Fernando Torres

[Hd123 5]

his transexual looking head

It's one of the only positives from the entire transfer tbf (the face, not the banner)

[DDA 9,928]

It's one of the only positives from the entire transfer tbf (the face, not the banner)

If that kinda thing floats your boat then i supose it is a positive

[Hd123 5]

Players in the range of 30-50m come with the expectation of being a full package. Who knew that little poor Torres could only run onto throughballs and tap them in? Oh, he can't play with lampard, malouda is so greedy, etc. Are you seriously saying he is that limited? Because he isnt. The player I saw at Liverpool could do almost anything he wanted, at a team inferior to ours. Not too far from Ronaldo either. You treat him like he's some mediocre rotation player.

Let's just wait and support him with our best effort until the transfer window/summer. He is going to have his chance, against Wigan I reckon, and he will have to step up. Simple as that. I honestly doubt that he will leave in January either(in fact, I'm 80% confident he won't, even though that might leave us with less money should he flop further).

[Hd123 5]

If that kinda thing floats your boat then i supose it is a positive

Aye, I'm just clutching at straws. Another positive: bindippers blew 35m on Carroll.

[DJ Nevin 24]

He got Mata,he still showed shit.He cost us 50mill he should adapt OUR team,we should not adapt the team to him.

Wrong! Apart from the Arsenal game (which coincided with the demoralisation of the whole team after QPR and the Terry racism accusations) he has played well when Mata has been on the pitch with him.

Anyway it's immaterial now. He's clearly not in the manager's longterm plans.

[Paviour7 5]

Players in the range of 30-50m come with the expectation of being a full package. Who knew that little poor Torres could only run onto throughballs and tap them in? Oh, he can't play with lampard, malouda is so greedy, etc. Are you seriously saying he is that limited? Because he isnt. The player I saw at Liverpool could do almost anything he wanted, at a team inferior to ours. Not too far from Ronaldo either. You treat him like he's some mediocre rotation player.

Well at the moment he is a mediocre rotation player... Its not that I don't think Torres isn't a good player, in fact I think he's exceptional when on form, I just don't believe that he's worth 50mill even when at his best. Those price tags should be reserved for players like ronaldo, messi etc., however, due to increasing expenditure in the football world that is changing rapidly I will admit. My point is that Torres shouldn't be judged based upon his transfer fee because the fee was purely ridiculous and only occured due to Roman's stupidity. I mean, do you realistically think that any other owner, besides perhaps City's, would splash out 50 mill on Torres at the same stage that we did? What i'm saying is that we should forget about his price tag and stop thinking that because he cost 50 mill he should therefore be able to play with goalkeepers by his side... because he wasn't worth 50 mill when we bought him, he isn't worth 50 mill now, and I doubt he'll ever be worth 50 mill. Let's just hope that he recaptures his form and becomes the same player that he once was and forget about his price tag.

[Hd123 5]

Wrong! Apart from the Arsenal game (which coincided with the demoralisation of the whole team after QPR and the Terry racism accusations) he has played well when Mata has been on the pitch with him.

Anyway it's immaterial now. He's clearly not in the manager's longterm plans.

He's not starting or getting gametime because:

-Didier was gaining form

-this month/last few weeks were crucial to us, we could not afford to play a striker with mental problems

-he will likely get his chance when didi goes to acon

-Drogba helps the team far more overall

He clearly has more of a future here (but never more of a past; no one can match what DD has contributed over these years) than Drogba.

Well at the moment he is a mediocre rotation player... Its not that I don't think Torres isn't a good player, in fact I think he's exceptional when on form, I just don't believe that he's worth 50mill even when at his best. Those price tags should be reserved for players like ronaldo, messi etc., however, due to increasing expenditure in the football world that is changing rapidly I will admit. My point is that Torres shouldn't be judged based upon his transfer fee because the fee was purely ridiculous and only occured due to Roman's stupidity. I mean, do you realistically think that any other owner, besides perhaps City's, would splash out 50 mill on Torres at the same stage that we did? What i'm saying is that we should forget about his price tag and stop thinking that because he cost 50 mill he should therefore be able to play with goalkeepers by his side... because he wasn't worth 50 mill when we bought him, he isn't worth 50 mill now, and I doubt he'll ever be worth 50 mill. Let's just hope that he recaptures his form and becomes the same player that he once was and forget about his price tag.

Like I said, I don't expect him to be a 50m player. What I did expect, was roughly 30m worth of value, and right now, he's more like a 5m player on the field

[Paviour7 5]

"he's more like a 5m player on the field" - couldn't agree with you more

[francozola 2,040]

Never was going to live up to that price tag anyway. Can we think of it as 80m spent on Torres + Mata + Sturridge + Romeu? Sounds better that way.

[nono 791]

How many world class strikers can you buy for 20m pounds?

[termninja 5,290]

How many world class strikers can you buy for 20m pounds?

Throw in another 15 there and you can get Carroll :eyebrows:

[petr.breu 1,618]

I wasn’t happy, when we bought him and I wouldn’t be sad, if he left in January... He’s only a shadow of the old Torres from Liverpool and Atlético... He had had many opportunities to show he deserves to play in our team and to take such a salary... We need striker, who can winning matches (like Drogba in good form)

[Rambo 1,729]

Another story for AVB to laugh at.

[tmessy 139]

torres is staying, he is part of the future here...

cant be sold yet, the man hasnt even gotten a decent run of games, and when he does hes played very well thus far... scoring and assisting...

avb must stop with this if you dont play perfect youll be subbed and benched thing, cause thats just more added negative pressure...

just give him a decent run of games and have faith,

all us chelsea fans have to wish the man luck, i mean this is the team we love and live for, so we have to want him to come good...

[termninja 5,290]

Just wait for the next press conference and see AVB deny it and slap the media again