Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson has admitted that the Reds have not seen the best of midfielder Joe Cole since he joined the club in the summer. Roy reacted to Liverpoolfc.tv about Cole acknowledging his poor form:
“It’s a good sign he said that because it takes a certain type of player to be able to face up and be so honest. It’s better coming from him than it is coming from me. When people look at him or, say, Fernando (Torres) to criticise, I as a manager feel it comes upon me in my responsibilities to stand in the way. I’ve got to protect because I know how hard both of them work and I know how badly they want to play well for Liverpool. Football is not a science. It is a sport. Sometimes you are in better form than others. If you are a good player, like Joe and like Fernando, you play better more often. There have been flashes of quality – notably the ball he produced for Torres in the win over Blackburn. I think Joe has done well in that he is so committed, he works his socks off and he wants to do well here. He is a quality player. But we haven’t seen the best of him. Absolutely not. There is more to come from him and he knows that.”
Cole will be out for two weeks with a hamstring strain he sustained during Liverpool’s win over Bolton on Sunday.
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What it takes a certain kind of someone to admit the blatantly obviouos?
I wonder if d best of him will ever @ wrong wing on d field.