Re: Mike Cooper holding his own : Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:08 pm  

There teaching him to play like big roy.
take his off loading out of his game. fewer knock ons. :joke:

Re: Mike Cooper holding his own : Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:58 pm  

Whether he's coming back or not we move on
I think you'll find although I don't agree with Mr Smiths team selection tactics sometimes I think he'd have put in a clause to make sure if he returns then wire have first option
What we need to watch closely is to see how big Sam goes in the kick ' n ' clap game and then pull out the stops to sign this superb athlete
Coops is going well but Sam Burgess is just Awesome and I mean "Morley material and more"!

Re: Mike Cooper holding his own : Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:09 am  

garyhulsefan wrote:

Saints away in the playoffs 2012 is the one I always remember and refer to

Yes, me too. He had the perfect game that day.

Re: Mike Cooper holding his own : Wed Jul 23, 2014 11:10 am  

How does he manage it against all those superhumans?

Re: Mike Cooper holding his own : Wed Jul 23, 2014 1:00 pm  

garyhulsefan wrote:

Good on him, he's made a lot of progress in such a short time. He really looked the part every now and again for us (Saints away in the playoffs 2012 is the one I always remember and refer to) but he seems to be doing it every week out there. The big question is... why couldn't we bring this sort of consistency out of him?

It's all about the quality of your team mates & raising your game accordingly.

Re: Mike Cooper holding his own : Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:20 pm  

McBanana still won't pick him for the Four Nations.....

Re: Mike Cooper holding his own : Wed Jul 23, 2014 8:13 pm  

WireFanatic III wrote:

McBanana still won't pick him for the Four Nations.....

I'd actually forgotten that he's still the England coach.

Re: Mike Cooper holding his own : Wed Jul 23, 2014 8:24 pm  

Absolutely chuffed for him. We'll done coops. Defiantly see him in an England shirt at the end of the season.

Re: Mike Cooper holding his own : Wed Jul 23, 2014 8:43 pm  

then look at mossop, who was being laughed out of the league (last time i heard)

Just goes to show you.. you either have it or you dont.

Cooper always had this in him.... i just took a move away from his mates and his comfort zone to bring it out in him.

Re: Mike Cooper holding his own : Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:48 am  

morleys_deckchair wrote:

then look at mossop, who was being laughed out of the league (last time i heard)

?

He played three games (and was very solid by all accounts) and then suffered a season ending shoulder injury (no change there) which I doubt anybody is laughing at.

Coopers going very well and doesn't need to be judged against a past Wigan player to make it sound all the better. It's great to see him showing the super human NRL that we have many players who can hold their own and some.