I'm a big admirer of Paul Cook - Ryan Lowe - video Dailymotion

New head coach Ryan Lowe is a big admirer of former boss Paul Cook.

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00:00I've had Paul Cook on the phone this morning actually, he's phoned me saying, I won't tell you what he said, but he said

00:05you're only 15 minutes from house, I'm driving over to Woodhead to do some work and that but

00:09the reason I used to always be at Exeter and come to games under Paul, he was a big, I'm a big admirer of Paul Cook

00:14and what he's done and what he's achieved wherever he's been. Even now at Chesterfield, going so well

00:20and here at Wigan and Atkinson for a small part and he went over to Ireland and

00:25you know, I've got a lot of respect for Paul, he's someone I hold high regard in terms of

00:29I always take a leaf out of his book. I actually was saddened like him last year a little bit, but yeah,

00:35I was always to pick his brains, he was always there for me, I used to come to games, I'd sat in the office

00:40a few times with him and you know, I've met him back home, he didn't live too far from me and

00:44you know, we went for drinks together and always picked his brains and I wouldn't say I always wanted to be

00:49Wigan Athletic manager when he was here because he probably feared I was wanting this job, but I just always

00:53had an affection with Wigan Athletic that it's local, it's only down the road and whenever I could

00:59come, I'd come. I've seen a few games this season on the basis of coming with big Jamie Carragher to watch

01:04young James and my mate Michael and his kids, so it's just been a case of I've always come just because

01:09it's quite local and I've always liked the feel of it, as I said, the music, when they score, all the stuff

01:14that goes with it and I've always had a good reception from the Wigan fans and sometimes when I've managed

01:20against them, a little bit of banter as well, but listen, I've always had an affection as you say and

01:24when the opportunity came round, mate, it was a no-brainer, but I think what Paul done in his football career

01:32was brilliant and he played non-league like myself and got where he wanted to get to and I think it's just the love of the game

01:38really for obviously most scousers, there's plenty of good coaches and managers up and down the country, I'm sure,

01:44but I think from Liverpool, there's always a good bed of footballers, coaches, so yeah, it's probably a resemblance

01:52just because we're from the area and we just love football and again, he's a mad Liverpool fan myself,

01:57I've shared European nights with him and yeah, it's always been good.