QuoteHe's off to talk to Leeds tomorrow. 33/1.
Yes and no. From our point of view its a tad annoying - but now its settled for the season [which has all being out-of-season] so everything's grand.Originally Posted by Sam_Heggy
You also have to consider his pov - having turned down St Johns, Derry and now Accie Stanley, he has kept his name in the shop window for a long time outside football season, therefore keeping a high profile.
He's a shrewd bhoyo and if we clinch the league this season, he's in with an even better chance of being picked up by a bigger club in 2012/13 English season.
So, all in all, you have to be realistic, and its a results based business and if he wins the league - he will have secured a reputation as the greatest manager Sligo ever had.
He's off to talk to Leeds tomorrow. 33/1.
Couldn't agree more shellyriver with your logic, he keeps his profile up, his name is out there and if he makes a breakthrough in the league this year then he'll go to a higher level club. He's a good manager and deserves a shot at a club better than Stanley.
As long as he keeps bringing success he can whore himself down the docks for all I care.
Rasputin, you post as if you know something. Lots of lonely trawlermen around Sligo? Awful stain on Cook's reputation, may only be good enough for the Spurs job! :-)
I dont get what the big deal is if your club had a very good player and he went on 4 or 5 trials in England and Scotland would you be very upset with him when he came back?
I'd wonder why my club was allowing a player to go on multiple trials, or trials at all - if a club wants a player they can scout him and then make an offer.
You would be upset that the club were allowing the player to try and get a deal that would be good for both him and the club?
Were you annoyed with Cummins then?
I was annoyed that we let him on loan to Wolves yes.
I was very pleased when we told Millwall where to go when they asked to take him on loan
Do you really believe that there will be no more talk of a move before next November?
A tad naive me thinks
What is the latest on Ian Foster and Sligo?
I can deal with talk, the difference is he back in the saddle and also has League title and European games to look forward to -- that's hardly naive, its more like pragmatism.
What would prefer worry about every job vacancy across the briney? I mean, woe-be-tide he leaves, but maybe you don't know but there are other aspiring ambitious managers out there that can be hired by the Sligo Rovers committee. Cook came to Sligo having been given the boot previously, so life is often lottery.
Does he have a preseason programme he is working on? Shouldn't he be working on that?
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
So its okay with you if he has talks with as many other clubs as he wishes to court?
Do you really think that Cook is fully committed to Sligo for the full season ahead?
What? That Leeds thing's not a joke? Is he taking the proverbial? What's going on there? Is he being pushed out?
Yes and Yes.
He's made no secret that he's going back to England. In truth, many people in Sligo were hoping he would go now and we would get contract compensation.
He's committed to Sligo because his future success is contingent upon the side doing well.
Roll on the new ASAP.
Going...going...GONE.
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Will be interesting to see what get out clauses the bould scouser inserted into some of Sligo's new signing's contracts, that's if they have signed contracts at all....
Hopefully it's just one contract per player, oh wait, wrong club. It's contract plus cash for Sligo players :-) Seriously, this doesn't augur well for the club this season. Especially getting a new man in. Apart from Foster who's in the hunt?
Any idea who our new boss will be?
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