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Leonard Hatred 6:34 Fri Oct 16
Joe Cole has been sent to Coventry

On loan.

FMOB

Sven Roeder 2:32 Tue Oct 20
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He is off to Rochdale tonight for Coventry's game.
Fair play to him he wants to play football though it's really more about getting experience for his coaching future.
Villa are paying for it which makes it better. Going to school on probably a million quid a year.

Any Old Iron 2:04 Tue Oct 20
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Joe Cole completely unable to account for last four years of life

17 October 2015

Former Chelsea, Liverpool and England man Joe Cole has arrived at Coventry on loan but has no idea how, Back of the Net can reveal.
New Coventry loanee Joe Cole has admitted that he has no idea how he came to be in Coventry, in an emotional press conference.
The diminutive midfielder’s initial grin was replaced by a look of harrowed bemusement as journalists sought to understand why he had joined the League One side.
Clearly upset, Cole, 33, then sought to explain the unexpected path his career had taken but was forced to admit that his last cohesive memory was scoring for Liverpool against Birmingham back in 2011.
“Kenny Dalglish was there... He said something to me... I have no idea what it was, but that’s pretty normal,” Cole told FFT.
“After that I just have these visions of being under bright lights… People prodding at my leg. Then I seem to be playing in France, but that makes very little sense really…Then the bright lights again.
“Suddenly I’m wearing purple, or maybe it’s claret. I’m sitting on a bench. Yes, that’s very clear. I’m on a bench….”

As Cole tailed off into sobs, Coventry boss Tony Mowbray attempted to improve the mood, discussing his side’s upcoming fixture against Blackpool, but this set Cole off again and he began a loud, distraught wailing.
“Blackpool? I mean, I scored that goal against Sweden in the World Cup. What the hell happened?” Cole cried, banging his fist against the table.
“Zlatan Ibrahimovic came up to me and shook my hand. He said it was a great goal. And now I’m sitting here and this bloke [Tony Mowbray] whoever he is [Tony Mowbray] is going on about Blackpool as if that’s something I should care about. As if that wouldn’t chill me to my very core.
“Please tell me Zlatan’s at Colchester or Wycombe?”
The unveiling ended on something of a sour note as an increasingly despondent Cole attempted to knock himself out with a wooden model of Coventry’s logo before making a futile lunge at the loan contract he had signed just minutes earlier only to find club officials had already taken the precaution of laminating it.

Mike Oxsaw 7:30 Sun Oct 18
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Sent to Coventry? Are they selling farms?

Private Dancer 7:14 Sun Oct 18
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He didn't underachieve, Gentile has pointed out that he won 2 Community Shields!

, 12:58 Sun Oct 18
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Joe Cole never nailed a position as being his in midfield. He was not a striker, not really a winger and Mourinho used him as an all purpose midfielder to fill in any position there as and when.

Indeed even SGE for England did not see one specific role for Cole, sometimes playing him down the left and sometimes in the centre. JC was not a play maker at all.

Nicey 12:38 Sun Oct 18
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As did Paul Scholes

normannomates 12:33 Sun Oct 18
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He did underachieve.
Throwing up stats from an all conquering chelsea side as all thats do..distorte the truth.
His England career should have been better also..had to put up with a wide position for most of it

White Pony 12:26 Sun Oct 18
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Yes he's highly decorated isn't he, and also played a significant role in all of those massive trophies. Don't listen to the haters, Joey!!

Gentile 12:19 Sun Oct 18
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Joe Cole has won:

3 Premier League Titles
2 Community shields
3 FA cups
3 League cups

He played for England 56 times scoring ten goals representing them at World Cup and Euro Championships.

MASSIVELY UNDERACHEIVED OF COURSE ACCORDING TO THIS THREAD

Eric Hitchmoe 12:06 Sat Oct 17
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Reading my thread back, I suppose it is possible that some of our fans were giving him underserved stick that game against Chelsea. That is the only logical reason I can think of which would have made him react that way when scoring. Don't know.

Eric Hitchmoe 12:03 Sat Oct 17
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It pains me looking back at Joe's time with us. We got very little out of that when you consider how hyped he was. There was no doubt he was one of the (if not the) most skillfull players to ever be brought through but his overall game had just got going by the time we sold him. I know we had to sell him and I appreciate that he had to leave, but what annoys me more is that his career was so stop/start and he should have played a far bigger part in the England team than he did (injuries putting privy to that).

But what pissed me off the most - and I know it's been discussed to death - was the way that he celebrated against us at the Bridge (scoring the only goal of the game). It wasn't just his over-zealousness, it was the way he embraced their mob and screamed "Fuck 'em! Fuck 'em!" Now if that was Lampard I could understand it (he was after all deluded that we always hated him when that certainly wasn't the case), but what had we ever done to Joe for him to act like that? I think I read on here once that he said post-match that he used to get stick from some sections of the crowd. Well that was the first I'd heard of it. I never remember him being singled out by a large section - all I remebered was our grattitude at his maturity in trying to keep us up and his dignity in leaving the club (unlike Jermaine).

When he came back it was a bit like taking an old racing greyhound in as a pet. Still had little flashes, but his legs looked tired and his pace had gone. I was however disappointed that Sam didn't utilise him more, something the player had expressed his annoyance over, but this isn't the thread for Sam bashing. Wih you well Joey, and I wish we stayed up that year and kept you at the Club. Who knows what could have happened (relegated the following season if Roeder stayed on, no doubt).

Sir Alf 11:42 Sat Oct 17
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I think Cole's career is like Michael Owens. Classic case of too much football, from a very young age and the body wears out. Owen's career was over at 28 and the same for Cole really. Their physiques were unable to handle the years of wear and tear.

Cole was our best player at one World Cup and at the top of his game around 24 - 26 years old. I would agree that Chelsea and Mourinho may have improved his discipline and all round team ethic but it was a trade off as his skill and flair was effectively "neutered". Look at Payet, allowed to express himself and is very creative as a result. The English game from grass roots has always been about power and effort rather than "fanny abaat wiv it" and mastering the techniques of instant control and passing with both feat across all positions in the team. I hope John Stones remains at Everton with Martinez a while longer as a Mourinho or Van Gaal etc will soon cut out his ability to play himself out of trouble and to run forward with the ball.

Private Dancer 11:29 Sat Oct 17
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Joe C 10:54 Sat Oct 17

I remember that. Speaks volumes of the lack of knowledge by some on here, it was painfully obvious that he was finished when he went to Villa. Fuck knows what they were thinking.

Any Old Iron 11:20 Sat Oct 17
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What collyrob said is right. Mourinho ruined him. With his talent he should have been given a free role to utilise his skill. Instead Mourinho bullied him into becoming a hard working utility midfield player and a shadow of the creative star he should have been. A real tragedy for Cole and England.
What's also sad is that the lad has been pretty much finished at the top since his his late twenties.

Baggins 11:17 Sat Oct 17
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stewie griffin 11:05 Sat Oct 17

Sxboy_66 11:16 Sat Oct 17
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Steve P 11:07 Sat Oct 17

Sven Roeder 11:11 Sat Oct 17
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I like the idea that he is dragging money out of Villa while he does his coaching badges.
He always seems enthusiastic about the game and I could see him being a positive influence working as a coach with the younger kids.

Steve P 11:07 Sat Oct 17
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Fair play to him for wanting to carry on playing.

stewie griffin 11:05 Sat Oct 17
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Never understand the criticism of his career. Can only think he's being judged against the claptrap Redknapp spouted about him.

He's won multiple league titles, more than 50 caps for England, played in 3 world cups and been our best performer in one by a street. As a bloke, he single handedly paid for surgery for Peter BRABROOK, his youth coach at west ham, without which brabrook wouldn't be able to walk now.

Great career, smashing lad.

, 11:00 Sat Oct 17
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Joe C, many of us on here said the same about Joey. It has been a real shame to see him struggling these days. I remember in our Roder/Brown relegation season how his efforts to keep us up put other more experienced players to shame.

I think big injuries put paid to him but also to me he has never demonstrated much football nous in comparison with Carrick for example.

Anyway good luck to him.

Joe C 10:54 Sat Oct 17
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Private Dancer 6:05 Sat Oct 17

I said exactly the same thing on here at the time, one particular WHOer was saying he would come back to haunt us and so I suggested a wager of �100 to the BM fund that he would do nothing at Villa. Alas the thread seems to have been deleted, hopefully that WHOer will fess up and pay up

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