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cole is a good player with lots of ability but he cant play on the left and never has hed fit in well behind the striker but youve got to have gerrard supplying balls for him but we still need new players and for me the 1st player out the door is poulson

NO

I hear you but at this stage in this career, he does not have the speed to beat his man. if he was to play in the first team now, it would have to be in the middle.

same as every other team, joe cole might not fit into it, he is a class player but he's not better than gerrard to play off torres and he's not strong or fast enuf to play central imo, which leaves him either high on the left or right of a 4-3-3 like he was at chelsea

no, joe cole gives good impact to liverpool team

I think this is a good thing because as much as he does not like to be on the bench, he would be a good option coming off it. If the players keep up improving on their performances and keep him out, we would have a bit of depth on the bench which hasn't been the case recently.

we have been looking for wingers on here for a few years now. we still need them but we have 2 more stringent needs than that. one is a decent second striker. if nando gets injured, as he has done in the past, we have no replacement who will terrify defences. ngog ain't gonna cut it. he's an ok 3rd choice though.

second is a centreback with pace. i'm not saying we need to buy one in cos ayala has impressed me in the past and still waiting to se what wilson can do. however, the chances of seeing them are slim to none until the rest of the back four is sorted and we can be sure that lucas run of form is more than just a run, that he becomes a rock of protection for the defence. either way we need someone younger coming through in the centre of defence as we lack pace there.