Samuel Eto'o

[TrippingStep 336]

In open play before the box, he was good.

In the box, not very clinical and made some strande decisions, not giving simple lay-off and instead trying to have a shooting position in a crowded space. He doesn't have the pace on the first yards to make a little space for a shoot like he tried 3-4 times yesterday.

[Hamon 103]

He played quite well, quality movement and good key passes (his performance rated 7.3/10 by WhoScored), but his finishing has been really bad: it seems to me like lack of self-confidence.

Anyway, goals or not, to think that Samuel Eto'o on his days used to play in such a beautiful way that would make today Hazard's level only average, makes me really sad; now Eto'o doesn't have the power, mental and physical, to play like that anymore.

I can say for sure that the last time I've seen REAL Samuel Eto'o play on a football pitch has been 29 May 2011, with a final decided by his double.

Almost 3 years ago.

[haranr 485]

I'm afraid not ..

All of our strikers are shit and will continue to be shit. forever.

NOOOOOO, Eto'o has it

[Tomo 21,751]

On whoscored Torres has 19 turnovers to Eto's 8! Yes, Torres has started more matches and has made 3 more apps than Eto'o but at the very least when the ball is played into Eto's feet, even if he's surrounded with 3 or so players from the opponent side you know that Eto'o will manage to emerge out of the tight space with the ball still planted firmly on his feet. Torres and Ba? Forget it. They'll either turnover possession, fall over or both.

I have been saying that all season.

[remains of the day 564]

Torres has also started in games like Spurs and Arsenal away where he was a lot more isolated than Eto'o might have been in games like yesterday's, They're both varying degrees of shit, but Eto'o's signing was a disgrace when we subsequently loaned out Lukaku. The expectations for him were low, and he's still failing to meet them.

Fair enough but if you look at their dispossession rate against mid-table/lower 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.

[The_Flash 1,144]

NOOOOOO, Eto'o has it

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

[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 28,100]

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?