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Gianfranco Zola: Best Is Yet To Come From Carlton Cole At West Ham United
The Sardinian, who helped John Terry raise his game when he was a team-mate at Stamford Bridge, believes Carlton Cole can go far now that his attitude is right...
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Aug 14, 2009 11:45:08 PM
Carlton Cole, the West Ham United striker, became one of the talking points of the week following his impressive contribution to England's comeback against the Netherlands in Amsterdam. But his club manager, Gianfranco Zola, is convinced there is much more to come from the former Chelsea player.
Zola believes Cole's steady development will take him all the way into Fabio Capello's England squad for next summer's World Cup in South Africa.
The West Ham boss was quoted by Teamtalk.com as saying, "He will be massive for us and I'm assuming he'll also be important for England, because the way he played the other day was very encouraging.
"There's a lot of competition in front of him because up front England are very good but he looked very good when he came on.
"He was really aggressive and I'm sure Capello, who is someone who knows his job very well, is certainly considering him as a serious option.
"Carlton Cole knows that this season will be the most important season of his career.
"I'm sure he can have a better season than last year. I can tell you I am not anxious to say that, for me, nobody has seen the best of Carlton Cole."
Zola has concentrated on bolstering Cole's self-confidence and honing his finishing skills with one-on-one work-outs.
"What we have done with him is to try and encourage those qualities and give him confidence and add something to his game," said Zola.
"We worked with him, especially with his finishing. His movements were okay, but we just needed to improve his positivity in front of the goalkeeper, and he's been very good.
"Myself and Steve Clarke kept reminding him of the qualities he has got. He just needed to focus a little bit more on scoring and making his game a little bit more effective for the team.
"The more he has done that, the more he realised how good he was and found himself being very effective for the team."
Zola drew parallels between Cole and his former Chelsea team-mate John Terry's progression from raw youngster to captain of club and country.
"When John Terry started, his determination and desire to improve was unbelievable. Maybe he didn't have the qualities that Carlton Cole had straight away, but there was a hunger to achieve and nobody could stop him.
"With Carlton Cole, the first thing you see is the ability and his qualities. Maybe John Terry worked a bit harder on his game and Carlton needed to work a bit harder on his focus and his attitude.
"He has established positive habits and now he is growing up."
Graham Lister, Goal.com
Zola believes Cole's steady development will take him all the way into Fabio Capello's England squad for next summer's World Cup in South Africa.
The West Ham boss was quoted by Teamtalk.com as saying, "He will be massive for us and I'm assuming he'll also be important for England, because the way he played the other day was very encouraging.
"There's a lot of competition in front of him because up front England are very good but he looked very good when he came on.
"He was really aggressive and I'm sure Capello, who is someone who knows his job very well, is certainly considering him as a serious option.
"Carlton Cole knows that this season will be the most important season of his career.
"I'm sure he can have a better season than last year. I can tell you I am not anxious to say that, for me, nobody has seen the best of Carlton Cole."
Zola has concentrated on bolstering Cole's self-confidence and honing his finishing skills with one-on-one work-outs.
"What we have done with him is to try and encourage those qualities and give him confidence and add something to his game," said Zola.
"We worked with him, especially with his finishing. His movements were okay, but we just needed to improve his positivity in front of the goalkeeper, and he's been very good.
"Myself and Steve Clarke kept reminding him of the qualities he has got. He just needed to focus a little bit more on scoring and making his game a little bit more effective for the team.
"The more he has done that, the more he realised how good he was and found himself being very effective for the team."
Zola drew parallels between Cole and his former Chelsea team-mate John Terry's progression from raw youngster to captain of club and country.
"When John Terry started, his determination and desire to improve was unbelievable. Maybe he didn't have the qualities that Carlton Cole had straight away, but there was a hunger to achieve and nobody could stop him.
"With Carlton Cole, the first thing you see is the ability and his qualities. Maybe John Terry worked a bit harder on his game and Carlton needed to work a bit harder on his focus and his attitude.
"He has established positive habits and now he is growing up."
Graham Lister, Goal.com
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