08-05-2017, 18:46
Cookie could've told Portsmouth not to come near until after the Play-Offs. Them's the rules! That would have been the correct thing to do. Specially if he really cared about Chesterfield.
Of course the team knew what was happening. They'd have had to be blind, deaf and dumb not to. AND if Cookie could see which way the wind was going to blow at Chesterfield so would the experienced players.
Truth is we were below standard in the first game and deservedly lost to a better side. Tommy got injured, we signed a joke goalie who hadn't played a proper game for over a season ...... the rumours were rife everywhere Cookie had already gone. We lost by three and Preston could easily have made it more, especially as our keeper was letting 'em in from halfway. We were way below poor. How long did it take Cookie to pack his bags?
Do you really think Cookie would have stayed had the players rallied remarkably, knocked out Preston and won the Final? That team was being broken up. The club behind it didn't want the Championship part of DA's five-year plan. Rebuild a side for the Championship on dwindling resources, having watched a few players leave, OR go to a club in a big city with strong support that can get 17,000 to watch in Division Two? As Bob Dylan sang, you don't need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind's blowing. I don't blame Cookie for going, only for allowing the manner of it to make his departure so dismal and contribute to what is happening to us now.
If it was "a wrench" for him leaving Chesterfield, look what it's been for us. When we've finally stopped falling we'll know how much more it was than a wrench.
Of course the team knew what was happening. They'd have had to be blind, deaf and dumb not to. AND if Cookie could see which way the wind was going to blow at Chesterfield so would the experienced players.
Truth is we were below standard in the first game and deservedly lost to a better side. Tommy got injured, we signed a joke goalie who hadn't played a proper game for over a season ...... the rumours were rife everywhere Cookie had already gone. We lost by three and Preston could easily have made it more, especially as our keeper was letting 'em in from halfway. We were way below poor. How long did it take Cookie to pack his bags?
Do you really think Cookie would have stayed had the players rallied remarkably, knocked out Preston and won the Final? That team was being broken up. The club behind it didn't want the Championship part of DA's five-year plan. Rebuild a side for the Championship on dwindling resources, having watched a few players leave, OR go to a club in a big city with strong support that can get 17,000 to watch in Division Two? As Bob Dylan sang, you don't need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind's blowing. I don't blame Cookie for going, only for allowing the manner of it to make his departure so dismal and contribute to what is happening to us now.
If it was "a wrench" for him leaving Chesterfield, look what it's been for us. When we've finally stopped falling we'll know how much more it was than a wrench.