COMING LATE TODAY: AN EXCLUSIVE WHTID INTERVIEW WITH LEYTON ORIENT OWNER BARRY HEARN
On Saturday Joe Cole was subbed after 27 minutes and was so angry about it he went straight down the tunnel. The Sun reports that this has provoked him into deciding that his future is away from Upton Park and that he has had it with Sam Allardyce. They quote a ‘Sun Source’ as saying…
Joey has had it with Sam. He felt publicly humiliated at being hooked so early in the game against his old club and he wants out. Hopefully there will be a few takers in January. He was looking forward to a great season with West Ham but now it’s all turned sour."
That sounds like the words of an agent trying to engineer another move which the agent will make money from. But if this really is Joe Cole’s attitude it stinks. Perhaps we should give him the benefit of the doubt and assume it’s a made up quote, but let’s be honest and admit that he has hardly ripped up any trees this season. He’s been injured yet again but I can’t remember any game which he has actually played brilliantly in. If he did want to move, can anyone really imagine a queue of clubs eager to sign him? I’m not sure I can.
What Joe Cole needs to do now is to settle down, take responsibility for his own form and fight his way into the starting lineup. He still has the ability to change games. It’s up to him to prove it.