Fernando Torres

[tmessy 139]

ive said this many times...

torres is not our worry at the moment, there was plenty of times where torres made that run but didnt get the return ball...

hes works his ass off, you cant fault him for that...

he does EVERYTHING but score... i know he's a striker so fuck off if you say "strikers score goals"

he plays for the team now... and he is just UNLUCKY! fuck, even if you hate him you have to feel for him...

i got your back nando, just keep pushing forward and working hard...

ktbffh

[Kieran. 6,317]

ive said this many times...

torres is not our worry at the moment, there was plenty of times where torres made that run but didnt get the return ball...

hes works his ass off, you cant fault him for that...

he does EVERYTHING but score... i know he's a striker so fuck off if you say "strikers score goals"

he plays for the team now... and he is just UNLUCKY! fuck, even if you hate him you have to feel for him...

i got your back nando, just keep pushing forward and working hard...

ktbffh

[Badboy 1,526]

£101,480,000 the cost of the transfer and the 5 year deal we offered Torres.

So that's a bargain price of £20,296,000 per goal.

Unbelievable, seriously mind baffling.

£101,480,000 the cost of the transfer and the 5 year deal we offered Torres.

So that's a bargain price of £20,296,000 per goal.

Unbelievable, seriously mind baffling.

I don't think I have ever seen anything as shocking as that in football. Roman will have to write that off too, hopefully it will make Roman stay out of our transfers in future.

[francozola 2,040]

He doesn't have the best service, but it's not as if he's getting absolutely nothing at all. Whatever he gets, he always fucks it up. He either runs into a defender or takes a hopeless shot like the one yesterday.

Also, he doesn't make any proper runs. Whenever fullbacks get in positions to cross, he often just stands where he is and then after the play is over complains at his bad luck. He was better yesterday but overall in his Chelsea career he's been pathetic at making any sort of decent runs

[Kieran. 6,317]

Idk, definitely seen Torres make some good runs recently.

[francozola 2,040]

Idk, definitely seen Torres make some good runs recently.

Yes last 2 or 3 games he's been better but I think in the Swansea (?) game, there were about 4 or 5 instances in the 2nd half itself when Cole or Bosingwa got in crossing positions and he didn't bother to run

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

That left foot shot of his was terrible.Many of you complain of lack of service but when he creates his own chances he doesn't take them.He takes a 1 step forward and then 2 steps back and then side passes it to some midfielder.The guy is more of a midfielder than a striker and the fact that he is not scoring goals doesn't really bother me now,its that he is a blocking a starting place for Lukaku.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I still think he played well. You don't get a good sense of the player's attitude and work rate unless you're there. I appreciated his tireless showing.

[manpe 10,861]

The fact is that a 5 goals/40 games striker is holding Lukaku's/Sturridge's position as hostage for £101,480,000 ransom. But the worst part is that the club let him. Where's Kevin Spacey when you need him?

[Tomo 21,751]

The funny thing is the justification for keeping Kalou out of the team is an odd goal and a few bits of good movements aren't good enough for Chelsea yet the latter alone is justification to keep Torres around?

[Peace. 4,352]

The funny thing is the justification for keeping Kalou out of the team is an odd goal and a few bits of good movements aren't good enough for Chelsea yet the latter alone is justification to keep Torres around?

Because we are so desperate to not look like fools who have been ass raped by Liverpool. That's that.

[Waterfall 893]

Every time Torres misses - which is quite often - the opposing team's crowd goes crazy. It's demotivating as hell. I hope he can rebound, but I've been saying this for too long. We should try Lukaku.

As for his assists, he only has 8; and other than that cross against United, most of them were just "meh" assists.

[Madmax 9,219]

Noticeably performed better when Brum were 2-0 down and pushing up. Relishes space. RDM should not use him against defensive teams, Drogba would be a better option in those situations.

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

http://www.goal.com/en/news/90/france/2012/03/07/2951392/paris-saint-germain-president-admits-suarez-higuain-torres-could-

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Apologies to those that do see his work off the ball & his contribution other than scoring - I was pointing a finger at the post on the match thread & to the many on here that persist on the negative side because he is not scoring. He needs a quality pass like the ones he supplied for Sturridge & Mata to get him scoring again. A tap in or lucky deflection will do, sometimes all it needs.

I was at the Bridge in the home game against Birmingham & his movement was superb, I lost count the amount times he could of been played in but the likes of Meireles & Mikel just didn't see it & just played safe, Alonso was the man for Torres, he needs a quality player behind who can see that pass. The jury is still out off course but a confident Torres could just make some people eat a very large slice!

I do notice these things, any persons would be blind to. His movement is better, he provides good passes and shows intelligence when he's not thinking about scoring. For this we can say his overall play has improved since last January. The thing is though, we need a striker in him to come out, we can't move his position (that would not work well for his confidence) so the only option is to drop him. Drogba, Torres, Lukaku all compete for that position, under Di Matteo the latter might get more chances now and Torres has to score goals to justify his place in the squad.

I know service is still the issue, but Torres has issues that go beyond service. Psychologically he's not right in front of goal, he's like a child who panics when he's one and one and when he's finally made his decision he'll either miss/allow the ball to be defended away. His assists have been good this season, I'll always recall that beautiful cross for Mata v. United.

He's a goal scorer, and those goal scoring instincts aren't with him.