Andy Cook On Loan to Grimsby

This made me laugh.

 

It's a Bradford City thing .

 

The trouble with Ashley Ward was he couldn't hit a barn door with a banjo

 

I thought it was Juanjo with the Banjo??

 

Ward was more interested in his hair style than playing. 20 k a week laughable, just like all the other mercenaries we signed in the second season in the Premiership.

 

I heard that his missus was very tasty, so maybe his shooting boots were else where

 

he couldn't hit a bulls arse with a shovel,to be precise

 

It was a shame about Lee Sharpe. He had clearly lost the raw pace that once made him an England winger. But I remember one away game that we won at Barnsley - Sharpe played in central midfield and completely controlled the game. I came away thinking we had discovered our own second tier Glenn Hoddle. But he never got played there again and it all disappeared into thin air.
Kudos to Ashley Ward for the financial sacrifice he made to keep the club afloat. But as a centre forward he was utterly useless for us. Spent most of his time concede fouls or falling over and failing to con referees into awarding us free kicks. And he couldn’t hit the proverbial cow’s arse with a banjo.

 

gotta be some pun on cooking up a mariners pie,,,

 

Ashley Ward was a direct replacement for Lee Mills. I thought Mills was twice the player Ward was.

Although in hindsight I think Mills departure was inevitable as I heard an interview with him a few years ago where he said at the latter stages of his time with us he was really struggling with a knee problem.

On a similar note, if I’m watching City till I’m 90 I don’t think I’ll ever see a front two as good as Mills and Blake.

 

Agreed. Mills and Blake were unbelievable together. Especially with Beags providing the service. Such a shame that their partnership was so short lived.

 

As soon as Jewell left due to GR’s criticism and meddling, we were always going to struggle. Ward was not a bad player. He’d done well at Blackburn, but the whole team lost it’s edge without Jewell and with the fan favs phased out. Ward was often chasing lost causes. I would have liked to have seen him in a City team on the up, not the one on the decline.

anyway, Blake and Mills will - as others have said - not be a partnership we’ll beat again. Hanson and Wells was another decent one, albeit two or three leagues apart.

 

Bobby Campbell and John Hawley weren't a bad partnership.

 

Blackburn could not wait to get rid of him ,their fans were laughing when city signed him .

 

Hadnt they just got relegated though. I remember we never played them in the Premier League. You’re always gonna get criticism playing in a relegated side. Whats he got - 30 PL goals in about 120 games? He wasnt the best target man around by any stretch but wasn’t half as bad as our fans made out. We were utter shit.

 

bobby and daisy mcniven were good,i remember daisy scoring 4 in one game

 

He was superb for Barnsley, tore us apart in one home game but I don't recall him replicating that form much.

 

We replaced Mills with Ashley Ward and spent millions doing so .............fooking mental.

Just another brain fart decision by an owner who knew football .............Leave Jewell be and i doubt our history from 2000 onwards would have been half as bad

 

I remember playing Man City away the most perfect cross int him i was up out my seat about to celebrate and the lump put it badly wide .............. he was poor bud a downgrade on Lee Mills with millions thrown into it

 

From the the Grimsby forum "Cook showing what we've been missing already".
Go on Andy.. bag a few for the Mariners and solidify your reputation.