Samuel Eto'o

[Toli 977]

yeah would be alright if Torres+Ba are going. I cant see Torres leaving though by any means.

[YouNameIt 1,511]

yeah would be alright if Torres+Ba are going. I cant see Torres leaving though by any means.

You're not thinking far enough then. If Chelsea are indeed interested and want to sign Costa, there might be some kind of swap-deal including Torres.

[Hamon 103]

It would if Torres and Ba go.

Apparently Eto'o has been passing his experience onto Hazard (see his thread couple off days back) if he can do the same for Lukaku then that can only be good.

Costa, Lukaku and Eto'o would offer us a real balance up front, one in his prime, one young and upcoming and one who's been around the block and won everything.

Agreed.

From the Hazard-Eto'o situation you can see why Eto'o has been Samuel Eto'o for so many years: it's the mentality (besides the obvious and bright skills, of course).

Eto'o has a winner mentality, a great charisma and he is basically Mourinho on a football pitch (that's why they get along so well and that's also the main reason Inter won the Treble: the "Mourinho + Eto'o" factor); I remember watching him in Inter Milan: what he's doing with Hazard he did there as well, especially with young lads (go ask Coutinho, Biabiany or Obi about that).

In Inter, he used to always talk with his teammates, he was positive, always with the smile on the football pitch, and I've never seen him blame or accuse a teammate, not once; obviously, at the time he was still near his prime so he himself banged 40 goals per season, now he can't do that anymore, but I'm still positive that, as you said, an eventual up front made by Costa, Lukaku and Eto'o would be great for Chelsea (and also for Lukaku, who can learn so many things from Samuel).

[Jase 43,479]

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Is it just me or does he look a bit like Jamie Foxx?

[Hostedenis 556]

Is it just me or does he look a bit like Jamie Foxx?

Looks like Zorro to me

[Joshybizzle 109]

People probably aren't going to like this but i genuinely think his hat trick against Man United was a fluke, i mean just look at the goals, he got in the right positions no question about that and a lot of football can come down to luck and i think it was just his day.

Fairly decent stop gap (other than missing a couple of sitters as is the Chelsea strikers job the last few seasons it would seem) but i wouldn't keep him around for another season even if we do move on Torres and Ba, i think our whole striking department needs to be re-worked be it through promoting youth players or buying in big names/bright talents

[The_Flash 1,144]

I am betting on him today, pease Samuel put in the Duracell's and throw away the pound shop batteries

[Svita 10 186]

Sam shouldn´t start today, i think. Because he likes big big games, so let´s him play at Monday. He will not have motivation today. Ba is right option for me, he didn´t play for long time, playing against his former club and has stronger in the air than Eto´o

[Excalibur KTBFFH 109]

Eto'o deserves more credit than he actually gets. People are quick to bash our strikers for not being good enough, but the fact still remains that Eto'o has 6 goals in 9 starts in the PL and 8 goals in 16 games (7 from the bench). That's impressive for a non-English speaking, 32 year old in his first season in Engish football. It's not his fault that he is usually painted with the same brush of mediocrity that Torres rightfully is.

And when Eto'o has an average performance, it's just that, an average performance. None of those disappearing, anonymous, Houdini acts of Mr Torres, where he doesn't get involved and contributes next to fuck all.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Yeah he misses some sitters but overall he is doing fine.

[Las7 951]

Eto'o deserves more credit than he actually gets. People are quick to bash our strikers for not being good enough, but the fact still remains that Eto'o has 6 goals in 9 starts in the PL and 8 goals in 16 games (7 from the bench). That's impressive for a non-English speaking, 32 year old in his first season in Engish football. It's not his fault that he is usually painted with the same brush of mediocrity that Torres rightfully is.

And when Eto'o has an average performance, it's just that, an average performance. None of those disappearing, anonymous, Houdini acts of Mr Torres, where he doesn't get involved and contributes next to fuck all.

Yeah that's true and you can see why he should be first choice ahead of Torres when looking into other things like Passing and Shoots per Game:

Eto'o has 76% successful pass rate in the League

Torres has 59.9% successful pass rate in the League

Eto'o averages 2.9 shots per match in the League

Torres averages 1.8 shots per match in the League

I don't think either is good enough for a club of our caliber but we don't have much choice do we.

[Tomo 21,733]

Yeah that's true and you can see why he should be first choice ahead of Torres when looking into other things like Passing and Shoots per Game:

Eto'o has 76% successful pass rate in the League
Torres has 59.9% successful pass rate in the League

Eto'o averages 2.9 shots per match in the League
Torres averages 1.8 shots per match in the League

I don't think either is good enough for a club of our caliber but we don't have much choice do we.

Do you have the turnover stats for both? i know it was Eto'o 8 Torres 19 pre Liverpool.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I can't find the post, but back when we signed him I said something like: "don't expect a lot from Eto'o. It'll be hard for him to adjust, and he's only coming for one season. If he scores 10 goals for us over the course of the season as a second-choice, he'll have done okay".

He's well on track to match that. So I can't complain.

[The_Flash 1,144]

Please Samuel put in the Duracell's and throw the pound shop batteries away

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Just imagine if we bought Etoo instead of Sheva and Aguero instead of Torres. We realy have no luck with strikers or board is run by idiots...

[DoubleO 192]

Samu it's time to step up again in a big match! We need an attacker with a clinical mind today!

[Gilvorak 3,734]

Very good performance tonight. Maybe his best all 'round game. Held the ball up supremely well.