Wonder if the fickle cas fans are running around town with pitch forks like some of ours do day after defeat? Not many on here chanting for Powell in today.

To be fair, he's got some goodwill in the bank. His club has had fewer resources than ours, constantly lost good players and still turned in better rugby.

I believe it's because him & Orr was pivotal players & have a good balance of them positions in his squad, I want us to have an assistant with that experience.

There are no fickle fans as you call them just fans that are fed up and disappointed with the continued turmoil we have found ourselves in over the last 2.5 years.
Not everyone can be the eternal optimist like you and a few others.

And as for an experienced assistant why?
Are you supposed to have an experienced head coach that an assistant learns from not the other way round.

I'm not always upbeat that last night was terrible, but 2 points are all that matters, then consistency/entertaining RL hopefully will come, Cunningham/long, Powell/Orr do ok most of the time.

He meant with half-back/pivot experience. Radford knows all about being a forward but nothing about being a half/pivot.

Maybe that's why Pearson wanted Cooke at the club?
I know Horney is involved at some level, but he wasn't the organising/scheming type of half back that often make good coaches.

Im taking from that, you know something we dont. Should we expect an announcement shortly? Cooke to assist radford

If he were interested I think Cooke would bring something to the table from an attacking structure perspective. Been gone nearly a decade now.

Differance been, if cas results continue in that vein, Powell will get sacked, Radford as got no way near the standards of cas under powell with better resources. And I reckon cas fans have more faith that powell can turn it around. That performance last night, looked like a team not playing for the coach, but doing enough to win the game, after all they're professional sportsman who always want to win

Would be a good signing I think, although there are some on here who wouldn't have him back at any price.

Id have him, but imo, think its to little to late

Undoubtedly. In my opinion what's done is done, and letting something that happened almost a decade ago impede progress today is futile. Engaging him as support on the attacking side to work with Sneyd and the young halves would be strengthening the club IMO. Won't happen though.

I'd take Cooke back as an assistant.

His departure has been done to death but there was fault on both sides. He'd do a good job with the young half backs.

Can't see it happening though.

Just because it was several years ago, I still don't see why it is now ok for Cooke to come back. Many fans slate Garry Schofield for wanting to join Leeds 30 years ago, but at least we got the world record fee that he was worth at the time. He may have been anti-Hull in the press ever since, but that's only words and they have never hurt the club financially.

Said before, Cooke was at fault and courted his situation. If he was on contract, he robbed the club of a c£100k transfer fee and if he had no contract, he robbed the club of taking the salary that he wasn't entitled to. Can't recall him ever showing any remorse or making an apology, so why should we forgive and forget when he made mugs out of us all?

As a compromise, he can start on Monday, hold a press conference to apologise to the club and all our fans for his past actions. He can then work free of charge for the rest of the season and if he makes a difference, only then offer him a contract from 2017 that he must sign.