Andy Cole on being disrespected by Glenn Hoddle!

Andrew Cole discusses being disrespected by Glenn Hoddle and the media!
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[@Zigmeister4]

Even as a staunch Liverpool fan, I struggle to make sense of how anyone could even question Andy Cole’s quality as a striker. It’s ridiculous!!

[@onlyweatherlol93]

He had two top class seasons for me. 93/94 and 99/00.

[@aburasosman8790]

He is a best finisher ever in English football Very smart striker

[@dangerman-vq9xr]

It’s called racism sir

[@SagaciousFrank]

​​@@dangerman-vq9xr, not necessarily, although it is possible. Andy Cole statistically had a high score rate, especially he didn't really take penalties. That said, I do recall him missing a bunch of easy chances at times, but ultimately every striker does miss, and his score record speaks for itself.

[@dangerman-vq9xr]

@@SagaciousFrank you people are always denying racism 🤣🤣 have a day off plz

[@bobbycampbell8497]

I vividly remember coley stating that penalties arent proper goals. Love him!

[@graz4792]

Yes I talk complete crap sometimes as well

[@Will-gg1zr]

Imagine if cr7 heard this. Guy has scored more penalties than most players score actual goals in their whole career

[@waynemarshall8836]

As a true number 9 he’s right. Its a striker thing. Unless you’ve played the position you’ll never understand. Strikers are selfish- even if we won 5-0 I’ll be disappointed if I didn’t at least get two

[@uniteddreamer]

​@@graz4792 at all times?

[@femz6438]

​@@waynemarshall8836 ALL FACTS. Im a striker as well and scoring from OPEN PLAY is how you know you're good and improve your confidence, because you can't predict how the chance comes that you scored. Pens on the other hand, you have a 4/5 chance minimum of beating the goal keeper. Also a shit pen with the keeper diving the wrong way issa goal. Shit goals

[@JPlayerL10]

He got 55 goals in 70 appearences for Newcastle And 93 goals in 195 for Man Utd (without penalties!) What a player

[@xeezone8400]

55 goals for us in 2 years proper striker he was

[@babycumback1829]

As a Utd fan this guy's is an absolute legend! Him and Yorke were different gravy

[@winstonbrown1516]

DIFFERENT!

[@deanobest1450]

Took Yorke off us! And him and Cole just took off! Cole was always class though.

[@Ali-sj5pn]

💯

[@anthonymcken6050]

They made me watch Utd during that period. It cannot be underestimated that that duo won so many new Utd fans throughout the world.

[@michaelparsons3221]

Old skool…If I couldn’t score in open play I thought I wasn’t good enough!!👍🏿💯

[@registame2878]

Real old school

[@burns8542]

Cole and Fowler totally disrespected internationally

[@Skibbitypappappa]

No they wasn't, they played on an era where there was a ridiculous amount of striking talent and as good as they both were they were similar in style to Shearer and Shearer was better than both of them and next to Shearer you needed a drop off type of striker like Teddy Sheringham who in that era was the best at that, so unfortunately Fowler, Cole, Ferdinand Wright, Sutton, Hirst (when fit) etc..had to miss out

[@Taporeee]

​Nah, that's ridiculous. Fowler and Cole could and often did play a modern striker role too, dropping into the 10 and drifting into the channels with variations in approach play with the attacking players. In fact under Keegan, Cole did play with Shearer. The media were absolutely vicious to Cole as Owen's PR team was immense. Fowler was better than Owen but lost his way a little post 2000s but​ was still skilled@@Skibbitypappappa

[@Skibbitypappappa]

@@Taporeee That's your opinion.

[@Taporeee]

@@Skibbitypappappa Yeah, I'll stick with Sir Alex's judgement and that of many People who supported Liverpool who watched Owen and Fowler, on this one

[@Skibbitypappappa]

@@Taporeee Excellent news

[@gavinmitchell4477]

As a United fan Thankyou Andy for all those amazing memories you and yorke to this day are still my favourite all time partnership.

[@jameswalker3181]

Yep I am a Chelsea fan but I never seen any players linking up like them 2 world class

[@gavinmitchell4477]

@@jameswalker3181 to be fair as a Chelsea fan you got to watch Zola and whoever he partnered.

[@uniteddreamer]

I remember Hoddle coming out with the "one in three" shit. Alan Shearer never got one in three. Pure bs. And he's right the media lapped up that foolishness. His goals per game without penalties was better than Shearer. But we know exactly what it was...

[@MegaConjurer]

@united-dreamer This is what I’ve been looking for, Name one strike the doesn’t need more than one chance to score goals. Your right we know why the media ran with the bullshit, that Glenn was spouting. Imagine if there was know pressure on him to score for England. You might have a situation where he’s up there with top scorers for country. The powers that be couldn’t accept that.

[@aburasosman8790]

We know that as they used did against ian wright and paul ince

[@Taporeee]

Oh yeah we know exactly why...

[@paulearle3780]

The same reason Folwer didn't start? Shearer was simply better than Cole as good as he was. He did it at smaller clubs and still outscored him.

[@Taporeee]

Alan Shearer was an incredible striker and player. He also didn't score internationally fir England for nearly 2 years. No chance Cole even gets anywhere near that level of support... Interesting that

[@rysie-fire]

Ridiculously underrated striker. He’s name rarely gets mentioned when talking about the all time best but he has earned his place on any list when it comes to the premier league. He’s partnership with York is one of the best if not the best as well

[@apachebadindian]

Big time underated

[@realnesx]

Don't like saying this but half British and Caribbean players even African players never get the recognition they deserve from British media. John Barnes at his peak was in the top 4 players in the world with players like Baggio. Ian Wright underrated Daniel Sturridge underrated Cyril Regis underrated. Media in general don't give Caribbean or African proper recognition. Eto and Drogba don't get mentioned JJ okocha was pure class. George weah List goes on

[@jaysparrow6631]

@@realnesx uh oh, George Weah was a goat among other goats as he played in an era of gladiators like R9. When I were young and that was a very very long time ago I used to love watching Italian football on the weekends Weah was brilliant and the British public don’t know to much about him which is a shame 😢

[@realnesx]

@@jaysparrow6631 media mention Ricky lambert 🙄

[@anthonymcken6050]

​@@realnesxThe British media is an extremely powerful force in this country. It can make or break a person. Once they got on your case they never stop and whatever label they put on you lasts forever. Unfortunately the majority of the people in Britain aren't smart enough to see them for who they truly are.

[@SC-CEO]

Harry Kane has 55 goals for England; 18 of which are penalties. That's 32.7% of his goals. A 3rd of Harry Kane's England goals are penalties.

[@winstonbrown1516]

👆🏾THIS..., Fking 👆🏾THIS👆🏾!

[@Taporeee]

Missed the one that mattered most

[@AliKhan-cd7hs]

I grew up during Cole & Yorke era. Good old days!!

[@winstonbrown1516]

BEST, old days!

[@apachebadindian]

Best strike parterniship ever

[@GoGetYourShinebox]

Football was awesome mid 90s - mid 00s

[@jamesjarrett52]

Absolute crap from Glenn...Cole was a great goal scorer, a REAL goal scorer. All strikers miss chances, all of them. He was one of a magnificent generation of strikers. A real predator.

[@nathanking596]

I do remember Cole needing a few chances but if anything it just shows how good his movement was. Still an elite PL striker.

[@user-ny1sc1ys4o]

That’s true but the people say some players are bad for needing a few chances but some have good movement and Cole is one of those people it’s disgusting

[@realnesx]

A lot of strikers miss a lot of chances. Certain strikers seem get the reputation of needing to many chances.

[@reginald6451]

Henry needed many chances

[@WallieTheRed]

Totally agree. He missed a few don't get me wrong but he was a constant thorn in any defences side. His running was superb both with and without the ball in the final third. "Sharp as a razor speed to amaze ya" Outstanding.

[@gamerbeans7445]

Glenn was a fool. He also, said that disabled people deserved to be disabled. Because they must have done something to deserve it in a past life.

[@davidstephenson164]

That doesn't have relevance in what's being discussed here, guy was a great player and a good manager.

[@elainekerslake6865]

He never said those words...so if you don't know about the religion he was quoting...then keep it shut bozo.

[@DarthScous3r]

when did he say that 😂

[@aaropajari7058]

I remember that scandal that cost us a world cup...its been misrepresented everywhere and hes said that's not what he thinks. We've all said things we shouldnt have and do not reflect our best selves.

[@opeoluwaalo8366]

He’s really a big fool. Can’t imagine such utterance.

[@TheGrimmCommoner]

Cole was who I emulated when playing football as a kid, and I averaged two goals almost every lunch time at school.

[@shugmchugh5107]

No you didn't emulate him

[@davidrowan3853]

Think you need to google emulates meaning ma man.

[@2TenR]

Andy Cole is one of the greatest talents to come out of Britain... He is right up there with Le Tissier, Shearer, Owen, Becham, Scholes, Gerrard, Terry and Lampard. He was UNDER RATERD

[@seanomaolain4150]

Maybe it did take him several chances but to get the amount of goals he did and without penalties, then it must mean he has the greatest anticipation and centre forward movement in football history. Well done king Cole!

[@mreido]

Andy Cole is a legend, Thanks for the memories ❤

[@abd-bm3cd]

Criminally Underrated. He’s up there with the best strikers in EPL history. You can’t look at the variety of his finishes without acknowledging his skill and mastery of the position. Pure no.9

[@marloncampbell4708]

Unlike a LONG list of so called class ENGLISH strikers, Cole is the only one that played CL and made an impact alongside Yorke against some of the best teams and prime players to ever play the game... UNLIKE SOME OTHER SO CALLED WC ENGLISH STRIKERS lol.

[@Robc--jd6yh]

Well, you can’t mean Harry Kane as he is the fastest player to reach 20 champions league goals and scored way more than Cole and for lesser team. Cole only scored twice in the knockout rounds of CL. Cole deserves more credit than he gets but people on here with no knowledge embarrass themselves by making incorrect comparisons.

[@ogbmt]

Mate Rooney was scoring in long champions league runs as well, and they even won the champions league in 2008. I don't even like Rooney personally but your comment makes no sense.

[@ogbmt]

If I'm going to try and read between the lines, you're basically saying Cole was better than Shearer, Lineker, Ian Wright and Michael Owen? Fair enough if that's your opinion but you'll have a hard time convincing anyone that he was better than Shearer or Owen

[@LHBH8]

Why are you writing ‘so called English’ Are you handicapped? There’s a reason he didn’t play that much for England.

[@LHBH8]

@@Robc--jd6yh I’ve got a hunch he was trying to make it about race with his ‘so called English’ comment.

[@really8930]

That was an entirely unfair comment for Hoddle to make about Cole. Hoddle’s tendency for not choosing his words in public carefully, in the end cost him the England job. Cole should have been there at the 1998 WC. Who knows, England might have got past Argentina with him in the Squad.

[@holylaci7539]

Like that guy is just like a vampire towards England

[@sbaby-kg8hn]

​@johnjordan3527truth

[@dtaafe2857]

Famously Gascoigne aswell, HAD to go to that World Cup. Won't ever forgive Hoddle. He took David Batty, Darren Anderton, and Paul Merson in '98. He took Rob Lee for Christ's Sake. 🤦‍♂️ There was space for Gazza and an extra striker spot for Cole too.

[@sbaby-kg8hn]

@@dtaafe2857 well said

[@VooDooMaGicMan81]

​​@John Jordan Horrible philosophy I agree. Not many in the West understand that is a literal (Buddhist) example of 'Karma' which is essentially something which helps the ruling class get away with treating those they see below them with contempt. Glad you brought Hoddle's distorted views up, he's an elitist. Karma = might is right.

[@allainangcao28]

Cole and his partnership with Yorke was something to behold. Rarely do you ever see a striker pairing with such a telepathic connection.

[@michaelbyrne486]

got picked for a champions league final by SIR Alex in the starting 11 enough said

[@grahamhill2502]

It was around the time Gleen Hoodle said that statement, Cole scored one of my favourite ever Manchester United goals, at the Camp Nou, in a 3 - 3 draw.

[@beefybreaker]

Champions attitude to goal scoring ❤

[@zachgrace7675]

The attitude not the application. He really was a 5 shots for a goal type player. Decent fella though.

[@aaronlawlor9475]

5 shots, what u talking about,,is that how he got to 186 prem goals yeaa,,??! Dont think so mate .a CL WINNER TOO!!💪🏾

[@gerbaldo90]

Even as a Liverpool fan,this guy was awesome! Loved his work ethic and his commitment. Top player and human.

[@cannyscott]

Andy Cole newcastle legend

[@patrickdoran7205]

if we add this to his total of 187 goals, we get an estimate of around 234 or 235 goals if he had taken penalties throughout his Premier League career.

[@uniteddreamer]

Check Shearer's count without penalties

[@alanshort7253]

He didn't need loads of chances at Newcastle, he was deadly, think he got 42 one season, I remember Andy grey saying he only had one foot, next game he banged one in from 30 yards with his left

[@DS-bu3hk]

Depends on the style the team plays as well. They might play a more open formation which by nature creates more space for chances. For some reason people look at a goal tally as an indicator of the players skill, it's misleading. You can score half the amount of goals and it can be more important to the team and lead to more success. Didier Drogba is a prime example of not scoring many but the goals producing more victories. You used to get players scoring 20 goals in mid to lower table sides because the teams just created more chances but at the detriment of the structure.

[@uniteddreamer]

Andy Gray never had one good foot. Headers and tap ins

[@DS-bu3hk]

@@uniteddreamer Had a very successful career though. League title, FA Cup and what is now the europa league.

[@serpentinefire77]

Andy Cole was a superb striker, scoring all types of goals in open play. Glenn Hoddle’s statement was disgraceful. Coley’s career medal haul speaks volumes in comparison to Hoddle’s.

[@alc-d4163]

Never understood Hoodle's agenda against Cole. Easily one of best strikers to play in the Premier League

[@m.a6141]

its still today.. try to put the white england squat as possible

[@uniteddreamer]

Kind of obvious really...

[@paulearle3780]

But didn't have an agenda against Ince or Sol Campbell only Cole 😂. imagine being this obsessed with race.

[@adammac4960]

It’s mental how many strikers England had to chose from during the 90s. Sheringham, Shearer, Ferdinand, Cole, Sutton, Owen, Fowler, Heskey,, Dublin the list goes on.

[@LeeTAZ-sl7de]

No Glenn Hoddle had no genuine reason for not picking Cole so he decided to act like a coward and lie about king coles goal scoring record.. he dud the same to Beckham, instead of defending a young player unfairly sent off because simeone play acted to get him red carded, he never defended hus player he grabbed the pitch fork and joined the crowds.

[@darrenpinnock6651]

Same reason saunes doesn't like certain players

[@shugmchugh5107]

He did have a genuine reason for not picking him, the list of strikers ahead of him. England were blessed with strikers at that point, so it's totally understandable that his England appearances were limited

[@bcryan9465]

Cole was my favourite player growing up Not sure what this nonsense everyone’s spouting is about. Including cole This never came from Glenn hoddle. It came from the fact he absolutely did need about 5 chances to score a goal No mention of the west Ham game where cole missed sitter after sitter and lost united the league. Possibly the worst finishing I’ve seen in my life that day

[@roberthutchinson7059]

@@shugmchugh5107 sorry but the only striker that’s place was solid was Shearer - yeah Sheringham played alongside Shearer but he didn’t score more than Cole. He simply didn’t get the opportunity and it was scandalous- Cole scored more than Robbie Fowler and Michael Owen - I’m sorry England had an issue with Cole 🤷🏿‍♂️ and it’s the same old story, you can hear it in his interview. He won more than all those strikers put together. Absolute joke but not surprised England still have issues with certain strikers

[@roberthutchinson7059]

@@bcryan9465 So you’re a Cole fan and your argument in defence of Hoddle is that one West Ham game he had a bad game? shearer had a terrible record with penalties - is it held against him? The game against West Ham I think was 1995 when it was title decider and Blackburn lost at anfield but won PL - that was the season I think when Cole cost 7 million for United in the middle of the season and he was coming into a United side changing and on the verge of drafting in the youth team of 92 - Scholes, Butt, Beckham, Neville’s a team in transition and there was pressure on Cole. Plus hadn’t United lost Cantona due to the karate kick - I think so. Cole had only been there a few months - loads of pressure on him. I remember that day. But what did cole achieve after? Title, title, treble 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@ministerg1258]

Hoddle has never even won a leauge championship in England as a player compared to Cole.There came a time Cole was one of the most deadliest strikers in Europe in the late 90's.

[@wales123100]

Yeah but hang on hoddle might talk shit and made mistakes as a manager but shit me he was a hell of a player it's not all about medals John o shea and David may have league medals hoddle and Cole totally different styles

[@ministerg1258]

@@wales123100 ??

[@MegaConjurer]

@ministerg1258 See this is what I like pure, fact not made up fiction like what Hoddle was spewing.

[@chrissayeranderson5710]

He scored in the league cup final for Blackburn against Spurs with Glen as manager .

[@mattdrake7197]

Andy Cole=Legend end of. England missed out big time by not playing him enough

[@aljomc6444]

Cole's game changed when he went to United. Became better outside the box. Dome interpreted that as missing chances. He was pure class.

[@simonshakespeare82]

I always remember him for Newcastle alongside Beardsley, what a duo they were

[@mertnnatzpage7314]

Me too bro got over 50 goals btween them one season! Was devastated when he went to Old Trafford

[@simonshakespeare82]

@@mertnnatzpage7314 I’m a Liverpool fan & so was I lol Watching him as a kid was amazing & Beardsley criminally underrated player

[@mertnnatzpage7314]

@@simonshakespeare82 aye beardo respected by the reds n the blues not like carra 😂

[@petermurphy4170]

I love this man an I’m ☘️ Irish Thank you Andrew ❤️

[@tomang71]

Love him❤ i always have. Great player and proper man!

[@wtfulookinat]

The level of disrespect they put on this mans name is crazy. 🤯🤯🤯 King Cole is a legend 🏆🏆🏆

[@travelenglishlistening5198]

Coley was top class...absolute Red for life...Fergie knew what he was doing when he broke the transfer record...not just about the goals but the mindset and all round play.

[@dannyboywhaa3146]

At Newcastle Cole was a gaol machine... absolute machine... up with the very best!

[@muirislandjim453]

Was an absolute demon of a player 💥

[@tichthetruth.9561]

Andy was a fantastic striker.

[@andrewrogers2811]

Coley you were an excellent professional. Thankfully, your record speaks for itself. I've always stood up for you, and am glad some of the misperceptions are starting to be addressed. You destroyed Europe, had SAF trust and he smashed the British transfer record for you. That speaks for itself.

[@dannyanders1504]

Didn't Fergie come back at this and say something along the lines of 'if I have a striker that has 4 or 5 chances a game, I want him in my team'

[@billymorris8764]

I agree andrew cole was underrated

[@TheEugeep]

By who..?Overlooked by younger generations yes but underrated by those who watched him no way..us who watched him knew he was a year after year Goal Machine

[@91debaser]

Shearer 260 goals in the PL, with 65 penalties. Kane 213 goals with 37 penalties. Rooney 208 goals with 34 penalties. Andy Cole 187 PL goals with 1 penalty. Second most goals in open play in PL history and Shearer would just be 9 ahead of him.

[@jc-16.]

How Andy Cole and Robbie fowler didn't get games in thier primes for England always baffled me, I'm not saying they should have stared ahead of shearer but when cole was at Newcastle and a good 4 years at united he was lethal up front and had great link up play, but he did miss chances maybe not as many as hoddle said.

[@JdotCykz]

Thank you Andy for everything

[@uniteddreamer]

Cole leaving Newcastle probably cost them the league. Something Shearer couldn't give them.

[@deanobest1450]

Not UTD or Newcastle but Cole was unplayable at times. Some of them goals! 😮 Numbers don’t lie!

[@athiquerehman5531]

World class striker Coley, don’t need to listen to sh*te that couldn’t lace your boots fella well always love you ❤

[@MegaConjurer]

@athiquerehman5531 exactly Glenn wishes he had a career like Cole’s.

[@baratibza7595]

Yorke and Cole the double trouble. I wish strikers today could have that motor " if I can't score goals in open play then I am not good enough"

[@dannyboywhaa3146]

Refreshing to hear this about pens instead of celebrating it like you’ve scored a worldie... Cole is old school English! 👍

[@sbumkhwanazi1679]

He always believed if he did not score goals from open play he wasn't good enough. What a top g🔥🔥🔥🔥 Legend 👌🏾👌🏾

[@michaelcorleone7598]

Put some respect on Andy Cole’s name! 🛑

[@cubecubesson6779]

People forget how good his link up and support play got at United

[@twistedsparky06]

Glen Twaddle. Cole is a legend.

[@duncanedwards6461]

Legend this lad.

[@JayeshPatel-ct5ps]

Cole created chances out of nothing. Lesser players didn't have his movement.

[@joachimAl]

I don't believe a word of it 😂

[@darrenpinnock6651]

Take away all others pens and who all time top , I've been saying this . Thers also more to it

[@DS-bu3hk]

15 England caps and zero goals, maybe he just didn't fit the formation? Maybe the England side played a tighter formation back then so they needed someone who was clinical from fewer chances. Not every player can be as effective in various styles/tactics and maybe their ego won't see that?

[@TheDvdral]

Chip on both shoulders. Standard.

[@Lukefingers23]

Cole Yorke Sherringham Solskjaer embarrassment of riches up front what an era

[@markfeely4215]

Chip on his shoulder

[@nmorgan24]

The numbers don't lie.

[@warrengomez67]

Andy Cole was top player

[@davidmcgeady6778]

One of my favourites ever this guy

[@petertownsend6148]

I am a Liverpool FC fan but cole was a fucking good player I would have him in a Liverpool team yes he was good player

[@megamooon1]

Any need too swear 😮

[@wales123100]

There was a tiny bit of truth in it though that why it bothers him

[@stephenberkeley3823]

Why did Glen not pick Wright? Glen made up an excuse. It was not a valid reason. Not when the striker goes on to win everything. That's why England has won nothing since 66' and will continue to win nothing. Got to call out the BS when you see and hear it.

[@Singdollar]

Cole and Yorke were playing on fifa mode back then. How I wish we had something like that now...

[@leehopkins9574]

Legend from the Eastend in bristol you are a legend

[@malakas9351]

He's as good as any striker in the prem today mans a legend the disrespect he gets is a joke him and king Eric was my guys growing up 👊 respect legend

[@keteku007]

Very good player, but unfortunately for him the other strikers in his era were better, simple as that.

[@davids2540]

Can still remember the one he missed vs Coventry no wonder he didn’t take any more 😂

[@Rivelino824]

Andy cole was a good goalscorer but is all round game wasn't the best. Also we had better all round strikers at the time in my opinion.

[@Scepticool1]

But he was good enough to grace the champions league and score vital goals on the way to winning the competition.

[@Rivelino824]

​@@Scepticool1 I liked him good footballer but in my opinion is all round game wasn't the best. Is movement off the ball was excellent.

[@pandadoublexl]

Hoddle was a great manager for England in many ways but he did half talk some absolute shite.

[@ChadPlainview_]

Spurs fan, but Coley was ridiculous. Henry once said "Andy Cole? Oh my oh my.."

[@dpimpernell4050]

I remember some clown saying the same thing about Coley I the lead up to the Hoddle world cup. Cole proved himself however can't be touched haters gonna hate

[@wayne1da121]

Propergander used to keep black players out of the glory positions for the national team. Gary Liniker used to echo the same statement about black strikers on match of the day. He did this right up until Jermaine Defoe. Paul Merson called it out on Soccer Saturday, and it has not happened since.

[@martinrobinson9061]

Andy Cole is a legend

[@wah11111]

He wasn't top drawer. Very frustrating striker. Averaged 15 goals across 8 seasons at United. With service coming from Beckham, Giggs, Scholes etc, that's not great. Look at RVN's United stats to see what a top top striker does.

[@benjaminmarshall1068]

Ruud was elite but he played on his own it was different and be didn't win close to what Cole did ,Cole,Yorke, Sheringham and Oli so 15 a season is great when you win a treble, multiple league titles, Fa cups

[@kasper52173]

Cole was world class, people just talking shite about him.

[@conoroconghaile1419]

He wasn't as good as other top strikers at the time but he was in the best team at that time which helped his numbers. Even then he never scored 20 league goals for Utd, that's not near best prem strikers ever. He had 1 great season at Newcastle. Good player but not a great player.

[@joeykhan4703]

Yeah you’re smoking milk

[@conoroconghaile1419]

@@joeykhan4703 your ma

[@newlegacy7]

I call you "The Great Andy Cole". You're the best King Cole. Don't mind Glenn. It's envy.

[@nothing2ceer43]

Don’t know why He’s addressing it not a fan of anyone he’s played for but can’t deny how good he was

[@machaazahisagama3575]

Cole is up there in the top 10 EPL strikers for sure

[@sadsack8319]

Hoddle was right. Cole wasted loads of chances, but this doesn't mean Cole was crap.

[@sean93956]

I’d give an arm and a leg to have a prime Andy Cole in the United team right now. He was all about goals. Never gets the credit he deserves. His numbers don’t lie and take into account that if he had taken penalties he would be close to Alan Shearer numbers all day long

[@nigelnyoni8265]

Andy Cole ❤

[@bernardwadding6290]

Legend, Liverpool fan

[@jtb1245]

The stats are there ⚽️… Top Man ⭐️💥⭐️…. Loved in Ireland ❤️🇮🇪❤️

[@ashleyhyne7027]

Goals are a weird commodity. I remember everyone going on about Matthew Le Tit. He's awesome, he's this. Yeah, he was, against shit opposition. He played against Italy in the WCQ and was shite. And same with Nat King Cole. If he was as good as he is chippy, he would have been twice as good as he was. Good striker, marginally international standard. Remember Steve Bloomer (who retired in 1914) is 2nd on the all time list, Andy (call me Andrew, no Andy's now fine) Cole is 37th. Let that sink in.

[@markstevens5953]

Coley it was just a team thing u were a great team player, Beardsley took them for Newcastle n Cantona then Sheringham or irwin or Yorke, van nistlrooy took them for utd, u were an amazing striker one of my idols that helped me achieve loads I can only thank you for everything you did.

[@escocoward]

So that's where that narrative started. Dang

[@aaropajari7058]

Why bash Hoddle in the comments? Maybe he got it wrong here. He usually got it right with players. Every manager/expert has that.

[@seray0078]

What a legend for Man It'd 🙂👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿💪🏾💎.

[@winstonbrown1516]

I called Cole & Yorke TheBlackStrikeforce! Pure Terror!