moonay
Vital Football Legend
But Cook did seem to go out of his way to avoid using MacDonald or even put him on the bench even when we had injuries and he was available. He played defenders in midfield ahead of MacDonald- despite his immaculate reputation as a pro - he was treated like the others.
McMannaman was one Cook admitted himself he never gave a fair chance to but unlike the rest at least he got a few mins as sub now and again.
Never known a Latics manager to freeze out as many players as Cook.
He wasn't selected ......... but not because he was in bad books for some reason. Cook obviously thought he either hadn't fully recovered or wasn't as good as he had been. Either way, he wasn't on the naughty list ...... that was my point.
Whatever he may have done with some players, he had created an excellent team/squad before he left.
If only, eh?