Salomon Kalou

[xPetrCechx 13,548]

100% He is leaving?

[Ramox 246]

Here's a stat. 33% of Kalou's league goals have come in the last 15 minutes of the match.

It would be hard to score a goal from the bench. :- )

[Kostas 1,468]

Here's a stat. 33% of Kalou's league goals have come in the last 15 minutes of the match.

Any chance of finding how many of his goals were scored in games won by 3 or more?

[capriccioso 2,545]

Any chance of finding how many of his goals were scored in games won by 3 or more?

Yeah, here's a list of goals that weren't the opener, equaliser or winner; or in general barely influenced the result:

2nd goal in a 2-0 win vs Blackburn in October 2006

3rd goal in a 3-0 win vs Blackburn in January 2007

2nd goal in a 2-0 win vs Portsmouth, 3/07

3rd goal in a 4-1 win vs West Ham, 4/07

2nd goal in a 3-0 win vs Sheffield United, 3/07

2nd and 4th goals in a 4-0 win vs Hull, 9/07

5th goal in a 6-0 win vs Man City, 10/07

3rd goal in a 3-1 win vs Huddersfield, 2/08

3rd goal in a 3-0 win vs Olympiacos, 3/08

2nd goal in a 2-0 win vs Man City, 4/08

4th goal in a 4-0 win vs Portsmouth, 9/08

4th goal in a 4-1 win vs Cardiff, 2/10

6th goal in a 7-1 win vs Aston Villa, 3/10

3rd goal in an 8-0 win vs Wigan, 5/10

4th and 5th goals in a 6-0 win vs Wigan, 8/10

5th goal in a 5-0 win vs Genk, 10/11

2nd goal in a 3-0 win vs Newcastle, 12/11

That works out at 17/60, or roughly 28%, and I'm being generous by including the 2nd goal in 2-0 wins, take them out and its only 14/60 that were truly useless. Also there's a problem with this data, what if some of the times we were 1-0 or 2-0 up and we were getting dominated and Kalou scored a goal that knocked the stuffing out of the opposition charge? And in a sense, none of those league goals from that list were truly useless in that they still at least boosted our goal difference. Also, he has 40 assists to his name but I wasn't able to find a list of those to determine which were useful and which weren't.

To answer your specific question, though, 12 out of 60 or 20%.

Interestingly, all of his goals in 2009 (about 10, I think) were 'useful' in that the result might have been different had he not scored.

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

Will the bastard just leave already.

I kid Cap... Well not the fact that he should leave.

[capriccioso 2,545]

Will the bastard just leave already.

I kid Cap... Well not the fact that he should leave.

You big meanie

[Kieran. 6,317]

Thank you Salomon for 58 goals and 40 assists.

[capriccioso 2,545]

Thank you Salomon for 58 goals and 40 assists.

60 goals. 46 of which influenced the result.

I'll not have cheapening of the great man's achievements round here!

[Kezza 1,965]

Is it confirmed he is leaving?

Can't believe hes going and Malouda is staying..should be the other way round

[capriccioso 2,545]

Is it confirmed he is leaving?

Can't believe hes going and Malouda is staying..should be the other way round

There's no sense to it whatsoever, as he is by several magnitudes better than Malouda and we can still get a transfer fee for him. Poor decision.

Bosingwa leaving ahead of Ferreira is another similar decision, he's better than Paulo and Paulo could still fetch perhaps 800k- 1 million. All that winning experience must count for something.

[Kieran. 6,317]

60 goals. 46 of which influenced the result.

I'll not have cheapening of the great man's achievements round here!

Edit Wikipedia then.

[capriccioso 2,545]

Edit Wikipedia then.

Okay , the Chelsea official website and thechels.info both have him down at 60 goals, and you can count them individually at thechels because they have a full list.

[manpe 10,857]

Wonder what will be Malouda's role if he stays. With our new wingers he'd hardly get a sniff on Eva's freshly bum pressed Audi seat anyway. Is he content with rotting away, or will he open a translators' support group with Paulo? Lots of drama ahead...

[capriccioso 2,545]

Wonder what will be Malouda's role if he stays. With our new wingers he'd hardly get a sniff on Eva's freshly bum pressed Audi seat anyway. Is he content with rotting away, or will he open a translators' support group with Paulo? Lots of drama ahead...

Surely Malouda has nothing left to offer? Little going forward, less than Kalou in terms of grafting away and doing the dirty work, and he's old.

[manpe 10,857]

All in all the Kalouda pair deserve respect. They always found their uses and there was even time when Malouda used to be decent enough to help our cause. Kalou's assist to Riise was also legendary. Kalou had his own kind of ambition and objective, to become the greatest benchie ever - always great to have players content with that role and even boasting about it. It's just that they should have been replaced much earlier, that's the club's fault. I think they know they aren't anymore the needed calibre, but for a long time they were practically the only choices and had nobody to compete with them, so they did what they were told, albeit a bit lazy as a consequence.

[Duppy Conqueror 1,451]

if it wasn't for Drogba,Malouda would have been the most frustrating footballer of the Roman era to date...great for a bit,useless,then great again,back to useless..maybe both him and Drogba`s body language has somehow given out the wrong signs but there`s been so many times when he just doesn't even look interested in playing when he`s already on the field. Malouda,Drogba and Anelka were guilty of being like that at atleast one stage of the season, every season they played for us.

i don't know why it happens with french footballers or rugby players for that matter..they are supremely gifted far more than English players in both sports but their attitude seems to always be the one thing that lets them down and holds them back.

sell Malouda,loan him ,do whatever you want with him but get him the fuck away from Chelsea, Roman. he will only be an unwanted distraction and his play no longer makes him worthy of trying to deal with it.

p.s. i know Drogba is african as he plays for Ivory Coast. but i count him as french in this due to him spending the majority of his young life there.

[EdenHazard 163]

Shame if he goes as he's only 26, But don't really think he'll get alot of game time with the players we're about to sign. Marin, De Bruyne, Mata, Sturridge and Possibly Hulk and Hazard...Doubt he's really going to get alot of game time. With him being only 26, He should leave on a high and go enjoy a spell with another club!

[Jase 43,479]

Sky Sports have confirmed that Kalou and Bosingwa have been released by the club. Both available on free transfers now.

Sorry cap. The romance is now over...