Roma photo spawns 'lurking Ashley Cole' meme

          • Chris WrightJul 31, 2014, 08:23 AM ET

          With Ashley Cole's wonderfully awkward Roma team photo doing the viral rounds earlier in the week, it didn't take the internet long to respond in customary style: by photoshopping him into a variety of hilarious different situations, thus spawning the "lurking Ashley Cole" meme.

          Here's a small selection of our favourites.

          Arsenal:

          Suarez:

          Boxing:

          Dolphins:

          Cheryl:

          To be fair, the man himself greeted the vast avalanche of "lurking Ashleys" with good grace, retweeting a couple of his favorites to show his appreciation.

          Cole:

          Good on him!