Re: O/T Cooke and his book : Mon Jul 25, 2016 4:59 pm  

Jake the Peg wrote:

I've never read an interesting RL biography yet and this one won't be any different

Whilst generally agreeing with this comment , do give Mike Gregory's Biting Back a read , an exception to the rule . Superb .

Re: O/T Cooke and his book : Mon Jul 25, 2016 5:25 pm  

Leeds Thirteen wrote:

Whilst generally agreeing with this comment , do give Mike Gregory's Biting Back a read , an exception to the rule . Superb .

Most sports biographies tend to be pretty anodyne affairs although Terry Newton's was poignant as I read it after he took his own life. I've just finished reading Gareth Hock's. When I say finished I don't mean finished to the end. What an absolute prat. I really shouldn't have expected anything else but I thought it might be interesting. He comes across even worse in the book than he does in real life. Luckily it was a library book.

Re: O/T Cooke and his book : Mon Jul 25, 2016 5:41 pm  

Leeds Thirteen wrote:

Whilst generally agreeing with this comment , do give Mike Gregory's Biting Back a read , an exception to the rule . Superb .

Cheers, I'll seek a copy out

[Mild Rover]

Re: O/T Cooke and his book : Mon Jul 25, 2016 7:08 pm  

Jake the Peg wrote:

Does anyone honestly think there will be anything interesting in it? Tales of his early life on longhill, lots of verbage about his parents, how badly done to at Hull he was, why he turned to the bottle and how he spunked away his RL career and around £1/2m by my reckoning. I've never read an interesting RL biography yet and this one won't be any different

The culture shock elements of Stanley Gene's, make it an interesting and entertaining read, although obviously it will appeal more to robins than airlie birds.

The Cooke book I want to read would be 50% Hull FC, 30% Rovers (including the cross-city switch), 20% Paul Cooke. Which wouldn't be a balanced reflection of his career, I admit.

My suspicion now though is that it'll be unbalanced the other way, with Durham passing over the bits Rovers fans would revel in as quickly as is decent.

Re: O/T Cooke and his book : Mon Jul 25, 2016 7:18 pm  

His highlight for rovers was surely the game at the KC where he was dropped for turning up pished? The ground was rocking that day to chants of "where's your cookie gone?" The blokes an idiot so I suspect his book will reflect that. Does he still talk about himself in the 3rd person?

Re: O/T Cooke and his book : Mon Jul 25, 2016 8:01 pm  

old frightful wrote:

Great and appropriate title.

Is there a foreword by Garry Schofield?

I heard the foreword is by Neil Hudgell , who supported Cookie and offered legal advice prior to publication of his book .

Re: O/T Cooke and his book : Mon Jul 25, 2016 8:08 pm  

fc-eaststander wrote:

I already know and I knew at the time sport is all about money no great mystery, he lost out in the end big time Horne is classed as a legend at the club has a job coaching and will be remembered fondly by hull fc forever, Cooke on the flip side will always be Judas for walking away and leaving the club in the lurch and rubbing our noses in it. many players go play at both hull clubs and are remembered fondly by both except Cookie, after you finish playing which is a long time you then realise its important how your remembered in your career, shame the people who advised him and promised him the earth never explained that to him at the time, its cost him thousands and always will do

I think his Dad advised him a lot of the time , and Neil Hudgell was a father figure to him whilst at Rovers .

Cookie did well at Rovers , okay he had his moments but on the whole he was good for Rovers . Helped big time keeping the club in SL and often ripped Hull apart in the derbies and relished in doing so . Great player and a really nice bloke off the field .

Glad he has published his book like he promised him Mum he would , always said he would reveal the truth about how Hull FC really treat him and their failure on their part regarding his contract .

James Rule and Kath Hetherington will be a tad nervous I guess .

Re: O/T Cooke and his book : Mon Jul 25, 2016 8:11 pm  

Mild Rover wrote:

The culture shock elements of Stanley Gene's, make it an interesting and entertaining read, although obviously it will appeal more to robins than airlie birds.

The Cooke book I want to read would be 50% Hull FC, 30% Rovers (including the cross-city switch), 20% Paul Cooke. Which wouldn't be a balanced reflection of his career, I admit.

My suspicion now though is that it'll be unbalanced the other way, with Durham passing over the bits Rovers fans would revel in as quickly as is decent.

Loved the photo of Stanley's "House."

Re: O/T Cooke and his book : Mon Jul 25, 2016 8:30 pm  

Leeds Thirteen wrote:

Whilst generally agreeing with this comment , do give Mike Gregory's Biting Back a read , an exception to the rule . Superb .

A Very good read .

Re: O/T Cooke and his book : Mon Jul 25, 2016 8:43 pm  

Library then no penny's spent