Troy Cook: Why did we let him go?

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  • dread and might
    Back, strapped and intact
    • Apr 2004
    • 949

    #16
    I don't think he was that great a loss in terms of ability, but I liked him a lot. I am always happy to see him playing well. (Friday excluded)
    I wish my weed was EMO so it would cut itself

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    • Legs Akimbo
      Grand Poobah
      • Apr 2005
      • 2809

      #17
      Originally posted by Mike_B
      If you're referring to disposal by foot, that sounds a lot like Brett Kirk.
      No comment.
      He had observed that people who did lie were, on the whole, more resourceful and ambitious and successful than people who did not lie.

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      • anne
        Regular in the Side
        • Sep 2003
        • 719

        #18
        He looked good on the Ella Bache poster that was all over Sydney at one stage.
        ---------||--ANNE--||----------

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        • Doctor
          Bay 29
          • Sep 2003
          • 2757

          #19
          Sometimes you lose players who end up doing well for another club. It was the right decision at the time to let him go, and it's taken him a long time to reach the level he has now. Even as recently as earlier this season he was dropped. Good luck to him for his current run of form but I don't think we need to start wishing we still had him.
          Today's a draft of your epitaph

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          • prenda
            Suspended by the MRP
            • Apr 2005
            • 117

            #20
            im still a big fan of troys and like many swans fans still follow his progress,

            give him a cheer friday night if you can.

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            • Bas
              Veterans List
              • Jan 2003
              • 4457

              #21
              Originally posted by ScottH
              Then we got Schauble for #34 and Mark Kinnear.
              I believe Schauble is in germany. Ah where is Cupcake these days?
              In memory of my little Staffy - Dicey, 17.06.2005 to 1.12.2011- I'll miss you mate.

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              • snajik
                Senior Player
                • Jan 2003
                • 1115

                #22
                Originally posted by Doctor
                it's taken him a long time to reach the level he has now.
                Really? I seem to recall he won their B & F not long after joining them. He also held the record for most consecutive games for Freo, and gone on to play well over 150 games. Suggests a consistently good player to me.

                He was a favourite of mine while at the Swans. His hip and shoulders were Pickettesque. Too many midfielders at the time and he drew the short straw.
                It's very hard to live in a studio apartment in San Jose with a man who's learning to play violin. That's what she told the police when she handed them the empty revolver.
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                • Ajn
                  Draft Scout
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 711

                  #23
                  Cook was a fill in player at best. Only asset was his tackling and pressure. It would have been a call between him and Kirk (Who was not great at the time)

                  My call is GOOD CALL!
                  Staying ahead of the game...

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                  • bandwagon
                    Regular in the Side
                    • May 2003
                    • 565

                    #24
                    Both Kirk and Cook had won a B&F, so they can hardly be called fringe players. However Cook's bash and crash style will have contributed to a shortening of his best years. He has plenty to be proud of in his career IMO.

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                    • prenda
                      Suspended by the MRP
                      • Apr 2005
                      • 117

                      #25
                      Originally posted by Ajn
                      Cook was a fill in player at best. Only asset was his tackling and pressure. It would have been a call between him and Kirk (Who was not great at the time)

                      My call is GOOD CALL!
                      i agree totally
                      at the time he had just won the sandover medal in westar rules comp.
                      when he came to sydney he wasnt up to afl standard it and the swans put way to much pressure on him to be the next big thing out of sydney.

                      good to see him going good at freo and back home.

                      remember a few years back when he was playing for sydney he ironed out {jess sinclair freo}with a magic hip and shoulder.
                      from that hit every time cookie got a possy the crowd ripped into him like no player ive seen cop it before

                      now he is one of there most loved sons.

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                      • Triple B
                        Formerly 'BBB'
                        • Feb 2003
                        • 6999

                        #26
                        Eade didn't want him because he was a poor kick, pure and simple.

                        Cook's hip and shoulder on Rohan Smith in front of the players race at the SCG still stands as one of my most vivid memories. One of the best ever.
                        Driver of the Dan Hannebery bandwagon....all aboard. 4th April 09

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                        • silent lurker
                          BLT Razzle Dazzle
                          • Jan 2003
                          • 195

                          #27
                          Originally posted by BBB
                          Eade didn't want him because he was a poor kick, pure and simple.

                          Cook's hip and shoulder on Rohan Smith in front of the players race at the SCG still stands as one of my most vivid memories. One of the best ever.
                          Rohan Smith? I thought it was Brad Wira.
                          We all dream of a team of BLTs!

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                          • Jeffers1984
                            Veterans List
                            • Jan 2003
                            • 4564

                            #28
                            Originally posted by BBB


                            Cook's hip and shoulder on Rohan Smith in front of the players race at the SCG still stands as one of my most vivid memories. One of the best ever.
                            Yes. That was superb. if anyone can youtuve that it would be awesome.
                            Official Driver Of The "Who Gives A @@@@ As The Player Will Get Delisted Anyway" Bandwagon.

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                            • SimonH
                              Salt future's rising
                              • Aug 2004
                              • 1647

                              #29
                              Every time I see Troy Cook going for a hard ball, I think, 'How could we ever have let him go?'

                              Then, when he gets that hard footy and has to dispose of it, I know why.

                              He did have a fantastic role at Sydney, though: he specialised in running off the bench at top speed at some stage in the second quarter, charging through packs and delivering bone-jarring bumps, and then going off again. He is to a football side as the joker is to a card game; or as the key change is to a rock song. I'm sure others can develop better analogies.

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                              • Cosmic Wizard
                                recruit me pretty please!
                                • Sep 2005
                                • 620

                                #30
                                He was crap!!!!

                                So he done well at the dockers, now that not really at big point on your CV now is it.
                                doof-doof

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