Why has Darren Bent lost it? He was the dog's­­ boll........ three years back, could Zola work wonders­­ on him. Curbs had a lot of belief in this guy, he made­­ a big, big mistake going to Spurs where the manager­­ never rated him. If we need another striker, could he­ be turnedaround like Cole?

Carlton Cole should learn whatever he can from­ whoever's kind enough to advise him. He is still­ far from the finished article, however he improved­ hugely this season having gained a regular place in the­ team, something he would never get at Chelsea and­ almost didn't get at West Ham. If Bellamy and­ Ashton had been available and in form he wouldn't­ have got a look in, despite that he proved a good­ 'stop gap' and has probably moved ahead of­ Ashton as West Ham's best srtiker. Whether Ashton­ is ever going to find his old form remains to be seen;­ he was overweight at the beginning of last season and­ will probably be again if he ever gets back in the­ first team. In the meantime Cole will benefit from­ talking to his 'wnderful team mates' in the­ England camp, who are both black and white (Heskey,­ Crouch, Dafoe etc). Get the message foyz_1991? Get a­ grip; its 2009 not 1979!

we were told no player would leave till there were two­ players for each place in the team then let cole bridge­ johnson and steve clark go

Its a shame Carlton wasn't prepared to be patient­ and wait for his chance at Chelsea. When Drogba leaves­ he would be a good replacement. It would also have­ given him the opportunity to train with Drogba daily.­ Much like Glenn Johnson(linked with a move back to­ chelsea) the move away has done these players the world­ of good, but i think chelsea should have been a bit­ cuter and given them a few games a season to keep them­ happy. Hopefully Johnson comes back, i thought when he­ left he looked the most promising right back in the­ country.

foyz_1991, Because non of his wonderful team mates are­ world class strikers, why do you make such imbecilic­ comments.
I don't like Cole's comment that­ Carew scores goals wherever he goes and he wants to be­ just like that!
Does that mean he wants to be a­ football mercenary moving from the highest payer to the­ highest payer like Bellamy. West Ham need loyalty not­ want aways if they improve and become wanted.

When someone starts a sentence with "i aint being­ racist but" you know whats coming up.
Some­ ignorant comment! It's just like saying­ "I'm not being rude but you've got a
fat­ arse". Grow up!

foyz the only decent british/white strikers right now­ are dean ashton and wayne rooney but seeming as ashtons­ injured and drogba's in london carew god know's­ but he doesnt really have alot of choice but i actually­ agree with you mate

i aint being raicst yeah but why does he goes to­ another black players for advice..why doesnt he just­ ask his wonderful team-mates??

Going to John Carew for advice????
God that's­ desperate...