Demba Ba

[Jase 43,479]

Deary me, what's with him getting caught offside today?! Think it happened like 5 times and he's trying to rival Benteke's offside rubbishness last season!

  On 21/08/2013 at 21:32, zolayes said:

Lukaku much better already than BA

And Torres!

[Tomo 21,741]

After Torres on sunday their was a defence team on his thread, i wonder if we will get the same here

[zolayes 14,489]

for me Lukaku deserves to get a starting chance, he has an AWFUL first touch which often end in their net

[Las7 951]

Tonight was a big chance to show Jose that he has his place in the squad - I think he blew it, doubt he would get many more stats unless he scores a goal or two as a sub.

His place will be in serious doubt if we sign another striker.

I do feel he does need a run in the team before being written off - but he needed to score a goal tonight to be given such a run.

Anyhow Lukaku is clearly our best striker so I hope he starts against United. I hope he can tear them to shreds. Only player up top which unsettles opposition defenders and is able to get into shooting positions often.

[Gilvorak 3,734]

Torres can't get into goalscoring positions anymore it seems but at least his general play is miles better.

Lukaku seems like the best option at the moment.

[Mouri_Matic 560]

And people wonder why everyone don't give him a chance... This is as big a chance as he was ever likely to get and he blew it up. Same old same old from last season, Torres and Ba have CHANGED NOTHING since Mou returned. Lukaku needs to start against MU next Monday.

[francozola 2,040]

Big big chance for him today but he was absolutely woeful. Can't see Jose giving him many more opportunities, especially since Lukaku did well.

[termninja 5,290]

I am disappointed with both Ba and some members here.

I expected more from Ba, he actually used to be very dangerous once... Bad day, bad game for him...

And I'm disappointed with some members because Torres takes 2 years with kajillion of played matches to make some people realize he is actually shit, while Ba only gets 1/100 of the credit Torres had...

[Special Juan 27,615]

Ba is a passenger, no other words. Striker in and him out please.

[Mouri_Matic 560]

  On 22/08/2013 at 06:41, Sh0n3x said:

I am disappointed with both Ba and some members here.

I expected more from Ba, he actually used to be very dangerous once... Bad day, bad game for him...

And I'm disappointed with some members because Torres takes 2 years with kajillion of played matches to make some people realize he is actually shit, while Ba only gets 1/100 of the credit Torres had...

If you bought a brand new Iphone and even though you don't like it you are not going to throw it away and buy a new one because it costs quite a bit. On the other hand, if you buy a pre owned nokia for £20 and doesn't like it, you will just throw it away anytime you like. Same situation here, Torres was given more chance because of his price tag and the fan's desperation to see him success. You buy a new Mac running IOS but don't know how to use it, of course you are going to hope that you will eventually master it like you used to with Window, because it is damn expensive.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Woeful performance. He must have broken the offside record. But let's be fair a bit here. It was an incredibly difficult game for a lone striker to play in. He was always isolated with 5-6 Villa players around him. Our midfield and AMs created absolutely NOTHING for him. His performance can't be compared to Lukaku because we scored shortly after the Belgian came on and Villa then pushed forward to get an equalizer leaving spaces behind them while Ba did not have any spaces when he was on.

[yuvala 2,167]

  On 22/08/2013 at 09:59, CHOULO19 said:

Woeful performance. He must have broken the offside record. But let's be fair a bit here. It was an incredibly difficult game for a lone striker to play in. He was always isolated with 5-6 Villa players around him. Our midfield and AMs created absolutely NOTHING for him. His performance can't be compared to Lukaku because we scored shortly after the Belgian came on and Villa then pushed forward to get an equalizer leaving spaces behind them while Ba did not have any spaces when he was on.

This is always difficult.. on the one hand you know that our strikers are isolated and that it's hard for them to get opportunities, but on the other hand you want them to score and be able to create something even when its difficult, because that's what a world-class strikers do.

I mean we could have said the same about Torres and Hull.

[Special Juan 27,615]

I think playing two different strikers in two games tells you all you need to know about how unsure Jose is about what he's seen already. If we had an out and out top class striker you wouldn't of seen a change in that position like we have in the last two games, unless an injury occurs.

People are calling for Lukaku because of how short of quality our other two are. He hasn't played so it's more like 'he can't be any worse' he probably can't but what if he is? We aren't on easy street here, and it's why we need a top class forward like Rooney.

Lukaku is still raw, and he deserves his chance but I am not one to pin my hopes on him flying out of the blocks.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

  On 22/08/2013 at 11:05, yuvala said:

This is always difficult.. on the one hand you know that our strikers are isolated and that it's hard for them to get opportunities, but on the other hand you want them to score and be able to create something even when its difficult, because that's what a world-class strikers do.

I mean we could have said the same about Torres and Hull.

I think Torres was much better against Hull than Ba was yesterday. His movement is miles ahead. I think Fernando is our first choice ST at the moment and I fully expect him to start against Manu.

[Blue Armour 4,368]

  On 22/08/2013 at 11:13, CHOULO19 said:

I think Torres was much better against Hull than Ba was yesterday. His movement is miles ahead. I think Fernando is our first choice ST at the moment and I fully expect him to start against Manu.

I expect him to start as well, and I don't mind as long as he can link up with the 3 behind him like he did on Sunday. Lukaku can be the impact sub like he was against them on SAF's last game in charge.

[edenhazard17 281]

  On 21/08/2013 at 09:35, CHOULO19 said:

A lot of assumptions in there that may not be true.

Time will tell

I made that conclusion, simply because I can't see we would sell Torres or Lukaku. Ba will might be sold or loaned.

[xPetrCechx 13,565]

Demba Ba appears the most likely to be sold #CFC (Guardian).

[xPetrCechx 13,565]

The Tipster: Roma worth a flutter to be Chelsea striker Demba Ba’s next club

http://metro.co.uk/2013/08/22/the-tipster-roma-worth-a-flutter-to-be-chelsea-striker-demba-bas-next-club-3934750/