Fernando Torres

[Blue Armour 4,278]

Meanwhile torres is back in training.

Good. squad strength will be important in the coming weeks.

[The_Flash 1,144]

I was just watching Blues News. You see Fernando and Branislav coming out to training together. All I could think was that Torres was saying "...great goal, can you show me how to do it?..."

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Torres doesnt present danger anymore. That is biggest problem. Costa might be cunt but at least he fights for the team. Torres gets bullied by every defender in PL and cant put it home in most chances. He is decent, not bad at all, but thats it. But he was never worth 50mio.

The worst is that he clearly doesnt cut it here and he still doesnt want to leave. Ambitious players would go in different club and maybe regain their form, but Torres sticks here because of good contract and fear that he wont win anything elsewhere.

[Strike 7,217]

he's back in training? good news. hectic schedule this month

[Shane 2,275]

Torres should retire with Chelsea.

Yes, If he retires at the end of the season.

[thekid9 418]

I think Matic has put in more effort in two games than he has in his whole time here.

Torres won the corner that kept us in the Final ! also got us to the Europa Final single handily ! and opened the scoring in the final...not to mention the goal against Barca , and the winner against city this year ...etc. But nah he doesn't try.

Get a life , and support the players that are playing for your team!

[The Skipper 20,593]

Probably a generalisation but why are most American CFC fans in love with Torres?

[iseah100 5,612]

Probably a generalisation but why are most American CFC fans in love with Torres?

HEY! I'm not IN LOVE with Torres, but i like his dedication and effort.

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

Torres, dedication and effort.

Lawl

[iseah100 5,612]

Torres, dedication and effort.

Lawl

Why is that funny? You don't know what he does in training. Unless you can otherwise prove he's a lazy ass or works less than everyone else, please refrain from using stupid jargon.

[didierforever 7,349]

HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED!!!

From minute 1 I was against this deal to even happen. Always had my reservation against him and the rumors that we would be breaking all transfer records just always made it a no-no for me.

But at that point of time, if u even expressed a doubt over torres, u generally would have got 50 notifocations in the next 5 minutes, 49 of them would be death threats and the other one would be calling u "a fucking plastic".

Even in 11-12, I remember how much ridicule I had to face when the great AVB started him over DD and I used to be shouting at the top of my voice.

But like I said, how much things have changed. The staunchest of torres supporters ( and I remenber a lot of them) have changed sides. But the point is can u blame them? Uptil last year, torres' performance showed his exact sentiment towards the club. He simply dint give a shit. Determination and effort my ass, he dint show the basic passion that u would associate with a player.

As for his contribution, only on this forum would u get an argument as silly as he won the corner which led to the goal when said to list out torres' accomplishments. He scored the goal against barca when he should have been defending his ass off. Instead he loses the ball twice ( one of those led to meireles sacrificing himself for the team and taking a yellow) and in the other one it LUCKILY ended as a goal. Goals against city and arsenal, well, after more than 3 years in a team and in a league which boasts of 6-7 big teams, when u can count a strikers important goals on your fingers, then u can guess what a flop he has been.

Anyways, coming back to this season, it has been a new torres. One who has worked hard, has had poor moments (missing a sitter against city) but also has had some good moments (like setting up our first goal moments later in the same city match and also scoring the goal towards the end as well as hitting the post).

There is no denying that it has been an improved torres that has played for us this season (like there could have been anything worse than what he was last season). But there is also no denying the fact that for someone who earns 175kpw and is supposed to be our no.1 striker, he simply is not good enough. He needs a new start as much as we need a new start from him. Simply put, he should not be in our squad for the next season.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Why is that funny? You don't know what he does in training. Unless you can otherwise prove he's a lazy ass or works less than everyone else, please refrain from using stupid jargon.

I agree with you, but there seems to be some myth on here that Torres doesn't put effort in! Mourinho said himself we dont have strikers who score every week but our strikers work so hard for the team! we defend from the front and our strikers have done a great job at pressing from the front all season. When you hear the likes of Terry, Mata and Lampard speak about Torres they always mention how hard he works for the team, its actually very surprising how people on here cant see this! Its no surprise his pace and acceleration improved a lot last season, when Rafa came in, that never happened overnight, he worked his socks off to improve that side of his game, but yeah I guess Torres puts no effort in.

[Special Juan 27,424]

Torres won the corner that kept us in the Final ! also got us to the Europa Final single handily ! and opened the scoring in the final...not to mention the goal against Barca , and the winner against city this year ...etc. But nah he doesn't try.

Get a life , and support the players that are playing for your team!

On the flip side their his highlights, and while your throwing around things like get a life I suggest you pull your head from Torres's anus because you seem so far up it you cannot see how shit he's been.

But I'm pissing into the wind arguing with a Torres fan boy, that's exactly what you are. Your pretty little Torres can't do no wrong, well I have some news for you and this might hurt......He's fucking shite.

[Special Juan 27,424]

HEY! I'm not IN LOVE with Torres, but i like his dedication and effort.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Why is that funny? You don't know what he does in training. Unless you can otherwise prove he's a lazy ass or works less than everyone else, please refrain from using stupid jargon.

But surely you can't know what he does in training either so the reasons you love him are completely based on what you want and not what is.

Not arguing for or against Torres's work ethic, just against the poor logic you're using to prove it.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

But surely you can't know what he does in training either so the reasons you love him are completely based on what you want and not what is.

Not arguing for or against Torres's work ethic, just against the poor logic you're using to prove it.

but when you hear his team-mates and manager speak about how hard he works, i think it gives you a better idea of how he is in training! Also you could see his hardwork paying off last season, when his pace and acceleration dramatically improved.

[didierforever 7,349]

So what exactly are the managers and players supposed to say? " oh he is a piece of shit who does nothing but keep cribbing abou his pool days!!!!"

Also its not as if the media ever get off his back. So the question of what torrea does in training will arise when he is not scoring on the pitch!!!! And the players and managers will back their own player who they know is anyways lacking confidence.

!! Torres was abysmal last seaso. I think he dint have a league goal fron december to the final day od the season!!! His only saving grace was europa. Well, probably good enough for that competitions and those teams.

The only reason for his improvement looks like JOSE!!!

[CHOULO19 24,332]

but when you hear his team-mates and manager speak about how hard he works, i think it gives you a better idea of how he is in training! Also you could see his hardwork paying off last season, when his pace and acceleration dramatically improved.

Torres was going through a very rough period, he was playing very badly. It was only normal for his manager and teammates praise his "effort" and "training" in those situations to defend him from the (probably rightful) criticism.

He's a professional footballer, on a whole lot of money. It is not something out of the ordinary (or worth praise, imo) for him to work in training and try to improve his weaknesses. That is the least you should expect of him or any other player in our team.