31 at this level these days isnt last chance saloon. Some of the lads we have had through played their best stuff at 33. The mental side of things and how you read the game is the best its going to be. Need to just make sure your brain and legs are on the same page. Get that right and you are laughing.

But i do feel Cook maybe isnt a full season striker. Shame as i say hes a good player on his day and can finish. For now he may give us something off the bench. He has to tbh as we are very short up the top of the pitch again. Rather still have Fela on the bench tbh. Be a good summer i think recruitment wise. We have the players to now build a team around. Especially if we keep hold of Morris

cullens career record speaks for itself ...338 professional appearances ....74 goals.....a proven experienced finisher.....as holohan said..."feed the polar bear and he will score"....disappointed to see him go...was asked to do a job with us leading the line which is not his game...would have liked to see him alongside bogle or carver in a front two...but never let us down when he played.... and scored some crucial goals...deserves the favour spike has done him [just like hendrie] in allowing him to go....

Yes Bob and Alf.

just a thought....have fela or cook actually any history of scoring goals ?...if not they will be f..k all use "off the bench"....different with cullen....

An obvious question...do other teams in our league have reserve teams who play in a league format?,

Fela has scored for Yeovil tonight

Fela needs a season none league. He needs the shite that comes with dealing with bob the scaff the part time CB for dog and duck utd! Sharpen his knife playing against these woppers and he comes back a different player. Guarantee he makes L1 football. Ive seen far worse make it to the championship

Cullen will score goals at NLN no doubt. Hes just not the man we need.

Thanks for all you have done ! Good luck

Eiphos - how do you get Cook can finish he’s only scored 22 goals in his career. I have not seen enough of him to have an opinion on him but stats would indicate he’s certainly not a ‘finisher’.

Since around the time an ex-Fylde manager, who signed him for Pools, left ?

well that certainly looks the case now with gav. he is right down the pecking order now and is either not in the squad or unplayed sub. if he does not get any time on the pitch this season he,ll be on a free in the summer. the question is which league will he end up playing in next season.

When i say finish - i mean his all round game - chances / chances created / assists. Just his overall game as a second striker to a number 9. I watched him a lot at Gateshead, although not always hitting the onion bag, he can shoot and brings others into play, plus can take a man on as he isnt slow. I also know someone who knows him personally, said he would be playing much higher up if it wasnt for his injuries and when he signed for Pools said he would walk into the Pools team at the time. Feel bad for the lad tbh.

eiphos..."When i say finish - i mean his all round game - chances / chances created / assists." .... wtf ?...are you for real ?...you are either related to him.... or his f ckin agent ...or there is something else with you....you "watched him a lot at at gateshead"...he played a grand total of 10 games for the heed...scoring 1 goal.....assume you must have been at all of them ?.....something definitely not quite right here...

what if i am him ? .... dot dot dot.... does it matter, why are you getting yourself worked up. Im not talking about a Darlo forward am i ?

watched him alot as in ... watched him train 3/4 days a week yes watched all the games...

watched him training....what....on the "wreck".?....it gets better...something definitely not quite right here...

doesnt occur to you that people might actually work within a certain football club / organisation that has something to do with professional athletes.. wow

again dont let it bother you pal - talking about one of our players not some Darlo forward i wished we had signed

eiphos...funny old name isnt it...some sort of female cartoon character ?

yeh 46 year old divorcee from Burbank street - logging on and chatting bollix to the overweight unemployed on my way to the job centre

butch.. ginger.. face like a bag of spanners ?

Like you, poolie 1, I would have liked to see Cullen play alongside Bogle at least for a couple of games to see how things went. Too late now. There is lot of pressure on Young Gray .

nail on the head - although the dogs just chewed through my last pair of Primani slippers so currently rocking crocs

Excellent man management skills from Spike to get Cullen out of the building bfor the end of the season.
To get the squad down from 25 to 18 before the seasons end and to have us competing for a possible play off campaign is quite remarkable.
The future looks bright.
Project25 Alive n Kicking
UTP.

From what Eiphos says about Cook the ten previous clubs he played for must be kicking themselves for letting such a good player go and I suspect for free.

but they must have all seen something in him before he was signed. its not as if there are no alternatives around. then again i forgot about fondop.

johnjo...as you can see from the above.....eiphos believes "finishing" in football parlance refers to a players all round game ...and ability in terms of chances created assists etc..now that should tell you everything you need to know..

you do realise we are talking about one of 'our' players who still 'plays' for the club. Nothing wrong in giving positive and constructive criticism or do you come on here to moan and thats it ? find it hard to believe 'fans' are digging the way you are. pathetic

eiphos ...."our players"...."moaning"....you have a fkin cheek boy ?

"Not sure Carver will be here past the end of the season either. I know he was a sub and had to try and get something off the big lads behind him but dear me his touch, positioning. All off. Need better off the bench for next season.".....

"Feaths doesnt have another season in him at this level im afraid. His level is defintely in the lower leagues now as he showed last season"....

"this has absolutely nothing to do with Raj giving a young manager a chance - he was quite easily the cheapest and only option left. Also the assistant wasnt even in work so that wasnt very hard was it. Genuinely thought with the severance package we received from the snake we would appoint an experienced decent manager. X-Mas ruined !" ....

Like I posted earlier I and probably most supporters have not seen enough of Cook to have an opinion on him. I am just looking at eiphos’s making him out to be an excellent player then looking at his record. If he returns to be a good player for Pools great but at the moment I wouldn’t bet on him being retained at the end of the season.

Sorry, but it is obvious Cook is a sick note. I dont bear him any ill will but I dont think his body is up to professional football.

yes, williams mark 2 where if they are not playing for a lemgth of time they are taking up a wage. no matter how good any player is he is nothing if on the treatment table more than the pitch. just another gamble that has not come off.

accrington......nah.....not a crock .... just not a "full season striker".....

"But i do feel Cook maybe isnt a full season striker."

Not a full season? I don't think he has played a full game for us, never mind a full season. He should do his coaching badges and get involved in the game that way.

fuck me... bullied as a child where you ? do you have an excel spreadsheet with everyones posts saved - give it a rest pal

sorry ginge.....must be uncomfortable reading that guff you posted about our players and our manager.....

I really think it’s time to stop digging up posts from the graveyard. We’ve all made posts we wish we hadn’t, but the posts are up there, we don’t need reminding of them.

snowy...."we don’t need reminding of them."....no you're absolutely right....i wouldnt like being reminded of them if they were mine either...best forgotten about... and hidden away in the "graveyard" where no one sees them...

We all know what was said, the posts are still there, but constant references to them diminishes what they say. We all know what was said and when you put a post out you later wish you hadn’t, constantly being reminded of it doesn’t help. It’s over, it’s gone, you’re better than this, let’s get back to normal..... whatever that is.

Sadly like Williams and many others Cook does not appear to be up to the rigours of full time football. However there is always clubs willing to take the risk hoping that they can get a bargain. Look at Jack Wilshaw how many clubs have taken a gamble on him and again some club in Denmark has taken a chance with him on £5K a week. If he comes off great but what a risk.
One player who Pools took a risk with many years ago and is still today my favourite Pools player was George Luke. Newcastle let him come to Pools because he had a ‘gammy leg’. He turned out to be IMO one of the best ever Pools players and eventually returned to Newcastle for a fee. He in fact played 186 games for Pools including the famous game against The Busby Babes.
Just off the top of my head can anyone remember one called John Gallagher again from Newcastle he makes Williams record at Pools look good.

[quote="Johnjo1"] was George Luke. Newcastle let him come to Pools because he had a ‘gammy leg’./quote]

And to think decades later, Pools would sign a real immobile player named Luke George! Wonder what he's doing these days?

On the topic of Cullen, he scored against Blyth Spartans today! Bet that's awkward!