If Ba fails......

[The Skipper 20,609]

For Newcastle this season, he scored 14 goals in the league before he moved to us. We aren't using him right and he's really not being allowed to play into his form. It's quite similar to what we did with Sturridge.

[Hutcho 8,443]

For Newcastle this season, he scored 14 goals in the league before he moved to us. We aren't using him right and he's really not being allowed to play into his form. It's quite similar to what we did with Sturridge.

The curse of thinking we have to play torres as he has some divine right to start...

[zolayes 14,489]

1 Ba tries the ladyboy doesnt.

2 Ba has courage the other is a coward

3 Ba hunts for the ball Clittores hides from it

I dont think Ba is our long term striker but I would like the other twat out NOW and his pimp

[JDY 1,290]

Actualy it is about scoring goals. If he would now be at around 30/40 goals like Rvp, Cavani or Falcao are, I would be just happy.

Obviously his allround play is terrible, but his main mission is to score and he fails at it.

That's not what I was getting at. The question was if Ba fails would it change my opinion on Torres. By fails I'm assuming that means he hasn't scored enough. Even when Ba or the strikers before Torres haven't scored, they have still brought something to the team through their link up play. Torres hasn't, so it wouldn't change my opinion.

[zolayes 14,489]

not sure how many strikers I have seen over 40 years of watching Chelsea ... but Torres is THE worst because the wanker doesnt even try

[Hutcho 8,443]

1 Ba tries the ladyboy doesnt.

2 Ba has courage the other is a coward

3 Ba hunts for the ball Clittores hides from it

I dont think Ba is our long term striker but I would like the other twat out NOW and his pimp

Our long term striker's name starts with an L and ends in kaku... hopefully.

[zolayes 14,489]

Our long term striker's name starts with an L and ends in kaku... hopefully.

or ends in a Z

[Hutcho 8,443]

or ends in a Z

Provided you don't spell it torrez thats fine...

[Jase 43,479]

Despite his record of goals, Drogba wasn't exactly prolific during his team here, yet he's arguably our best striker ever (certainly ONE of the best at least!). Why? Because of his all-round play. Sure, Ba may not be prolific, especially in this awful team of ours (for the moment) which relies on the midfield for goals and is a striker's worst nightmare - but he creates the space for players like Hazard, Oscar, Mata, Lampard, Azpi etc. to have a pop at goal. He has everything. He's a threat anywhere you put him, and will almost always benefit the team - exactly the opposite of Torres.

And it would actually help if the players start to shoot more when the chance is there rather than trying to walk the ball into the net!

[zolayes 14,489]

Provided you don't spell it torrez thats fine...

[Strike 7,474]

Ba=StopGap at best. fully expect us to sign another forward in the summer. While everyone's having a wankfest over Falcao, i think Cavani is the better option. He's much cheaper and his centre-forward play, as we all know after last season, is going to be a gigantic improvement from you-know-who. if we can snag him for about 25-30mil

Strikers:Cavani ---Ba---Lukaku. now that's a good strike force

[DJames 729]

If Ba fails my opinion on Torres would not change....Ba wasn't brought for 50mil with a prolific history as a striker as Torres was for Liverpool. While Ba scoring record has been good it nor his game play is anything comparable to Torres'. If anything Ba failing would indicate that we have deeper problems such as our middle field and tactical approaches. As it stands right now anything Ba does is better than Torres and that's all fans currently see