Criticising Cook for his team selection, primarily for not playing certain players, Grigg and McManaman especially, is of course what punters like to do regardless of the fact they have no idea what injuries they may be carrying or how well they are performing in training. Grigg has hardly set the place alight when he’s started and McManaman is a shadow of the player he was when last here. Are they really any better than Vaughan, Garner or Windass.
Cook’s position is certainly under threat not least because he’s not made any real headway in changing the mindset and instilling confidence. Once the rot has set in it’s the most difficult challenge a manager has to face. And the lack of quality players at his disposal, whether that’s down to him or the constraints placed on him by Whelan during the summer, makes his task even more difficult.
I like Cook. I want him to succeed. Whether he will get that opportunity remains to be seen. Changing managers, as we are only too well aware of, is no guarantee things will improve.
Absolutely spot on Sammy.
