{"id":349969,"date":"2011-03-30T14:48:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T14:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/30\/liverpool%e2%80%99s-joe-cole-andy-carroll-can-emulate-chelsea-striker-didier-drogba\/"},"modified":"2011-03-30T14:48:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T14:48:00","slug":"liverpools-joe-cole-andy-carroll-can-emulate-chelsea-striker-didier-drogba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/30\/liverpools-joe-cole-andy-carroll-can-emulate-chelsea-striker-didier-drogba\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool\u2019s Joe Cole: Andy Carroll can emulate Chelsea striker Didier Drogba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Craig Turnbull<\/h3>\n<h4>30 Mar 2011 15:48:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"74.882067137809\">\n<div readability=\"12.768844221106\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Joe Cole, Liverpool (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/d07e38eb115245_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Joe Cole, Liverpool (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"47.836724806202\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/98\/liverpool\">Liverpool<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1643\/joe-cole\">Joe Cole<\/a> believes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/14616\/andrew-carroll\">Andy Carroll<\/a> is in a great position to emulate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/96\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> striker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/c%C3%B4te-divoire\/497\/didier-drogba\">Didier Drogba<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The striker has spent most of his time on the sidelines since his \u00a335 million move from Newcastle United, but his recovery from a groin injury has seen him regain his place in the England squad, scoring his first senior goal against Ghana on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>And Cole believes the 22-year-old is in a great position to follow in Drogba\u2019s footsteps.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s very much like Didier Drogba,&#8221; Cole told <em>LFC Weekly<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Andy&#8217;s 22, we all know what a cracking player Didier is, but he wasn&#8217;t playing at this level at that age. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s still a lot of developing for Andy to do so he can get better and better,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s a good lad and I think you&#8217;d have been hard pressed to have found two better signings in January than Andy and Luis Suarez.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, Cole himself has struggled to demonstrate the form which persuaded Liverpool to bring him to Anfield last summer, although he admits he is in a privileged position being a professional footballer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m privileged to play for Liverpool Football Club and privileged to be a professional footballer,\u201d Cole added. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The best thing you can do as a player is make sure that you don&#8217;t take that for granted every day because it&#8217;s a great lifestyle. There is nothing you would want to change.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been a bit stop-start for me this season but football&#8217;s all about ups and downs and sometimes you just have to ride the roller coaster. I just try to have a positive outlook and keep going.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m enjoying my football at the moment and taking every day as it comes, making sure I work hard every day from the moment I come in to the moment I leave.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think you&#8217;ll find a better coach around than Steve Clarke,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The lads really enjoy training and I am coming into work with a big smile on my face every day. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think all the lads are happy and results have picked up.&#8221;<br \/><em><br \/><\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/d07e38eb115245_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more from the original source:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/30\/2418445\/liverpools-joe-cole-andy-carroll-can-emulate-chelsea-striker\" title=\"Liverpool\u2019s Joe Cole: Andy Carroll can emulate Chelsea striker Didier Drogba\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liverpool\u2019s Joe Cole: Andy Carroll can emulate Chelsea striker Didier Drogba<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Craig Turnbull 30 Mar 2011 15:48:00 Joe Cole, Liverpool (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Liverpool midfielder Joe Cole believes Andy Carroll is in a great position to emulate Chelsea striker Didier Drogba . <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-349969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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