Fernando Torres

[Azpinator 2,325]

Piazon would make a better CF.

[Kojo 4,676]

He's not legend material for me, i have no confidence in him. Drogba i have no doubt about him, i know he can save us, Torres i give up.

Daniel Sturridge, i have huge faith in this one, i think he can make a name for himself.

[Rmpr 8,977]

Totally agreed. Done with him. Time to go Fernando, shut the door on the way out.

NO WAY!

Leave it open so Falcao can come in...

[OneMoSalah 8,799]

MUST IMPROVE IN FRONT OF GOAL OR MOVE. GENERAL PLAY IS DECENT, TRACKS BACK, WINS A LOT OF TACKLES FOR A CF BUT NEEDS TO GET GOALS! AND FAST!

[Spike 12,049]

Did he even have a single shot against Juventus?

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

Dear Fernando,

Please stop acting like you're playing on the wings or in midfield. I thought we had talked this over last year that your better when in the striker role. Please go back to doing that even if it means having to repeatedly punch Frank Lampard in the face to stop him bombing forward into the box and getting in everyone's way. Failure to do so could see you having an unfortunate "accident" with your hair and a lit match.

Yours sincerely,

Sam.

[OneMoSalah 8,799]

Did he even have a single shot against Juventus?

Didn't he not have a header which deflected off Chielleni or something? It didn't come to anything but you can count that if you want haha

[mediator 2,026]

Stop diving Nando and always trying to get the free kick. You have to be a finisher

[Magic Lamps 11,677]

even if it means having to repeatedly punch Frank Lampard in the face to stop him bombing forward into the box and getting in everyone's way.

Frank's probably the better striker atm. The reason why we lack efficiency in front of goal is that our best finisher Mr Frank Lampard is restricted to a defensive role.

[Henrique 9,133]

Torres is getting boring.

Try to run and then fall. Try to keep the ball and then lost it. Try to dribble, and lost the ball. When the defender gets closer he dives and ask for a foul.

Its been this way since he joined.

[tmessy 139]

the back 4 today swarmed him... he busted his ass running today but he needs to play with another striker to get that pressure off him... his link up play is good...

but today is the first time when i can actually say he got no service, our midfield was pushed so far back, the most of his possession was in the midfield... fuck...

chelsea just doesnt suit his style of play... thats it... he did play well today and hustled, really appreciated it, but we need more service for him...

im pretty much done with el nino on the fact that we dont suit his style of play... we shouldve snatched dzeko, llorente, or cavani, we need a big guy to set the little blonde headed fuck free and let him run circles around the back line..

the thing is we are all so used to DD holding up the ball and PLOWING through the line... torres IS NOT that player, and we need to realize this...

just need to get him a parter... dont know why we didnt try DD and torres more... could've been gold... but oh well...

anyways.. get a partner or Torres my friend, you have to leave...

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

Frank's probably the better striker atm. The reason why we lack efficiency in front of goal is that our best finisher Mr Frank Lampard is restricted to a defensive role.

I guess you forgot last season when he was god awful a lot of the time when he was played in more attacking position (maybe not in scoring, but certainly in terms of possession of the ball, passing, retaining the ball and tactical awareness), there is a good reason RDM has never played him in more advance positions. Especially now we have a bunch of players coming in who are better suited for advance role. Its time Lampard accepts he should be more defensive and disciplined in his performances, stop running into the box like a headless chicken and let the likes of Oscar, Mata and Hazard do their jobs. That is what they are there for.

[Magic Lamps 11,677]

I guess you forgot last season when he was god awful a lot of the time when he was played in more attacking position (maybe not in scoring, but certainly in terms of possession of the ball, passing, retaining the ball and tactical awareness), there is a good reason RDM has never played him in more advance positions. Especially now we have a bunch of players coming in who are better suited for advance role. Its time Lampard accepts he should be more defensive and disciplined in his performances, stop running into the box like a headless chicken and let the likes of Oscar, Mata and Hazard do their jobs. That is what they are there for.

That's exactly what a forward is about. He can score goals out of nothing, he is a clinical finisher and he knows how to position himself to nick in the rebound, he has the killer instinct, Torres seems to have lost.

I do not remember one match when he was awful in a more offensive role. I remember him playing CAM under AVB (Stoke, Bolton, Sunderland) when he was great.

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

That's exactly what a forward is about. He can score goals out of nothing, he is a clinical finisher and he knows how to position himself to nick in the rebound, he has the killer instinct, Torres seems to have lost.

I do not remember one match when he was awful in a more offensive role. I remember him playing CAM under AVB (Stoke, Bolton, Sunderland) when he was great.

And what about the Man Utd game? Or Newcastle? West Brom? Fulham? Aston Villa? Everton? Bayer Leverkusen? Even when Torres was in that 5 months goal drought Lampard gave a more shit performance in those games then he did.

Face the facts, Lampard is not the player 5 years ago. He needs to do what Scholes and Giggs done and adapt his game to a more defensive role, because the way he is playing (trying to act like he is in Jose's 4-3-3 formation) is jeopardizing the balance of the team, is getting in the way of Oscar, Mata and Hazard from doing their roles and he is too slow to make up loss ground creating gaps in midfield.

He is finished as an attacking force, he either adapts or drops out of the team.

[Magic Lamps 11,677]

And what about the Man Utd game? Or Newcastle? West Brom? Fulham? Aston Villa? Everton? Bayer Leverkusen? Even when Torres was in that 5 months goal drought Lampard gave a more shit performance in those games then he did.

Face the facts, Lampard is not the player 5 years ago. He needs to do what Scholes and Giggs done and adapt his game to a more defensive role, because the way he is playing (trying to act like he is in Jose's 4-3-3 formation) is jeopardizing the balance of the team, is getting in the way of Oscar, Mata and Hazard from doing their roles and he is too slow to make up loss ground creating gaps in midfield.

He is finished as an attacking force, he either adapts or drops out of the team.

He's 34 he can not invent himself completely new. He is not efficient in a 4-2-3-1 in most games but our best option for the dlp role. Nonetheless he can't defy his natural offensive instincts. Anyway the 4-2-3-1 is simply playing him and Ramires out of position. In a 4-3-3 he still can be an attacking force as its his natural position. Of course he has to be used more sporadically but when he is used he has to be rather offensive.

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

He's 34 he can not invent himself completely new. He is not efficient in a 4-2-3-1 in most games but our best option for the dlp role. Nonetheless he can't defy his natural offensive instincts. Anyway the 4-2-3-1 is simply playing him and Ramires out of position. In a 4-3-3 he still can be an attacking force as its his natural position. Of course he has to be used more sporadically but when he is used he has to be rather offensive.

In that case he should be dropped for being one dimensional. Because if he can't play in any other way then this is going to be a huge long term problem for him (even medium term).

But I think this conversation should be in a more appropriate thread, this is not the place.

[Waterfall 893]

I think the day that Torres finally gets booed by the home crowd isn't far. He's been given enough time and chances to prove himself and he's failed to look even average.

Also fuck this lack of service and suitability crap.

[Las7 951]

I think the day that Torres finally gets booed by the home crowd isn't far. He's been given enough time and chances to prove himself and he's failed to look even average.

Also fuck this lack of service and suitability crap.

I don't want to see any of our players booed by the fans - still pissed off when they booed Sturridge last year, but the constant cheering for Torres will stop eventually.