Quote: lefty goldblatt "Basically, a very talented man, who has lots of good attributes, but (and it's a big but), the fella's just a psychiatarist's dream come true. I've seen him DESTROY us on more than one occasion. Anyone remember the HKR home game '08 (Lowes in charge....shakes head) when we were cruising the game by 16 points(iirc) with less than 10 mins to go, and Cooke finally woke up......he single handedly bewildered us. We simply couldn't deal with him.
John Kear (who's had him twice as coach) can't control him, likewise others. More issues than Gazza, or just a total kn0b?...the jury's out'"
You can't compare him to Gazza, who is a nightmare on legs still surrounded by a little group of bloodsucking hangers on. I can't see Cooke coming back at a decent level, a full year out at 29 years of age will just about finish him. It's a shame because he really is very talented when he puts his mind to it, but it would appear that no-one (not even Barrow) will take a chance on him.
