+1 but I could say the same about most of our back line - Gleeson, Blanch and Blaymire aren't SL standard either.

Thought he's played well in the last two games. If the changing room is harmonious keep him on, I noticed yesterday too that he was doing most of the talking and pointing at players to get in position. He's looking like breaking the line everytime he steps now.

Yeah i agree what the clan says also.

WHAT THE FECK DO YOU ALL EXPECT?



Cooke is playing in a team that is been dominated down the middle, how the hell can the guy make something with that fact?



Give him a sodding break- If its players that need your rollockings is the s in the middle.

I wondered when this thread may have opened. How can he be judged when hes played out of position in every game hes played???



Ok hes not exactly lit the world up but hes the only out there organising and trying to create things. BJ may as well of not played yesterday as he didnt do a thing! One other thing - who will goal kick if we dont play Paul Cooke???



Once we get a decent half-back who can take the team around the park and move Cooky to 13 then we can judge him.

You've got to be joking about BJ! Had he not played yesterday they would have scored 50+. The amount of times he was stuck out on the wing covering for Gleason was ridiculous. No wonder we struggle to create when one of our half backs is covering the wingman.

you dont say

i hope you don't mean your gonna stay there with him

CHRIST NO !!!!!

I'm well qualified and capable of judging him now!

If he was resigned it would show a distinct lack of ambition from the coach and board in my opinion. Some say he's a Loose Forward, but i just don't see the work ethic in him.

Are you serious??? Rob Burrow gets spotted by the opposition every game and has to make loads of tackles covering or not! Also BJ probably defends out their anyway to get away from seconds rowers running at him all day. If your telling me this is an excuse as to not get involved in attack and take control plus taking the opposition on, then I worry for us. We all know he can do it when he wants but Sunday he was poor and didnt offer us anything in attack!

Thinking back to sunday now Paul Cooke actually looked threatening down our left hand side at times and put some nice kicks in early in the second half, only thing was there was only 1 runner ever close to him so it was easy to defend against and Child penalised us to death!



Paul Cooke will never boss a game and be a crowd pleaser in the fact that he will not make 40 metre breaks and put in big-hits. To say he has come in half way through the season into a team coached by man obsessed with 6 drives and a kick, playing out of position and carrying the expectations that hes some kind of miracle worker well I dont think hes actually done too bad. Yeh he makes mistakes and hasnt lit the world up but what actually did we expect in the first place???



Paul Cooke is a steady player who is doing a decent job for us in the short term and we should get behind him.



Its the easy option for everyone to blame him for our demise, yet without him I have no idea who will get us around the park and that is not even Paul Cookes natural game!!