BigCarew Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 This will be a pointless signing unless we play him behind the striker and given a sort of free roam. Restrict him out wide on defensive duties, can't see the point, especially at 32. Sensible signing, fills a position we need and is better than some of the current crop. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 This will be a pointless signing unless we play him behind the striker and given a sort of free roam. Restrict him out wide on defensive duties, can't see the point, especially at 32. Sensible signing, fills a position we need and is better than some of the current crop. Sitting on the fence then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 His decline has been rapid and I fear he won't feature much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 It also hinges on us signing a proper Defensive Midfielder otherwise we'd be even more overrun in midfield next season. A midfield 3 of Westwood, Delph & Cole will be suicide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 "Sign more experienced players" "No! Not that one" I like this signing, but 'sign more experience' is not the same as 'sign any experience'. Keep trying to wind people up though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmarsha_926 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
granto Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Welcome Joe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Good luck Joe! Prove me wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 (edited) It also hinges on us signing a proper Defensive Midfielder otherwise we'd be even more overrun in midfield next season. A midfield 3 of Westwood, Delph & Cole will be suicide Only if we play 3 forwards that hover up top. In Lambert's first season, we played well with a 4-2-3-1 with Weimann behind the striker, and the two wide-forwards able to drop back into midfield to chip in defensively. I think a 2 man midfield will be fine, if we have the 2 wide forwards (Gabby/ Weimann/ Bacuna) dropping back. That would then allow Cole to sit behind the striker. Edited June 10, 2014 by Rob182 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Got a good feeling about this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post samjp26 Posted June 10, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 10, 2014 (edited) 2 year deal, turned down the MLS, has a point to prove. Welcome Joe, hope you prove that point! Edit: Also worth noting that he has took a serious pay cut to join us, was offered more by other clubs as well. Edited June 10, 2014 by samjp26 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanO Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Welcome Joe Cole.........................were words I wish I could have written 10yrs ago, but still a player of his quality is always welcome. Will he be a modern Merson (Oh yeah) or a Pires (Oh no)? guess we will soon find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 "At this stage of my career, finances are not important for me. I want to enjoy my football, I want to compete and I just want to play more." Doesn't sound to me like he wants to be a super sub like some are suggesting Lets hope he can stay injury free and Lambert plays him in the correct position 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 It also hinges on us signing a proper Defensive Midfielder otherwise we'd be even more overrun in midfield next season. A midfield 3 of Westwood, Delph & Cole will be suicide Only if we play 3 forwards that hover up top. In Lambert's first season, we played well with a 4-2-3-1 with Weimann behind the striker, and the two wide-forwards able to drop back into midfield to chip in defensively. I think a 2 man midfield will be fine, if we have the 2 wide forwards (Gabby/ Weimann/ Bacuna) dropping back. That would then allow Cole to sit behind the striker. If we had the players for it this would be great, but neither Gabby nor Weimann are wide players and they play far to narrow. Albrighton would have worked. Or if the midfield and Gabby/Weimann offered more protection the fullbacks Luna/ Lowton/ Bacuna could have pushed forward, but now they just have to defend or risk getting caught out of position.The number of times we've been overrun on the flanks is countless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Hope he turns out to be a Robbie Keane type signing as I was disappointed with that signing and he turned out great. So I'm crossing my fingers as he's the type of player style wise we desperately need. Who else is a free transfer in the market with relatively low wages that we might punt for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Welcome Joe. I'm fairly happy with this signing, considering our current plight. Even though he's not the player he was 5 years ago, he's still an improvement on many of the players we have. When fit, I would happily have him in the starting eleven over Tonev/ Weimann/ Bacuna/ Bowery. Good luck Joe! I hope you prove some people wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbauer24 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Where are people getting this 'official' info and photos from?! Don't doubt it but just interested - nothing on OS, Newsnow or BBC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan501 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 "At this stage of my career, finances are not important for me. I want to enjoy my football, I want to compete and I just want to play more."Doesn't sound to me like he wants to be a super sub like some are suggestingLets hope he can stay injury free and Lambert plays him in the correct position Great start not here for the money welcome joe lets get behond him folks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Where are people getting this 'official' info and photos from?! Don't doubt it but just interested - nothing on OS, Newsnow or BBC... Twitter OS are giving them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 GIve him the number 10! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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