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[Rimetto_]

why am i not too impressed with Figueroa...

I'm not overly impressed with him as well - he seemed solid enough at Wigan but nothing that stood out or made him stand above his peers - I know a lot of hype started about him since he scored from halfway line

YAWN!!!!

Unless we are buying Lahm, Ash cole, or even Evra people will moan. (this has been proven by the negativity towards Joe Cole)

Figeroua is a solid Proven premiership player, and much better than Insua (but not Aurelio imo) and would be a solid player.

Look at Evra 134 games for Scum and 1 goal, solid yes, as is Figeroua.

And solid is what we need with johnson as the other full back.

one of our problems last year was that when johnson was on his bike we were caught our because insua did not have the positional sense to fill in alongside the 2 CB

[metalhead]

How bitter are Tottenham fans over this signing?

[parchpea]

It will be difficult not to select a left back thats an improvement on what weve had at the club the last few years even if you tried very hard to choose a poorer player. If Hodgson cannot find a player that is at least as good as Insua, Dossena or Aurelio for any kind of money then we really are in trouble! 

[lakes10]

From the understanding i have it was our previous manager who tried and made inquiries about Cole stuck him on his list of wanted players , last season. and before he went,

I like him and if he ends up here i just hope he stays injury free

do you have a link for that?


I think its great that he has come to the club and i am sure SG was helping to make Joe's mind up.

they both get on well when they are away with England.

[Benny The Noon]

Figeroa seems the most likely given the press rumours I'd guess. Wayne Bridge could be another possibility given that City are in the process of splashing £17 million on another left back.

really hope its figeroa out of those two. in my opinion wayne bridge was the only left back weaker than insua out of the top seven teams last season.

btw, scott - i'm not stalking you, mate, even though it might look like it 

There is also rumours of Koncesky being looked at as well ?!

Given how under-whelmed you have been by the signing of Joe Cole I can only imagine how you will feel if Paul Konchesky is the next player to join Liverpool Football Club!

He is a solid left back and he seems to be on same level as Figuroa and would be cheaper and is english - so i would take him over Figuroa .

Yeah under whelmed is about right at the moment - hopefully it will change once we start playing football .

Its a step forwards but just a small one at the moment - there is still a long way to go yet and some crucial positions that need filled . Namely a replacement for Torres - if we dont sort that then when he does miss a game we are in no better position than last season .

[The_Rock]

From the understanding i have it was our previous manager who tried and made inquiries about Cole stuck him on his list of wanted players , last season. and before he went,

I like him and if he ends up here i just hope he stays injury free

do you have a link for that?


I think its great that he has come to the club and i am sure SG was helping to make Joe's mind up.

they both get on well when they are away with England.

  so benitez signed joe cole ? 

[The Raven]

Happy as .

[Benny The Noon]

Why did Joe Cole choose Liverpool over Arsenal and Spurs?
Posted by Hogger On July - 19 - 2010

So, Joe Cole has made his choice. He was offered the chance of a reunion with Uncle ‘Arry, a renaissance with Mnsr Wenger, or a return to his boyhood club, West Ham. In the end, he opted for Roy Hodgson’s Liverpool. One can’t help but wonder why – it certainly wasn’t the lure of Champions League football.

It’s funny. Only a few weeks ago, Cole’s agent was insistent that participation in Europe’s premier competition was at the forefront of Cole’s mind:

“Football is the most important thing to Joe and continuing to play in the Champions League is high on his priorities.”

Not that high, it seems. Cole has now opted to join a side who will be contesting the Europa League, which has about as much credibility in this country as the b*stard offspring of the League Cup and Eurovision. We know Harry Redknapp was interested because he made a point of telling us. We know Arsene Wenger was interested because he made a point of not telling us. So what are the factors that have persuade Cole to move to Merseyside?

The first, and most obvious, is money. Matt Law of The Express suggests that Arsenal offered Cole £80k for two years, and Spurs £65k for three. Liverpool are widely reported to have paid £90k, for – and here’s the clincher – four years.

Cole has the security of a massive wage until he is 32 years old. Whatever injuries may befall him, whether he loses his first-team place to Nabil El-Zhar, that sum is guaranteed. Some pundits have incorrectly suggested that Liverpool have swapped Yossi Benayoun for Cole and ended up £5m better off. Hardly: Cole will cost Liverpool nearly £19m over the next four years. And that’s without the inevitable signing-on fee.

But finance isn’t the only factor in Cole’s decision – there’s first-team football, too. Spurs would probably have to change their system to one focused around a lone front-man to accommodate Cole, and they don’t currently have a striker suited to that role. Their flanks are well stocked, with Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon both coming off the back of very strong seasons. Arsenal, meanwhile, have a whole host of players in the Cole mould – Andrey Arshavin, Samir Nasri, Tomas Rosicky and Jack Wilshere to name but a few.

Liverpool, however, have just lost Benayoun, and look set to sell Albert Riera. Assuming Hogdson adopts the same 4-4-1-1 tactic he used at Fulham, Cole could be deployed off Torres or on either flank as a creative alternative to Dirk Kuyt.

So Cole will get a chance to play. If, that is, he’s fit. He’s made just 28 Premier League starts in last two seasons combined – the same amount he made in 2007/08 alone. This is not a player on an upwards trajectory. Along with Torres and Gerrard, he now forms part of one of the most injury prone frontlines in Europe.

If he can stay fit, he could well prove a good signing – he has the potential to bring imagination to a Liverpool side that lacked sparkle last season. That if, however, is almost as big as the pay packet that persuaded Cole to move North in the first.

[Igor Zidane]

From the understanding i have it was our previous manager who tried and made inquiries about Cole stuck him on his list of wanted players , last season. and before he went,

I like him and if he ends up here i just hope he stays injury free

do you have a link for that?


I think its great that he has come to the club and i am sure SG was helping to make Joe's mind up.

they both get on well when they are away with England.

  so benitez signed joe cole ? 

Well according to some on here he sold Benayoun and insua . Mad that innit .

[Igor Zidane]

Why did Joe Cole choose Liverpool over Arsenal and Spurs?
Posted by Hogger On July - 19 - 2010

So, Joe Cole has made his choice. He was offered the chance of a reunion with Uncle ‘Arry, a renaissance with Mnsr Wenger, or a return to his boyhood club, West Ham. In the end, he opted for Roy Hodgson’s Liverpool. One can’t help but wonder why – it certainly wasn’t the lure of Champions League football.

It’s funny. Only a few weeks ago, Cole’s agent was insistent that participation in Europe’s premier competition was at the forefront of Cole’s mind:

“Football is the most important thing to Joe and continuing to play in the Champions League is high on his priorities.”

Not that high, it seems. Cole has now opted to join a side who will be contesting the Europa League, which has about as much credibility in this country as the b*stard offspring of the League Cup and Eurovision. We know Harry Redknapp was interested because he made a point of telling us. We know Arsene Wenger was interested because he made a point of not telling us. So what are the factors that have persuade Cole to move to Merseyside?

The first, and most obvious, is money. Matt Law of The Express suggests that Arsenal offered Cole £80k for two years, and Spurs £65k for three. Liverpool are widely reported to have paid £90k, for – and here’s the clincher – four years.

Cole has the security of a massive wage until he is 32 years old. Whatever injuries may befall him, whether he loses his first-team place to Nabil El-Zhar, that sum is guaranteed. Some pundits have incorrectly suggested that Liverpool have swapped Yossi Benayoun for Cole and ended up £5m better off. Hardly: Cole will cost Liverpool nearly £19m over the next four years. And that’s without the inevitable signing-on fee.

But finance isn’t the only factor in Cole’s decision – there’s first-team football, too. Spurs would probably have to change their system to one focused around a lone front-man to accommodate Cole, and they don’t currently have a striker suited to that role. Their flanks are well stocked, with Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon both coming off the back of very strong seasons. Arsenal, meanwhile, have a whole host of players in the Cole mould – Andrey Arshavin, Samir Nasri, Tomas Rosicky and Jack Wilshere to name but a few.

Liverpool, however, have just lost Benayoun, and look set to sell Albert Riera. Assuming Hogdson adopts the same 4-4-1-1 tactic he used at Fulham, Cole could be deployed off Torres or on either flank as a creative alternative to Dirk Kuyt.

So Cole will get a chance to play. If, that is, he’s fit. He’s made just 28 Premier League starts in last two seasons combined – the same amount he made in 2007/08 alone. This is not a player on an upwards trajectory. Along with Torres and Gerrard, he now forms part of one of the most injury prone frontlines in Europe.

If he can stay fit, he could well prove a good signing – he has the potential to bring imagination to a Liverpool side that lacked sparkle last season. That if, however, is almost as big as the pay packet that persuaded Cole to move North in the first.

Twa.t of an artical that if i do say so myself . The big problem there having is that Joe cole has fecked of from London and moved north . The london biased media can't stand the fact . Feck em .

[Benny The Noon]

A lot of it has some sense in it thou Igor . Ignoring the south bias and the sh.it there is a few things in there to ponder and may you think .

[Bad Bob]

Made up with this news as I think Cole is a quality player.  I also think he'll go someway toward convincing the likes of Stevie and Nando to stay.  Top stuff.

[Benny The Noon]

Made up with this news as I think Cole is a quality player. I also think he'll go someway toward convincing the likes of Stevie and Nando to stay.  Top stuff.

That is a very good positive Bob .

[rocky29]

lets have a vote. Where would u play joe cole. On the left or in the hole behind the striker. I would play him on the left and aqua in the hole.

[7_Kewell]

A lot of it has some sense in it thou Igor . Ignoring the south bias and the sh.it there is a few things in there to ponder and may you think .