- May 23, 2007
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Has Joe Cole ever really been that great ? I mean he was always talked up when a kid, went down with West Ham, couldn't hold down a regular place at Chelsea and was only ever ok for England.
Not a terrible player but over hyped - not fit to lace the boots of our VdV !
He was excellent under Mourinho. Mourinho changed him as a player. Cole was a central midfielder/attacking midfielder before Mourinho made him play on the wings in a 4-3-3. He also changed his attitude and general play. I remember when Cole scored the winner against Liverpool and Mourinho reacted by going mental on him 2 minutes later for not tracking back to defend.
He was a very good player befoe he got injured and like mentioned in this thread, the 4-4 draw at Lane he was ripping us apart singlehandedly.
But after returning from the injury he isn't the same. Whether it's mentally or physically I don't know, but doesn't look the same player.
That said, I hope he doesn't go out and have a blinder against us next week. God, that would be typical.