Manchester United season ticket holder, Andy Cole, has praised our strikeforce today, claiming that Wayne Rooney is ready to fill Cristiano Ronaldo’s boots and that Dimitar Berbatov is ‘elegant’.
“Rooney has started the season really well,” said Cole. “He’s ready to step into Ronaldo’s shoes. His attitude is ‘I’m top, and I’m going to prove it’. He’s the man to get 25-30 goals this season.”
It’s not just Rooney that has impressed Cole but our other strikers too.
“It’s not easy coming to United in your first season,” he adds. “The spotlight is on you straight away and everyone expected Berbatov to get 30 goals last year. I don’t think he’s that type of player, but he brings something different to the team. He’s so elegant. Then there’s Michael Owen. There aren’t many natural finishers around. Sir Alex told me that if he keeps Owen fit he’ll get goals.”
it shows what effect we have as a club when ex players become season ticket holders
oh andy cole scores the goals, this guy sure knows where the goal is and sure knows what hes on about! especially immense in our treble winning season..andy cole cole cole..!!
Hi everyone. A veyry realistic approach from Andy. A true great in his time.
Yes. It shows you that the players feel bonded to the club that they wish to see more and get connected with the club. The club treat their players well and i seen a lot of ex players coming to see or get season holder tickets. This is like a whole big family. I like it a lot.
I like Andy Cole
i read somewhere that he was a season ticket holder even while he was playing at united, and ever since, he’s been coming to games when ever he could fit them into his schedule.
awesome bloke…
ANDREW Cole, please…
Great player for united, always remember his chip against spurs treble season legend.
Paul the red its shows what sort of club united are if a former player for Newcastle United Manchester United
Blackburn Rovers Fulham Manchester City Portsmouth Sunderland Burnley and Nottingham Forest has a saeson ticket for 1 of those clubs
also the fack that himself and teddy teddy didnt talk for years because bolton scored a goal because his and coles link up play didnt work
due to the fact that they we’re so pissed at united conceding a goal they had a fight and the breakdown in their relationship was never resolved, and reputedly they never spoke again
Great player! Great supporter! A great human being.
Season ticket holder – love it
He scored a lot of goals but fuck me he certianly missed a fair few!
Is it too much to ask for Yorkie to get a season ticket right next to Cole? Those smiles from the stands after a Rooney goal would be almost as great after one of theirs.
Good Old King Cole. I’m really pleased he’s got a season ticket and feels like part of the place still. I remember the chanting of his name at matches in the weeks after he left when Ruud came in, which showed he’d got a place in the hearts of the faithful . Apart from that chip against Spurs, I also remember his goal that started the come-back against Spurs, when we were 3-0 down at half-time. Straight after the re-start he scored and looked so up for it it seemed to re-energise the whole team, leading to United scoring 5 goals, the best come-back I’ve personally witnessed. A lot of that was down to Coaly.
erm i am so jealous that Giles Oakley manage to memorize all that. damn…
your memory are so good any secret to it? or maybe because i dont get to watch them in flesh.. damn that makes me even more jealous of you.
Andrew Cole, thanks for saying that, and for being part of us still.
giles oakley
my worst comeback
my first away game and i sat behind the goal 3 rows up that none of the 8 goals was scored in
@GHTT: That’s called bad luck mate. But then again, no one at the Streford End saw up close our remarkable comeback against them last April! It was too bad that Coley couldn’t stay that season. He really wanted a place in England’s world cup squad and he saw that Fergie was putting all of his focus on the 4-4-1-1 system with Scholes playing behind Van Nistelrooy. He could have enjoyed at least 3 more prosperous years at United. He is one of my favorite players, because he is the first signing i ever saw United make: 7 million pounds from Newcastle. How much is Darren Bent worth these days?
Andy Cole, Andy Cole, Andy Andy Cole !
Cantona7, my memory is actually very imperfect and patchy. There are all sorts of odd things I remember about some games, including the weather, but others are a complete blank. I can recall some games from 1960 better than ones from 2000, but others have left no trace. Likewise with more recent ones, some I remember with as much pleasure as any from long ago whereas very little sticks with others. Sometimes I have absolutely vivid memories of goals, but I struggle to work out which season it took place (For example the other day I was thinking about a shot of Giggsy’s from over the halfway line against Charlton, much like Becks’ classic, only this one hit the bar and came out for the ever-alert Ole to volley home from close range. Now when was that??) One thing I can say with hand on heart, I take as much pleasure now as I did 51 years ago from every victory, every great goal and suffer as much pain from every defeat. Some of you envy the fact I’ve been lucky enough to see all the great United teams I have over all those years. Well, I envy you, because you’ve got so many more great players to see in the future, long after I’ve gone. Incidentally I have not forgotten I have promised Part 2 of ‘Hitting the Fan With United’ which will be all about how much of a kick I got out of King Eric’s career…I’m slowly recovering from my third eye op (I won’t repeat my little joke about that) and then I’ll embark on it.
oh what any cole has a season ticket at united?
here we go
here we go
andy andy cole
he gets the ball
and scores a goal
andy andy cole
Giles – Cannot wait for “Hitting the fan with United – Part II”.
That Giggsy effort from the half way line was 00/01 season I think. ” He was superb that day.
King Cole!
Nice to see some loyality from andy but I for one would be really worried if rooney picked up any sort of serious injury
cole yorke ole and teddy look a lot stronger than
rooney owen berbatov macheda and wellbeck to me
Coley, what a legend. I was still living up in Gateshead when we signed him, the barcodes up there worshiped him, they were devastated when he left. I had to keep my head down for a few weeks, think any United fan would have been lynched at that point in time!
But after his first season I was taking a load of stick from my pals, Cole hadn’t looked good at all, only managed about 13 goals in his first full season if I recall correctly, less than a young, mainly substitute Paul Scholes, and Gillespie had had a storming debut season on Tyneside. How they loved to rip the piss out of the ‘flop’, laughing at how they’d done us and sold us a one season wonder. Well he certainly came good didn’t he? Second highest prem scorer ever, despite never taking penalties, unlike Shearer, Fowler, Henry, Ferdinand, Le Tessier, pretty much all the top scorers actually. Think how many more goals he could have scored if he’d 1. Taken penalties, and 2. Stayed at United an extra couple of seasons instead of joining shitty Blackburn, Fulham, and City. If only Fergie hadn’t signed fucking Veron and stuck to a 4-4-2 with RVN and Cole alongside each other.