For signing for another club?

I think that's pathetic.

so when our attack mysteriously improved in a very short space of time (after it being a cluster in radford's first 2 seasons) when Pryce and AN Other got involved that was all fantasy then?

Lee Radford signed for another club leaving Hull in 1998 at a time when we trying to establish ourselves in SL, did you hand back your pass/not renew when he took over the head coaches job, if not, why not?

I reckon there'll be huge protests when Jordan Abdull plays for us next year.

And, as some one else has said, I bet his grandkids are really chuffed not be going next season.

Who mentioned 2 years ago? I think you've entirely missed the point as usual.

If Radford did want Cooke involved, as he apparently did back when he (Radford) first took over, I think he (still Radford) has done enough to earn trust of Hull fans in the last couple of seasons.

It's ten years ago, and Rule and Hetherington are long gone and not much missed, I assume.

I’m on the fence. Radford seems sufficiently focused on making decisions that take the club forward to give him the benefit of the doubt, and I’ve always felt Cooke would come back at some point. The issue for me is how tight this group is and how the culture is transformed from Cooke’s days and whether he is 100% selflessly bought into it.

Yeah there's always a question over how good a fit any potential appointment would be at any club at a particular moment in time.

You want a clear and coherent culture, but at the same time you don't want it to be too narrow. Might it be seen as a bit of a 'cod head mafia' by some in the camp, if Radford brought in Cooke? Conversely, at Rovers at the moment, I think he'd more likely be sand in the gears than grist for the mill.

If you read his book he was offered the job. People found out and his wife/gf got abuse in the supermarket so he didn't take it.

Assuming you’re from Hull. “Cod head’s” are Grimborians, we are “Hully Gullys” or just plain “Gulls”. I don’t see a Gull mafia in any local ex players appointment as coach or assistants, the job was offered to Brett Hodgson who did spend a short time here, I believe, Radford and Cooke’s friendship goes back years, they have trust in one another. Provided AP and Radford would be happy with the appointment, why shouldn’t FC fans support it?

I'm from Hull. Hull in the 80s and early 90s, admittedly, and I go back enough to know it, like most places, has changed a bit since I left. Never, ever heard the term Hully Gullys. Tbf, I suspect I picked up cod heads off here; it does seem to be used to refer to Hull folk by our West Yorkshire cousins. And players from outside Hull, who might [iperceive[/i a tight knit all-Hull coaching team as a bit cliquey could plausibly be an issue down the road.

It's at the front of my mind, because I just read Cooke's book, and he was clearly bothered by what he regarded as an Aussie Mafia at Rovers. On the other hand, he speaks highly of Lee Crooks, whose involvement with Rovers wasn't widely seen as having gone particularly well.

But I agree with you, that is a minor concern, and if Radford thought Cooke could improve your chances of winning games, I think it would be daft at this point not to back him.

Was told at Houghtons dinner that we are after a new/additional assistant and tried for Brett Hodgson but he’d already committed to Wests Tigers

As I said in the Dentist Diary at the time and this last week Brett was heard actually saying that afternoon that he'd agreed a deal but then gave back word when the Aussie job came along and we were very understanding about it as a club.

I put in the "opinions" thread that the main improvement needed is in our attack. We're obviously very good at final tackle plays, but look laboured at times when shifting the ball around.

Hodgson would've been a very good addition. Consummate professional, great career and I've read good things about his time in coaching. Baring a 3-season spell as a player, I can't say the same about Cooke.

Cooke has gone back to RU.