| Steve Cook on 21:23 - Aug 9 with 12090 views | colinallcars |
He'll be fine I reckon. |  | |  |
| Steve Cook on 21:26 - Aug 9 with 12030 views | HAYESBOY |
Guessing he starts with Fox on Saturday. Good luck Steve.
If we don't lose anyone and can add a right back and a striker before the window closes, I am a little more optimistic. |  |
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| Steve Cook on 21:27 - Aug 9 with 12015 views | paulhoop2 |
Really have to wonder now les has gone the direction of travel we are going in. Veteran players being brought in inside and of younger talent can’t make it up that Said wish him all the best |  |
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| Steve Cook on 21:31 - Aug 9 with 11940 views | aston_hoop |
Now that he's in, I wonder if we'll be tempted to go 3 at the back with him in the middle and Kakay (eventually Dunne) and Fox (occasionally JCS) either side of him. Then Adomah (eventually new signing) and Paal as wing backs, Field and Colback supporting the attacking players. Might eventually make us a bit more solid. My god we need that solidity |  |
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| Steve Cook on 21:31 - Aug 9 with 11927 views | Hastings_Hoops |
Absolute joke…
Wasn’t interested 2 years ago when Forest offered him more. Comes back two years later when we offer him a ridiculous contract (conjecture not fact I know)…
…this is everything that’s wrong with this joke of a club right now.
1) Loftus Road - the club continue to let it decay - if even a little was invested 15 years ago we would have seen a ROI by now.
2) New ground - the owners have demonstrated a remarkable aptitude in how to make enemies and alienate people (car giant / Linford Christie etc).
3) Employing a Director of football but reducing him to a puppet in the role.
4) Chancing upon a perfect fit for a manager (warbs) and then screwing that up.
5) Returning to its P&S / FFP folly like a dog to its vomit.
Absolute joke.
PS: this is not Wegerlies Staircase / Stainrod’s Elbow in disguise. |  | | |
| Steve Cook on 21:33 - Aug 9 with 11901 views | Pikey |
Buys time for the youngsters and his experience will rub off. Good signing along with Colback.
Stay up reap benefits of new tv deal next year plus expensive year in accounts drops out of FFP.
All on all sensible stuff. | | | |
| Steve Cook on 21:34 - Aug 9 with 11886 views | slmrstid |
| Steve Cook on 21:31 - Aug 9 by Hastings_Hoops |
Absolute joke…
Wasn’t interested 2 years ago when Forest offered him more. Comes back two years later when we offer him a ridiculous contract (conjecture not fact I know)…
…this is everything that’s wrong with this joke of a club right now.
1) Loftus Road - the club continue to let it decay - if even a little was invested 15 years ago we would have seen a ROI by now.
2) New ground - the owners have demonstrated a remarkable aptitude in how to make enemies and alienate people (car giant / Linford Christie etc).
3) Employing a Director of football but reducing him to a puppet in the role.
4) Chancing upon a perfect fit for a manager (warbs) and then screwing that up.
5) Returning to its P&S / FFP folly like a dog to its vomit.
Absolute joke.
PS: this is not Wegerlies Staircase / Stainrod’s Elbow in disguise. |
I suppose on the plus side Clive can just refresh his "Cook Signs" article he probably wrote eighteen months ago. |  | | |
| Steve Cook on 21:35 - Aug 9 with 11847 views | HAYESBOY |
| Steve Cook on 21:31 - Aug 9 by aston_hoop |
Now that he's in, I wonder if we'll be tempted to go 3 at the back with him in the middle and Kakay (eventually Dunne) and Fox (occasionally JCS) either side of him. Then Adomah (eventually new signing) and Paal as wing backs, Field and Colback supporting the attacking players. Might eventually make us a bit more solid. My god we need that solidity |
Could look like:
Begovic
Dunne Cook Fox/JCS
Adomah Paal
Field Colback
Willock Chair
Dykes
Or he goes one of Chair and Willock with Armstrong in a two up top?? | |
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| Steve Cook on 21:36 - Aug 9 with 11803 views | paulparker |
| Steve Cook on 21:27 - Aug 9 by paulhoop2 |
Really have to wonder now les has gone the direction of travel we are going in. Veteran players being brought in inside and of younger talent can’t make it up that Said wish him all the best |
We were hardly spending our money on up and coming players under Les
For what it’s worth I think this is a decent signing , Gareth needs a spine of a team so with begovic , cook, colback , we now have that I can’t see those 3 putting up with the attitude of some of our players , hopefully we can get a right back and a striker in and we can have at least a fighters chance |  |
| And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
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| Steve Cook on 21:36 - Aug 9 with 11808 views | Rangersw12 |
| Steve Cook on 21:35 - Aug 9 by HAYESBOY |
Could look like:
Begovic
Dunne Cook Fox/JCS
Adomah Paal
Field Colback
Willock Chair
Dykes
Or he goes one of Chair and Willock with Armstrong in a two up top?? |
WLS saying Colback won't be ready until the Ipswich game | | | |
| Steve Cook on 21:48 - Aug 9 with 11641 views | Lanhoop |
Not too long ago folk looked down their noses at both Richard Dunne and Ryan Nelson. If Cook can contribute like they did then we’ll have done alright. | | | |
| Steve Cook on 21:52 - Aug 9 with 11582 views | wombat |
| Steve Cook on 21:48 - Aug 9 by Lanhoop |
Not too long ago folk looked down their noses at both Richard Dunne and Ryan Nelson. If Cook can contribute like they did then we’ll have done alright. |
More than happy with this one , will help dunne when he’s back , might even manage to get glass salter out of the treatment room occasionally |  |
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| Steve Cook on 21:54 - Aug 9 with 11547 views | eghamranger |
| Steve Cook on 21:48 - Aug 9 by Lanhoop |
Not too long ago folk looked down their noses at both Richard Dunne and Ryan Nelson. If Cook can contribute like they did then we’ll have done alright. |
I so agree.
Could be the next Clint Hill… 30 is no age these days |  | | |
| Steve Cook on 21:57 - Aug 9 with 11524 views | RBlock |
Like a lot of signings this summer, it's good for where we are but it's a joke that we've ended up here. |  | | |
| Steve Cook on 21:57 - Aug 9 with 11523 views | queensparker |
If we’re going to get through this season we need a set of proven grizzled pros who are used to playing a full set of games. Good signing.
We desperately need a RB, CM and CF IMO as well. Can’t possibly see how we’ll get them but would be happy to sacrifice Willock to do so |  | | |
| Steve Cook on 21:58 - Aug 9 with 11504 views | stevec |
We are where we are, we need professionals with standards. |  | | |
| Steve Cook on 22:10 - Aug 9 with 11354 views | ted_hendrix |
Chuffed to bits with this signing, a much needed defensive brick In the wall signing Is how I see It. |  |
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| Steve Cook on 22:19 - Aug 9 with 11238 views | ChrisNW6 |
| Steve Cook on 21:27 - Aug 9 by paulhoop2 |
Really have to wonder now les has gone the direction of travel we are going in. Veteran players being brought in inside and of younger talent can’t make it up that Said wish him all the best |
I was a supporter of Les as DOF and thought he had cracked it with Warbs and then Beale, but that business model and squad was so fragile. We need a couple of ugly seasons to start again. | | | |
| Steve Cook on 22:26 - Aug 9 with 11164 views | CateLeBonR |
A hobsons choice maybe but welcome Steve |  | | |
| Steve Cook on 22:33 - Aug 9 with 11056 views | Toast_R |
Players who share both names with two members of the same band.
Steve Cook
Robert Page |  | | |
| Steve Cook on 22:35 - Aug 9 with 11032 views | PlanetHonneywood |
| Steve Cook on 21:36 - Aug 9 by Rangersw12 |
WLS saying Colback won't be ready until the Ipswich game |
Home or away? |  |
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| Steve Cook on 22:48 - Aug 9 with 10912 views | PunteR |
We are a better team with him in it then without him . Its a plus. So what if he's got a 2 year deal as long as he does a job. We've hardly got players coming through the ranks to replace him in a years time.
Its where we are atm isnt it ? |  |
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| Steve Cook on 22:58 - Aug 9 with 10855 views | Northernr |
 QPR lather, rinse and repeat with Cook capture – Signing 9th Aug 2023 22:50After Jack Colback, Steve Cook is another veteran footballer from Nottingham Forest bringing much needed ability and experience to QPR’s beleaguered team, but once more the club has had to offer a chunky contract to make it happen storing up further problems for later on.  5
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| Steve Cook on 23:05 - Aug 9 with 10790 views | OakR |
I'm quite happy with this one, as with Colback. | |
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| Steve Cook on 23:41 - Aug 9 with 10574 views | numptydumpty |
| Steve Cook on 23:05 - Aug 9 by OakR |
I'm quite happy with this one, as with Colback. |
It's a decent signing for this year.
Problem though is we are having to give two year contracts to several older players to get them to come here.
And possibly in contracts their year two wage is set at a much higher rate than year one - so this will eat into next year's FFP figures as opposed to this seasons.
And there could be deterioration in form due to age as we saw with Adomah.
Simply delaying an issue. |  |
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