Demba Ba

[Ollie 4,400]

He's the long ball option. If he wasn't playing, we woulda lost the game. I remember when we were losing to Arsenal 1-0, we brought Anelka on and played him with Drogba and hammered the long balls up to Didier. They linked superbly and we won 2-1. He's the only striker we have with strength, height and the long ball game.

It's also another sign to bring back the good ol' 4-4-2. He uses it like he used Crespo with Drogba and that was wonderful too, especially against West Ham. Ba should start against Sunderland.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

He's the long ball option. If he wasn't playing, we woulda lost the game. I remember when we were losing to Arsenal 1-0, we brought Anelka on and played him with Drogba and hammered the long balls up to Didier. They linked superbly and we won 2-1. He's the only striker we have with strength, height and the long ball game.

It's also another sign to bring back the good ol' 4-4-2. He uses it like he used Crespo with Drogba and that was wonderful too, especially against West Ham. Ba should start against Sunderland.

Ah yes. The tactical genius of Avram Grant!

[manpe 10,861]

He is able to pull off some freaky finishes. You think to yourself AIRBALL!!!1 and then BAM it's in the net.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

What was the deal with the tekkers yesterday?! His first touch was to control a 50 yard long ball and just stop it on his foot, then he was making all sorts of flicks and later he had that amazing back heel to Hazard(?). It was hilarious to see he was capable of such things!

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Excellent option to keep on the bench as a plan B. Beauty (Eto'o and Torres as the silky forwards), and the Beast (Ba as the lumbering brute).

[LeonDavis23 371]

lol he said something while the camera zoomed in on him

[Styles 9,790]

Excellent option to keep on the bench as a plan B. Beauty (Eto'o and Torres as the silky forwards), and the Beast (Ba as the lumbering brute).

Torres, silky? TORRES?

[Milan 17,955]

lol he said something while the camera zoomed in on him

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Torres, silky? TORRES?

Granted he isn't a Lionel Messi, but he is an excellent dribbler of a football.

[LeonDavis23 371]

yeah thats it, do you know what he said bro?

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Ba has scored 2 goals and assisted another in 327 minutes of football - meaning that he contributes a goal every 109 minutes. But when you consider that of those 327 minutes he has only made two starts; and a number of his sub appearances have only been for around about 10-15 minutes, with very little chance of scoring in that period, those stats actually make for relatively impressive reading.

You compare that to Eto'o (4 goals, 2 assists) in 724 minutes - a ratio of contributing a goal every 121 mins; and Torres (5 goals, 2 assists) in 811 mins - a ratio of contributing a goal every 116 minutes, he is statistically, therefore, our best striker in terms of getting the ball in the back of the net.

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

Your calculations are a bit off:

Ba: every 163 minutes

Eto'o: 181 minutes.

Torres: 162 minutes.

;-)

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Your calculations are a bit off:

Ba: every 163 minutes

Eto'o: 181 minutes.

Torres: 162 minutes.

;-)

Interesting, where are those stats from? I sourced mine from UEFA.com. And I'm including assists as "contributing a goal to the team".

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

Well, I just divided the minutes by the goals...

327 divided by two is obviously not 109.

Someone at UEFA should get a calculator.

[Las7 951]

You should use transfermarket for these types of calculations since they count minutes in all competitions

There you go:

Torres - Minutes per Goal(166.4); Minutes per Goal/Assist(115)

Ba - Minutes per Goal(136); Minutes per Goal/Assist(68)

Eto'o - Minutes per Goal(203.25); Minutes per Goal/Assist(90.33)

Rooney - Minutes per Goal(143.2); Minutes per Goal/Assist(57.28)

RvP - Minutes per Goal(111); Minutes per Goal/Assist(92.5)

Kun - Minutes per Goal(80.68); Minutes per Goal/Assist(49.65)

Negredo - Minutes per Goal(91.84); Minutes per Goal/Assist(64.82)

Giroud - Minutes per Goal(174.4); Minutes per Goal/Assist(116.26)

Suarez - Minutes per Goal(89.77); Minutes per Goal/Assist(67.33)

Sturridge - Minutes per Goal(108.54); Minutes per Goal/Assist(91.84)

Lukaku - Minutes per Goal(109); Minutes per Goal/Assist(96.88)

Remy - Minutes per Goal(103); Minutes per Goal/Assist(82.5)

Basically Demba Ba is stastically our best striker but that's mainly due to how little he has played and the fact he was able to assist/score coming off the bench as a cameo. While Eto'o finishing hasn't been very good considering he has played quite a bit he was still pretty proactive overall considering the fact that he came to CFC unfit and semi retired. Torres is keeping his usual scoring rate over the last few years and thats mainly due to the weaker group we've had in the CL. Overall - all lack behind in terms of goal scoring compared to the main strikers in our rivals.