NiclasCFC 2,582 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 I would like to go on record to state that Salomon Kalou is one of the most frustrating players I have watched over the past few years and I am sure some of you will agree with me. The reason I get so frustrated? It's because he has everything in his locker, he has the skills, the technique, the pace, an eye for a pass and an eye for a goal but one minute he's great and the next he isn't!. It's so frustrating it really is!. I've lost count how many times he has taken people on and run the ball out of play!. From the sublime to the ridiculous - that's Salomon Kalou all over.Without question, Kalou has the ability to be world class. Some people might think that's strange of me to say it and if that's the case why are Chelsea willing to release him at the end of his contract The problem is, he just hasn't produced enough when he HAS been playing and I think if you look at length of his time here from when he joined us to now he is leaving, it's hard to see a real improvement. He joined us as part of the squad and we have been looking for him to kick on and push for first team places and it's still the same today. If anything, Roberto Di Matteo has given him the longest run in the first team for quite some time and Kalou has had to sacrifice himself for our success but playing a more defensive role in the big games. That's the thing about Kalou. You look at him when he plays or when he comes on and you know that he will always give 100% and will always look to impress and you cannot fault him for that. All Kalou has ever wanted to do is play football and it looks like come the end of June, he will have a chance to do that elsewhere. Only time will tell if given a regular start in games, we finally see Kalou become the player we all know he could be. I really hope we do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bababoom 4,478 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 I would like to go on record to state that Salomon Kalou is one of the most frustrating players I have watched over the past few years and I am sure some of you will agree with me. The reason I get so frustrated? It's because he has everything in his locker, he has the skills, the technique, the pace, an eye for a pass and an eye for a goal but one minute he's great and the next he isn't!. It's so frustrating it really is!. I've lost count how many times he has taken people on and run the ball out of play!.I would like to stop you there... Kalou has everything in his locker? He has alright skills i guess, but hardly ever beats a man. Technique? Nah. The pace? give you that one. An eye for a pass? Nope. Eye for a goal? eh sometimes when he can shot from 2 yards out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Ability to become world class?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccioso 2,545 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 I would like to stop you there... Kalou has everything in his locker? He has alright skills i guess, but hardly ever beats a man.Technique? Nah.The pace? give you that one.An eye for a pass? Nope.Eye for a goal? eh sometimes when he can shot from 2 yards out.Fernando Torres and Juan Mata lol at the bolded statement. Had Mata been born just a little quicker, had it been Sturridge that Kalou picked out time after time during the last few weeks of the season, we could have perhaps finished 4th.And his pass to Torres in the QPR game was quite extraordinary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiclasCFC 2,582 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 I would like to stop you there... Kalou has everything in his locker? He has alright skills i guess, but hardly ever beats a man.Technique? Nah.The pace? give you that one.An eye for a pass? Nope.Eye for a goal? eh sometimes when he can shot from 2 yards out.forgot to post the source sorry its not my opinion! http://www.chelseadaft.org/2012/06/kalou-released-from-sublime-to.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccioso 2,545 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Ability to become world class?!To be fair, he lost that by about 22. From there you could see that unfortunately he wouldn't fulfil what he promised in his Feyenoord days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bababoom 4,478 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Fernando Torres and Juan Mata lol at the bolded statement. Had Mata been born just a little quicker, had it been Sturridge that Kalou picked out time after time during the last few weeks of the season, we could have perhaps finished 4th.And his pass to Torres in the QPR game was quite extraordinary.Mate, he doesn't have an eye for a pass... simple as that.Players like Mata, silva does but Kalou, No.Also that pass to Torres was great, but that's one in a blue moon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bababoom 4,478 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 To be fair, he lost that by about 22. From there you could see that unfortunately he wouldn't fulfil what he promised in his Feyenoord days.Even before we bought him, i remember on another Forum the Feyenoord fans were saying he was frustrating to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccioso 2,545 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Mate, he doesn't have an eye for a pass... simple as that.Players like Mata, silva does but Kalou, No.Also that pass to Torres was great, but that's one in a blue moon.He sent Mata off time after time, particularly at Wembley against the Yids. His passing is vastly underrated.Like you said he's not the best passer in the world but he's far better than he's give credit for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HNKS 508 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Glad he is leaving to be honest. When I look back at his Chelsea career, he has been horse shit overall. Some important goals but thats more of a sugar coating over horse shit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedsBlue 1,549 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Some fans just remember him for his mistakes. It's a travesty that they tend to overlook his positive contributions with the few mistakes he made in the past 6 years for Chelsea.He wasn't our best player but he also wasn't the worst,played for the club and gave his 100%. Not the kind of player who deserves a stand to be named after him or anything big,just needs to be appreciated.I thank him for the memories and hope he has a successful future up ahead.Good luck Salomon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Scored for the Ivory Coast against Tanzania. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,439 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Mate, he doesn't have an eye for a pass... simple as that.Players like Mata, silva does but Kalou, No.Also that pass to Torres was great, but that's one in a blue moon.Not vouching for Kalou, but he can pick out players (occasionally). Remember the Drogba goal against Utd at OT 2 years ago? Offside yes, but its an example of how Kalou can play the good passes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Every post in this topic is twisting the butterfly knife in Cap's heart another degree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Fernando Torres and Juan Mata lol at the bolded statement. Had Mata been born just a little quicker, had it been Sturridge that Kalou picked out time after time during the last few weeks of the season, we could have perhaps finished 4th.And his pass to Torres in the QPR game was quite extraordinary.It's the job of the passer to measure the weight of the pass, not for the runner to be born quicker. Real good passers know their teammates' strengths and weaknesses and thus can make calculated passes. If you had Terry making a run at full speed and somebody giving a slightly heavy pass to him, you don't condemn him for being slow, you condemn the passer. And you certainly don't praise somebody for "almost pulling it off". Your love for Kalou has clouded your judgement, he was never a good passer, he had his moments like the Torres one, but like with everything else - not consistent enough, leaning towards being consistently bad at that. In fact at the beginning of the season in a few games I remember counting Kalou's misplaced passes and failed dribbles, and there were awfully a lot... even the easiest ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccioso 2,545 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Another short lived break from my holiday from postinng:It's on now.DANNY MURPHY is set to sign a new deal at Fulham.The 35-year-old was on the Premier League’s ‘free transfer’ list last week, but sources at the club insist a new Âcontract is close to agreement.Make it happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojo 4,676 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Kalou is so great, such a sexy player with good skills and amazing tekkers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 It's from TalkSport, then reported in Daily Mail but wonder what cap makes of this...http://www.dailymail...omon-Kalou.htmlNewcastle are weighing up a move for former Chelsea forward Salomon Kalou.Boss Alan Pardew is looking to bolster his impressive attack, which already includes the likes of Papiss Cisse, Demba Ba and Hatem Ben Arfa.The Ivory Coast international is a free agent after leaving the Blues following their Champions League Final triumph.German side Schalke remain favourites to sign Kalou despite interest from Arsenal and his former side Feyenoord. But the Magpieshave now entered the race, according to talkSPORT.The 26-year-old made more than 250 appearances, including a start in Chelsea's Champions League final victory against Bayern Munich, and scored 60 goals for the Blues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 He would be decent at Newcastle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 It's difficult to believe Kalunho is only 26 sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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