Or maybe he knows what paul cooke "the man" is really like.

Perhaps he could've just kept his thoughts to himself rather than turning the OP's well-wishing thread into another boring Cooke slagoff-athon. Just a thought?

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You're either joking or you're just arguing for the sake of it?

There is, and never has been, anything "remarkable" about that waste of oxygen.

I'll say it again for your benefit, anyone can give whatever they want, whenever they want, to a fantastic charity like Dove House. However, there is no reason whatsoever to involve or support him in any way while doing it.

Good luck to him!

"Man" is stretching the meaning of the word too far for me. Unless he's in a boxing ring with a random woman of course!

I'd go with that Paul.

Everybody slags the old board off and then hammers Cooke for not wanting to work for them.

I'm not a fan of Cooke but at least he's appearing to be turning it around.

You mean exactly what you've just done?

Just a thought?

You really need to move on. Far more important things in life to get worked up about.

I agree with Paul M. Good luck to him.

I would think that over the coming months Dove House will see an increase in charitable donations made to them because of the efforts of Paul Cooke and his marathon efforts.
Yes we can all agree that we can donate whenever we want but sometimes charities rely on public figures to raise the profile of the charity (see Band Aid, Red Nose Day) to inject a much needed cash injection.
If this man raises £50000 or £50 then who are we to knock him and not support his efforts.

Great post , bang on

Just want to echo the thoughts above, Cooke is just the vehicle facilitating money going to a very worthy cause, and it is the cause we should take comfort from backing not him.

Dependant on how you measure 'good' and 'bad' I would say he will do more good for the patients of Dove House who may get some increased quality of life because of the donations than any bad or harm he caused Hull FC by leaving the way he did - the club 'survived' and we moved on.

If it was a relative of ours would we refuse to let them go into Dove house on the basis that some of the care maybe funded by Cooke? - Thought not, time for some perspective....

It came out of my phone this morning and will go on my bill

Exactly. Good luck to him. I'm far, far away from his biggest fan, but raising awareness and money for a local and special charity can only be credible and gain respect for.

Spot on....and surely know-one can knock that.


We often have debates on this board about players behaviour, second chances etc, now I have no respect for him regarding the [iincident[/i(s)...however I sincerely take my hat off for him for this, like mentioned he lost a parent to cancer and none of us would wish that on our worst enemies, he clearly has great respect for Dove House and wants to repay them for the care they provided for his Mum, and more importantly due to who he is he will raise the profile of the charity considerably....I am very opinionated with my views on here especially when it comes to players off field antics, however even I know when to keep it real and draw the line, credit where credit is due.