Grimsby Town: Mariners' promotion ambition attracted me - Andy Cook

“Signing Cook is an astute move ,age build and ability are all in his favour lets hope future signings are.approached in a similar manner A bit of craft in midfield wouldn't go amiss”

“We've seriously lacked a targetman.Looks like a clever signing to me.

I am watching on with interest.

Nice post Granty.

UTM”

“Great signing and at the tender age of 21 he's already gone someway to proving his ability but then the best part of that is that over the next season he should improve no end as he picks up even more experience within a squad I expect to be well equipped to challenge for promotion.
Barrow were a dangerous side last term and particularly good at home, there's no doubt Cooky was a big part of that along with Boyes who I believe scored one goal less.
At this level it is well documented that a certain physicality is needed to cope with the non stop battling style that so many teams adopt, Cook is in a way maybe putting right the mistakes that we made when we signed Damien Spencer, a man mountain he was but a regular scorer I doubt although in truth he had little chance to prove that.
Cook has that presence and a record to back him up, his record suggests that he scores in abundance at home, having just checked he actually scored 15 at home and 2 away according to soccer base, whilst scoring 17 goals in the league he actually only scored in 10 separate games which suggests he gets more with confidence and is capable of really turning it on as he did with a hat-trick early last season against league winners Fleetwood.
Looking at his build he has real potential to bulk up and develop into one of those players you just cannot get near due to their size and strength, in fact maybe the most obvious comparison would be Grant Holt, he is a big guy who played for Barrow. he was never the fastest but his technique and precision have seen him hit the very top, here's to hoping that Andy finds his own style and goes on to make a big name for himself, he could play a huge support role for Hearn who did look a little isolated at times last season but not only that, he Elding and hearn have to find a respect whereby they can respect each other enough to play the pass when they need to, to play for the benefit of the team, there's nothing wrong with them setting targets and competing with each other but the team has to come first, Dortmund have that about them, they all play for each other and they have found no end of success in doing that, the end result is that they have 4 or 5 highly rated players who are now highly sought after.
Welcome to Grimsby Andy, remember (number 1) so long as you are giving your all from start to finish on a match day the fans will respect you for that, add a respectable goals/assist tally to that then the fans will take you to their hearts, show loyalty on top of those two attributes and then just maybe one day you will become a Mariners Legend.... here's to hoping!”

“hopefully will get the goals and hold up the ball, got to be better than fluffy last season!!! we do need a left back, maybe we could get conor back, and some goals from midfield, then who no's it could be our season. utm”

“Well done S&H, a cracking signing! A young player with bags of potential. Im starting to get a good feeling about the upcoming season. Also good to see some positive comments from everyone. Keep up the good work.
Up the Mariners!”

“After seeing him in action on YouTube scoring goals for Barrow i can see nobody bossing this guy around on the pitch,so big well done S&H ONCE AGAIN!!! Can't wait to see who is making the next entrance to our club,few more surprises in store then S&H?UTMM!!”

“Power has apparently signed a new contract at Lincoln -mores the pity.”

“Great signing. This Cook could just be the man to stir things up in the promotion pot, as long as he stays on the pitch.”

“I see that the idiot Bore thinks Lincoln will finish above Town..?”

“Andy Power Deffo”