Joe Cole

[el matador]

I dont think martin oneill would be able to motivate fernando torres.

If roy hodgson cant what makes you think the raving elf can ?

[Red11]

Nice to see you thinking this at last we are in agreement for a change

I don't know about the whole Cole thing, but Frenchie your avatar gives me a headache

[Frenchie]

I don't know about the whole Cole thing, but Frenchie your avatar gives me a headache

[DannyMan2006]

I think the question asked in the OP could be applied to at least 90% of our current playing staff. I'll leave the reasons why he and others are not performing to other threads.

[danperkins]

Ths thing is, and it was clearly highlighted yesterday, he isnt any good at Left Midfield.

Play him in the middle (same can be said for Merelies and the right hand side) and you will see what we saw for 25 mins in the second half yesterday. A good confident player who can dictate play, gets on the ball and makes things happen.

What does Roy then do, move him back to the right and but the totally ineffective Kuyt back in the middle where he can miscontrol more balls and slow the play down even more.

What does Roy then do? Take him off, unbelieveable.

The only time I have ever seen Roy get animated on the sideline (and I sit right behind him) is to tell Joe to get back, with 5 mins left against Sunderland and with 5 mins left yesterday, Joe ignored him yesterday and got dragged off.

What is it with Dirk, cant the Subs board display a number 18???

great post