Cook - Extends Contract

[SheepRanger]

Good news and hopefully just another one year.

[Sleeping Giants]

Good news and hopefully just another one year.

Great news. What's the situation with JCS, anyone know?

[FurtiveFox]

Really good news. Him and Morrison a good starting point for our summer rebuilding of the defence.

Well JCS is under contract. The bad news is the cost of his medical team!

[LordLoftus]

I was thinking Lee Cook and this was one of those throw back articles.

[SheepRanger]

I know his last contract was reported at £30k a week, but with his age and recent foot injuries, I'm hoping he'll be down to the £12k mark now. Perhaps some appearance bonus on top if he gets over 25 games. We really need to be signing him on the basis that's he's a back up.

Hopefully Cook's reduced wages, and some of Fox's if we release him, can be offered to Dunne. He deserves to be our top earner now.

Between Cook, Morrison, Dunne, JCS and maybe one of the youngsters there's enough to fill the two or three CB positions.

[SheepRanger]

He spoke very well in his interview!

#### it..........give him a player manager role next season.

[Qpstranger]

This is good news, well done the club + Steve... He seems the kind of character we need to have around the place at a time of probable managerial change.

[Isleworth116]

Extension clause was triggered. QPR didn't offer anything. 60 appearances made it automatic. Doubt pay has decreased, going to be expensive.

My view. Didn't want to keep Cook. JCS misses plenty of matches. Not convinced Cook will be available enough either.

Colback might have similar clause.

[Abseits]

I know his last contract was reported at £30k a week, but with his age and recent foot injuries, I'm hoping he'll be down to the £12k mark now. Perhaps some appearance bonus on top if he gets over 25 games. We really need to be signing him on the basis that's he's a back up.

Hopefully Cook's reduced wages, and some of Fox's if we release him, can be offered to Dunne. He deserves to be our top earner now.

Between Cook, Morrison, Dunne, JCS and maybe one of the youngsters there's enough to fill the two or three CB positions.

Think you're barking (bahing?) up the wrong tree Sheep. I don't think there was any negotiation - "triggered" suggests it was Cook's automatic right. I'd guess his astronomical wages are still getting paid. Gotta be honest, I'm dubious about this being good news - he's another year older, with a dodgy foot injury and getting paid the equivalent of 3 or 4 players... it's a BIG chunk of our budget.

The miserable cynic in me is wondering if him hitting the magic number of appearances necessary to trigger the extension was the starting point of his extended absences through injury?

Whatever, it is what it is..... hopefully he can stay fit, be a regular starter and maintain the excellent standards he has shown here before his niggly absences kicked in.

[SheepRanger]

Think you're barking (bahing?) up the wrong tree Sheep. I don't think there was any negotiation - "triggered" suggests it was Cook's automatic right. I'd guess his astronomical wages are still getting paid. Gotta be honest, I'm dubious about this being good news - he's another year older, with a dodgy foot injury and getting paid the equivalent of 3 or 4 players... it's a BIG chunk of our budget.

The miserable cynic in me is wondering if him hitting the magic number of appearances necessary to trigger the extension was the starting point of his extended absences through injury?

Whatever, it is what it is..... hopefully he can stay fit, be a regular starter and maintain the excellent standards he has shown here before his niggly absences kicked in.

Yeah, it seems I was being very optimistic and wasn't aware of this 60 appearance clause which is now being widely reported. If he's still on £30k a week that's going to hold us back for another year. As you say, that's equivalent to 2-3 players at our current rate of pay. I hope he has a blinder!!

[Isleworth116]

Yeah, it seems I was being very optimistic and wasn't aware of this 60 appearance clause which is now being widely reported. If he's still on £30k a week that's going to hold us back for another year. As you say, that's equivalent to 2-3 players at our current rate of pay. I hope he has a blinder!!

Sheep, remember us not playing Rob Green to avoid triggering contract extension. I'm with Abseits on Cook. Fair chunk of our budget, one player who missed end of season.

[Darkranger]

Hopefully the extension would have been negotiated at his initial signing, taking into account his age if activated.
Last season he was badly hampered by injury, but the season before he was rightly voted our player of the season.
Personally I think he's a leader on and off the pitch and glad he's going to be around for another year.

[shaggy24]

His 30k a week 1.5k in wages would we find a cb under that I doubt it

i can see him staying here once he retires to coach if he’s fit he’s a decent player in this league and will help Morrison develop jcs is more of a concern re fitness and wages tied up imo