Personally i'm a massive Cook fan. Not so much his style of football but for the man himself. He's a class act, haven't seen another manager dominate the touchline in the manner that he does. That and his personality inside the dressing room must be a massive confidence booster to all of the players/staff at the club. He is a true competitor.
The Portsmouth fans were on the money when they described his style of play. I'm hoping he's the type to teak and make adjustments and not just keep playing in the same manner throughout the season when the performances are constantly poor.
Preston conceded 2 or more goals in their past 9 league games. At 0-0 we never looked like scoring, i can't remember us creating a single chance last week from open play.
I really don't care about results to be honest, i can go away happy if we lose and play well. If we were creating chances and playing in a way that was positive i'd have nothing to complain about.
After thinking about it, possibly what happened against us vs Norwich might of changed Cooks mind about the way we approached the following two. We had a very deep defensive line, high attacking four in a shape of 4-4-2, with two defensive midfielders in no mans land in between. When they attacked it was easy, every attack they played through the massive gap's in between our stretched system and then used the flanks with the fullbacks, wingers and outside central midfielders to attack our fullbacks 3vs1. We tried to use the offside trap only in that game. Although we attempted to play offside, with a deep defensive line with no pressure on the ball. As our attacking players had already committed to pressing their defenders, which gave them an easy free pass every time throughout their build up phase. We tried the offside trap 5-10 times and it worked against us every time. Not once did we do it successfully.
Regardless of who is or isn't in the line up the tactics chosen in the past three we're very defensive minded. It was far too easy for teams to play against us. From the deep position our midfielders were picking up the ball their front three were able to press them. When we advanced through that first line of the press than their midfield would advance and make the next press before we have any situations in the final third, completely nullifying our attack. Allowing them to have free players ahead of the ball whilst ours were pressed constantly. Whenever we turned it over they had the territory without having to do anything by being higher up the pitch when they received it.