Madmax

"lmao so true" Anyway, time to retire for the night, catch y'all tomorrow.

I hear you, I don't want him at this club after this season (like I said in the players u want in/out thread). I've tried and tried to be patient with him and defend him but now he's just undefendable (if there exists such a word ) But he's a Chelsea player so I'll support him and try to defend him when I feel others are mocking him for getting goals. Cheers

Somebody notice tx is yet to answer any of this?

Hear hear - Can Drogba/Anelka score by other means? Yes. Do they score by other means? Yes. Are they appreciated for this? Yes. Can Kalou score other than tap-ins? According to most - No. Does he score tap-ins? Yes. Thus, does he do what you expect him to do? Yes. Is he appreciated for this? No. So, why mock him for doing what you expect him to do? About the stats part, show me one post where I brought up Kalou's stats in an attempt to justify him.

Believe it or not, that counts when 'quality' players like Anelka and Drogba prefer to jog about lazily.

Well then by your statement that he's the tap-in master, I guess he does his job rather well

Lol I get you, he misses goals nobody else would, is frustrating as hell. BUT, he plays for 10-15 mins every game when the others are fit, puts in effort always and yes he misses some, but he also scores some. What bothers me is why do people have different standards for him and others when they do the exact same things he does? Nobody complains about 'tap-ins' when Drogba/Anelka score them.

Then why do expect him to score anything other than tap-ins?

Lol when Nistelrooy/Inzaghi scores tap-ins, he is a 'goalpoacher' or a 'fox in the box'. When Kalou scores tap ins, he is 'king of tap ins'.

Not surprising really. But isn't he injured atm? The link says he'll begin training with them in a few days. Shame, could be a big loss for us. Having a goal poacher like him could have given us a different dimension.

They have - Steve Clarke. We have - Emenalo.

cba to copy paste stuff. OUT - Anelka, Kalou, Ferreira, Zhirkov, Bosingwa, Turnbull Hilario is out of contract anyway, and Borini won't sign one.

Will Carlo go? No. If Roman wanted to sack him, he would've by now. Hell 1 in 9 before yesterday, smaller clubs would've sacked mangers for much less than that. The fact he's still here proves 2 things : 1. Roman and the board's yesmen realise that a lot of the blame for the current state is due to their decisions and policies. 2. Roman knows the players are behind Carlo. Scolari went once he didn't have the players backing him. He needs to give the boss some funds, and let him choose the players to buy. Not the ones Gourlay or de Vissier want.

One problem - delivery. Lampard in, should sort that out (to a degree).

Attention whore.

Experience is a quality that Carlo banks upon greatly. His time at Milan and the 18 months here have shown that he likes his squad to be made up of an experienced majority supplemented by a couple of younger rising stars. One of the qualities you expect to see from an experienced player is leadership. Whether that is shown by being vocal on the pitch and in the dressing room, constantly chatting with the teammates during a game or keeping a calm exterior and exuding composure but setting an example on the pitch is upto the individual in question. Over the years at CFC it's well established that the spine of Cech - JT - Lampard - Drogba are our 'leaders', with or without the armband. The go-to men whom the other players, the manager and the fans look at when the going gets tough. Numerous occasions are testimony to how a brilliant Cech save, or a last ditch Terry block/tackle or a precious equaliser/winner from Lampard/Drogba have gotten us out of seemingly lost causes. With 7 regulars in the first team this year in the 30 or above age bracket, you'd expect this team to be packed with such influential leaders. However, our worst run of form in 15 years has shown this up to be a misplaced expectation. Malouda, Cole, Anelka and Essien all started the season brilliantly along with the rest of the team. Cole and FloMo carried on from where they left off last year, Essien seemed raring to go after having spent the best part of 2 years injured. Anelka raced away to the top of the club's scoring charts. Yet when the club needed their presence and experience most, sadly they went missing. With Lampard injured for 3 and a half months and Drogba and Terry battling malaria and a nerve problem respectively, the team suddenly found itself short of any direction on the pitch. Gone were Malouda's goal threat, Cole's bursting runs down the left, Anelka's clinical finishing, Essien's midfield supremacy. Every CFC fan knows how evident was the absence of our 'spine'. Just one question then : do we really have genuine leaders other than the well known ones? What's the point of experience when it can't drag the team through a tough patch?

India vs Australia today in the Asian Cup. Our biggest match in 2 decades. C'mon boys, don't let them score double digits!

Welcome Mat(t)e!

Oh now I understand! What Rishi said

LMFAO

Him in, Bruma out (on loan)?

what?

A lot of my Africans scored today

How much fun will it be for you to have some banter with your neighbours? Delighted with the result, but no way am I getting too hopeful. Stitch together 3-4 more wins now starting with Blackburn and only then will we be truly back. But for now -

Kinda tough voting for MOTM having not watched the match lol Went with Studge for grabbing his (rare) chance.