Honest question. Why do you think he never realised his potential at the club he longed to play for since being a youngster? I appreciate he never had the players around him who developed with him and complimented him (Horne, Yeamo etc). But having said that, you'd have expected his efforts to triplicate, surely?

Who knows, maybe his style and approach just didn't fit with the rest of the team. As said, it did seem like most of Hull's attacking play went through him, whereas when Dobson came in Cooke maybe had to kinda play second to him. This I don't feel Cooke could ever complain about though, because if he's honest he will admit that Dobson is twice the creative player Cooke ever was at his peak. Watched the play-off derby again last night, the way Dobson shrugged off a Hull player before grubber-kicking which eventually led to the Welham try is just sheer class.

If Cooke had been the main playmaker in 2009/10 (say with I'Anson or someone alongside him) then it might have been a happier time for him, but with Dobson been the success he has, how could Justin have acted any differently? To not give Dobson full freedom to roam would be very bad coaching, regardless of what Cooke achieved at Hull.

Regardless of which team he played for he had some great games and some not so good games. He often made players he played with look better than they do without him. He helped HKR stay in Superlegue and we should be grateful for that. I, for one, wish him all the best and hope he finds some peace so he can continue his Rugby League career.

Also, there is that sneaky part of me that loves the fact that he crossed the City and how much it still grates on a lot of FC fans, so much so they even sang about him dying when he turned out for Wakefield. Nobody bears a grudge like a Hull FC supporter!!!

Don't know what you mean there mate...

His performance against Salford and then Hull three weeks later made sure of that. Those two results kept us in Super League.

Despite a post about Cooke on the board above saying he is despised at both ends of the city seems very flawed IMO. It would appear the main animosity / dislike / hatred about him stems mainly from the west side of our city. Although Rovers fans may have divided opinions about his contribution to our team, most i believe, wish him well in his future career and thank him for his contribution in keeping us in Super League when relegation threatened in our first year.

I don`t think he grates on me,times have moved on,which to be fair is more than can be said of Cookey.

11th, 7th and 4th in the 3 seasons he completed with Rovers. It was a move that worked as far as I can see but ended when it needed too

100% spot on Bertie.

The fictitious non-sense that fans from both sides of the city hate him is what they want to believe due to their miss-directed bitterness towards him as they continue to bury their heads in the sand instead of getting the real answers why Cooke left their club.

When the 6 year deadline passes for FC to take action against Cooke, the truth will out and the FC board will have to finally answer for their miss-management and incompetence instead re-directing FC fans anger onto the innocent party who was Paul Cooke.

Did any body see "Quatermass and the pit"?
Its about an entity which turns the residents of a city against each other,causing chaos and destruction,for the life of me I can`t remember seeing Paul Cooke in that film.