The Skipper

I don't know why but I thought the match was tomorrow. Glad I've caught it now though. COME ON CFC!

Or let's for example take the CWC final against Corinthians for example when Torres had the best chance to score by far which basically lost us the game... What about that one? What do you have to say about that?Or the fact that he's scored only 1 goal in 2013 so far. I can't believe you're blaming the team for Torres's poor performances. We've chopped and changed from a direct style to a more passing style and Torres doesn't fit in with either. He's not good enough to play for a top team like CFC anymore.

Yeah, it's been like this for like a month now, missing out on all the videos since I mostly access the site via my iPhone.

So after one or two silent games Demba has sort of been written off pretty much. Ridiculous - at least wait till he has a decent number of appearances at CFC. Are we all forgetting his first games with us? The contrast between him and Torres?

I am now fully convinced you love trolling. First you think Torres is still more than good enough and that it's the team's fault he doesn't really get involved, now you're saying that Mourinho wouldn't be good enough.

Still haven't answered my question. If you didn't give two fucks about him in the first place, why do you always come to the Sturridge thread with random outbursts because people are praising him? You're not forced to read a thread you know.

Why compare Wilshere with Martinez? LOL at you thinking Walcott is equivalent to Robben as well! Robben isn't playing much but I'm sure 99.9% of football fans would have him in their team over Theo! You are really overrating the Bayern side. Walcott and Wilshere would not get into the Bayern side simply because 1. If Robben doesn't get into the team, do you really expect Walcott to? 2. Wilshere, Arsenal's best player IMO, plays in Schweini's position. I don't think Schweini would be dropped for Wilshere. Cazorla might be the only one who might just about get into the Bayern team simply because he's a bit more experienced and refined than Kroos or Muller. As seen tonight, Bayern completely murdered Arsenal. Arsenal aren't in the same class as Bayern.

And no one's denying that... Most want him in the squad next year for exactly that reason.

But in general, Franks goals have been important. In more recent examples, take the equaliser against Newcastle or the 3rd goal against Wigan after it was getting very nervy for us. Frank's goals have more often than not been important for us, there's no denying that.

But you can't say that he's immature because of a nasty foul. That's my point. That's like saying JT's immature because of his shenanigans against Alexis Sanchez when we were facing Barca last year, in a way more important game.

Why do you come to the Sturridge thread if you don't want to see people talking about him?

Why should he accept that he's not the preferred option anymore? If you haven't noticed, he hasn't been playing because he's been injured, not because Ivanovic and Cahill are preferred. That's like saying Vidic isn't United's finest defender anymore because he's been injured and hasn't been playing either. How the hell is this turning into an AVB-Lampard thing? If you haven't noticed again, both Rafa and Terry came out and said it was nonsense. And I think Terry and Luiz are better CBs than Ivanovic. Like I said, Terry gets written off so many times, but he always proves himself. You have to give him a consistent run of games before you can say he isn't first choice anymore.

Do people not watch games? All Frank does is score? What the hell? Lets completely forget the immense through balls he's continuously been producing. He's not a striker in midfield at all, it's just his natural game. If you've watched Chelsea over the last decade you'd know. He still contributes well defensively and does a decent job at distributing the ball. His goals are important and they always change games. "Just goals". Isn't that what football is about in the end? Out scoring your opposition?

I know, obviously due to our "billionaire inflation tax" as I'd like to call it back then. They were expensive but weren't really thought of as world stars am I not right?

Drogba, Essien etc. weren't exactly known as world class players when he bought them were they?

JT's done nasty stuff on the pitch, does that mean he's not mature on the pitch?

Anyone see him against Swansea yesterday? The guy just screams potential. He was such a handful to the Swansea stronghold. Scored a pen and assisted a magnificent team move. He's made such a difference to the Liverpool team - could've easily had 3 or 4 today on a different day. Once he finds his finishing boots again he'll be some signing for Liverpool. 4 goals in 5 PL games for them already. He's already won around a lot of Liverpool fans that were slating the signing.

So because Ba was quiet for one game we automatically shouldn't play with a striker? You guys should be comedians.

How can you say someone's immature because he made a wild challenge? What the hell?

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And of course Terry isn't as good as he used to be like but that doesn't mean he isn't good enough to start for us anymore. He's still a beast of a defender and our best defender IMO. Just because he hasn't played in ages people seem to forget just how good he is - it isn't just this season either. It's happened before, spells where Terry was out of the team but he's always proven that he's great enough to come back in the team. I'm just waiting for Terry to have a consistent run in the team to prove all the doubters wrong.

Let's completely forget he didn't play a competitive game for about a couple of months before that... And let's also pretend that our defending has been absolutely superb during his absence.

Good sub Benitez.

That's a lie. Ivanovic and Cahill both play a lot better when they have Terry next to them. Defensive solidity is a lot better whenever Terry is in the side - he doesn't just bring leadership to the table, he's a fine defender. Because he hasn't played recently, people are forgetting just that. Our defence still hasn't been as strong this season as to when we had JT and Luiz as our starting centre backs.

I think he takes about 60-70 direct free kicks every season but only scores 3/4. He's good, when he gets it right, but it's too inconsistent to be called one of the best in that sense.