Ive been told tonight of my very good reliable source who told me that Cooper was down at the Staincliff in talks well before he came back that there is a Leeds striker stopping in the hotel tonight getting ready for talks tomorrow

He doesnt know the name but said he is a big built lad who is 27, I'm thinking Billy Paynter

Hope so, he would be a brilliant signing!!

He is certainly a highly decorated name at this level, I just hope if he signs he gets on a roll and shows a stroke of class, his arrival could put a real gloss on pre season.

he may sign up if the turps and conditions of his contract look good

He would certainly mix it up for us and if we sign him I reckon we'll win the Johnstones Paints Trophy, and that would be our Crown-ing glory

Dulux good on paper.

He should come for a trial before we sign him just to tester him out

I am struggling to stay positive over this one. I always felt paynter to be over rated and he had 1 very good season at swindon out of 3. Been very poor for goals over the last few seasons.

I don't get it.......where's the paint joke in that......in one brush stroke you've brought it back to a serious discussion.

I think matt will do to be honest

I'm overcome with emulsion.......

No paint trying to gloss it over.

Stop this now. It's getting silky.

I would like to see Billy sign for Pools, it wasn't that long ago that he was doing very well at this level. I would expect that there are a few clubs sniffing around him mind.... I just hope that if he signs for Pools that he doesn't get sprayed too much.....

I'm worried that by bringing a paynter in Cooper is just hoping to paper over the cracks.

We are on a roller now

Cooper knows what he is doing - he won't want to end up with eggshell on his face...

I think Cooper is building a team to take us to the Primer league

I reckon we should all get our coats.....

I suppose a brush with the play offs and a cup run in the Johnsons Paint Trophy would add some varnish to next season, and the players would love to be decorated with medals in 12 months time.

I hope this story is true and it isn't a pigment of my imagination, it would be a stroke of genious if we sign him

Can i ask how your source knows it a big bloke who is 27 but doesnt know his name? If he maybe said late 20s or something i could understand it? Seems odd he has precise information on age and club and appearence but no name?

Season ticket push again ?

Second coats??

If we get Paynter I think Coops wants decorating.

No seriously, I heard this from my young 'un last Friday, think I mentioned it on another thread.

The conversation went something on lines of

I'm a striker at Leeds and it hasnt worked out for me there and im only 27 and i want to try and kick start my career again

Or something along them lines

Would someone who's probably got accommodation around Leeds get a hotel in Hartlepool?

Mr verbalkint is also a well known wind-up!

Well that's put the lid on that one then.

its took the gloss off it for me like

By signing Billy we are showing intent to decorate our trophy cabinet, hopefully he's not much of a high roller in terms of wages and doesn't like to paint the town red too much.

I really think he can dulux a good job up top

Is he being signed just as cover....and I hope he doesn't turn out to be a drip.

I think this should be the vinyl post in this thread, it's just pot silly.

Your right, it's getting a bit boring now it's like watching paint dry

Impressive coverage but I think Cooper is masking his real intentions- somebody from higher up the ladder but he's keeping his name under the dust sheet for now.

You have all changed your tuna...

We could be signing Matt-y Fry-att

I reckon he'd be bristle-ing with goals and he'd brush aside defenders at this level.

With a cod.

I resemble that remark

I spoke to a Leeds season ticket holder today and mentioned Paynter and our interest supposedly, he said he was shite

and I received Artex from a mate about this. He said this is just newspaper filler, it's tacky and makes Dulux silly.

According to reports he's on his way to Pompey

How can Pompey sign anyone, they are still in administration? I thought you werent allowed to sign new players until you exit administration?

Yes he'd be good for us-hope he is better for us than our lass when she has the painters in!