samjp26 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Just seen his interview on SSN, he seems up for the challenge and spoke highly of AVFC. I don't think he's here just to pick up his wages, he sounds like he is keen to play. He also confirmed he'd been signed to play CAM so fingers crossed he stays injury free because he has ability. Anybody got a link to the SSN interview? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Good signing and welcome Joe. He's always been a very good player and I like the comments attributed to Lambert about Joe helping us to keep possession of the ball. At Wet Spam he played quite a bit and scored a few goals and his spell at Lille was very good so I remember. He's still got a few years in him if he can stay fit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 according to bbc he has signed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveburnside Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 (edited) Just seen his interview on SSN, he seems up for the challenge and spoke highly of AVFC. I don't think he's here just to pick up his wages, he sounds like he is keen to play. He also confirmed he'd been signed to play CAM so fingers crossed he stays injury free because he has ability. Anybody got a link to the SSN interview? https://soundcloud.com/skysportsradio/joe-cole-why-it-didnt-work-at-west-ham Edited June 10, 2014 by Daveburnside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichiBoi11 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 If he gets back to half as good as at his prime he'll be an immense signing. Needs wrapping up in training with his injury record though. Worryingly though another two year deal like Senderos, which indicates to me no sake of the club this summer and another year of scratching and clawing to stay in the league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanO Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I think those who are concerned about Joe Cole's fitness are right, his track record is pretty poor however this guy has more talent in his little toe that the rest of our team and I'm looking forward to seeing him play for the true C&B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelboyVilla Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I think those who are concerned about Joe Cole's fitness are right, his track record is pretty poor however this guy has more talent in his little toe that the rest of our team and I'm looking forward to seeing him play for the true C&B. Rather Cole on a free than Hooli for £2m! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Just seen his interview on SSN, he seems up for the challenge and spoke highly of AVFC. I don't think he's here just to pick up his wages, he sounds like he is keen to play. He also confirmed he'd been signed to play CAM so fingers crossed he stays injury free because he has ability. Anybody got a link to the SSN interview? https://soundcloud.com/skysportsradio/joe-cole-why-it-didnt-work-at-west-ham Cheers mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Joe Cole insists "the fire is still burning" in him and that he feels "as excited now as I was as a 16-year-old lad going into my first season with West Ham" after agreeing a two-year deal to June 2016. The 32-year-old attacking midfield player, capped 56 times for England in a career in which he has won three Premier League titles, three FA Cups and two League Cups in addition to reaching the final of the Champions League in 2008 with Chelsea, is Villa manager Paul Lambert's second summer signing following the arrival of defender Philippe Senderos last week. That experience over a 16-year career in top-flight football is something Cole is determined to pass on to some of his younger team-mates and he admitted that he was sold on the move to Villa in an instant. Cole said to AVTV: "I'm really excited. It all happened really quickly, I got a call maybe a week or 10 days ago and it just felt like it was a really exciting place to come at this moment. "This is a massive club and there's a massive opportunity for the club to push on. That was the main factor. I spoke to the gaffer and we have similar views on football. He didn't need to sell the club but he explained what the view is for the future and, like I said, that was the main thing. When I spoke to the manager I knew I'd be signing. "I'll be coming here and I'll be learning too. Obviously I'll bring my experience to the squad but you still learn every day and I want to learn. I know I'll learn from the manager, I'll learn from other players here and going forward together we want to get the best results for Aston Villa. "So far I've been lucky enough to have a really good career but there's still a lot more I want to achieve. The fire is still burning in me. I want to do well. I want to play at the highest level and win things still and this club fits. With the young squad we've got here, we've had two seasons consolidating and now we're going to want to push on, which I'm very excited about. When I signed for Chelsea, that felt right, when I went to Lille, that felt 100% right and now this feeling is on a par to when I went to those clubs. "Playing against Villa over the last two seasons and watching them, when you've got young players at that age, first of all to get them all playing at their best at the same time is very tricky. They're going to be inconsistent and the manager has got to take credit for what he's done there. "I think quality players like Andi Weimann, Christian Benteke and Fabian Delph, amongst all of the others I could name, have come in and what will happen is when they've played 50 games they'll get better. Then when they've played 100 games they'll get better again. Then when they've played 150, and so on. That's just normal, every player in the world is like that because you improve as you play. "There is just so much potential at the club to kick on and I think we're only going to get better. That's another thing, when I talked to the manager he said I would be playing in a more central position and, having those fast players in attack and around me, I feel like I can supply them with the bullets and get them the ball in the final third. They're good players to play with because speed is a must now in the game, particularly in the Premier League. I've watched the development of Fabian over the past two years and he's a terrific player. He finished the season just gone so strongly. There's pace and power all over the team and I really think we can kick on. "Villa Park has actually been a very difficult place for me to come and play as an away player. I remember at Chelsea we had a particularly bad record there and I don't think West Ham's was much better either. I know how difficult it can be for opposition players and we need to get back to making it that fortress. If we get a good start we know the fans will get right behind us and it's a good place to play. I think I've only scored one goal at Villa Park, in the quarter final of the cup, so it's a tough place to play. I'm glad I'm on the home side now. "The best bit of advice you get is that if you're a young man in any walk of life you try and look at the people who've done it before. All of the ex-players, all of the professionals that I've ever spoken to in my career say, 'Enjoy it while it lasts because it goes quick, take everything you can out of it.' That's one thing I have done and one thing I'm proud to say is that I've enjoyed every day of my career, every moment of it and I want to squeeze as much out of it as I can. I'm as excited now as I was as a 16-year-old lad going into my first season with West Ham." Cole was born in Paddington before moving to Somers Town in central London. He came through the youth system at West Ham United, playing in the same team as future fellow England international Michael Carrick. He made his first team debut for the Hammers aged 17 in an FA Cup third round game against Swansea City. Cole made 150 appearances in all competitions in his first stint at Upton Park, scoring 13 goals. He was made club captain in 2002-03 at the age of 21 and was awarded the Club's player of the season. He joined Chelsea for £6.6m in 2003. Following the arrival of Jose Mourinho as manager in 2004, he became a key part of the squad that won the Barclays Premier League twice in a row. In his time at Chelsea, he won the Premier League three times, the FA Cup three times, the League Cup twice and the Community Shield twice, as well as being voted Chelsea's player of the season in 2008. He turned out 280 times for the Blues in all competitions, scoring 39 goals. He moved to Liverpool as a free agent in 2010 and made 32 appearances in all competitions for the Reds. He moved to Lille on loan in 2011 and helped the defending champions finish third, qualifying for the Champions League. He made 43 appearances for the French team and scored nine goals. Following his return to Liverpool, Cole played 10 games before leaving to re-join his first club, West Ham. He made 30 more appearances in two seasons at Upton Park before leaving for the second time. Cole has won 56 England caps and has played at three World Cups. He has scored 10 times for England, including a memorable volley against Sweden in the 2006 World Cup in Germany. http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~3895266,00.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 A free, experience and a creative midfielder. If he can stay fit, and if he still wants it, he could be an excellent signing for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigy1874 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Its defo a bit of a meh signing but one thing i'm happy about is he is a winner. Experience is great, but experience as a winner is much better. Couldn't believe what he has actually won when I read the article on the OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody1000 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 The more I think about this, the more I think this could be a decent little signing. What a breath of fresh air to hear from a footballer who isn't purely motivated by £'s. Good luck Joe, UTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggsy Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 A gamble worth taking IMO If it doesn't work it hasn't cost us a lot of money If he stays fit and plays well he's the kind of player we've been crying out for and would become a huge fans favourite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TrentVilla Posted June 10, 2014 Author Moderator Popular Post Share Posted June 10, 2014 That's a great piece with Joe Cole there, some very interesting points of note. One of which is the one about Lambert, who despite a lot of peoples views on him seems to have a certain way with the players when he gets them in his office, just like when he sat down with Benteke last summer. One thing is for absolute certain with this signing is that he isn't another Pires, taking one last pay day without giving a monkeys. Cole isn't here for the money, he is here to play games for a manager that wants him and wants to use him to his strengths not stick him out on the wing. At his last two English clubs Cole hasn't had that and especially at West Ham he clearly didn't fit the managers type of player, given he isn't 6'2 and built like a tank. The way we play and the players around him, as Cole himself states, are very well suited to his game as is the formation we play. Personally I think the prospect of him playing behind Benteke and Kozak/Gabby at the head of a diamond midfield or being part of a 3 man midfield in a 433 could be great. Sure he has had injuries and we will have to hope he is able to stay fit in order to benefit from having him around the place but he is clearly coming here to play, not for a final pay day. He could have gone elsewhere (here or abroad) and got more than he is getting here. As it is, while he isn't on a pay as you play deal if he doesn't play he won't actually be earning that much due to the way its structured. So I think we've far more to potentially gain from this signing than we have to lose. In the circumstances I think its a good bit of business. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilS Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 If he is only on £25k per week as suggested, then definitly worth a gamble imo. He offers something the rest of our squad doesn't. I was unsure about this signing before, as I assumed he would be on wages in the region of about £60k per week. Lets hope he stays fit, and delivers some creativity up top in our formation. He may be a good role model for young Jack, and help him grow into his eventual succesor as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted June 10, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted June 10, 2014 Genuinely impressed (and surprised) at those quotes from him. I know he has to says the right thing in such an interview but in those quotes he comes across as much more erudite than I'd ever given him credit for. Then again, it would probably all sound very different in that squeaky cockney accent of his Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 whethere i agree with this signing or not, welcome to the club joe hope you prove to be a execllent signing and can show that creative magic we have lacked for years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 even though i might not agree with the signing welcome to the club joe. hopefully you can regain that magic and be the creative force we have lacked for so long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted June 10, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted June 10, 2014 (edited) He has the potential to become an absolute legend at this club ("legend" in the modern sense of the word) . We've been so starved of good "number 10's" over the years I really do believe if he can stay fit and perform to the best of his ability then the Holte end will fall in love, similar to Merson. Merson was probably the last decent number 10 we had and he has huge respect for the Villa, and it goes both ways. Cole could easily fall into that catagory. I'm not concerned with what we're paying him, i'm just concerned whether he can stay fit enough to make an impact. Stranger things have happened I guess, just look at Laursen. But who knows, this will either be a master stroke or a complete failure. Hoping for the former as we really do need this type of player. Edited June 10, 2014 by PieFacE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Judging by his comments it seems like he'll be asked to play in the hole, trying to create chances and slip balls in, rather than running about on the wing a la Wet Spam. Who knows, maybe it will work, he seems genuinely up for it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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