yuvala 2,167 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I'd rather have Lukaku at the Bridge, learning his trade here and loan Eto'o out to help derail our competitor's title chances.In fact I'd love to loan Eto'o to Arsenal and let him derail their's.I'd love to have Lukaku too, but then again - he would have sat on the bench while Torres and Eto'o get playing time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Apparently Lukaku isn't good enough for us because his touch isn't good enough, his back to goal play isn't good enough, his passing isn't good enough.With his back to goal, Eto'o fails to see the Stoke player about to tackle him, fails to make the pass to a wide-open Juan Mata on the wing and leaves us wide-open to a counter-attack. Las7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelseathebest 150 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 His decision making and thinking were completely off the pace and the number of times he tried to take on players when a pass was the better option was ridiculous. Ended up losing the balls so many times and of course, one of them led Stoke's winner. Actually, this sums up his time at Chelsea. He has had some good moments, but overall he's been poor just like our other strikers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 The injuries to Torres and Eto'o really killed us. They were both doing extremely well before the injuries. And before everyone jumps on the "Eto'o is done" bandwagon, let's not forget that two weeks ago he was putting in excellent performances for us especially against Schalke where his movement was simply world-class. Although he was poor i do find it funny how his losing the ball for Stoke's goal gets picked out, when Torres lost the ball for Tottenham's goal at WHL at got punished with 117 votes for MOTM.Maybe because for the rest of that match Torres was the best player on the pitch while Eto'o was utter wank yesterday. I really respect your opinion, mate, but sometimes your obsession with Torres is way OTT! Blue Armour 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Maybe because for the rest of that match Torres was the best player on the pitch while Eto'o was utter wank yesterday. I really respect your opinion, mate, but sometimes your obsession with Torres is way OTT!It was more of a tongue in cheek comment, and really? Sturridge had a better display against WBA the season before and practically got hounded out of the club. Terry got the equalizer,kept our defense together, Mata got the assist, Lampard and Ramires dominated Spurs midfield, yet Torres who missed two guilt edged chances, the ball for this first goal and get a red get's 117 MOTM votes because he made a couple of good runs against those donkey's Dawson and Vertonghen. He played well for his standards but he was no way our best player on the pitch.The City match he was (our best player on the pitch) and he really played well and deserved the praise an MOTM votes, but the reaction to his WHL game was well, well ott, it was similar to Drogba's game against Arsenal in 2004/2005 and Sturridge against West Brom last season in the sense he played a decent game but other played better and missed a couple of glorious chances. The only difference being two of them got stick like never before and the other got praised to the hilt.I give him praise when he did play well, i did it against City, and will if he has another great single game i will do the same, it changes nothing in the grand scheme of things, i want him gone and can't wait for the day.And it's not just with Torres. Believe me i gave Turnbull, Bosingwa, Pizzaro, Huth amoungst other's just as much flak, and was more than happy when they all the departed the club. Mufassir08 and Las7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Flash 1,144 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 He is terrible he must go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! The Skipper 20,609 Posted December 9, 2013 Popular Post! Share Posted December 9, 2013 He just came back from injury and hasn't played in ages ffs. Of course he's going to be rusty. The overreaction in here is ridiculous. didi007, BleedsBlue, pHaRaOn and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 He just came back from injury and hasn't played in ages ffs. Of course he's going to be rusty. The overreaction in here is ridiculous.Was it an eye injury? He cost us that third goal because he gave the ball away at the worst possible point. What was he trying to do? Why did he not pass the ball to the right-wing to a wide-open Mata? What could returning from an injury and being rusty possibly have to do with what he did when he received the ball?I'm not having a go but let's try and be consistent when appraising our strikers be they 20 or 32.If you can explain what rustiness has to do with what happened in that single incident when he receives the ball in transition then fine. It might explain his general shit play and ineffectiveness in the rest of his game, but in that precise instance I think it's just him not being a particularly good play anymore. The_Flash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Flash 1,144 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 He just came back from injury and hasn't played in ages ffs. Of course he's going to be rusty. The overreaction in here is ridiculous.When are people going to stop using the excuse he's rusty, he is rustier than the tin man at the minute. We can't wait around for him to get better. Just admit it people his best days are over. We should never have got him. I pray we swap him for someone else in Jan. Deny it all you want, it's true, he struggles to score, oddly falls over the fall alot, gives the ball away alot, and due to that he cost us that game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyker 27 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 When are people going to stop using the excuse he's rusty, he is rustier than the tin man at the minute. We can't wait around for him to get better. Just admit it people his best days are over. We should never have got him. I pray we swap him for someone else in Jan. Deny it all you want, it's true, he struggles to score, oddly falls over the fall alot, gives the ball away alot, and due to that he cost us that game.Criticism is fine by me but making a single player scapegoat for everything for last game is silly... The_Flash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran. 6,317 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Was it an eye injury? He cost us that third goal because he gave the ball away at the worst possible point. What was he trying to do? Why did he not pass the ball to the right-wing to a wide-open Mata? What could returning from an injury and being rusty possibly have to do with what he did when he received the ball?I'm not having a go but let's try and be consistent when appraising our strikers be they 20 or 32.If you can explain what rustiness has to do with what happened in that single incident when he receives the ball in transition then fine. It might explain his general shit play and ineffectiveness in the rest of his game, but in that precise instance I think it's just him not being a particularly good play anymore.Your opinions are shit tbh, he's fucked up ONCE all year (right after an injury layoff), give him a break lmao. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 When are people going to stop using the excuse he's rusty, he is rustier than the tin man at the minute. We can't wait around for him to get better. Just admit it people his best days are over. We should never have got him. I pray we swap him for someone else in Jan. Deny it all you want, it's true, he struggles to score, oddly falls over the fall alot, gives the ball away alot, and due to that he cost us that game.If you can't understand that any player will be rusty after not playing for nearly 3 weeks (if I'm correct, might be longer) then I can't help you. Doesn't matter if it's Eto'o, I'd be saying the exact same for anyone else. didi007 and OneMoSalah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Dont know why Jose put him on, I know we needed a goal but we could all see he wasn't 100% ready to play again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Was it an eye injury? He cost us that third goal because he gave the ball away at the worst possible point. What was he trying to do? Why did he not pass the ball to the right-wing to a wide-open Mata? What could returning from an injury and being rusty possibly have to do with what he did when he received the ball?I'm not having a go but let's try and be consistent when appraising our strikers be they 20 or 32.If you can explain what rustiness has to do with what happened in that single incident when he receives the ball in transition then fine. It might explain his general shit play and ineffectiveness in the rest of his game, but in that precise instance I think it's just him not being a particularly good play anymore.I never said it wasn't his fault, he definitely gets the majority of blame for us conceding the goal, but he's been okay this season in general.My point is that it was an isolated incident that I don't think would've happened if he wasn't just coming back from injury. I would be saying the same if it was Lukaku who was in the same situation I would be saying the exact same thing. The only place to be 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushman 2,043 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Samuel got frozen in Russia never to thaw out yet. The_Flash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I never said it wasn't his fault, he definitely gets the majority of blame for us conceding the goal, but he's been okay this season in general.My point is that it was an isolated incident that I don't think would've happened if he wasn't just coming back from injury. I would be saying the same if it was Lukaku who was in the same situation I would be saying the exact same thing.Eto'o has been passable but he has two goals in the Premier League, one from Ridgewell having a brainfart and one which the ref didn't realise was against the rules of football.He is what he is - a 32 year old version of Samuel Eto'o who went into what was effectively semi-retirement. This club chose that over a hungry, unpolished diamond. That is what this club does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushman 2,043 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I just would like to add here, that unpolished diamond could have been cut into perfection, easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Flash 1,144 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 If you can't understand that any player will be rusty after not playing for nearly 3 weeks (if I'm correct, might be longer) then I can't help you. Doesn't matter if it's Eto'o, I'd be saying the exact same for anyone else.I don't remember asking for your help Skip It is my opinion, you disagree fine, but he spent too long wasting away in Russia, he is past it, sooner we admit it and find someone else the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Las7 951 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 The sad thing is that despite him being semi retired we usually look like a better side when he is playing as shown by a recent article looking at all three of our supposed "strikers" http://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2013/12/8/5188840/chelsea-fc-shot-frequency-fernando-torres-samuel-etoo-demba-ba-jose-mourinho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Flash 1,144 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 hahaha, we do not look better with Etoo for me, thats funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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