‘He’s super talented’ Former Chelsea star Joe Cole has claimed that Cole Palmer is “as good as anyone” to have ever played for Chelsea. Palmer has taken like a duck to water since making the £40m move from Manchester City to Stamford Bridge. While many questioned the fee they paid, especially given Chelsea’s poor recruitment […]

2 years ago

‘If it was down to me and I was head of FIFA I would just get rid of VAR’ Joe Cole has called for VAR to be scrapped after Coventry City were denied a last-minute winner in extra time of the FA Cup semi final. The Championship club were denied a famous winner in stoppage […]

2 years ago

‘I feel for them there, it’s a head injury, Mike Dean’s got a decision to make’ Joe Cole has suggested that Newcastle’s players need to ‘take responsibility’ for Liverpool’s opening goal, despite Isaac Hayden going down with what looked to be a head injury. The Magpies took a surprise lead at Anfield, with Jonjo Shelvey […]

4 years ago

“There is an unusual swell of fans who don’t quite get it” Joe Cole has suggested that he wants to ‘educate’ people who don’t appreciate the positive impact that Mason Mount has on a team. Mount scored his first hat-trick for Chelsea as the Blues battered newly-promoted side Norwich 7-0 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday […]

4 years ago

“Man United were playing their own game of Toro, which was essentially ‘stitch each other up’, and everyone else is playing the normal game…” Joe Cole and David James have recalled how Manchester United players would form their own unit when called up to represent the England team. Cole and James, who were speaking on […]

5 years ago

“If the division was decided on characters, I think we would have won it!” Back in 1990, before he set off for his Italia ’90 adventure with Ireland, Andy Townsend had a decision to make – Arsenal or Chelsea. Having jumped from non-league Weymouth to Southampton, in 1985, the midfielder cut his first division teeth […]

5 years ago