Torres' form?

[5Essien5 33]

Drogba scored his first chelsea goal after 3 games so give Torres time

[Henrique 9,133]

Listen, while I think Torres is the most overpaid player in history, say he is not happy or that he is a flop is really stupi. Only two fucking games !!!! Our team is playing like shit and you expct him to do what ?

For me I dont care if in the rest of this season he play awful. I see him as a long term player. Berbatov had two miserable season at Manchester and now he is the league top scorer, and one of best players so far. He is proving he was worth tht 30m paid for him two years ago.

[dodojojo 510]

The "problem" is that Torres' bedded in so well and quickly with Liverpool, the expectations are justifiably sky-high. Not much you can do about that. And understandably in the heat of a CL qualifying race, emotions tend to be high and extremely short-fused.

And the handful of Berbatov fans look good now, but remember, tons of ManU fans were calling him BerbaFlop for a very long time.

Drogba scored his first chelsea goal after 3 games so give Torres time

Funny, I wanted to post this before the game but didn't want to jinx it but no matter now.

Torres didn't score in his first league game for Atletico, but did in his second.

He didn't score in his first league game for Liverpool but did in his second.

I was hoping for the same yesterday but alas no dice.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

When Torres is on form, this is him. A soloist at the best of times. He will come good, he's a natural finisher and a player with plenty of skill and determination. Give him a break..

[BlueLion. 21,491]

It took Drogba until his third game to score, the rest is history.

Torres needs time to adapt to a new team.

[HRiver 1,512]

I don't care what the media or the press says anymore tbh. The whole world knows who Fernando Torres is and what he is able to do, he's definitely the best striker in the world.

I have no doubts that he will shine with us, just give him one more game or two.

[DYC. 7,542]

When Torres is on form, this is him. A soloist at the best of times. He will come good, he's a natural finisher and a player with plenty of skill and determination. Give him a break..

To be honest, i don't see him becoming that Torres anymore. He's lost too much strength/balance, agility and pace, Those things, together with his phenomenal finishing and movement, were his main strengths. He still has some pace but nowhere near as impressive as before but his great agility and balance is gone.

I just hope that with confidence his finishing abilities of two years back will return (or at least something close to it). And his great movement and positioning will hopefully return when he's full of confidence too.

[Term-X 7,891]

To be honest, i don't see him becoming that Torres anymore.

I would agree with this if he was Drogba's age, not 26.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

To be honest, i don't see him becoming that Torres anymore. He's lost too much strength/balance, agility and pace, Those things, together with his phenomenal finishing and movement, were his main strengths. He still has some pace but nowhere near as impressive as before but his great agility and balance is gone.

I just hope that with confidence his finishing abilities of two years back will return (or at least something close to it). And his great movement and positioning will hopefully return when he's full of confidence too.

Disagree highly. He's 26 and is suffering from lack of confidence. If Carlo can sort Torres out psychologically we'll see him recapture that deadly form we paid £50million for. He showed that in his last days at Liverpool under Dalglish Clarke. Once we get the service to him right, he'll start to shine. It just takes one goal to start a wave.

[DYC. 7,542]

Disagree highly. He's 26 and is suffering from lack of confidence. If Carlo can sort Torres out psychologically we'll see him recapture that deadly form we paid £50million for. He showed that in his last days at Liverpool under Dalglish Clarke. Once we get the service to him right, he'll start to shine. It just takes one goal to start a wave.

Confidence doesn't bring back your physical attributes.. (and i'm not basing it on what he's shown at Chelsea, at Liverpool it was already obvious he lost those things I mentioned)

I'm not saying he won't be a great striker for us but i don't think he'll be that Torres again. That Torres was probably the best striker around.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Confidence doesn't bring back your physical attributes..

Well you speak of a loss of pace, but I think there is a psychological barrier there. We're not giving him much to chase really, when we do, he does go for them. Look at how he chased Luiz's ball last night, sure his touches were poor, but his determination to win that ball was evident.

[DYC. 7,542]

Well you speak of a loss of pace, but I think there is a psychological barrier there. We're not giving him much to chase really, when we do, he does go for them. Look at how he chased Luiz's ball last night, sure his touches were poor, but his determination to win that ball was evident.

I doubt it. Ronaldo also lost pace because of injuries and he never became as fast and agile as he was in his Inter/Barca/PSV days again. He was like 24 back then.

Instead he became the best finisher around in his Real Madrid days (and things like his positional sense and anticipation became legendary).

[dodojojo 510]

Confidence doesn't bring back your physical attributes.. (and i'm not basing it on what he's shown at Chelsea, at Liverpool it was already obvious he lost those things I mentioned)

I'm not saying he won't be a great striker for us but i don't think he'll be that Torres again. That Torres was probably the best striker around.

I agree with you in principle though I think the physical decline isn't quite so clear. He's still quite pacey when he needs to motor it. I think the stop and start acceleration is what he's missing the most. Like all athletes, he'll need to adjust his game as he gets older. I'm sure he's smart enough to do it, the issue would be if his ego will recognize the need to change.

[DYC. 7,542]

I agree with you in principle though I think the physical decline isn't quite so clear. He's still quite pacey when he needs to motor it. I think the stop and start acceleration is what he's missing the most. Like all athletes, he'll need to adjust his game as he gets older. I'm sure he's smart enough to do it, the issue would be if his ego will recognize the need to change.

I agree that he's still a pacey, said it in my first post, but just nowhere near as fast. His acceleration was incredible back in 08.

About the part I put in bold, yeah that's what I can only hope will happen.

[Tortilla9 390]

It's interesting to read the comments on this forum compared to LFC forums. Even before Torres was leaving, many posters there were complaining about him and how crap he was. Seeming to forget he was the quickest LFC player to 50 goals. Great to see the Chelsea fans aren't looking to throw him under the bus and understand it takes time.

I hope he scores soon and then often to repay the Chelsea fans who seem to have welcomed him with open arms. $50M is a jaw-dropping number (CRAZY!) but the market is what the buyer is willing to spend. He's not a technical maestro but when he's on he's fun to watch and you're glad he plays for you.