Demba Ba

[Strike 7,217]

If he does leave, I'll remember him for this

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

If we sell him to Russia hope we make a profit of selling him maybe we should sell him for 10 mill then invest that as part of a new striker

[edenhazard17 281]

I can see this is happening, if Cavani comes.

[nachikethas 1,149]

seriously how many people are affecting with that el goal no scorico????

players,managers...

[Ollie 4,400]

I actually think Ba was always going to leave. We need to push the boat out and at least get one MASSIVE striker. With Torres, Ba and Lukaku we don't have that lethal striker at the peak of their prime. Lukaku is still young with no experience at a top team. Ba is a good striker but not what you'd call a superstar elite striker and Torres is not what he once was. We need a top class superstar striker at the peak of their prime. The only man that suits that now is Cavani. I think we'll go all out for him now. There aren't many more options unless we go for Zlatan.

[AndersonBLUE 819]

Would be sad to see him leave... I really rate him still.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

He just signed 6 months ago and still has 3 years on his contract. Why would he leave now?

[Ollie 4,400]

Not his choice. He's obviously not in Jose's plans. Things change with new managers. Can play with Eto'o (if he's still these).

[robsblubot 3,502]

He just signed 6 months ago and still has 3 years on his contract. Why would he leave now?

because he won't be playing much, especially if we sign a better striker, which is very likely. Even if we don't though, Lukaku needs matches and has the potential to be a hell lot better than Ba.

He may well choose confort and not move, but I doubt he will be happy not playing. He just isn't good enough for Chelsea and I thought buying him was a mistake back then. Could have gotten a younger player, perhaps even on loan.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

because he won't be playing much, especially if we sign a better striker, which is very likely. Even if we don't though, Lukaku needs matches and has the potential to be a hell lot better than Ba.

He may well choose confort and not move, but I doubt he will be happy not playing. He just isn't good enough for Chelsea and I thought buying him was a mistake back then. Could have gotten a younger player, perhaps even on loan.

Lukaku and Torres have a similar playing style. They both like to play on the counter and run at defenders. Ba on the other hand is our only target man and our best striker at hold up play. He gives Jose a different tactical option. I think he will get playing time, especially against weaker teams that park the bus.

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Anzhi have denied any interest. Or, it could be just us saying fuck off now since Cavani isn't happening. Either way, looks like he's staying. Nothing wrong with it as he's a cheap backup anyways.

[robsblubot 3,502]

Lukaku and Torres have a similar playing style. They both like to play on the counter and run at defenders. Ba on the other hand is our only target man and our best striker at hold up play. He gives Jose a different tactical option. I think he will get playing time, especially against weaker teams that park the bus.

Disagree. Ba is a mediocre player with little mobility and poor technique. Yes, he can play target man, but that's a striker for smaller sides. Andy Carroll can do that too.

I just don't see us winning anything by starting a player like Demba Ba in many matches.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Disagree. Ba is a mediocre player with little mobility and poor technique. Yes, he can play target man, but that's a striker for smaller sides. Andy Carroll can do that too.

I just don't see us winning anything by starting a player like Demba Ba in many matches.

But you see us winning by starting Torres and Lukaku?! Ba is by no means world-class, but mediocre is extremely harsh. He is a prolific goal scorer. We won a lot of games with him starting last season include knocking the eventual champions out of the FA cup.

[DONI. 1,291]

I would keep him for another season,to see what he can do under Mourihno.

[robsblubot 3,502]

But you see us winning by starting Torres and Lukaku?! Ba is by no means world-class, but mediocre is extremely harsh. He is a prolific goal scorer. We won a lot of games with him starting last season include knocking the eventual champions out of the FA cup.

good point, but we know we are stuck with Torres. And TBH Torres has better technique, even though not as good as goal scorer (as Ba). Yes, we did win a few matches with Ba, until he stopped scoring, in which case his contribution to the team is worse than Torres'.

Lukaku is too good a prospect not to give him games. So, Ba is going to go because we can sell him and we need to sell one of the two 'not good enough' strikers we've got.

[Jusek 2,031]

Ba is a perfect second/third striker option.

[Jase 43,479]

good point, but we know we are stuck with Torres. And TBH Torres has better technique, even though not as good as goal scorer (as Ba). Yes, we did win a few matches with Ba, until he stopped scoring, in which case his contribution to the team is worse than Torres'.

Lukaku is too good a prospect not to give him games. So, Ba is going to go because we can sell him and we need to sell one of the two 'not good enough' strikers we've got.

How so? When Ba isn't scoring the goals, he still gave just that little bit more than Torres to the team. He still make threatening runs in and around the opposition's defence and offer better off the ball movements (think how he got into positions to score but just didn't). And not to mention, his hold up play is so much better than Torres's in helping us keep the ball, win free kicks and bring others into play. With Torres, he's like a statue upfront who doesn't move and more often than not, get bullied off the ball far too easily.

Too easy for people to completely missed these aspects just because Ba hasn't scored a lot. It's just like how people are wanking over Torres because he scored a few goals past average to poor oppositions in the Europa League and Confederations Cup when in actual fact, his performances have hardly even been average to say the least. His goals has masked his poor performances such as when he did play in the Premier League against better oppositions, he hardly ever looked like scoring and of course, he went 4 1/2 months before knocking one past an opposition!

[different level 1,056]

Truth is Ba is at the bottom of the pecking order of our strikers atm, therefore it's not really a surprise Jose is looking to sale him, should we buy another forward. Lukaku did a fantastic job in WBA to deserve his place in our squad for this season, while Torres is kinda untouchable with his wages, which I doubt we'll find a team that is willing/have the ability to match them.