Chelsea No2 Wilkins admits doubts over Cole future
Chelsea No2 Ray Wilkins admits the future of Joe Cole at Stamford Bridge is in doubt.
Cole was again left out of the starting line-up by Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti for the FA Cup win over Stoke, but Wilkins insists the player will get his chance.
"We have a superb squad of players and Carlo has a very difficult task in picking a side," he said. "Everyone merits a place in our team, but that was the side today.
"Joe's had a very traumatic time with his knee, and you get highs and lows. He'll play plenty of games for Chelsea, don't you worry.
"I've no idea whether he'll sign his contract, but that will be done towards the latter stages of the season."
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Comments (3)
jOE COLE CAN NOT BEEN SHOWN THE BACK DOOR AND NOT TO ANY OFF THE TOP 4
TEAMS, ON HIS DAY HE IS ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE LEAGUE, CHELSEA SHOULD GIVE HIM A NEW CONTRACT,AS FOR SUNDAYS'S GAME AGAINST STOKE HE SHOULD HAVE HAD PLAYED SOME OF THE GAME MOLOUDA'S PASSING WAS POOR, YES CHELSEA NEED NEW BLOOD AND NEED TO GET RID OF DEAD WOOD, DECO BALLETTI, dONOVAN IS A GOOD PLAYER BUT NOT TO REPLACE COLE
I like the last line of the previous post... "Enough said...", as if it would have been possible to say any more.
I would rather not see Joe Cole go, as the right is a bit of concern I think (unlike the left side where things appear to be shaping up)
Deco, Malouda, Belletti, Ferreira OUT definitely
Joe Cole, Ashley Cole, Kalou, Anelka OUT Possibly
DECO: The options; RVDV, Mata, Silva, Hamsik, Dzagoev, Pjanic, Teixeira, Moutinho, Meireles, Kaka, Alcantara, Canales, Pastore
Its no secret that Chelsea are chasing Hamsik and that RVDV has been mentioned is the Chelsea/RM jostling of recent times.Question is will Hamsik leave Italy (Inter Offer) and will RVDV give a poor showing here too. Teixeira, Dzagoev and Pjanic are young, but we could certainly use their youth, and with Lampard ageing signing two of them, but only bringing one to the Bridge for now is certainly not out of the question. Moutinho would be great but he has been reluctant to leave Portugal as of yet, and there are questions as to whether Raul Meireles would be much better than Deco, he has awesome tats though. Mata and Silva are certainly in the mix but there will be a lot of competition for their signatures. Kaka is th dark horse, he almost joined Chelsea in 2005, is a good mate of Carlo and is unhappy and unproductive at RM. Thiago Alcantara would be good, but I’d rather him to come in a few years, maybe a loan to Twente ? depending upon whether or not Sergio Canales is signed up with RM is the basis upon which we should go chasing. I prefer the others to Pastore, but i think he’d do well too.
Malouda: options; di Maria, Ribery, Krasic, Silva, Mata, Kaka, Urreta, Dzagoev, Pjanic, Teixeira, Alcantara, Ki
di Maria and Ribery are the obvious choices, but again there will be war for their signatures. Krasic would be great, but at the moment he seems destined to go elsewhere. Again Silva and Mata are propositions, as is Kaka but Mata emerges as the favourite with his left wing experience. I like Urreta and he would be great alongside Kakuta, di Maria or Ribery, but he’s probably a 2012 signing. Dzagoev, Teixeira and Pjanic are all young, they could spend some time on the left before moving to the centre of midfield. Thiago Alcantara would be good, but I’d rather him to come in a few years, maybe a loan to Twente ? Ki Sung–Yueng is talented and would be a boon for Chelsea merch sales in Korea.
Belleti: the options; S Taylor, M Mancienne, N Subotic, D Luiz
Mancienne is the cheapest option, with Taylor estimated at about 9 million and considerably more for Subotic, this may come down to price. D Luiz however is probably the best option.
Ferreira: the options; S Taylor, M Mancienne, N Subotic
M Mancienne will be the other new back.
Joe Cole; Options; Schwiensteiger, Stoch, Silva, Kaka, Dzagoev, Pjanic, Teixeira, Veloso, Assulin
Schweinsteiger is the ideal replacement for Ballack but he could also replace Joe Cole, making Stoch the probable pick, its a shame Maxi went to Liverpool then he would have been ideal. Again Silva and Dzagoev, Pjanic , Teixeira are propositions, as is Kaka who emerges as the group favourite. Miguel Veloso is another good option. Gai Assulin would be a great get but we are competing with AFC for him.
Ashley Cole: Options: Vargas, Dani Alves
Vargas is the only real option I see, i hope we don’t loose Ashley, though Vargas is good. Alves obvioulsy plays on the right and is not a real option to replace Ashley, but could be part of swap deal with Barca for Ashley
Anelka: Options: Villa, Pato, Aguero, Gomis, Balotelli, Pazzini
Villa is expensive and ageing but good, Pato seems destined to one day join Chelsea, Aguero should if he stops mucking us about, Gomis is strong talented and young, as is Balotelli.
Kalou: Options: Pazzini, Morimoto, Dembele
Pazzini is with whom we are consistently linked but he seems to want Juve (needs his head read) Morimoto is a bright young star in Serie A, and would blast our Japanese Merch slaes into the stratosphere. Dembele could be another Drogba like forward, though is his performance in the Dutch League enough.
Youth Striker: Lukaku
Enough said, though Christian Eriksen could be good too
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