Fernando Torres

[Stats 7,060]

I partially disagree.

I say it's blasphemy ever comparing Torres to DDA, but Torres has scored against highest caliber of oppositions too. He may have not scored enough times, but he's scored especially in Europe.

Barcelona, yes when he came on, his goal was priceless but apart from that has he proved to be the match winner in big games. He got consolation goals against the likes of United in the 3-1 loss and scored against Arsenal when we beat them at the Emirates last season but apart from that he as not scored against big teams or made a huge impact. In Europe, with all respect he scored against teams such as Genk. Drogba scored against so many big teams and was the decisive factor in many big games in domestic and European competitions. That being said it is good that he is looking on form right now but I have seen it far too often. Hopefully he can carry on his form and add a few more goals to his game and be the decisive factor like the game on Tuesday night where he was excellent.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Does he have to be either back or still shit? I mean is there no grey area in between?

Fernando has been playing mostly very good this season and has performed, imo, the best among our strikers so far. Can't we all just hope that he continues this well?

We finally have three strikers on some sort of good form which is a near miracle. We will be needing all three of them to perform well this season if we want to win trophies. Even Torres understands that. After the game when he was asked about Eto'o scoring at the weekend he said he was happy about it and hopes that he continues to do so so that we continue to get results.

[Sidzeret 2,257]

Really happy that the first goal was a real centre forwards goal which is what everyone's expecting him to get.

Also the header that hit the crossbar showed he still is one of the most lethal strikers in the world. Time to bring back the trust on the lad.

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

We should stop comparing Torres to his old self (Because that is clearly gone) and start comparing him with the other strikers in the league atm. If he can keep up his current form he isnt too bad IMO.

[tmessy 139]

goalscoring form or not, I think this season has been a clear indicator that the TEAM plays better with Torres upfront. You cannot argue against that, it is very odd to see. The team just jells more.

[tapa 11]

i don't understand. he's shit all the season and when he scores oh MY GOD he's so GOOD LOOOOL

[tapa 11]

ALREADY 3 seasons here and what?

[tapa 11]

but i understand he must be the first choice because Eto'o and Demba ba :rolleyes: A big team like Chelsea with 3 clowns in attack pfff

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Torres is more settled to our system now! i think he will score more than the 23 he got last season!

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

goalscoring form or not, I think this season has been a clear indicator that the TEAM plays better with Torres upfront. You cannot argue against that, it is very odd to see. The team just jells more.

Thats quite simple to explain, even though Torres has been decent its not Because of him the team plays so good. This team is at its best when we can counter attack and every match we are expected to defend low and counter with pace Torres has been the starter. When we play against team that park the buss our best option is Etoo because of his (so far) amazing link up play and how technical he is in small spaces.

[Stats 7,060]

Torres is more settled to our system now! i think he will score more than the 23 he got last season!

Highly doubt it even if he continues his good form. Last season we played a huge amount of games and he got more chances as he was basically one of our 2 attackers. Now we have three and Torres will be rotated for many. Last season Torres had to play all the European games because Ba was cup-tied and we did not have any other reliable options at the time. Now we have three strikers. Would be amazing he could but a lot of the reason he got those goals as stated was because we kept playing him and played a higher percentage of games more than most teams. This season he will be rotated a lot to refresh our attacking options but would be good to see him get near those figures.

[The_Flash 1,144]

I think should he continue with this good form there won't be much rotation, if he is good Jose will play him and I think that would also help getting a run of games

[Barbara 15,149]

Well, Eto'o is also in good form, why shouldn't have rotation? It should imo especially because you don't want to overload one player if you have a replacement that is just as good. Also Eto'o and Nando play different styles, some matches are more suit for one and some to the other.

Let's not get carried away, Torres has been playing well, but that's it well. he isn't on a Lewandowski form that justifies the lack of rotation. He's good and that's about it. So is Eto'o right now and both with realistic room for improvement

[Stats 7,060]

I think should he continue with this good form there won't be much rotation, if he is good Jose will play him and I think that would also help getting a run of games

If that was the case he would have started against Cardiff then but Eto'o did. Jose will rotate because of our options and if we have got another like for like option like Eto'o, Jose will play him as he has 2 strikers who are 100% match sharp. Nice problem to have if they can carry on from where they last left of.

[The_Flash 1,144]

Eto is NOT 100% match fit, other than the goal he was pretty weak.

It's late I don't want to fight let's just agree to disagree

[Blue Armour 4,323]

Does he have to be either back or still shit? I mean is there no grey area in between?

Fernando has been playing mostly very good this season and has performed, imo, the best among our strikers so far. Can't we all just hope that he continues this well?

We finally have three strikers on some sort of good form which is a near miracle. We will be needing all three of them to perform well this season if we want to win trophies. Even Torres understands that. After the game when he was asked about Eto'o scoring at the weekend he said he was happy about it and hopes that he continues to do so so that we continue to get results.

Agreed. There has been a change in his mindset this season. In his most recent comments, he said that he was happy to contribute coming off the bench as well.

[The_Flash 1,144]

I agree let's just say "...we hope he does well, we hope they all do well.."

A bit of encouragement for the lad wouldn't go a miss

[xPetrCechx 13,563]