Stats 7,156 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Because he is the best forward in the world (in my opinion).Because Torres is only one little knock away from another goal drought.Because he is the closest to Didier Drogba Europe is likely to see for a long time.Because he is a big game player, Torres isnt any more and Danny isnt (yet).Because Didier's departure has left a gaping hole in our front line, in more ways than one, if Torres has another stinking start (which is not beyond the realms of possibility, infact it is more possible than not) then the pressure is on young Danny to score goals.Bottom line is Torres as number one forward is far too risky, he has shown nothing to suggest he can reproduce the form that a team challenging for big honours need from their number one forward, plus he has no mental strength, look at Didier, he thrived on abuse from opposition fans, with Torres its the opposite, play him against Liverpool and he ends up back in his shell again.Completely agree like imagine we did not have Drogba last season. If we only had Torres we would have struggled as Drogba had to help out so much times when Torres wasnt firing. If that happens this season then we have either a young player who plays there but maybe needs to go out on loan and another one who isnt proven he can play as a striker at us. I know if Torres misfires next season the question will be "why did we not buy another striker"? and I certainly will be one of those as well as although Torres showed glimpses of his former self last season he was largely inconsistent and invisible while Cavani is just a brilliant striker and would love to have him here but looks unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rahul Haque 57 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 better to get a 'prospect' than a cavani. we have three good strikers. a moses would be good enough to add squad depth. we don't need players on such high wages sitting on the bench. it's unnecessary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky 301 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Berbatov took about 2 seasons to have one great season before falling back into the shades.So one great season for Torres will not justify his price tag. If he can produce that hypothetical form that he suppose to do this season over a count of 3 seasons, then we will say money well spent.Do you remember Drogbas first season at Chelsea? I do, I remember him being through on goal three times in one match and missing all three.Look how that turned out for us.I'm backing Nando because of his ability, ability he displayed for the best part of a decade with Athletico and Liverpool. And I'm backing our youth because they deserve the chance to actually play a few games and develope. FormerRussianSpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maenbolaboling 27 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Do you remember Drogbas first season at Chelsea? I do, I remember him being through on goal three times in one match and missing all three.Look how that turned out for us.I'm backing Nando because of his ability, ability he displayed for the best part of a decade with Athletico and Liverpool. And I'm backing our youth because they deserve the chance to actually play a few games and develope.so do Ii think our youth have many potential if they were given enough opportunity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouNameIt 1,511 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I dont think you guys realize how expensive Cavani would be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoChelsea 4,064 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Do you remember Drogbas first season at Chelsea? I do, I remember him being through on goal three times in one match and missing all three.Look how that turned out for us.I'm backing Nando because of his ability, ability he displayed for the best part of a decade with Athletico and Liverpool. And I'm backing our youth because they deserve the chance to actually play a few games and develope.Drogba first season saw him score 10 goals in 26 Premier league matches with Chelsea and that was with having a serious muscle pull that kept him out of action or two months and he was still considered a disappointment. Torres has scored 7 goals in 46 Premier League matches for Chelsea. A massive difference. Peace., Justin_3d, Blue Armour and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutcho 8,443 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Drogba first season saw him score 10 goals in 26 Premier league matches with Chelsea and that was with having a serious muscle pull that kept him out of action or two months and he was still considered a disappointment. Torres has scored 7 goals in 46 Premier League matches for Chelsea. A massive difference.Whats stopping Cavani from having a similar record. Torres is settled, we now have an excellent supply line including one of the best youngsters i have seen in a while, so i still think we should give fernando another season, with backup from Lukaku and Sturridge, don't think we should spend that much money on another striker. Rather have a cheap RB and maybe a squad striker just in case Romelu Lukaku goes on loan, so we have 3/4 strikers for the long season. Muzchap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoChelsea 4,064 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Whats stopping Cavani from having a similar record. Torres is settled, we now have an excellent supply line including one of the best youngsters i have seen in a while, so i still think we should give fernando another season, with backup from Lukaku and Sturridge, don't think we should spend that much money on another striker. Rather have a cheap RB and maybe a squad striker just in case Romelu Lukaku goes on loan, so we have 3/4 strikers for the long season.What's stopping Cavani from having a similar record? Quality. It's crazy to spend as much as we spend and build massive depth in midfield only to rely on a striker who has been awful for a year and a half. Yes, he might come good, but what if he doesn't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzchap 8,966 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 What's stopping Cavani from having a similar record? Quality. It's crazy to spend as much as we spend and build massive depth in midfield only to rely on a striker who has been awful for a year and a half. Yes, he might come good, but what if he doesn't?Then the shite really hits the fan...BUT after just watching 3 hours of Chelsea TV - the European highlights 04-07Sheva and Crespo looked great and scored in the big games along with Drog and Lamps...I forgot about Geremi - those ears lol, but great passer Torres will be fine and we'll need to rely on smudge and our midfielders to also contribute a few goals Torres was one of the best strikers ever 2 years ago, form is temporary, class is permanent - winning the golden boot is the best thing to happen to him in a while - excited about him this season... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 better to get a 'prospect' than a cavani. we have three good strikers. a moses would be good enough to add squad depth. we don't need players on such high wages sitting on the bench. it's unnecessaryHe wont be sitting on the bench,he will be winning us titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin_3d 1,140 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Do you remember Drogbas first season at Chelsea? I do, I remember him being through on goal three times in one match and missing all three.Look how that turned out for us.I'm backing Nando because of his ability, ability he displayed for the best part of a decade with Athletico and Liverpool. And I'm backing our youth because they deserve the chance to actually play a few games and develope.While you have a hopeful view on the first part of the bold text, I am yet to believe anything for your second view.Our club is just not there to duke it out with nothing but younger players, and inexperienced in their hands.The last time we did that, our double winning coach got fired.And yet here we stand again with another double winning coach, trying to do the same thing..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibra11 11 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 No need for cavani. Reasons ? He is too expensive. He is overrated. We have fernando. We will only play 1 strike per match, either 4 2 3 1 or 4 3 3. And Torres will have much better supply this season to prove himself, and we have lukaky and sturiege as back ups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin_3d 1,140 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 No need for cavani. Reasons ? He is too expensive. He is overrated. We have fernando. We will only play 1 strike per match, either 4 2 3 1 or 4 3 3. And Torres will have much better supply this season to prove himself, and we have lukaky and sturiege as back upsYour reason don't do justice when you use the term expensive and overrated in the same line with Fernando. sleazyB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoChelsea 4,064 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Torres was one of the best strikers ever 2 years ago, form is temporary, class is permanent - winning the golden boot is the best thing to happen to him in a while - excited about him this season...Torres was one of the best strikers in the world 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 (Last time he was PFA team of the year). We're going into the 2012-2013 season. He wasn't particularly good with Liverpool before we signed him so he's been bad for 2 consecutive years. He might come good, but he might not and I am almost positive that his days as a world-class player are over. It's not just a lack of form, it's a lack of class as he is consistently knocked off the ball by mediocre defenders. It hasn't just been the misses, it's been an overall lack of quality in finishing and positioning.. He might come good with excellent service, but if it takes excellent service for him to score, he's not a particularly good striker. World-class strikers need to create some of their own chances and need to turn half chances into goals.I am not pushing for Cavani per se although I think he's a fantastic striker, I am just baffled by Chelsea spending enormous amounts of money to fix one of our two biggest problems and zero money to fix the other one. Justin_3d, Peace. and daBlackMamba7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin_3d 1,140 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Torres was one of the best strikers in the world 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 (Last time he was PFA team of the year). We're going into the 2012-2013 season. He wasn't particularly good with Liverpool before we signed him so he's been bad for 2 consecutive years. He might come good, but he might not and I am almost positive that his days as a world-class player are over. It's not just a lack of form, it's a lack of class as he is consistently knocked off the ball by mediocre defenders. It hasn't just been the misses, it's been an overall lack of quality in finishing and positioning.. He might come good with excellent service, but if it takes excellent service for him to score, he's not a particularly good striker. World-class strikers need to create some of their own chances and need to turn half chances into goals.I am not pushing for Cavani per se although I think he's a fantastic striker, I am just baffled by Chelsea spending enormous amounts of money to fix one of our two biggest problems and zero money to fix the other one.The post to end all the Torres debate once and for all!!!! :worship: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Torres was one of the best strikers in the world 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 (Last time he was PFA team of the year). We're going into the 2012-2013 season. He wasn't particularly good with Liverpool before we signed him so he's been bad for 2 consecutive years. He might come good, but he might not and I am almost positive that his days as a world-class player are over. It's not just a lack of form, it's a lack of class as he is consistently knocked off the ball by mediocre defenders. It hasn't just been the misses, it's been an overall lack of quality in finishing and positioning.. He might come good with excellent service, but if it takes excellent service for him to score, he's not a particularly good striker. World-class strikers need to create some of their own chances and need to turn half chances into goals.I am not pushing for Cavani per se although I think he's a fantastic striker, I am just baffled by Chelsea spending enormous amounts of money to fix one of our two biggest problems and zero money to fix the other one.They're many good strikers that score a lot of goals due to good service and are not exactly "world class"Very few players actually deserve that tag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maenbolaboling 27 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 The post to end all the Torres debate once and for all!!!! :worship: enough said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 "Cavani is not for sale but we can also take 100 million. This does not mean that this is his value, but this is the value that he has for me and he won't leave for less" - De Laurentiis Justin_3d 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solonapoli 256 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Bye bye Cavani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Bye bye CavaniI'm pretty sure you aren't selling him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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