While we all may agree and disagree on his loan at least we know one thing. That we have one of the potential best complete strikers in the world in Lukaku, no doubt about that and hopefully we have years ahead to watch him play at Stamford Bridge.
He is not ready based on what? Are you saying Torres; Eto'o and Ba are ready to lead our line. Torres was finished when he arrived at CFC it took him 14 Matches to score his first goal. Berbatov managed 48 goals in the Prem out of 108 appearances and he was never first choice at United and have a whole team build around him; Torres has had nearly 3 seasons at Chelsea and managed 15 goals in 87 matches, he was basically our only striker last season for 6 months and look how that turned out. The reason there is pressure on Torres is because he continues to get picked despite his embarrassing form, when other players don't perform they get dropped - when Torres goes on a 24 hour goal drought we decide for him to be first choice striker the next season. Demba Ba had a decent run at Newcaslte, but the team was build around him, I watched him after the arrival of Cisse where he was played on the wing and in 6 months he was dire while Cisse was scoring. Ba was never good enough to come to CFC, he was a stop gap and his only chance to make himself first choice was scoring a lot of goals something he hasn't done and he would have been loaned/sold if the only bidder wasn't Arsenal. Sturridge scored 11 goals in the League from the League as a winger, which is more than Torres has ever scored in a full season for Chelsea yet Torres was first choice striker. Sturridge didn't deceive anyone he was by far our best striker last year but much like Lukaku he never got any backing during all his time at CFC other than a short run out of position before AvB got sacked. Lukaku will be gone after the World Cup if we don't guarantee him first team football, if anyone thinks he is going to wait another year for us they are kidding themselves. He is most likely looking at what happened to Sturridge last season where he didn't get a single MATCH ahead of Torres and unless some guarantees are made he will likely be transferred next summer after the World Cup. He deserved a spot this season, you are making it sound like Torres; Ba and Eto'o are very effective against teams that defend they are not.
Please stop talking. Good game from Torres, though. Here's to hoping he can keep up this run of form as we face higher quality competition in the season. If Torres is able to score on the regular, I'll definitely be happy for him, and more importantly, for the team.
