Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:24 am  

Catalancs wrote:

"I thought about the semi-final of the Champions League in 2005 when I ran onto the field and the hairs on the back of my neck stood up.
I was thinking about playing in that atmosphere every week and that swung it for me."

"I could have stayed at Chelsea because the fans loved me and I won things, but I wanted to challenge myself and when I knew Liverpool were interested it was a no-brainer because they are the biggest club in the country."
-Joe Cole

Don't think Wigan Athletic, West Brom, Birmingham or Bolton visiting Anfield are going to give you the same kind of atmosphere, but I could be wrong.

Did all the fans love him? LGJM and SS didn't seem to be too enamoured.

The biggest club in the country? Really Joe?

Obsessed

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:39 am  

Catalancs wrote:

Don't think Wigan Athletic, West Brom, Birmingham or Bolton visiting Anfield are going to give you the same kind of atmosphere, but I could be wrong.

TBH even Joe's biggest supporters would admit that he's not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed, but thinking that the normal match at Anfield compares with that semi final is stupidity in the extreme.

Did all the fans love him? LGJM and SS didn't seem to be too enamoured.

While me and SS are in the correct majority in assessing Joe Cole as being past his best, there is still a significant number of CFC fans who did love Cole and wanted him to stay.

IMO he was loved a great deal more by the supporters than he deserved to be.

The biggest club in the country? Really Joe?

As I said, he's a bit dim. LFC are the most successful club in the country, but they clearly aren't the biggest.

But most of what he said was, IMO, standard football interview where you ingratiate yourself to your new supporters by saying how great they are. I don't think there'll be any scousers who didn't like the things he said, and those supporters are the most important to him right now.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:52 am  

Conroy wrote:

Obsessed

Only at Anfield. I'm sure the tie at DW will be electric

Latics not my brother's favourite team at the moment as they let him down in an 8 game accumulator against Oldham t'other neet.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:11 am  

wire_mad wrote:

Joe Cole signing for Liverpool is similar to Owen signing for United last season. As there is no fee involved, it doesn't represent that big a risk for either club. If Cole can stay fit and get some games, he'll be a useful signing for Liverpool.

He's Hodgson's "big signing". Its unlikely that he's going to start on the bench as Owen did. He'll be in the starting 11, the team will be re-shaped to accommodate him and his style of play, at least to some extent. How he performs will have quite a big impact on Liverpool's start to the season. Owen was a low risk signing, Cole isn't.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:23 am  

Fantastic start to Hodgson's reign. I'm liking the Wilson signing. Anybody who watches SPL will tell you he's a cracking signing. I'm excited about the new season, we realistically have five big clubs and a MASSIVE one challenging for the title and a top four finish. I like our signing of Hernandez as he looked pretty decent in the world cup.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:57 am  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

I don't think there'll be any scousers who didn't like the things he said, and those supporters are the most important to him right now.

I didn't like it mate

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:26 pm  

Lupus wrote:

Fantastic start to Hodgson's reign. I'm liking the Wilson signing. Anybody who watches SPL will tell you he's a cracking signing. I'm excited about the new season, we realistically have five big clubs and a MASSIVE one challenging for the title and a top four finish. I like our signing of Hernandez as he looked pretty decent in the world cup.

Seems odd to me that you think that. Hodgson has shipped out some dead wood but will the signings of Wilson and Cole really make that much difference? One coming from a significantly lower level of football and the other injury prone and unable to break into the Chelsea side. Apparently last season wasn't Rafa's fault and Rafa is a better manager than Hodgson so I see Liverpool slipping further behind the other big 4. Liverpools season will, like last season, be entirely dependant upon the fitness and of Torres and Gerrard. I see Man Utd, Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea and maybe Spurs finishing above Liverpool.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:55 pm  

All I know about Wilson is that every time I sign him on FM10, he becomes a world class player.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:42 pm  

V For Vendetta wrote:

All I know about Wilson is that every time I sign him on FM10, he becomes a world class player.

That will soon be ruined once the numb Liverpool scout gets a look at him.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:51 pm  

I keep reading that Joe Cole is injury prone. But lets be honest, barring one major injury the season before last, how injury prone is he, really?

He's got a bit of a raw deal on here since he signed for Liverpool. He'll have a big impact there. Whether he's value for money or not is a different matter, but I believe he'll be a success.