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Those girls are mad. Watched a cool documentary about them. Seem to be inspiring a lot of teenage girls and providing some cool role models.
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Premier League 2019/20: The race for Europe
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Those girls are mad. Watched a cool documentary about them. Seem to be inspiring a lot of teenage girls and providing some cool role models.
devlin_adl
Member
If you want to play Mourinho-ball, sure go for Cole.
If you want to play modern, attacking football, TAA all the way.
Riou
In The Winchester, Waiting For This To Blow Over
Country: Northern Ireland
Player:Gabriel
Yeah...not like Cashley was apart of some of the most famous attacking Arsenal teams of all time, or how he was a key part of our ridiculous left hand side attack of Cole-Pires-Henry that just destroyed numerous teams.
I have never seen a better complete fullback than Cole...there have been better attacking ones and defensive ones, but no one matches him all round.
Country: Scotland
Player:Gabriel
Strange post. Cole was brilliant going forward. If you'd compared Arnold to say Ferreira I could see your point.
Shalmaneser V
Active Member
Cmon TAA is better at going forward than Cole was. Cole was better defensively of course.
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Country: Scotland
Player:Gabriel
At Chelsea he became an even better defender but at us he was a massive part of our attacking play. As I've said before I can't stand him but he's bar none the best full back in Britain the last 20 years
Shalmaneser V
Active Member
Cole was a great fullback with few weaknesses. But TAA is technically a better footballer for me. He bombs up and down like Cole used to. But he has a better touch, is a far better passer, set-piece taker and consistently one of the best crossers of the ball in Europe. From an attacking point of view this puts him ahead of Cole.
GeorgiaGunner
#FreeClaude
By Christmas, a 22 year old TAA will have more goals + assists than Cole did in his entire career. Cole was a great player, but as an attacking force, TAA is on another plane of existence.
Cole was a complete defender, good going forward and amazing defender.
TAA is great going forward and mediocre as a defender. I've seen josh king, grealish, redmond, put him on toast, he does not impress me defensively.
BigPoppaPump
Reeling from Laca & Kos nightmares
Ashley Cole is the blueprint for the modern fullback and is amazing going forward and defending. TAA is great but he got a long way to go before surpassing Cole.
I want to see TAA in a normal team like England. I have a feeling he will get exposed defensively.
At Liverpool the 3 midfielders cover the full backs and allow them to essentially play like wingers. England dont play such a system, and I feel like TAA could get done 1on1 or positionally.
The ideal but unrealistic scenario is TAA becomes a midfielder for England and AWB takes the right back spot, as he is one of the best 1on1 fullbacks on the planet.
At Liverpool the 3 midfielders cover the full backs and allow them to essentially play like wingers. England dont play such a system, and I feel like TAA could get done 1on1 or positionally.
The ideal but unrealistic scenario is TAA becomes a midfielder for England and AWB takes the right back spot, as he is one of the best 1on1 fullbacks on the planet.
Hleb's Sirush
Established Member
You must have not seen Cole play or maybe forgot what kind of player he was if you think he can only excel at Mourinho-ball. TAA is better at going forward but is miles behind Cole in defending or any other part of his game that doesn't involve crossing the ball or taking set pieces (reading of the game, physical attributes, decision making etc)
In simple terms TAA is 9/10 going forward but only 6/10 defending. Cole is 8/10 attacking and 9/10 at defending. TAA has a long, long way to go before he can be compared to Cole, who was a beast of a fullback with hardly any weaknesses that attackers could exploit.
Country: England
I need to see TAA in a system outside of Liverpool’s before I see him in the same sentences as Cole tbh.
Cole was a beast. Fullback position being unglamorous and having no accent in his surname meant he got overlooked a lot. He was the blueprint.
Cole was a beast. Fullback position being unglamorous and having no accent in his surname meant he got overlooked a lot. He was the blueprint.
EinmalImmerEwig
Bent on his knees by asking to get banned !
Isn't that the whole point of following a football team? To go and support them live on their travels?
Doesn't matter what the score is, it's the travelling there, discovering a new city and the friends ( and enemies ) made there, new culinary wonders, and of course a game of football in a new Stadium to enjoy.
I hope we get Europa League, as we'll still be going.
I travel with a group of ex-pats here ( 2 CFC, 1 THFC are regulars, then a Gooner, and a few 'undecided' who come when time/wife/money allows ), and it's always a brilliant buzz.
Beats Premier League and the Emirates hands down. ( although I know this only from hearsay - proud (?) to say never been to a PL game and never will, and Emirates? Well, in the away end maybe one day )
EinmalImmerEwig
Bent on his knees by asking to get banned !
Have corrected that for you.
GeorgiaGunner
#FreeClaude
KDB is very arguably the best creative CM the PL has ever seen. The Nasri, Veron (United AND Chelsea fans regard him as a bust), etc. stuff is patently absurd, as is the claim Sagna and Baines (lol) “wipe the floor” with TAA
