Cooper wanting out!

[Hanscholo]

I heard a Bulldogs rumour. If he goes to the UK fair enough.

Id say his manager is in talks with numerous NRL sides and ESL as well. He is really the only class centre coming off contract this year and there are a lot of teams needing his services.

 

[_Johnsy]

Not piss him off now, but if he does not want to be at the club. Get rid of him, again we do not need players who do not want to be at our club.

 

[pepe]

i'm always surprised that players would want out of st george,especially to head to belmore,it's like dropping jenifer hawkins for the fabulous moolah.

pepe

 

[ozbash]

Has he been with the Drags for 10 yrs ?

The NRL should have a waiver so the clubs can at least match any ESL offers.

Hope its just manager blab.

 

[MightyRedVee]

i hope coops stays great player and a good bloke. If he was to go i doubt he would play in the nrl so its either us or superleague.

lol at the dogs wanting him have they taken enough of our players already patten,holdsworth,te maari,millard,leano and any others i have forgotten

 

[gregstar]

best left centre in the game.

now think of top line LEFT centres over the last decade.

 

[DRAGONZ_RULE]

My favourite player.

Would be devastated to see him leave.

Looks like his performance last night provided a nice and timely reminder to a few on here who were calling for his head only hours before!

 

[Southernsaint]

He’s been one of Saints’ most consistent players through the shower-of-sh*t that has been the last 5 or so years.

If he wants a pay-day in England, he should take it and I wouldn’t begrudge him for it.

Lose the rat’s tail, though.

 

[muzby]

it is a shame to see people here bagging coops...

he's been a 1 club man... which we are all aware is becoming less and less common these days..

he's re-signed with us in the past, rejecting larger offers...

and i'm sure the quotes in the paper came from his manager, not coops himself... and the manager would be more than happy to start these rumours to raise his price....

 

[petetheileet]

will be a big loss...

would be depressing but im used to loosing top notch players by now

 

[Dave Q]

Wing ,Sammut, Gordon, Cooper, Merritt.

Whoooskahhh!

 

[Trentski]

He doesnt want to end his career by going to souffs lol

ie Hegarty and Wing

 

[Slippery Morris]

Coops is a legend. Has given the Dragons plenty of good service and deserves to end his career at the dragons.

From memory the NRL have an exclusion of 100k for a player of 10yrs at the club. Coops would fit under that category for sure.

 

[petetheileet]

does it have to be first grade? his debut was in 2000....along with a few others so i doubt Cooper would be the one who gets it when that time rolls around

 

[LOYAL DRAGON]

I Dont Think He Will Be Leaving Now That Bennet Is Stepping In, we should get Two More Years Service At Saints from coops

 

[_Johnsy]

It would be a shame to break up the best club centre combination in the world

 

[Simo]

Cooper is now a good player, was a very good player. Good personality and good for the game in general.

Maybe his form has been down because Saints cant seem to find a regular halves paring to get the ball to him but he certainly doesnt go looking for it and can go through a game doing nothing.

Was sh*t in origin last year aswell I thought (attacking wise, defensively he is very good).

Would hope he can get some good runs on the board before he fades off to the UK as he has been great for RL.

Maybe since his rep jerseys are going (Aus definately gone and NSW maybe) and he will just play club footy he has decided its time for a change and the big money.

My wife will also be sad he is gone....

 

[thommo4pm]

I can't believe some people said they would like to see Coops gone.
The guy is all quality.
Everything he does has a touch of class....he needs to learn to pass a little better, but other then that he is pure class....on and off the field.
Always has time for the fans after the games, has taken photos with my kids, always says hello if you try and talk to him.
The guy is a champion.

I agree with all the others who don't want to see him go.
He has some years left in him yet, we need to keep him.

 

[LOYAL DRAGON]

Bailey hoping to lure Cooper

TITANS co-captain Luke Bailey has been working overtime to lure former Dragons teammate Matt Cooper to the Gold Coast.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/nrl/team-profile/0,27075,5016551,00.html

 

[Changa]

As good as a player Coops is, if him staying means we stand to loose either Stanley, Whare or another talented junior, then I think he should take the packet in ESL. Keeping in mind that post 99' Darren Tracey was still in good form despite his age and the club made a decision to retain him for that 1 or 2 more years instead of opting to resign a young Craig Fitzgibbon. Just hope the club has learnt from this mistake if this sort of situation comes around again.