Was pants for us, but apparently has been doing well in Italy, so may not be that bad of a deal.

17 minutes ago, Zeta said:

Was pants for us, but apparently has been doing well in Italy, so may not be that bad of a deal.

He hardly played and when he did it was off the bench late.  I don't think we saw enough to judge him on his time at Chelsea.

I think he's about Liverpool's level though. 

10 minutes ago, Van Butsen said:

I don't think we saw enough to judge him on his time at Chelsea.

Oh we saw enough...

Poor guy   

On 6/5/2017 at 17:01, ForeverCarefree said:

Oh we saw enough...

LOL. What the hell?!?!?!

On 2017-6-5 at 18:51, Van Butsen said:

He hardly played and when he did it was off the bench late.  I don't think we saw enough to judge him on his time at Chelsea.

I think he's about Liverpool's level though. 

Salah, like Cuadrado, excelled in Italy because the pace of the game is a lot slower than in England. Juve and Napoli aside, few of the teams engage their forwards in high-pressure tactics like in England. 

He gets a lot more room to use his pace and a lot more well-crafted situations for him to take advantage of. It's made him a much better player but I'd have doubts whether that would transfer back to England.

9 hours ago, SydneyChelsea said:

Salah, like Cuadrado, excelled in Italy because the pace of the game is a lot slower than in England. Juve and Napoli aside, few of the teams engage their forwards in high-pressure tactics like in England. 

He gets a lot more room to use his pace and a lot more well-crafted situations for him to take advantage of. It's made him a much better player but I'd have doubts whether that would transfer back to England.

The excelled because they were played.

For the many Bogarde fans out there: he has put a few of his shirts for sale. No Chelsea shirts, but then again, when did he ever wear one

There are some real steals at £149.99 

https://www.classicfootballshirts.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?order=name&dir=asc&q=bogarde&utm_source=rak&ranMID=41396&ranEAID=JWLPw9H8i4M&ranSiteID=JWLPw9H8i4M-UdJtFzECONgRTLw4BXetIw

Has he run out of money already?

57 minutes ago, Zeta said:

Has he run out of money already?

Apparently  It's driven the poor man to take a supposedly real job: assistent youth coach. 

Stop laughing, it's for real! 

Gaël Kakuta has joined Ligue 1's SC Amiens on a free transfer.

Amiens to that. 

On 7/3/2017 at 15:12, Valerie said:

Apparently  It's driven the poor man to take a supposedly real job: assistent youth coach. 

Stop laughing, it's for real! 

Is that for an under 15 girls team by any chance? If so, we could yet welcome him back at some point.

30 minutes ago, the special one said:

Gaël Kakuta has joined Ligue 1's SC Amiens on a free transfer.

Amiens to that. 

Which just goes to reaffirm that we shouldn't get carried away with young players (and yes I have been more guilty than most!)

Kakuta looked like he could be something really special. Alas, another one bites the dust. Next.....................

 

Kakuta never looked that special, it was just the transfer ban surrounding it which created a false sense of "wow this guy must be good to risk that".

Didn't he get labelled the 'black Zidane' when we first signed him. What a label to have to live up to!

1 hour ago, MissouriBlue said:

Didn't he get labelled the 'black Zidane' when we first signed him. What a label to have to live up to!

He's since been called a lot worse than that.............!!

3 hours ago, Zeta said:

Kakuta never looked that special, it was just the transfer ban surrounding it which created a false sense of "wow this guy must be good to risk that".

You missed his debut v Wolves, then.

9 minutes ago, Backbiter said:

You missed his debut v Wolves, then.

I don't remember him ever playing for us, so it can't have been all that memorable.

14 minutes ago, Backbiter said:

You missed his debut v Wolves, then.

It was ok. Not missing-2-transfer-windows-worth ok

I can't find a thread on the Soccer sixes tournament, but if you want to catch a glimpse of a whole raft of ex Blues stars, From Marcel to Deco and the Imperious #13MB, watch tonight on Sky sports, oh England lost , lol

https://www.instagram.com/p/BWp2K2uDydk/

On 7/11/2017 at 16:42, Backbiter said:

You missed his debut v Wolves, then.

Was a very impressive debut but as LVG always (correctly surprisingly for him) preaches : you very rarely see a bad debut.

Didier busy being awesome in the US.

 

 

On 7/11/2017 at 14:46, MissouriBlue said:

Didn't he get labelled the 'black Zidane' when we first signed him. What a label to have to live up to!

Ramires was the true black Zidane.

9 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Ramires was the true black Zidane.

At times Ramires was top drawer and a couple of his goals were sublime. Never really shined at SB, not played enough and frequently in a holding role. Magnificent squad player though IMO.