Comments on: Joe Cole is Back, Now How About an England Recall? http://england.worldcupblog.org/england-team-news/joe-cole-is-back-now-how-about-an-england-recall.html World Cup 2010 - South Africa Wed, 20 Oct 2010 06:47:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Daryl http://england.worldcupblog.org/england-team-news/joe-cole-is-back-now-how-about-an-england-recall.html/comment-page-1#comment-118070 Daryl Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:35:37 +0000 http://england.worldcupblog.org/england-team-news/joe-cole-is-back-now-how-about-an-england-recall.html#comment-118070 100% agree Rob. I like Joe Cole a lot, but I always feel like England (team, fans, media) worries too much about who's in the starting XI, and forgets that a successful team needs a plan B, either to replace injured players, or to change a game should it not be going well. So there's no shame in Joe Cole, Jermain Defoe, Michael Owen or anyone else being on the bench. It just makes us stronger. 100% agree Rob. I like Joe Cole a lot, but I always feel like England (team, fans, media) worries too much about who’s in the starting XI, and forgets that a successful team needs a plan B, either to replace injured players, or to change a game should it not be going well.

So there’s no shame in Joe Cole, Jermain Defoe, Michael Owen or anyone else being on the bench. It just makes us stronger.

]]> By: Rob http://england.worldcupblog.org/england-team-news/joe-cole-is-back-now-how-about-an-england-recall.html/comment-page-1#comment-118069 Rob Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:31:49 +0000 http://england.worldcupblog.org/england-team-news/joe-cole-is-back-now-how-about-an-england-recall.html#comment-118069 Pre-injury, Fabio didn't really seem to know what to do with Cole, I suppose he was the sacrificial lamb to get Gerrard and Lampard in the same midfield. There are few players I admire more than Joe Cole though, One of the few players I would pay just to see. But yeah, I'm not sure that he does fit in the starting XI anymore. I do think that his future might be in the behind-the-striker role. We're bound to get some injuries before the World Cup, we always do, so it's good having someone so versatile to bring in. Pre-injury, Fabio didn’t really seem to know what to do with Cole, I suppose he was the sacrificial lamb to get Gerrard and Lampard in the same midfield.

There are few players I admire more than Joe Cole though, One of the few players I would pay just to see. But yeah, I’m not sure that he does fit in the starting XI anymore. I do think that his future might be in the behind-the-striker role.

We’re bound to get some injuries before the World Cup, we always do, so it’s good having someone so versatile to bring in.

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