Samuel Eto'o

[bushman 2,043]

Unless a new medicine is being invented which allows human to get younger by 5-10 years

For Samuel, perhaps Viagra may help. Money he made plenty, he goes back home now, & line up some hot moms. Bingo, party all around.

[Hamon 103]

Fair enough but if you look at their dispossession rate against mid-table opposition, Torres still losses possession more often than Eto'o. Against West Ham & West Brom, Eto'o was dispossessed 3 times each, while Torres was dispossessed 6 times against Southampton & 4 times against Sunderland.

You know, I'm not arguing that it was the right decision to bring Eto'o here and loan out Lukaku. Before he put pen to paper, I came out and questioned how big of an impact a 32 yr striker who has spent the past two years playing in the Russian league can make. But what I think is truly disgraceful is not so much his signing but this blatant unearned & underserved favouritism that Torres is getting and has been receiving despite serial poor performances. That's what's disgraceful. This is the same Torres who for long periods of time has looked like he couldn't give a rat's ass, but yet he's continuously afforded with allowances and showered with empathy by our supporters. This guy has been at the club for 2 years or so, has made 95 appearances, 149 in total and I count the number of good performances that he's put in for us on my two hands. That's what disgraceful.

Whether the expectations are low for Eto'o or not, the man has come here with a better attitude than Torres showed for large parts of last season and even this season, has displayed commitment on the pitch, has worked for the team to the point that he routinely hassles goalkeepers, hasn't been anonymous for any length of time, hasn't let his head drop whenever he misses big chances and has chipped in with a handful of goals while still adapting to a new environment and a new team. It's completely unfair how he's being singled out on here.

Couldn't agree more with you.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Whether the expectations are low for Eto'o or not, the man has come here with a better attitude than Torres showed for large parts of last season and even this season, has displayed commitment on the pitch, has worked for the team to the point that he routinely hassles goalkeepers, hasn't been anonymous for any length of time, hasn't let his head drop whenever he misses big chances and has chipped in with a handful of goals while still adapting to a new environment and a new team. It's completely unfair how he's being singled out on here.

I actually like his workrate. Against West Brom he sprinted back in the 89th minute (ish) to help defend a counter-attack....but that's been the high point of his time here. I don't blame him because he's 32 and chased a cheque all the way to some Russian shithole so is out of practice but his signing sums up everything that went wrong at this club over the last decade.

He's reminiscent of the George Weah signing, but not as good.

[Mouri_Matic 560]

Would be funny after all this shit he gets to start against Liverpool because Torres got mental issue and Ba is even worse, show how far our strikers have fallen.

[haranr 485]

That must be a joke, HE DID HAVE IT....its long gone..

If you say so.

[Special Juan 27,424]

Would be funny after all this shit he gets to start against Liverpool because Torres got mental issue and Ba is even worse, show how far our strikers have fallen.

I have given up all hope on any of our strikers now, it really is an area of our team that I have lost all hope with.

I'm quite tempted to email the club and put in a word for my 7 year old boy.

[Mouri_Matic 560]

I have given up all hope on any of our strikers now, it really is an area of our team that I have lost all hope with.

I'm quite tempted to email the club and put in a word for my 7 year old boy.

Please actually do and post the email here, would be quite hilarious hehe

[Sidzeret 2,257]

Shit has hit the fan in the striker situation. Quite depressing.

Either we give Eto'o or Torres a consistent run in the side, for, say 3-5 games or try Schurrle there. Like Carra said, we do tend to play like a 10 man side. Strikers seem to have their shooting boots missing every single time.

[Yeboii 1,844]

Shit has hit the fan in the striker situation. Quite depressing.

Either we give Eto'o or Torres a consistent run in the side, for, say 3-5 games or try Schurrle there. Like Carra said, we do tend to play like a 10 man side. Strikers seem to have their shooting boots missing every single time.

Or give Ba a consistent run?

[Sidzeret 2,257]

Or give Ba a consistent run?

Not good enough for Chelsea as far as I know.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Not good enough for Chelsea as far as I know.

Ba's Problems- falls on his feet, slow turn, poor finisher, poor ball control,

Torres problems- goes on a run of bad games too often, poor finisher, poor ball control, loses the ball with poor passing, disappears in long periods in a match, poor movement.

Eto's problems- Short, slow, poor finisher.

Eto has the fewest problems i complain about among our 3 strikers. What if he has a run of games? will his finishing kick in?

[Jype 6,398]

Not good enough for Chelsea as far as I know.

And the other two clowns are, is that what you're implying?

This farce has gone on long enough. Either get a new top striker in January or choose one of the current three to be the number one striker and allow him to at least try picking up good form when given a consistent run of games. I really don't care which of them gets the bigger slice of the pie because they're all shit anyway but it's pointless to keep tinkering around with the three strikers like Mourinho's done so far this season.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Ba's Problems- falls on his feet, slow turn, poor finisher, poor ball control,

I disagree. Ba's a much better finisher than people give him credit for, he actually deserves a run of games!

[Tomo 21,733]

I would start Eto'o tommorow, Mingolet's distribution is crap, i actually reckon we can get a bit of joy if Eto'o does his famous press/harass the keeper.

[Sidzeret 2,257]

Ba's Problems- falls on his feet, slow turn, poor finisher, poor ball control,

Torres problems- goes on a run of bad games too often, poor finisher, poor ball control, loses the ball with poor passing, disappears in long periods in a match, poor movement.

Eto's problems- Short, slow, poor finisher.

Eto has the fewest problems i complain about among our 3 strikers. What if he has a run of games? will his finishing kick in?

I think the finishing part kicks in when you have confidence in you and the good run of games will do just that.

[Sidzeret 2,257]

And the other two clowns are, is that what you're implying?

This farce has gone on long enough. Either get a new top striker in January or choose one of the current three to be the number one striker and allow him to at least try picking up good form when given a consistent run of games. I really don't care which of them gets the bigger slice of the pie because they're all shit anyway but it's pointless to keep tinkering around with the three strikers like Mourinho's done so far this season.

If you have been reading my earlier post in this thread, I was saying exactly that- choose the striker that fits the play and give him some consistent time. The choice come to either Torres or Eto'o. Throwing Ba in that mix is only going to complicate that. He should be the sub coming on every game at 70-80 when Jose had enough with the other 2 clowns.

[Jype 6,398]

If you have been reading my earlier post in this thread, I was saying exactly that- choose the striker that fits the play and give him some consistent time. The choice come to either Torres or Eto'o. Throwing Ba in that mix is only going to complicate that. He should be the sub coming on every game at 70-80 when Jose had enough with the other 2 clowns.

My bad, I should have read the last page too.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

I disagree. Ba's a much better finisher than people give him credit for, he actually deserves a run of games!

All our strikers are equal when it comes to finishing in my opinion. But eto seems to get a lot of chances anytime he plays which means his movement is better than the others. I think finishing gets better after a run of games, so eto should be the one to get this chance.