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And my answer would be he was right about what was coming BUT he didn't have to leave in such a way that it became known he was going before the play-offs, so that his team's performance in those play-offs was so far below the standards he'd set that it left a lot of supporters with a sour taste in their mouths. I always expected Preston to be better than us but we had no need to end a good period in our history being totally outclassed. I thought it did everyone concerned a disservice and I wish someone would ask Paul Cook if he regrets letting that match go ..... because that's how it looked to me.

Portsmouth came in for him because there season was over but ours was still going on what with the playoffs. That's football though all teams are going to look out for themselves first.

The first match at home to Preston we lost 1-0 and if I remember correctly Tommy got injured so we had to bring in an emergency loan keeper for the 2nd leg and we got ripped apart by Preston. The question is did the team know he was leaving before the 2nd leg? Even if we had beaten Preston over 2 legs we still could have lost in the final to Swindon. If we had gone up Cook would have stayed.

I remember a lot of fans said after the 2nd leg that we didn't want to go up as we couldn't afford it or something.