Many people thought he was passed it before we signed him. Tonight has done nothing to disprove that. You'd have thought that playing in Hull with the crowd on his back, he'd be really up for it and trying his best to put one over on them. Sadly for us, and for him, I don't think there's owt left in him to do that.

One moment that said it all for me was, with about 5 mins to go, he picked up a loose ball deep in our own half. He had loads of space in front of him, but rather than run into it, draw the defenders, and then look for support, he dithered around, looking for the faster man on his shoulder straight away. Even if he'd hit the hole and taken the tackle, that would have been something. He's either not fit enough and not thinking fast enough, or he's nothing left to offer.

the problem is we don't have long left for the franchise application. If we carry on like we are we have no chance stadium or not. I am a long time trin supporter and I feel like not bothering. What do you think the new supporters will think travelling to hull and watching this shower. I can see our gates dropping to harlequins level. I will more than likely be there for the bradford match after the magic weekend (only cause I've payed upfront) but after that if we carry on like we are you can count me and the various 6-10 supporters I bring. New and old. I feel embarressed to wear the Wakefield shirt these days. And this cannot be good for the club. I don't know if we need a new coach to sort it out or what. (I love kear) but I want to see us return to winning ways and soon.

if it wasn't for us lot booing him and chanting Judas I woulden't have known he was on the pitch!

have to agree with you all that he doesn't look bothered playing for Wakefield. I've seen Cooke rip teams apart while playing for both ourselves (he was outstanding in 2006) and also in the derby's for Rovers (he has never lost a Hull derby, for either side)

on his returns to the KC he usually has responded to the abuse by putting in a great performance, tonight he just didn't look interested

.....and his p*** poor performances in red and white and his whole attitude on the field for us speaks volumes

We don't have the time for idle wasters - he's not interested

Say what you want mate, he's a very good player.
Also he wasn't the only one who didn't look interested.

I think the word we're all looking for regarding Cooke tonight is 'aloof'.

I'm sure he's still got many a match winning performance in him, I'm just losing confidence that we're going to see it sometime soon. Tonight should have been his chance to show the league what he his capable of, instead it's just fueled the fire of wanting rid.

That was 5 years ago and he's been going downhill ever since.

Thanks - I will!

Nobody is disputing that he wasn't the only one but the thread is on Cooke

Edited for accuracy

I was merely pointing out that he hardly "under-achieved" while at Hull FC.

Looks like he 'wants to play on the Asda car park' which will end up playing at this rate.

I thought you were ignoring Cooke ?

Paul Cooke is a has been and a waste of space, end of...

He lost 1 as a Rovers player.

He was always on the winning side when he had started a derby game, IIRC.