Cole Not Yet Ready To Panic

Joe Cole is refusing to panic
despite Liverpool's worst start
in the Premier League in 18
years.
Liverpool have won just won of
their opening five games after
going down 3-2 to old rivals
Manchester United on Sunday.
Cole, who joined Liverpool on a
free transfer in the summer, has
called for patience and is
confident Roy Hodgson's side
will soon turn things around.
"Judge us in May where we are,"
Cole told Sky Sports News. "We
have had a tough start to the
season with the fixture list and
with Fernando [Torres] not being
match fit, 100 per cent up until
the last couple of weeks and also
the change of personnel with the
change of manager.
Pick up
"We will pick up, I am convinced.
If we keep passing the ball the
way we did [against Manchester
United] we will be fine."
Cole also rejected suggestions
that the ongoing uncertainty
regarding the ownership of the
club is affecting performances on
the pitch.
"No, not really, our job is to go
out and try and win games,"
added Cole.
"We have got to try and take the
positives [from the United game],
we passed the ball well, scored
two goals and we got beaten by
a great team and a player on top
of his game.
"But we will be alright, we just
need to keep going."
Belief
Reds skipper Steven Gerrard also
believes the new-look Liverpool
under Hodgson need time before
they can be judged.
Gerrard said: "It's going to take
time before the new manager
gets his feet in the door and gets
his ideas over.
"Of course we're improving and
the performance was really good.
If we play like that every week
we'll beat most of the teams in
the league."