Lee Cook will he Get back into the team

[Factamondo]

the boy cook will always be in our hearts but for me he is a step in the wrong direction for us........a decent lower to mid ccc player at best and not what we require to progress........a few subs appearances then off to a millwall or mkdons imho!

[Nodge70]

It will be mightily difficult for him both to recapture his place or, I believe, play at this level again. He's had a horrific injury, damaging an old injury that perhaps hadn't quite properly mended. I fear we've seen the last of him in the hoops. :o(

[waggadaddy]

I think a fully fit Lee Cook can definitely get back into the team. Remember he was the player with the most assists in the championship not too long ago and that was with players around him with less abiility than the ones we have now. I think Buzz is a good player and can do some wonderful things but I know i'll probably get some stick for saying this but I think he is slightly overated by a lot of the R's faithful. He dissapears far too much from games and I personally feel he was the worst player against Palace and not that far behind Ramage vs Leicester.

[m_cooper]

its not really a matter of who he would replace,that is the wrong way to look at it;if jm thinks he can do a better job on the left then he will be in the team.until we are winning 10 games on the spin the team can still be improved

[Fez]

It seems this operation was "The Big One" for him, and all the niggles and playing through pain over the last two years can be put behind him.

I think people tend to forget a couple of things with Lee Cook.
How good he was before the move to Fulham, and the knee problems that are *hopefully* finally behind him after this operation. The bloke was on a different level back then, and any dip in form after that was down to his knee problem... nothing else. All managers in this league know how good he can be on his day, Magilton certainly included.

If he can get back to 100% fitness, and that will take a good few weeks even after his return to full training - then anyone who writes him off as not good enough, or under-estimates the impact a fully fit Lee Cook could have on QPR has very short memories, and is seriously wrong IMO.

Also, I notice a lot of comments like "Who would he replace, and who would you drop for him?" when the subject of a new striker, or Lee Cook, or anyone is mentioned who isn't currently in the team right now.
That is really odd to me, because to assume that none of Simpson, Taarabt, Buz, Routledge, etc.. will get injured, banned, sick, lose form, or go missing for any reason is just blind, wild optimism, and just wont happen!
Ainsworth came on the other week, Mahon has come from nowhere, and we've had youth players on the bench in very recent games.
It always happens.

We have other good players now, unlike when Lee was flying a couple of years back... so no need to rush him back. And back then, he was often double/treble marked by the other team. Do that to him now, and the rest of them would run riot.
He's a good defender/tracker too. Works so hard.

BUT..... it's all about how his knee recovers and his fitness levels. Because there is nothing else to stop him from being the best pure left-sided midfielder in this league, again - like he was.

And he's also OURS...... not to be taken for granted, that.

Adam Johnson would stop him becoming the best left sided midfielder in the league.
Also I think most people are talking in terms of our best 11, fully fit in which case then who do you drop IMO he is not better than Routledge, Buzsaky or Taarabt even when fully fit and therefor wouldn't get in the team. Of course with injuries, suspensions etc he will play a part.