capello : " ashley cole is best left defenders"

He is definitely a good play, maybe the best left defender in the world, now that Lahm switched to the right side. This is a position where is very difficult to find good players, I think that since Roberto Carlos retired we haven't seen a truly outstanding left back, only Lahm, Cole and now Coutinho and Marcelo seem to be good left back defenders. On the right side there are much more outstanding players, only think at Lahm, Maicon, Dani Alves, Sergio Ramos and the list can go on.

yes,i think so,he is the best player in the position maybe only carlos can compare with him

I do think Cole is one of the best left defenders. So I agree with that statement of Capello. Otherwise he could not have survived in teams of managers of the class of Wenger, Mourinho, Ancelotti and Capello. Also his attacking instincts have served his teams very well. What might be a bit dicey is his temperament at times and his off field behavior. Cheers! Ram

Awesome! Well, I agree, but let's see for ourselves. Action speaks louder than words, right?

He's a really good player, definately one of the best in the world. He never seems to have a bad game, not many wingers get the better of him.

Cole is definitely one of the best left-back. He has speed and is willing to bomb forward to support the attack. However, one of his flaws, since his Arsenal days, is that when moving forward, he was often exposed on the counterattack.

I honestly don't believe this, I never have rated Ashley Cole as the best within the position he plays. He's very good and at arsenal I did like him, at Chelsea you can see his improvements and progression but he still as perfected the idea of playing it safe which ultimately destroys the claims of him being the best left back. Very good player, attacking wise there's very few who can do what he does and he never seems to give up. (or easily) Defensive wise is his weakness and that's the role he plays, although an attacking defender by trade he lets sides down in defense. England games is a great point as he most focuses on doing runs you'd expect to see from a midfielder and so I don't agree personally. For me there is better players who can do both attack and defend. (also a much higher pass rate)