Watcha Cym! I hear the joints are playing up. Not very nice I know--but as a gooner from the valleys, I know you'll make light of it! Well done me old cocker!
I just read a brief Kalou interview in the Guardian after Tuesday's win and he says AVB told him he couldn't play because he hadn't yet signed a new contract . That is disgusting player management! No wonder Nico and Alex left.
I expect we'll find out loads more dirt on AVB as the days roll on! Its wierd how he managed to alienate so many of the squad!
Makes sense, no point playing him if he's not going to commit to the club. If Kalou hadn't scored the other night none of you would've batted an eyelid about this story, no Chelsea fans I know seemed to rate him at all.
I'm not saying that Kalou is brilliant, but any player deserves more respect than that imo. Kalou is still **** in my book, he has always had the ability to score important goals and for that we can be grateful but I definitely don't rate him as a player.
Kalou - great impact player, and sod all else, but on that basis I would keep him if he wanted to stay
Agreed SW6, and on condition that those ridiculous stories a few months back about him wanting over 100k a week were not true!
As I understand he was offered several contracts over the past couple of years but has attempted to turn the risk of going on a free into getting more money. AVB got that one right, I reckon. What's happened to Lukkaku, by the way? Not seen him play for you yet, is he on loan?
No wonder Kalou's insulted you don't give him an extra £1mill a year when you spend £20mill on another player you don't want
Kalou is a decent player and serves us best as an impact sub, i.e. against Villa which ended up 3-3 last season He was solely responsible for taking on Villa by running at them. Kalou is fast & has fast feet but like Walcott has no brain. We would get more out of him in the role that he played against Benfica.