Fernando Torres

[Strike 6,978]

Put it this way, if Eto'o or Ba performed like he did yesterday, there wouldn't be many going on about how 'hard' the supposedly worked.

think we're past the point where we expect output from Torres. Most of the posts on here reek of sympathy now

[Styles 9,790]

Put it this way, if Eto'o or Ba performed like he did yesterday, there wouldn't be many going on about how 'hard' the supposedly worked.

This, this, this, this, this!

And to make it worse, Torres is the one that cost 50m yet he has less demanded of him for some reason. He just needs to turn up and people will be falling over themselves telling you 'how hard he worked'. Ba does the same and he's a donkey who isn't Chelsea material. You couldn't make it up.

[hjperdeath 2,226]

The meltdown even after a rare decent performance.

[der Kaiser 77]

Dear Santa, all I want is that Fernando finally starts to scoring again!

[sutro 1,026]

Dear Santa, all I want is that Fernando finally starts to scoring again!

There's a bigger chance on world wide peace ....

[different level 1,056]

If you want him to justify his price tag that's not going to happen, but he can still be a useful member of the squad. He's our best striker atm, but that doesn't say much as all three of them are lacking goals.

[Tomo 21,684]

This, this, this, this, this!

And to make it worse, Torres is the one that cost 50m yet he has less demanded of him for some reason. He just needs to turn up and people will be falling over themselves telling you 'how hard he worked'. Ba does the same and he's a donkey who isn't Chelsea material. You couldn't make it up.

What's worse is that Torres on a lazy day makes Berbatov look like all action, energetic high presser.

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

This, this, this, this, this!

And to make it worse, Torres is the one that cost 50m yet he has less demanded of him for some reason. He just needs to turn up and people will be falling over themselves telling you 'how hard he worked'. Ba does the same and he's a donkey who isn't Chelsea material. You couldn't make it up.

People are desperate to find something good in his performances... After three years the denial is still there.

[YouNameIt 1,511]

If you want him to justify his price tag that's not going to happen, but he can still be a useful member of the squad. He's our best striker atm, but that doesn't say much as all three of them are lacking goals.

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We need to get rid of this cancer from the club. Im sick and fucking tired of him and all the excuses "well he worked hard".

I fucking hope we sell him in january or at least in the summer.. anything else is a disaster.

[Tomo 21,684]

People are desperate to find something good in his performances... After three years the denial is still there.

Hilarious isn't it, i remember against Newcastle he had no chances, and all i heard was "he worked hard" and even more laughably "he scored the winner against City, so surely we can forgive him this one", Eto'o came on and found himself having 2 chances, yes he missed them both but that alone was better than anything Torres done all game, and he apparently was and we should have kept Torres on

Its laughable the favoritism treatment he gets, it use to wind me up but now i just laugh at it. Tottenham fans do exactly the same with Soldado in the fact they make excuse after excuse for his poor performances while bashing Defoe for any little thing but is Soldado does the same thing it's a good sign

[The_Flash 1,144]

Come on I am sure EVEN Fernando would have got those Etoo epic misses...

[The Skipper 20,593]

Come on I am sure EVEN Fernando would have got those Etoo epic misses...

He wouldn't even be in the position to score them.

[The_Flash 1,144]

Yes he would come on give him that so often he is in that position but like Etoo cant find the net. I really think even he would have got those. We wouldnt have beat City last time without him being in that position.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

He wouldn't even be in the position to score them.

So let's stick with close-the-keeper-down-but-I-can-do-fuck-all-else Samuel Eto'o then?

[The Skipper 20,593]

So let's stick with close-the-keeper-down-but-I-can-do-fuck-all-else Samuel Eto'o then?

That's harsh. His finishing was atrocious but everything else in his game was decent.

[The only place to be 11,313]

That's harsh. His finishing was atrocious but everything else in his game was decent.

He's a striker. Even some of his passes were wayward.

We bought a striker out of semi-retirement at the age of 32 and he's not that good anymore. Why is anyone surprised? It's not his fault.

The problem is that we loaned out a hungry young striker a couple of days later. Eto'o isn't the problem, but he's a symptom of the problem.

[The Skipper 20,593]

He's a striker. Even some of his passes were wayward.

We bought a striker out of semi-retirement at the age of 32 and he's not that good anymore. Why is anyone surprised? It's not his fault.

The problem is that we loaned out a hungry young striker a couple of days later. Eto'o isn't the problem, but he's a symptom of the problem.

Yeah, I agree with all you've said but I was saying to @Alex that what he said is harsh because the other aspects of his game apart from finishing (which is still one of the most important parts of a striker's game obviously) were okay so it's harsh to say that he can't do anything else.

And off-topic regarding Lukaku but Romelu has recently reinforced that it was him that wanted the loan move and that he asked Mourinho. Granted Jose could've stopped the move but I don't think anyone could've imagined our striker situation to be this dire. That's another discussion for another day though.

[Blue Warrior 109]

At the moment Etoo makes Torrres looks good.