Fernando Torres

[Jase 43,479]

Not sure if it's that black and white. Probably important to keep in mind that against Cardiff and Newcastle he wasn't allowed as much space as he had against Schalke. I don't think Torres is at all effective in games where the opposition plays with a low block. Eto'o is more ideal for those kind of games.

On another note, Torres and Schurrle should be played together more often, particularly in big games. They've combined to create some really good goals and also decent chances.

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Just regarding that Torres wasn't allowed much space against Newcastle, yes while that maybe true, I don't really buy into it as an excuse or reason for his non-performance then. The City game is an example. He didn't just stick himself between the 2 CBs and instead, was causing havoc by dropping deep and running at defenders, moving out wide where he gets more time and space and was doing the damage from there. But yet against Newcastle, we saw none of that and he was sticking himself against the 2 CBs making it all too easy for his threat (or non-existent threat) to be neutralized and made redundant.

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@chelseafc: Jose says Fernando Torres is not quite ready to face West Ham, but Ashley Cole 'is selected'. #CFC

[The_Flash 1,144]

Gutted Fernando can't play

[Gil 28]

Bad luck Torres.

[Stingray 9,441]

Ow well ....

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[Kish9 50]

Guess we shall be seeing him midweek

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

Wouldn't have been a good idea to rush him back into a game against a physical team like West Ham whose CBs would probably kick the shit out of him.. needs to get back to full fitness, with his injury past no point rushing him, thats ultimately why he ended up so fucked in the first place.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Imagine the diffrence if we bought Aguero instead of Torres back then...

[Tomo 21,733]

Imagine the diffrence if we bought Aguero instead of Torres back then...

Which made it all the more funny when i kept seeing "PL proven" as a reason we should have signed Rooney ahead of Cavani if given the choice.

[Gilvorak 3,734]

Imagine the diffrence if we bought Aguero instead of Torres back then...

Imagine the difference if we had bought Ronaldo from Cruziero 20 years ago instead of Mark Stein.

[Las7 951]

I'd rather imagine we never signed Torres in the first place - a strike force of Kalou and Anelka would have been more productive over the last 3 years.

[Gilvorak 3,734]

Jesus, I thought the performance against City bought him some time but the knives are out already after playing while injured against Newcastle.

[Starman60 1,343]

Hope that Nando gets a game tomorrow night. Just when he starts to show form he gets injured. Give the guy a chance and I really think that under Mourinho he will score for us. He has been unlucky with injuries and a dodgy red card.

I agree with what has been said here, that he was rubbish against Newcastle. But come on guys, he wasn't alone there now was he? 10 others were rubbish too so give the guy a break. I really like the guy.

[Las7 951]

Jesus, I thought the performance against City bought him some time but the knives are out already after playing while injured against Newcastle.

Unless you haven't noticed he has been at the club for nearly 3 years.

In order for Torres to buy himself some time he might want to score double digits of league goals in our remaining fixtures this season - something he seems to find hard to do even when playing the majority of our matches and that a lot of other strikers in the League are able to achieve by Christmas.

[Tomo 21,733]

Jesus, I thought the performance against City bought him some time but the knives are out already after playing while injured against Newcastle.

He had a great game against City, but is a couple of good game enough to forget the last two and half years? did you defend Kalou so much when he had a great game at Anfield?

[DDA 9,690]

How long is Nandos out for?

[Sidzeret 2,257]

How long is Nandos out for?

travelled to Basel with the team. i reckon he'll start against Southampton.

[Gilvorak 3,734]

Unless you haven't noticed he has been at the club for nearly 3 years.

In order for Torres to buy himself some time he might want to score double digits of league goals in our remaining fixtures this season - something he seems to find hard to do even when playing the majority of our matches and that a lot of other strikers in the League are able to achieve by Christmas.

He had a great game against City, but is a couple of good game enough to forget the last two and half years? did you defend Kalou so much when he had a great game at Anfield?

Not going to bother reading your posts. Yawn.