pal Ollie Holt help you write that when you bent over for him on twitter?Disgusting conduct licking a journos ass at a time a siege mentality was needed by us,regardless of our opinions over Cook.

Did ur pal Ollie Holt help you write that when you bent over for him on twitter?Disgusting conduct licking a journos ass at a time a siege mentality was needed by us,regardless of our opinions over Cook

I hope that's fuckin wrong,Holt is a poisonous piece of shite that no Blue should be giving the time of day to.
Let's hope we get a complete utter twat in that despises the press and treats them like they treat us,fuck em.

 

[BillCarlisle]

Re: Garry Cook resigns

Bullshitter undone by bullshit.

It's almost always the way, eventually.

Now, that might seem like a harsh judgement but my whole criticism of Cook was based on his horrendous characteristic of wanting to ingratiate himself with everyone on a bizarre level, whilst not necessarily backing up his words with facts or being able match the overwhelming level of his bluster. The fucking bizarre situation where he gathered an army of fawning, star struck fans who wouldn't hear a word against him (despite, just like everyone else, knowing very, very little about his true attributes and capabilities) because he had schmoozed them.

The ridiculous greetings on film to Tevez and Nasri, a sure fire giveaway of someone desperate to ingratiate himself with those people by using what he assumed to be their sort of body language and speech.

The soundbites where he painted himself to be the biggest supporter of City fans ever seen, without particularly backing it up.

It's all indicative of an unhealthy characteristic and one which almost always, ultimately comes back to haunt such people.

In this case, his bullshit and bluster gene kicked in again and instead of doing what most calm and experienced execs would do and thinking carefully about how to handle the situation, he reverted to type and tried to get away with a blurted out line of spin. Because that's what he thought she would like to hear and he's a 'tell people what they want to hear' type of bloke.

The sad thing is, for Cook and his supporters, is that he almost certainly would have had some characteristics that were very useful to City and things that he was very good at. But his over riding need to be liked by everyone and tell people what they want to hear has stuffed him up.

A dangerous characteristic and not one I'd want in any successor.

(PS: for all the criticism I've had of him, I have got to praise him for the Champion's League tickets. Signs of him living up to his own hype on that one. Fair play. Ironic timing though.)

(You have to laugh at the drama queens who think we are stuffed now though, as if Cook was the prime factor and the brains behind all the progress at City. We'll continue to do very well, thank you.)

Makes a lot of sense IMO

 

[Thaksinssoldier]

Re: Big battle for power on the horizon now

Did ur pal Ollie Holt help you write that when you bent over for him on twitter?Disgusting conduct licking a journos ass at a time a siege mentality was needed by us,regardless of our opinions over Cook.

Rather amusingly, I've never conversed with Oliver Holt in my life, on Twitter or elsewhere.

@ollieholtmirror if he goes city bottled it...in reply to ok,heres a prediction!If Garry goes,the football world will join to mourn his passing.We may not see his like again

Theres also some stuff there you sent to Daniel Taylor,who in fairness wasnt as snide as Holt in his coverage of this.

and while I'm at it that little fbloke dick deserves a slap for his licking the presses assholes,constantly at it in the futile hope of getting some itk info.dick.forum is far better without him.


And yes I am sat here fuming over the treatment of Garry Cook.

 

[leighton]

Re: Garry Cook resigns

As soon as the email was made public to the media the writing was on the wall. Seem a decent fella who made the odd mistake but who doesnt make mistakes. He has brought a more professional feel to the running of the club. Who will replace him will have a hard job. The biggest job in world football there will be a lot of people wanting that job.

 

[richards30]

Re: Garry Cook resigns

I seriously doubt we would get Laporta. Would be nice to get a CEO who knows something about football.

just passing on what ive been told mate?!? surely the football aspect isnt 100% a dealbreaker? dont forget the job that laporta did at barca so its not as if he doesnt know fuck all about football is it!!! have been told hes big mates with khaldhoon as well so maybe some mileage in it?

When's the medical booked for The Bridgewater??

I really like(d) La Porta...but didn't he manage to allow the biggest sporting club in the world to rack up HUGE debts...?

look where he got them though mate?!?! also i think sheik mansour and khaldhoon know alittle bit about running a business so i think we`ll be safe!! lol like i say,its just what i got told chaps.

 

[AlexWilliamsGloves]

Re: Garry Cook resigns

Vicky Kloss....she has more balls than the lot of em

 

[Any1aBlue]

Re: Garry Cook resigns

David Dein is certainly someone who has the knowledge of all attributes of running a big Club well and working with rather than alongside a manager.
Haven't read all the pages and if this has already been raised, apologies, but I think he could do a great job for us and the way Arsenal have disintegrated since his departure say it all.
He is a man who commands respect at all levels in football and must be worth consideration, not sure how he stands on being relocated in the North, but surely we could offer him his holy grail now?

Dein = Good call.
Or get Bernstein back?

 

[BillyMC]

Re: Garry Cook resigns

Vicky Kloss....she has more balls than the lot of em

Fuck me she had me fooled. Next you'll be telling me Foo Foo was a bloke.

 

[Plain Speaking]

Re: Garry Cook resigns

I have the utmost confidence in Khaldoon.
He was pleased with GC's work but you cannot deliberately lie in an official capacity.
Thank you for your hard work Garry.
We should look at this as an opportunity to get the most suitable CEO in the world to drive the club forward.
I hope we can make peace with parties GC seemed to be getting overly personal with.
We should be positive and view this as a chance to improve the club.