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I don't get it??? What is the fucking point in putting this joker Turnbull on? Is Cech injured?

He wears A. Cole

Disappointed by how this signing turned out. He was a extremely useful player in his final season at Liverpool so I thought we'd done good by getting him and 'sending' the crocked Joe Cole there. Then got injured for 8 months when we could really have done with him during Carlo's "bad moment" (and Torres' inability to find the back of the net) Hope he doesn't go to QPR!

Haven't read the last couple of pages but there must be a reason why we're not just adding a couple of mil if we're truly keen on getting him. When the very first piece of news on this broke (when the twat Whelan said he rejected our 1st bid) my first thought was that we're just using this as a ploy to get Porto to lower their asking price on Hulk and I still think that's what we're doing

Jury is still out for me. He did amazingly well last season but we were playing a different style of football than what we will presumably (and hopefully) be playing from now onwards. Anyway like someone mentioned, this season will truly be sink or swim for him in my opinion

Went for Ryan

Same here. Can't believe more clubs weren't after him. What a gem we've signed!

That isn't an accurate argument because 1) we played against much worse teams and 2) the actual football that we played was horrible despite the victories (and apart from the odd 10 minutes here and there there doesn't seem to be much improvement

After these 4 games the (potential first XI) player I'm most worried about is Ivanovic

stream please!

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

<p> <br /><br /> </p> Jesus Christ. Do you even think before you post some of these things?

Great job! Gonna use it now

Hopefully Ferreira’s horror showings in the two matches so far will convince RDM that we can’t rely on him as back-up anymore

He looked pretty good at the start of the 10/11 season as well.... Agree with Choulo, if someone makes a bid, sell him. Can't take a risk with his wages + the ridiculous length on his contract that he has left

What I'm most baffled about is his touch. It's abysmal most of the time. Even when compared to younger and more inexperienced players like Piazon you can see the difference.

Thank you!

Lukaku is just not good enough ATM. Going into the season with Torres, Sturridge and Lukaku would be absolutely suicidal. We definitely need another striker and send lukaku on loan.

He truly looks a class act! Hope this happens

Choulo already mentioned the main point I was trying to make, and also like I said, Kalou and Bertrand were trusted more than Torres to play in the "defensive winger" role. Torres always played as a winger cum striker when he came on as a sub and if Drogba was still on and we were looking for a goal. And that's indeed what happened in the 82nd minute. So he could have started in that position itself but Di Matteo believed that his added attacking benefit compared to playing Kalou/Bertrand would be far outweighed by the latters' defensive contribution. So I get what you're trying to say regarding the formation that we played in Munich and the style of football that Spain use but especially regarding us, he simply did not provide enough to justify his inclusion in starting line-ups in big games. That's what I meant.

Mostly agree with you! I do think though that if we sign a high profile striker it'll be the end of Torres at Chelsea. Doubt he'll be willing to play under those circumstances. It would be better for all parties to just move on and cut our losses. He has decent market value right now. However I'm not sure if I'd be willing to settle for anyone other than Cavani, he's a beast!

That's fine but I see a lot of posts implying that the Torres of old is back. Not saying that he definitely wont reach that level again but there's been very little evidence to suggest that. His improved confidence is a good sign but goal scoring wise he's shown nothing extraordinary, especially in any consistent period.

I get the feeling he's going to be sold off, tbh

I just want to get something off my chest: In my opinion, all this talk about "Torres won the CL and FA cup including the Euros" especially when using it to compare him to other players is totally ridiculous. Firstly, it's not as if he won it all by himself. Secondly, I think overall despite the trophy wins, the season was still a little embarrassing for Torres personally. Yes he did play a part in our wins (I'm not taking it away from him, don't get me wrong) but at the same time, he did not start a single one of our "big games". Our crucial games this season in the run up to those 2 trophies were Valencia, Napoli x2, barca x2, spurs, Liverpool and Bayern. He didn't start a single one. He didn't even come on as a substitute in some of them, including the FA Cup final. He wasn't trusted by Spain to start either. He only started two (?) games. In Munich, Bertrand and Kalou were chosen over him because of their added defensive values. Salomon Freaking Kalou. Kalou was kept on because of his extra penalty value. Only when Bayern scored did Robbie bring Torres on. So this talk, especially regarding Cavani is really ludicrous imo Look, I don't want to seem like a Torres hater, I'm really not. But I'm totally not deluded by his form despite winning three trophies and the euro golden boot. In my eyes, he had an above average season. Just slightly above average and most of his value came from his assists throughout the season. I still don't trust him 100% to become a regular goal scorer for us but I just hope that he looks at last season as a positive and thinks about the fact that he will be playing with Hazard, Marin and Oscar (hopefully) this season instead of Kalou and Malouda. Thankfully his confidence definitely looked to be rising as compared to that Heskeyish player we saw in 2010-2011.

I mostly visit the forum on my mobile/ipod and I've been getting that "install this web app on your ipod" message everytime I come here.. Once I click on the little 'x' it goes away but I always close my browser so the next time I visit... The message pops up again. Is there a way to turn it off?