A few years ago i thought he had all the things needed to go right to the top. Unfortunately he hasn't progressed at all. Games seem to pass him by these days all to easily.

lately he looks like a middle of the road forward with hardly any bite. Lacking in size, power, pace.. and the one thing he used to have in abundance....aggression.

If he left now, i don't think we would miss him.

Cast your minds back, boys and girls to the CC semi v the Worriers in '09. Cooper had a great game, and looked like he could kick on to very good things.....


.....and from there on in, it's been stagnation.
The next two seasons, he merely treaded water, and I thought we've got another Pickersgill. Local lad, unable to reach the next level.

Another two years have passed, again, and Cooper's reputation has not increased any more. Time to go, fella. Thanks for your efforts.

Surely this is a wind-up, re the NRL. He'll be a county player at best, probably not getting on the bench for an NRL team's third tier squad. Mike Cooper in the NRL? Tommy Cooper's got more chance.

Still young for a prop forward (year younger than Chris Hill) and I'm sure that his best years are ahead of him. If he went to the NRL know I'd imagine he'd struggle to hold down a place in the first team but with Ryan Tandy in mind you never know.

I'd be sorry to see him go at this stage of his career. For all the dismissing of him above I like to see a list of other props in Super League of his age who people consider better players.

It's been reported in this weeks RL press as well, double-checked the date wasn't the 1st April edition.

If clubs down under are seriously viewing Cooper as NRL material then I can only assume his agent is claiming to clubs that he is a long-lost member of the Burgess clan, or the NRL clubs salary cap is being reduced to £1.50.

Wow, Cooper is this weeks escaped goat

Bit of an easy target by no means the worst, some players with 'bigger' reputations need to look at themselves a lot harder than MC does.

Perhaps the fact that he views himself as NRL material, is indicative of why he hasn't progressed more rapidly and has always seemed somewhat short of allies amongst the fans (compare and contrast Chris Hill).

Oh wow...do you actually watch the matches? He's had one poor half which was Wigan in the first half, since then he has been one of our lead forwards with Hill and currie, if we lost him it would be a massive loss, and leave a big gap in our forward pack, he's a work horse who never gives up, good luck to him, cracking player very very underrated, maybe this is what he needs

He doesn't necessarily need to get into one of the NRL first teams yet anyway. He can probably make more money playing in reserve grade NRL than he does in SL.

I'd rather he stayed but good luck to him if he goes. If I was a Rugby League player, particularly at his age with no ties (presumably), I'd be in Australia. It's a short, brutal career and I'd be creaming every penny out of it I could out of it. Similarly, if I was "Sam", surely the most bankable player in our sport, I'd be either in the NRL of playing Rugby Union. When I was a kid, I would have never imagined me saying that - being in your mid thirties and having a child changes a man.

After no signings last year, we may be looking at a shed load this year.

I seem to remember the RFL have also changed the rules as to when discussions can take place between a club and a player at the end of their contract. ??

Oh wow..yes I do. And yet more opinionated comments from you who has states everything as fact.

You even state yourself he is a 'workhorse' but tries to play a game he isn't big enough or powerful to do. Also prone to making costly errors with handling and giving away sloppy penalties. Solid enough player but we should be aiming higher as a team.

Really not on the same level as Currie or Hill. If Harrison stays fit he won't be getting into the team anyway.

Unfortunately for Coops the game seems to have moved towards bigger and more mobile packs. I would imagine that with the emergence of Currie and possibly Laithwaite on the horizon, Harrison must be a little concerned. Tyke meanwhile is completely out of favour.

I forgot to say, Coops brother Jack has just signed for Swinton. He had a few games for the U20's last year so perhaps not surprising that Marshall has signed him.

Ooops Freudian slip there I think.


Either way weren't there people on here slagging the club off the other year for letting Jack Cooper leave? Seems his apparent move to Saints never quite materialised.

Good luck to him at Swinton. Allows the club to keep a close eye on his progress whilst giving him access to top level training facilities.

Why did I say Marshall ? Must be my age, I am 98 now and sometimes forget my own name. Fortunately I can come on here and get called plenty of names, so I always have at least one to choose from.