After captaining the side for most of 2019, I think it is clear that Steve Cook is the new leader of AFCB now. Simon Francis may have come back to take on his captain duties, but you have to be a leader on and off the pitch and Francis no longer has those attributes.
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It was Steve Cook who tried to make amends for the
bad start that AFCB had. He rose well to head in his first goal of the season with a little help from Traore. His goal meant something not just to him but all the fans. It signalled that we have won games in the past where we have been in seemingly hopeless positions and have gone on to get something. This time it didn't happen against
Wolves, but the whole ground was uplifted by Cook's goal and his efforts to hit back.
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He is a player that has been in most of those dramatic AFCB games of recent years. He doesn't want to lose that feeling that the impossible is always on when he plays in an AFCB shirt and that connection with the fans is so important for the club. When players believe and the fans believe, strange things can happen. We have seen it before.
We have to look to someone to see AFCB trying to do better and on last Saturday that man was Steve Cook. He was keen to lead the side even when it had been in a poor position and he almost made up for the mistakes that others had made. Some days it is Steve that makes the mistakes, but you now that he always tries. He was emotionally gutted by the result against Wolves. You could tell it hurt and that is what Eddie Howe needs in a player who can lead the side.
Steve Cook is a talisman that AFCB fans and players can get around and we need his passion now in the upcoming games to get back on track.
