People prasing Kalou today

[Ray. 217]

I'm with you, I wholeheartedly agree with you, support the whole team, do not slate or boo them, get behind them. As for the name, I know let's call it CHELSEA

[The Big Drog 1,110]

If the great Kalou war keeps going we could incorporate it into the site that when people want to register they must choose to be part of either the "Kalou camp" or "Anti-Kalou camp"

[Aria 19]

He was one of our worst players on the pitch with only Ashley Cole and JT being worse,he got a goal that Sturridge created and was literally a waste of space for the rest of the match.

He is a STRIKER, his job is to score goals and ironically neither Drogba nor Malouda, Lampard, Sturridge or anybody else could score - but Kalou. If Drogba scored that goal, everybody would've gone crazy.

[NattyBlue 44]

Made the decision, I'm getting "Saloman the Destroyer, 21" on my next shirt

This thread is funny though lol, cheer him, don't cheer him, who cares just stop making a big deal of it, lets start ripping into Paolo instead

[Steve 10,227]

Going to get this on my next shirt

[Kostas 1,468]

He is a STRIKER, his job is to score goals and ironically neither Drogba nor Malouda, Lampard, Sturridge or anybody else could score - but Kalou. If Drogba scored that goal, everybody would've gone crazy.

Congratulations for completely missing the point.

And no,no-one would have gone crazy if Drogba scored a goal as simple as that.

[Aria 19]

Congratulations for completely missing the point.And no,no-one would have gone crazy if Drogba scored a goal as simple as that.

Kalou is scoring goals, what do you want more from a striker? Most of you are just looking for a player to criticize.

And to that second thing... hm you're totally wrong. Remember Drogba's shitty goals against West Brom... everybody was masturbating at them. I was the only one saying, they were "lucky"... and look what came out:

killamanjaro: "...he was at the good place at the good time, just like a great striker..."

Corlett: "How were they lucky."

BlueLion: "...you have to congratulate Didier for working himself into the positions to take the chances in the first place..."

So Kalou is shit and is just lucky to score those "easy tap-in goals", but when something similar happens to Drogba "we have to congratulate him for getting in to the positions, just like a great striker"?

Sorry but this is ridiculous. Drogba is a fantastic striker and I admire him, but EVERY striker who scores goals - volleys from 30m or "easy tap-ins" - deserves praise for scoring that goal.

[Kostas 1,468]

Kalou is scoring goals, what do you want more from a striker?

Being able to shoot.

Being good at shooting.

Being consistently good at shooting.

Being able to score a 1-1

Knowing what to do with the ball at his feet.

Hell why do I even bother,what kind of an argument is that,he was completely and utterly shit in that match and all you gotta say is that he's a striker?! When was being a football player only about scoring tap ins?!You could have easily given him credit for getting into positions instead of praising his ability to "get goals".

Most of you are just looking for a player to criticize.

Why in the name of Zola would we be doing that?

It's not like we're losing games underperforming,underscoring or anything allong those lines.Then why would we be "looking for a player to criticize"?

Kalou has been the most frustrating Chelsea player in those last few years and it's not us baddies trying to blame someone.

I'd argue it takes more balls talking about a player's faults when he's (allegedly)on form than when he's not performing to his abilities.

[Madmax 9,219]

oh ffs stop it already

[Aria 19]

Hell why do I even bother,what kind of an argument is that,he was completely and utterly shit in that match and all you gotta say is that he's a striker?! When was being a football player only about scoring tap ins?!You could have easily given him credit for getting into positions instead of praising his ability to "get goals".

So Gerd Müller was a crap striker cause he had no technique? Or Miroslav Klose or Luca Toni or Filipo Inzaghi... I could go on like this forever. People expect Kalou to be a player like Drogba - but they have to accept he's the complete opposite. He's got no technique, twice the pace and probably same goal scoring abilites as a 25-year-old Drogba. Stop hatin' and stop comparing Kalou to other strikers that are the complete opposite of him.

As I said, his job is not to dictate a game, to drop deep and collect balls, to create chances from the wing. But to get the ball, run at goal with his pace and finish it. He's a goal poacher, a penalty box striker.

Something like Ole Gunnar Solskjaer - remember when he was at his prime 2000 or 2001... he was 28 at that time. Kalou is 25 right now.

[zolayes 14,489]

perhaps time to close this thread ,,,everyone seems to have their say ,,now just becoming repetitive

[BomTrett 50]

perhaps time to close this thread ,,,everyone seems to have their say ,,now just becoming repetitive

Agreed. Some of us like him, some of us particularly dont but i dont really feel theres need to have such an arguement over one player. The most important thing is that Chelsea are winning, and i dont care if people slate Kalou one week and then he scores a hat-trick, or people praise him and he has a bad game; it works both ways. I'm a great supporter of Kalou, but i just feel that theres no need for a full blown arguement about him ffs.

I've also agreed in the past that people rip into him and then he'll do something spectacular the week later, but again, most important thing, Chelsea winning. Its nice to see a player proving us wrong. I did it in the summer before last season, i wanted Chelsea to sell malouda, because in my opinion, he was playing like a pile of crap. He was, but look at him now

[TrueChelseaBlue 105]

he's a chelsea player, get behind him. case closed.

[Ollie 4,400]

Opinions obviously don't count for much here. At the end of the day, Kalou is like an Everton, Villa, Birmingham level player. He scores against shit teams or when we're already 2-0 or 3-0 up. In the big matches he has absolutely no impact at all. He scored a couple of important goals, 1-1 home to man utd (4 yards out free header from shocking defending) and at the san siro against inter (Taxi for Cesar) but he's clearly and consistently not good enough for us and doesn't bring much to the team when its needed. Oh and he scored 2 virtual open goals against Wigan too, come on....

He's NOT world class, his finishing is shocking and he's not going to get any better.

[Aria 19]

he's not going to get any better.

Wow we have a fortuneteller here...