Is it Time to Start Drogba and Torres Together?

[tmessy 139]

drogba will ruin torres' playing style... force him out wide... tbh torres' is a "lazy" player... one who waits on the edge and just does the easy work (in his prime) [but he is THE BEST at it, and it works] and has tremendous dribbling ability with his pace and vision...

drogba wants the ball in the air or with his back to goal so he can use his strength to bully people (its easy for him that way)

and torres is too timid and soft spoken while dd is vocal and intimidating...

the ONLY way this would work is if 1. dd can sacrifice goals for assits and vise versa (even though torres has no problem assisting [in the past and atm])

drogba to hold up the ball and exchange a through ball to a running torres...

(but that would force DD into an Anelka spot)

and 2. torres and DD stay stacked (like rooney and hernandez) or stay parallel... one of the players cannot drift out wide...

thats my take...

[Waterfall 893]

Drogba isn't really a selfish player so I don't see why that would be an issue. For a target man who's often isolated, his assists #'s have always been pretty high

[Kieran. 6,317]

Torres and Drogba played well together vs. Wigan and Napoli.

[Justin_3d 1,140]

A very split poll by the look of it.

I voted yes.

Before it did not work cause Torres was a ghost!

Now that Torres is getting back in form, and Drogba been on fire for the last few games, it merits a chance.

I think it should be tried before the final of the UCL. Is better to test it now, then to try to risk that in the final as some member suggest it.

[Shogun 721]

Everything tells me no based on how they have done so far together, but if it worked, it would be an unbeatable strike duo.

[Kezza 1,965]

For me, i'd go back to the saying, if it not broke dont fix it

[Strike 7,475]

the 4-2-3-1 counter system is working ....why change?

[Henrique 9,133]

I think Cech has the answear: "I dont know if it would work".

We are in the final stage of the season, and every game is crucial (two cup finals and every point in PL is a must for getting into next CL), so of course its no time to try something you dont if would work.

and come one guys, we already know it just doesnt work...

[manpe 10,861]

i'm not sure how Cech can say that "one day it will happen with goals".. as of now Drogs is playing his last few games for us, and it's doubtful there'll be "one day" for them.

[francozola 2,040]

No way. Torres will never get back to his best if Drogba is on the pitch and Drogba doesn't play as well when Torres is there.

[Arief 40]

no, not now.

we need to save our player stamina.

and 4-2-3-1 works really good on us.

[coolhead23 1,147]

Maybe Torres and Drogba playing together now (strange things have happened after RDM took over) mite just work in the 4-2-3-1 where either one of them can play in the hole.

Again as a shot term measure it could work but beyond this season strictly a NO.

[Madmax 9,219]

We've been over this before - it's been a fail so far.

[Strike 7,475]

yeah. i remember the norwich game at home. no clear cut chances although it was under avb

all the games they have played together upfront under rdm, torres has been out wide so

[Jase 43,479]

Playing a 4-4-2, whether it is the normal one or a narrow midfield, is a recipe for disaster against Bayern in the final. Go with the normal 4-4-2 and we will get overrun in midfield by Bayern's 3. Adopt the narrow diamond midfield and you're pretty much giving the license to Ribery & Robben to run riot down the flanks with only our FBs up to defend against them!

IF RDM is struggling to fit in players into his 4-2-3-1, he can still go with a 4-3-3. Mikel, Lampard & Essien in midfield and Mata & Kalou out on the flanks. Only problem with that is you have Mata playing out wide, which will negate his strengths but it is still an option to use. Also, Torres seems to have found a bit of form recently with 4 goals in 2 games. Why try to destroy his confidence again by playing him out wide?!

AND as some have pointed out here, if it ain't broke, don't try to fix it. Now it is not the time to experiment new things to the lineup where every game matters to us. IF RDM does that and fails, pretty sure most people would be moaning about it. Any experimentation to the lineup should be saved for next summer during the pre-season. At the moment, just stick with what has been working so good for us, which is the 4-2-3-1.