Blue Armour 4,439 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Hasselbaink brought this up against Leeds, and i completely agreed with him. Torres is still yet to score a decisive goal which has won the game. His usual goals are goals when we have won 4-0 or something and he has scored 2.He scored the first goal against Arsenal yes, and had he not of scored it we wouldn't of won. But he still hasn't scored a goal where we win 1-0 and it's because of him. He still hasn't gotten the goal where we have won 3-2 and he got the last goal of the game or something like that.You could count the Reading one, but to be fair we won it 4-2 and it doesn't quite mean the same now does it.Yeah, that aspect is rather annoying.Today was a prime example. Played through by Oscar in the 90th min, when he could have sealed the game..but took 2 extra touches, allowing himself to be tackled by Dystan. Kojo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santiago. 1,500 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 He is not the man to step up and get a goal when we need it. Simple. Amblève. and Joker10 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Please don't dissapear in another big game And he does again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 In fairness he contributed to both goals and worked hard for 90 minutes. He didn't score but he didn't take away from the team today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Today was a prime example. Played through by Oscar in the 90th min, when he could have sealed the game..but took 2 extra touches, allowing himself to be tackled by Dystan. No. The problem then was when Oscar ran with the ball, instead of running wider and create that space between himself and Distin, he kept on running so closely to him. When Oscar played the ball into his path, Distin was too close to him and allowed the chance to clear it! Had Torres create that gap between him and Distin, the latter won't have a chance to clear it and Torres would have scored as the through ball from Oscar would be played in perfectly to his path. didierforever and Igi26 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedsBlue 1,549 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 No. The problem then was when Oscar ran with the ball, instead of running wider and create that space between himself and Distin, he kept on running so closely to him. When Oscar played the ball into his path, Distin was too close to him and allowed the chance to clear it! Had Torres create that gap between him and Distin, the latter won't have a chance to clear it and Torres would have scored as the through ball from Oscar would be played in perfectly to his path.the commentator was like Torres so close to oscar,like he wants to hold hands. Made me laugh so hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 I looked at our team sheet today and saw that only mata and lampard are proper "important matches" goal scorers in our team.I just hope demba ba adds to that cos torres just disapears too much in important times, its appauling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nando 106 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 If the result was different I would blame him for the two wasted opportunities (the misscontrol in the box and the counter 90+ min). However, now I prefer to look at the positives. His general link-up play was good and he participated in the build-up play for both goals. Additionally, he won a fair amount of headers, although Distin who by the way had a great game was bossing him for the majority of the game. If that is not enough we can console ourselves with Rafa's cliche 'He does a great job defending corners'. Haha fair enough.I hope all the Ba talk is true and he pushes Torres to his limits. The only place to be 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Fulham Broadway 17,312 Posted December 30, 2012 Popular Post! Share Posted December 30, 2012 What I really like about Torres, is when the ball gets played to him and your supping your beer, you know you can take your time and you wont spill any didierforever, Amblève., Styles and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 What I really like about Torres, is when the ball gets played to him and your supping your beer, you know you can take your time and you wont spill anyMy wife likes Torres ,,when he gets the ball I don't shout with excitement ...just groan softly and didierforever and Styles 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 What I really like about Torres, is when the ball gets played to him and your supping your beer, you know you can take your time and you wont spill anyHAHAHAH... COULD NOT STOP LAUGHING FOR 5 MINS... Fulham Broadway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelseathebest 150 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 I completely agree with you - he is playing like shit, but he's also scoring. That's what I expect from a striker, so I'm not going to complain whilst he's putting the ball in the net.We can discuss this from other perspective.He is scoring, but remember how many chances he misses. Not to speak about chances in important games, like vs. Corinthians.What the fuck does it mean to you if he scores 20 goals, but misses 100 clear chances?Imagine you had someone better instead of him. That better striker would score, for example, 80 goals and that is a huge difference.We are top club and we must always strive to improve, and Torres is simply not good enough. Fuck stats, fuck his few goals vs Aston Villa and Nordsjaeland.You have to consider that he always loses possession and his shit performances have bad influence on team.Striker must do much more than just scoring goals, especially in a top club.So Torres - still not good enough. didierforever 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojo 4,676 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Anyone going on about "i want Demba Ba in right now because of Torres's first touches", then don't expect much.Demba Ba has a very average first touch, infact it's nothing good at all and certainly not good enough to get him into top 4 level, but his game doesn't rely on that. He is brilliant at getting on the end of any delivery. He's a good finisher with great technique, can strike a great volley as well. Not in a creative type way but Demba Ba does possess flair, as in scoring his goals, he will special ways that people wont know how to do when he grabs his goals. Like i used to love watching Ba because he scores with a swagger. The Skipper, Blue Armour and DDA 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,312 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 My wife likes Torres ,,when he gets the ball I don't shout with excitement ...just groan softly and I suppose if hes got his superdouper striker headband on against QPR theres always the chance we could hit double figures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 I suppose if hes got his superdouper striker headband on against QPR theres always the chance we could hit double figures I have bad vibes about those fucking Hoops ,,,,today was one of the rare days I wanted Scumpool to beat the crap out of a team Styles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Anyone going on about "i want Demba Ba in right now because of Torres's first touches", then don't expect much.Demba Ba has a very average first touch, infact it's nothing good at all and certainly not good enough to get him into top 4 level, but his game doesn't rely on that. He is brilliant at getting on the end of any delivery. He's a good finisher with great technique, can strike a great volley as well. Not in a creative type way but Demba Ba does possess flair, as in scoring his goals, he will special ways that people wont know how to do when he grabs his goals. Like i used to love watching Ba because he scores with a swagger.as u said ba CAN score and even though his first touch is not that good but i think he compensates it with his shielding and holding,i.e, i dont think he loses as many balls as torres does. Kojo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax 9,219 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Was he even in the box for our second goal? A 34 year old Bosman can get on the end of those loose balls but nor Mr Euro Golden Boot. didierforever 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corner 456 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 We can discuss this from other perspective.He is scoring, but remember how many chances he misses. Not to speak about chances in important games, like vs. Corinthians.What the fuck does it mean to you if he scores 20 goals, but misses 100 clear chances?Imagine you had someone better instead of him. That better striker would score, for example, 80 goals and that is a huge difference.We are top club and we must always strive to improve, and Torres is simply not good enough. Fuck stats, fuck his few goals vs Aston Villa and Nordsjaeland.You have to consider that he always loses possession and his shit performances have bad influence on team.Striker must do much more than just scoring goals, especially in a top club.So Torres - still not good enough.I would love a more clinical strikers too but... come on. 80 goals? Since when does Messi play for Chelsea? Blue Armour 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLC 13 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Honestly there is no winning for Torres at Chelsea. People yell at him to score goals and when he does, people yell at him to be better all around. He's good striker, not a great one and it would benefit Chelsea greatly to bring in somebody better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedsBlue 1,549 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Lukaku would have benefited coming back in January.He would have thrived with the service we have now and could have really established a start to his Chelsea career.Its not always that you have a striker crisis at Chelsea Fc and this situation would have been his opportunity to kickstart his career at this club. didierforever, zolayes and Stingray 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.