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Liverpool need to fuck off.

Liverpool need to fuck off.

Liverpool need to fuck off.

I know Joe Cole regrets leaving us and going to Liverpool. There was a special report on SSN about him and they asked him about regrets and stuff. You could tell that he had to be careful what to say because he's still a Liverpool player but he paused and was defo gonna say leaving Chelsea. He was good for us, did many great things too and has helped Hazard to come to us. I'll never have a bad word to say about him. Ancellotti didn't use him enough anyway.

The new kit is only fabulous....figure hugging though, Kalou will look delicious.

Ron Harris said to me that hes pretty sure Romans bought a place for a new stadium....or has chosen were it will be anyway.

Eh it was a joke, I always stick up for Kalou...ask anyone on here. We did pay 50M and his name is Torres so therefore I will be pissed off when he's not given a chance as he has been a worldclass stiker and hes not going to find form on the bench. What happens when the African players head off....oh come on Fernando you haven't played all season but nows your chance to find form under even more pressure. No thanks. Stupid statement to make IMO.

Maybe he will find his form in the Liverpool game...wouldn't that be fuckin brilliant. I'm struggling to keep positive about him...but you know me, I don't hate anyone...except Rio Ferdinand.

Yeah I know, It just gets me how some people overeact and continue to keep bashing the poor guy.

I don't mean in a poor guy as in not being rich, I mean the fact that people keep on at him just because they don't like him as a player and continually saying negative things about him.

Alex you actually need a slap.

Alex you actually need a slap.

I love Kalou!

I love Kalou!

I love this guy. He's the definition of a true servant. Never, ever complains and does what he's supposed to do when his number is called. Absolutely love him.

Both, but if you ask me to pick one if Fernando/Didier are fit then Drogba at any given day.

I also had a conversation on facebook with him....he doesn't like you.

Alex I love this!

That's why we love Salomon Kalou

14th May 2011, In Articles, by Alex Hinsley

To use the most commercialised on clichés, Salomon Kalou is the football equivalent of Marmite – you either love him, or you hate him.
In truth, there is something posing a decent argument for the latter. Some Chelsea supporters think Kalou is not quite Blues quality, saying that youngsters like Gael Kakuta and Daniel Sturridge should be given the time the Ivorian has on the pitch to aid their development. Some Chelsea supporters think that he is far too inconsistent to be starting eleven material, citing his enigmatic displays in an unfamiliar position limit his usefulness.
Some Chelsea fans, therefore, are incredibly ignorant.
Not only is Kalou one of our most effective attacking players in terms of goals-per-minute on the pitch – which, this season, is better than any other player in Chelsea colours save Frank Lampard or Daniel Sturridge – but, refreshingly, his head in the right place for a footballer. Image rights, wage bills and bonuses mean little to Kalou in comparison to the bigger picture. He wouldn't trade his integrity for success on the pitch. He is a gentleman footballer who gets on the with the game. As a player, he may have his shortcomings, but as a person, there are fewer nicer people on a football pitch than the young Ivorian.
Still only 25 years old, Kalou has played more than 220 times for Chelsea Football Club (a surprisingly large percentage of which being substitute appearances) and netted fifty-five times in that time. Whilst his goalscoring exploits and tally of assists make for impressive reading in isolation, his work-rate and professional attitude to the sport is something which warms the heart when you consider no end of footballing 'superstars' bitching about playing out of position. Kalou simply gets on with it, and ultimately offers nothing short of his best in each and every match.
Though his best is sometimes unfortunately not quite good enough, such an attitude to the sport is commendable. Greater still is the fact his heart is worn quite obviously on his sleeve, and yet for a man so short of years, Kalou demonstrates a resounding maturity and a stunning ability to put football firmly into perspective as merely being the sport it is.
In 2010, Kalou opened the eponymous 'Kalou Foundation' in his native Cote d'Ivoire, which is "dedicated to providing facilities for social welfare and recreation of those who have need of such facilities by reason of youth, age, infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances and also for the relief of sickness worldwide." And with his family embroiled in the Ivorian civil war, Kalou finds himself distracted by the thought of losing loved ones to turmoil and conflict. Put aside the footballer, and a wholly decent human being can be seen inside Chelsea's number 21.
His contribution on the pitch is also greatly appreciated by the majority of Chelsea fans. This season has seen him score an impressive 13 goals despite making just 23 starts, and with eight assists to his name, Kalou has also been Chelsea's most-effective impact player from the substitutes' bench; his equaliser against Everton in the FA Cup the clearest indicator of his composure in front of goal and his overall contribution to the team.
And still he is criticised by some sections of the Stamford Bridge faithful.
Effective as a central striker, a second forward in a 4-4-2 or equally creative on the right wing, Kalou's sporadic form may well undermine his attempts to become a first team regular under Carlo Ancelotti – but when you consider that since his arrival at the club he has been coached by Jose Mourinho, Avram Grant, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Guus Hiddink and our incumbent Italian tactician, Kalou has always been an integral part of the Chelsea team.
In this, his sixth season as a Chelsea player, Kalou has yet to demonstrate the exciting potential he showed at Feyenoord. Though he often hits a purple patch and excels – particularly late last season, where a hat-trick against Stoke City and a run in the side that won an unprecedented Double underlined his occasional brilliance – it cannot be denied he has yet to reach the heights his hefty price tag indicated he may well one day achieve.
Nevertheless, Kalou is a consummate professional who tries his best on and off the pitch. His excellent attitude is applied whatever position he is playing – Ancelotti could ask him to fill in at right-back and Kalou would most likely have no objections. His versatility makes him the sort of impact player who is perfect for the Blues – whether in a starting berth or from the bench as an impact substitute. Add in the fact he possesses the only bit of genuine pace and trickery with the ball any of our supposed 'wingers' have, Kalou makes for an exciting player to watch when in full flow.
And don't forget, not so long ago, he crossed the ball in from the left, and it landed right on Riise's head…

Carlo wanted Luiz to stay back and defend with Terry you could see Carlo shouting at him to stay back sure..I think it was a wise decision to take him off .Alex was class.

Carlo wanted Luiz to stay back and defend with Terry you could see Carlo shouting at him to stay back sure..I think it was a wise decision to take him off .Alex was class.

Just to be clear, I won't say it because Frank Lampard told me not to say it, Not you Alex!

The word 'Yid' is a very controversial one in the English language. Though it is an ethnonym to describe people of a Yiddish (Jewish) background, it is also used as a derogatory epithet by people who have a hatred of Jewish people, and/or a prejudiced dislike of Jews, called anti-Semites. Sometimes however, the word can be 'lost in translation' and its real meaning forgotten in exchange for a more novel connotation.

As you may well know, we have a handful of members from Eastern European and Middle-Eastern countries on TalkChelsea - and these people may not know that Tottenham Hotspur Football Club have an association with Yiddish people, and call themselves the 'Yid Army.'

I therefore have to stress that the word is used on here to describe Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, and is not at all used in an offensive, derogatory or hurtful manner.

At TalkChelsea, we have a zero-tolerance attitude towards racism - anti-Semitism included (click link).
As such, I would like to highlight the fact that use of the word 'Yid' on these forums is not at all used offensively, but on behalf of the TalkChelsea staff team and the forum members I do apologise for any offence caused - and I would also like to add a sort of taboo on the word - so, all members, please do not over-use the word 'Yid' and do be considerate of other member's nationalities, religions, classes, creeds and ethnicities.

I hope this prevents any future confusion - and I hope the situation is a little clearer to all members; new and old alike.

Thanks for reading, KTBFFH!

Alex.

Brilliant tribute to my hero...

That performance was a great tribute for Ossie. R.I.P