The Real, Actual Joe Cole [Coventry City]

[Gibbo]

We should dip him in that red stuff you get with poppadoms before he plays

[Lee]

We should dip him in that red stuff you get with poppadoms before he plays

[Mostar]

Why would he want to move to Russia? It's hardly appealing.

If I was Joe I'd have stayed until January at least and then take a look at things then. When fit at the start of the season he was well in contention for games, and whilst the performance of the youngsters has made it tougher, he wasn't to know they'd excel.

Had the youngsters fell flat on their arses he'd have been in the match day squad pronto.

I guess it is better to know you are not part of your manager's plans like Wayne Bridges and still being paid 100k per week.

As it stands he will play an odd game here and there and he'll be a starter for reserves but 100k per week is 100k per week I suppose.

[Lee]

Yeah but Mostar, there's a bit of a difference between moving from London to Brighton and Liverpool to Russia.

I want him off our payroll - he needs to go - but you can't have a go at the lad for not wanting to move to Russia.

If true, of course.

[CJ]

What if its not true

[Lee]

What if its not true

What if what's not true?

[Gibbo]

He still smokes

[Lee]

He still smokes

And so he should.

Cool people smoke.

[JohnDoe]

People should have a go when he's played half a dozen games

I sincerely hope it never comes to that.

[Mattshark]

gonna say have you been there? I worked there for 2 years, it was

Moscow? 3 days is the most that it is worth being their for. It is awful if your there any longer.

[Frenchie]

Moscow? 3 days is the most that it is worth being their for. It is awful if your there any longer.

I was based in Moscow and travelled all through CEE and CIS 2004 -2006 and it was sooooo much fun... Having to design anti polar bear fences for a bank's data centre in Surgut in mid winter....real fun..

[SB]

Doesn't sound good for old smokey.

Brendan Rodgers on Joe Cole


Cole was brought into the side to face Swansea last night

Liverpool crashed out of the Capital One Cup last night, losing 3-1 to Swansea at Anfield.


Facing the side he left in the summer, Brendan Rodgers admitted the Reds did not deserve to win the game.

Rodgers used the tie to take a look at a number of his squad players, including the likes of Joe Cole, Samed Yesil, Jack Robinson and Sebastien Coates, but was forced to take off Cole and Yesil at half time in favour of Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez, as the Reds' found themselves 1-0 down.

After the game, Rodgers said: "I know the size of the job here, and that is another lesson for me tonight in terms of where we're at, giving other players the opportunity to come in and shine and that is all you can do as a manager, it then becomes quite easy for me, but it means your squad is then even thinner. I can't keep playing Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez as our only striker."



Joe Cole has featured just three times this season, playing a total of 78 minutes, but picks up £90,000 per week, he was substituted at half time after failing to make any impact. Rodgers said:

"Joe Allen was virtually playing on his own in midfield in the first half, with all due respect. It's something that's another game for me to take away and analyse the group. Joe, again, it's that opportunity. The club has invested an astronomical amount of money in a player who's a talented player. He's been back fit now for a number of weeks and the opportunities have been limited, and I thought it was difficult for him. It was too slow. It just isn't what I expected from a team that I've set up to try and be dynamic."

[destinydude]

Wow. No holds barred.

[RedReet]

Rodgers has to take some responsibility though. Should have played Henderson there with Flanagan or McLaughlin at RB.

[Reece]

Tony Barrett @TonyBarretTimes
If any Premier League player has produced a worse individual performance than Joe Cole did last night I can't even begin to imagine it.