Joe Cole

[Ian.]

Welcome Joe. Well we needed experienced players and the last two do have that on their side. Someone mentioned these do not seem like Lambert signings, I agree they don't do they?

[pauliewalnuts]

2 year deal big pay cut according to Matt Kendrick

Two years? Fucking hell.

[Mister E]

"Joe's what I like to call a 'number 10'. I've been tracking him for some time."

Shudder.

No Hoolahan then, I suppose, now that he has his #10.

Of course, #10 used to be the really cheap Players #6 IIRC. Sums it up.

[onje_villa]

Surely this isn't as bad as everyone is making out... Perhaps not quite in his prime but he's no Pires and he's got to be a level up from Grant bloody Holt.

[Villafirst]

Madness: Albrighton goes, and we sign someone nearly 10 years older! Well done Randy - clueless idiot!

[Ian.]

blimey...didn't he struggle in the end to get into West Ham's team? I don't know what he's got left but you can see how all of this is playing out. It's like last season's policy never happened and we have taken a complete 180 turn. Crazy

yes that is a bit worrying,
 but if there is one manager about who wouldn't appreciate what Cole offers its Allardyce

well that's the best I can come up with for now

How's this - Hoolahan struggled to get into the Norwich team but he was pretty good when he played so maybe it'll be the same with Joe Cole.

Both Cole and Hoolahan are similar aged players, both can't get in the first team of their last clubs but one's good enough for us and the other isn't?

Yes, that's about right.

Well after seasons midfield spectacle I reckon both Hoolahan and Cole would be a improvement to our team.

If he's taken a pay cut maybe he's just hungry to play football again and finish his career the way he started it.

[kippaxvilla2]

What will we be paying Cole ? £50k a week ? That would be another £2.5m spectacularly wasted . Will this club and it's owners ever learn !?

This.  I mean most on here agreed that paying Albrighton 35k a week was too much and now this.

[silhillvilla]

2 years ! Absolute joke if true

[eric woolban woolban]

Looks at the list of released Premier League players.

Sighs, draws a deep breath and mutters, 'expect to see Marouane Chamakh next into B6.'

[unclefabio]

I'm starting to get a bad feeling that Bellamy is next.

[AlexAlexCropley]

I'd have preferred John Cole -rest his soul

[silhillvilla]

I'm starting to get a bad feeling that Bellamy is next.

Hard to tell now if that's a joke or some ITK info.

[pauliewalnuts]

I'm starting to get a bad feeling that Bellamy is next.

Two words. Kieron Dyer.

[London Villan]

I'm really not sure what to think about this. Is he better than the current midfielders.... yes... but that isn't saying a lot...

How much are we paying him? £30k? £20K a week? Is that really the budget well spent?

The club just lurches from one extreme to the other at the moment. Still, the away kit is good...

[ozzjim]

Looks at the list of released Premier League players.

Sighs, draws a deep breath and mutters, 'expect to see Marouane Chamakh next into B6.'

Bendter, Ince, Wright Phillips, Ashley Cole, Lambert, Lescott, Barry one the shelf... predict the next one in at B6...