Samuel Eto'o

[Tomo 21,733]

That would be me. He was terrible, it's like we have a man down.

Sounds like every CFC game for Torres bar the last two.

[Barbara 15,149]

That would be me. He was terrible, it's like we have a man down. He never looks like actually scoring, he constantly just misfired or hit the goalie, only got the 'goal' with help from the opposition. Lol.

Bad, we got him 5 years too late.

I hope he improves I always want people to do well but so far very poor.

wow, I'm actually shocked to read it because I thought he was good. I could see someone saying he was at most decent or okay or even maybe bad, but terrible and rating him 1? way too harsh

I think he did very well and I'm starting to allow myself to be slightly more positive about the prospect of our strikers this season. they are clearly progressing and showing that with a bit more of sharpness and luck they can actually deliver it. notice the reluctance - which is entitled, but I guess I'm just too happy with us finally showing what I expect this team to deliver week in and out once Mourinho's new tactics are finally settled and consolidated

[The_Flash 1,144]

i seriously dont think so. also i dont wanna get into an argument cos i am too happy.

anyways i felt he was good. should have got a goal. good movement and workrate.

I want to be positive but he was terrible if he is our only striker I am VERY WORRIED!!!

I am not going to argue you, you think that, fine I disagree that fine too. Let's just be happy we won

[The_Flash 1,144]

WE WON !!!

[Blue Armour 4,300]

Happy with BOTH Eto'o and Torres so far this season...Hopefully the latter gets fit soon and both can start firing in the goals.

(It still feels surreal thinking about it...imagine someone told you 4 seasons ago, that we would have both Eto'o and Torres as a strike-force)

[zolayes 14,489]

Happy with BOTH Eto'o and Torres so far this season...Hopefully the latter gets fit soon and both can start firing in the goals.

(It still feels surreal thinking about it...imagine someone told you 4 seasons ago, that we would have both Eto'o and Torres as a strike-force)

a few years we dreamed about having Crespo and Shevchenko

[English Freak 456]

Happy with BOTH Eto'o and Torres so far this season...Hopefully the latter gets fit soon and both can start firing in the goals.

(It still feels surreal thinking about it...imagine someone told you 4 seasons ago, that we would have both Eto'o and Torres as a strike-force)

If we had the Torres and Eto'o of 2008/2009...now that would be a nice strikeforce....but both of them are past-it..possibly on the decline.

[meetdoscar 335]

If i wasn't religious i'd say "some people talk like shit". He had a great game for me. He very effectively contributed to three goals(ramires first goal, the own goal, and the intelligent pass to willian for his assist for lampards goal), in addition he had three good shots on target and worked had linking up play where he could. If he had scored it would have been excellent but i am convinced he is definitely what we needed, Experience and class, the goals will come.

[Las7 951]

He needs to score in the EPL now, no offense to Steaua of course but they would struggle to keep themselves in the Prem playing like that.

[Azpinator 2,325]

If we had the Torres and Eto'o of 2008/2009...now that would be a nice strikeforce....but both of them are past-it..possibly on the decline.

Eto'o + Torres = Drogba

It's that simple.

[Henrique 9,133]

a few years we dreamed about having Crespo and Shevchenko

Crespo was really great in 05/06 season. Shevchenko had some brilliant moments in 06/07 season and in the beginning of 07/08 season, before he got injured. Please, dont you make them look worts than they were, like the press love to do.

[Tomo 21,733]

If Torres performed like this tonight, especially in playing a part in 3 goals, they will be floods of comments in his player profile saying he is well and truly back and what great form he is on.

[Special Juan 27,439]

I thought Eto'o was really good last night, he got at players and set up goals.

Deserves a goal for his confidence and his assists.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I agree with @The_Flash here. I thought he was bad, very bad. Way too slow and had absolutely no coherence with the team. Every time he got the ball, he took 2-3 touches before realizing he can't dribble past his marker and then gave a backward pass. Too selfish in taking shots from outside the area when he had much better options around him.

And please drop the excuses about his "involvement" in the goals. He should have scored the first but fluffed the shot, and in the second he should have been through on goal but was too slow and allowed the defender back then he should have passed because we were 3 on 2 but instead took the shot from a very difficult angle and were lucky that the defender put it in his own net. These excuses are worse than the "Torres won the corner" crap.

It's only been a month, so we should give him more time, but atm...well let's just say we need Torres back ASAP. Torres may not be anywhere near what he used to be, but if he had not got injured, he would have scored , I'm sure of it.

[Las7 951]

I agree with @The_Flash here. I thought he was bad, very bad

1 out of 10 rating, that would mean he scored 3 own goals minimum

[CHOULO19 24,332]

1 out of 10 rating, that would mean he scored 3 own goals minimum

I wasn't talking about the pointless rating, I was talking about being very bad

[Las7 951]

I wasn't talking about the pointless rating, I was talking about being very bad

I doubt he was worse than Torres, that would literally mean putting the ball in his own net on 3 occasions.

Torres last week against Tottenham lost the ball which lead to their goal and got send off - yet that performance was about as good as we've seen Torres play in a blue shirt.

[Las7 951]

Let's look at some statistics from last night since I didn't watch the game

90% successful passes

21 passes total

5 key passes

1 assist

These figures lead me to believe his passing was very effective, because he had the most key passes with the least amount of passes attempted and he mostly found his target(Torres usually has 70% passing accuracy and around the same amount of passes per match)

5 shots

3 shots on target

He wasn't particularly wasteful considering one of those shots lead to a goal apparently - Oscar had 3 shots and none on target so he holds that accolite.

34 touches

4 Dispossession

2 Turnovers

1 Successful Dribble

0 Offsides

The dispossession stat is worrying, that's what you'd expect from Torres, rest looks alright

Overall it was Steaua and I would not read too much into the performance but saying it's extremely bad is just funny. Obviously his shooting let him down but his passing was spot on - so a so/so performance. Anyhow as I've said in the past I prefer a striker who shoots often than one who doesnt.