Quote Originally Posted by selassie View Post
Fine that's your opinion. Cole has widely been regarded as one of the best left backs in the world for quite some time, a good few seasons when he was our player.

Clichy? Whilst I agree he did fairly well for a few seasons after Cole left he never ever got close to playing at his level.
And for a vast majority they thought he would go on to be just as good, there was no issue in the fans mind about him as a replacement. Nasri was also an adeuqate replecement for Hleb.

It's just lazy to throw a blanket statement out that he never replaces quality with similar. Gervinho would be a good replacement for Nasri - there is no one in this league that we could buy to come in and hit the ground running. The hype of Nasri is just that, so far he has shown flashes and 6 months, hardly world class.