Fernando Torres

[Special Juan 27,424]

My eyes bleed watching him. The drive and passion showed by others in comparison leaves me suicidal when I think of this useless fucking lump.

[Jase 43,479]

Am curious, if Giroud is the 'f**king lamp post' upfront according to Arsenal fans, then what is Torres..?

[Special Juan 27,424]

Am curious, if Giroud is the 'f**king lamp post' upfront according to Arsenal fans, then what is Torres..?

The lantern.

[bushman 2,043]

The lantern.

Dead as a dodo.

[Atholy 1,293]

I didn't know Nando got a new haircut?!!

Why is Moses still in that picture ?

[bababoom 4,478]

What actually happened to Torres? i mean five years ago he was the best striker in the world. I know he had so many injuries and of course you would expect him to lose a bit of pace and explosiveness, but his whole game has deteriorated. He was known for his Acceleration, movement and finishing, very similar to Owen in that regard, but when Owen lost his pace through similar injuries, he still had great movement and finishing.

[Atholy 1,293]

What actually happened to Torres? i mean five years ago he was the best striker in the world. I know he had so many injuries and of course you would expect him to lose a bit of pace and explosiveness, but his whole game has deteriorated. He was known for his Acceleration, movement and finishing, very similar to Owen in that regard, but when Owen lost his pace through similar injuries, he still had great movement an finishing.

I know, right?!

I think the answer lays 100% in confidence. It's amazing how quickly it can go... but it is what it is...

Scoring goals is off course an easy way to rate someone (no matter how good/bad he was in that game).

Now that Torres completely stopped scoring (at the rate Suarez is doing at the moment) ... people lose there patience and confidence.

Probably also the coach and his teammates. This must have gotten into his head... That's the only solution I can think off.

I surely cannot blame his work ethic... he runs his butt off in every game. Also he still has it in him to pass by defenders with an amazing ease (Hazardesque), where I know a lot of strikers will be jealous about!

He simply just stopped being productive! And if there is one thing you expect from a top striker at a top club...

[Special Juan 27,424]

You can't compare Torres to Suarez because the difference in desire from one to the other is just quite unbelievable.

[manpe 10,861]

Also he still has it in him to pass by defenders with an amazing ease (Hazardesque), where I know a lot of strikers will be jealous about!

A joke, right?

[The Skipper 20,593]

I surely cannot blame his work ethic... he runs his butt off in every game.

No, he does not. The biggest myth ever. Most of the time he looks like the laziest player on the pitch.

[Jase 43,479]

I know, right?!

I think the answer lays 100% in confidence. It's amazing how quickly it can go... but it is what it is...

Scoring goals is off course an easy way to rate someone (no matter how good/bad he was in that game).

Now that Torres completely stopped scoring (at the rate Suarez is doing at the moment) ... people lose there patience and confidence.

Probably also the coach and his teammates. This must have gotten into his head... That's the only solution I can think off.

I don't think it's confidence issue but more of a mental one. You can't possibly lose confidence and not even get it back especially after 4-5 years! It's just like he has gone completely 'dead' or AWOL on that mental strength and desire to succeed.

I surely cannot blame his work ethic... he runs his butt off in every game. Also he still has it in him to pass by defenders with an amazing ease (Hazardesque), where I know a lot of strikers will be jealous about!

Not a bad joke to set us all up for April Fool day tomorrow.....

[Special Juan 27,424]

I surely cannot blame his work ethic... he runs his butt off in every game. Also he still has it in him to pass by defenders with an amazing ease (Hazardesque), where I know a lot of strikers will be jealous about!

[bababoom 4,478]

To be fair earlier in the season he did work hard for the team, that was the only thing going for him.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

To be fair earlier in the season he did work hard for the team, that was the only thing going for him.

yeah... now, nothing.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

What actually happened to Torres? i mean five years ago he was the best striker in the world. I know he had so many injuries and of course you would expect him to lose a bit of pace and explosiveness, but his whole game has deteriorated. He was known for his Acceleration, movement and finishing, very similar to Owen in that regard, but when Owen lost his pace through similar injuries, he still had great movement and finishing.

He was never at any point in his career the best striker in the world, Drogba and Villa were both better when Torres was at his best.

I think the main issues with Torres were partly physical (losing his explosiveness) and the fact Chelsea never built a team around him and played to his strengths from the start.

[Las7 951]

This season in the League 4 out of 5 of our loses have coincided with him starting the match.

Torres is Premiership poison - I'm sure Jose regrets having Torres in the pecking order ahead of Lukaku at the start of the season. At least Romelu has balls and that decision might cost us a title. 4 goals in the League in 1350 minutes; 338 minutes per goal - when we played and lost against Stoke; Newcastle; Villa and Palace his contribution was mainly to the opposition.

[didierforever 7,349]

I didn't know Nando got a new haircut?!!

I ll bet my balls that she ll play better than torres does for us.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

He was never at any point in his career the best striker in the world, Drogba and Villa were both better when Torres was at his best.

I think the main issues with Torres were partly physical (losing his explosiveness) and the fact Chelsea never built a team around him and played to his strengths from the start.

Eto'o too. Torres was overrated as fuck. One 30+ goal season in his career and he was heralded as the best. A glorified speed merchant