Colin Cooper
Colin Cooper
Colin Terence Cooperis an English former professional footballer. Cooper spent most of his playing career at Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest. Prior to his appointment at Hartlepool, Cooper was part of the Middlesbrough coaching staff after leaving his role of assistant manager at Bradford City...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth8 March 1856
along self strengthen
He will strengthen our decision-making, along with the team's self belief.
game jimmy time trust
He had as much pre-season game time as Jimmy had and we have to trust our depth.
devastated incredibly witty
He was incredibly smart, witty and friendly. Everybody's really devastated by this.
cycling dedicated family incredibly lived team
He lived for it. It was his life. The cycling team was his family out here. He was incredibly dedicated to the sport.
bear sore
He doesn't like the bench. He's like a bear with a sore tooth.
looks monitor
He looks pretty good. He's still bracketed and we still need to monitor him and we'll have a look at him (today).
believe creates creating enthusiasm environment heading hopefully keeps players
I have to show the players we believe in our depth. It's about creating an environment that creates enthusiasm and hopefully keeps us heading in the right direction.
months played
I played with a fracture in my foot for seven months without knowing it.
biggest council estate great kids players release trade
I'm from a council estate myself, and the biggest release we had as kids was football. That's where all the great players learn their trade - as kids having a kickabout.
full stage train training
How do you do that? You have to train full contact. I don't like doing that (at this stage of the season), but that's the only way . . . that's why we are training the way we are training.
english-athlete
He's one of those managers you'd give your left leg to play for.
boost confidence days early feet firmly good
The good thing was we had a win, which will boost the confidence of the players, and I thought it was a pretty good spectacle. It's early days and we can't take too much out of these games, so we've got our feet firmly on the ground.
against cats key runners smart strong watch week
The Cats are very strong in the lineout and you've got to watch the one-off runners who come through the middle. We've just got to play smart against them -- that's been our key this week -- to play smart.
couple high last together
The team's been together the last couple of years and we have high expectations of ourselves.