Tomo

IMO would be a good singing.

We should just sign him outright for £18million.

yes please yes please yes please

Kalou gets a pretty hard time on this forum and it seems a lot of fans are happy for him to leave this summer but im going to make a case as to why he should stay if he is happy to be a squad player. --------------------------------APPS (as sub)------Goals---Assists 2006/2007-----------------------25(33)--------------9-----------5 2007/2008-----------------------33(15)-------------11---------12 2008/2009-----------------------30(13)-------------10----------8 2009/2010-----------------------21(15)-------------12----------4 2010/2011-----------------------21(20)-------------12----------6 Overall--------------------------130(96)------------ 54---------35 For a squad player that usually plays out wide that ain't bad, if he starts demanding regular starts then we might have to review his position but if he is happy to play squad player then those stats show that he should be kept, add to the fact he is only 25, which is young in our current squad. Also aswell as chipping in with his fair share of goals he scores some pretty vital ones too, here are the few i can think off out the top off my head ...... 2006/2007 Equalizer at home to Spurs in the cup that gets us a replay, we go on to win the replay then the whole tournament. Last minute winner against Watford that kept us in the title race. 2007/2008 Winner at Bolton which ended a worrying winless and scoring run. The winner at christmas against Newcastle which kept us in touch with the top 2. Although not a goal the pinpoint cross for Riise's OG, an away goal which helped us progress to Moscow. 2008/2009 A leveler against Man.Utd which saved our home run (all be it briefly). 2 goals and 2 assists when we thumped Boro 5-0 away and 2 crucial goals in the return fixture at home. Gave us the lead against Cluj in the CL group game when it looked like we could have been going out. Scored against Southend which spared us an embarrising home FA Cup exit, we won the replay and went on to win the FA Cup. the only goal of the game against West Ham away.Cech saved Noble's penalty and helped us take 3 points. 2009/2010 Scored a priceless away goal in the San Siro. Struggling against Cardiff in the FA Cup, he comes on game changes 4-1, we go on to win it. Early brace against Stoke in the run in which settled unbearable nerves in the title run in (he went on to get a hat-trick). 3rd goal against Wigan which settled lingering doubts about where the title was heading. 2010/2011 The winner at home to Spurs which ultimately took the title race to the penultimate day. So overall despite his reduced status in the squad he has done more than his fair share over the years and squad players like Kalou are hard to come by these days, he may frustrate the hell out of us often but we can always guarentee he will score a vital goal or two every season and if it weren't for two goals in FA Cup draws against Tottenham (2007) and Southend (2009) we would not have had 2 of the 3 FA Cup's we have won in recent years (just saying).

On a side note how good is it to see that Jimmy is still taking a massive interest in our club?

I was for Carlo and was gutted when he got the sack but i said when he was here that IF he got the boot AVB would be my first choice, a lot of us wanted Carlo to stay but he didn't not much we can do really?

Welcome Is it true that Joao Moutinho is near perfect when it comes to spot kicks?

The lads is only 9 days older than me Would be a great signing but i don't think it will happen tbh.

Its obviously fake, still funny tho

I think were get a "feeling" so to speak about our season come September time. Last season despite our flying start i could feel something was not quite, right the double season i had a great feeling at that time and in the first 2 Jose years at September i felt we were seriously going places. Im glad AVB is having a complete overhaul as much as i loved Carlo my one worry about him staying (and i wanted him too) is that he would have kept the same squad and "added to experience" with AVB we won't have that worry as he plans a complete overhaul which in all honesty has been long overdue.

I wasn't aiming that at you personally just ive had a couple of "why do you hate Emanalo so much" quotes lately so thought ill just get my view on it all then My only worry is that Roman has put Emenalo in a a "compromise" for letting AVB bring his own set-up in, if thats the case if AVB and Emenalo have a fall out things could become very difficult.

Thats what near enough every Chelsea fan has been crying out for ever since middle of last season, i don't think he will go as far as chucking DD, JT and FL and one go tho.

People need to get the difference between football and personal, got nothing against the guy personally he seems a good guy but AVB has brought (or as good as has) his opposition scout over with him from Porto so what will Emenalo be doing apart from sitting in the dugout spectating?

stop bringing unrealiable sources See what i did there the fact Emenalo aint on that list makes me nervous. sorry but id would rather keep Clement out of the 2.

There's no way Roman would just say you aint having the job now because you demanded Wilkins returned not ti Hiddink anyway, if this is true it's probably because Guus said he would only return if Wilkins came back, the board did not want to swallow their pride and their you have it.

The sight of him running across the touchline after Merelies goal still gives me nightmares

Welcome

whats the link you can get all of these stats in?

Right this is not funny we must find out which flip flop is constantly talking to Martin Lipton.

Although there all bullshit story's its got me thinking if Danny (Sturridge) and Ryan (Bertrand) slip through the net and we don't even get £10m combined for the 2 then the board need sacking. Based on the HACR (Henderson and Carroll rule) if the club are stupid enough to listen to offers for the pair then imo we should not consider anything less than £25m for Bertrand and £40m for Sturridge, im not saying that's their true value im just using the HACR to work out the prices. Thoughts?

Dont rate Vidic at-all tbh, he is so over-rated its embarrising. This myth that nothing gets past him is set because he kicks out and tug shirts all the time how he got in team of the decade is beyond me, Rio is world class, Vidic just simply aint.

Man.Utd were shit last season, they won it because the rest of England were even worse. There's a reason that this was the first time 80 points was enough for the title since 1999.

If the board let Sturridge and Ryan go for less than £10m combined then im sorry to be blunt but they are seriously thick. Judging by the 2 English players that went to Liverpool recently, i would not let Ryan go for anything less than £25m and Danny for £40m, yes ok that may not be their true valuation but im basing it on the Henderson and Carroll rule.