The Ashley Cole Appreciation Thread

[paddy]

What a wonderful wonderful footballer. He's just the complete package, the most well rounded fullback I've seen bar one Paolo Maldini. Formidable in defence and always an outlet going forward, he's a champion through and through. When he stepped up to take his penalty tonight there was no doubt in my mind, the ball was always going into the net. He's a big game player who doesn't let anything get to him - the boo boys, tabloid stories, it doesn't matter, he just gets on with his game. Tonight he showed once again why he is the best left back in the world. He has been for years. My man of the match.

[iNFINITY9910]

Yeah easily the best LB in the world right now..

[BarcaKizz]

Man is a machine... such a great player. Best LB going.

[I Have Mono]

Didn't he give up Chelsea's goal ?

[guest7]

He was partially at fault for Chelsea's goal but he saved them many times during the match aswell. Evens it out.

[I Have Mono]

Partially ? Who else are you blaming ? Bosingwa or whatever lol for letting the cross in ? Or cech for letting the goal in ?

Because Ashley cole completely lost his player and this gave up what could have been the game winning goal.

[Kick]

Better than Marcelo.

Best in the world at present.

[the xcx]

Better than Marcelo.

Best in the world at present.

Depends really..Defensivly yes I agree but when it comes to getting forward with the ball Marcelo is revolutionary.

[Jack Russell]

LB... defender...a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking. Cashley!

[Adit]

Dont know what your talking about,he was at fault for the goal.

He had a great good game apart from that but a mistake which almost costed them the trophy? hard to ignore.

[the xcx]

LB... defender...a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking. Cashley!

no shit

[Swanhends]

balls to the wall boss...atm no other left backs are even close close really

[Zealous]

The man was boss. Respect.

Interviewer: "I thought Germans never lost penalty shoot outs?"

Cole: "They do now."

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

balls to the wall boss...atm no other left backs are even close close really

Shit all season...... 2 good games and no one comes close ( will the knee jerking ever end )

He was'nt even that good either as he was at fault for the goal and relied alot on Bertrand's defensive cover.

[MarkForrest17]

Didn't he give up Chelsea's goal ?

any other LB would have given up 5

[Onyx]

Aside from the goal he had a good game.

[iNFINITY9910]

Any other LB and we would have been 6th place and a FA Cup..

[paddy]

The positives far outweight the negatives, Cole was an absolute boss last night. He was even better against Barcelona, constantly barking orders at Bosingwa and Mikel, telling them what to do at every turn, as well as making countless blocks/tackles himself. And if it wasn't for his goal line clearance in Naples they wouldn't have been there at all. What I admire most though is his bottle, nothing fazes him. Psychology plays such a massive part in penalty taking, and Cole definitely has the total single mindedness so often associated with Germans. We saw him do it in Euro 2004, we saw him do it in Moscow 2008, and we saw him do it again last night - step up and deliver. He was never missing that penalty.

[Blue Barrett]

Mole's anti-Chelsea campaign.

[nasir6371]

from reading moles relies you would think moles team finished 4th place lol

[CBarca]

Well he's right.

Amazing amount of knee-jerking going on after this CL final.

Credit to Cole for being decent in the final (despite giving up a goal ) and being pretty good in the semi-finals.

Other than that I can't really say much about him.

[iNFINITY9910]

Maybe you shouldn't say anymore..

ffs we just won the freaking Champions league, if you dont have anything nice to say for once please don't say anything.

[Guest]

absolutely ripping into Gerrard on twitter

[fatman123]

absolutely ripping into Gerrard on twitter

all i can find is this?

True Blue ‏@iSpeakChelsea

who's the player who didn't join chelsea you wanted to see him in a chelsea shirt? @TheRealAC3 @chelseafc #askash

Ashley Cole ‏@TheRealAC3

@iSpeakChelsea @chelseafc #askash I think that would be Steven Gerrard, about 5 years ago. Great player for Liverpool & England.

[Guest]

^ said he was a boring shit captain, n the only reason he is captain of england is that he hasn't f*cked up off the pitch.

btw, Cole's grammar and spelling is

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