Chelsea have a problem

by AmbassadorAmeer on Feb 14, 2012 1:55 PM GMT

Their I said it. The man who ( most ) Chelsea fans have been defending , saying that he will eventually come good, and that form is temporary while class is permanent , is this teams problem. The old Torres who would make fans across the league shake when he got the ball , is now on the same level as Emile Heskey IMO. This guy cannot score. He cannot play. We bought guys like Juan Mata , Raul Meireles , and Oriol Romeu in the hope that they would make Torres ' feel at home' and ' find form ' . Instead , Mata wastes Zola-like passes to a guy who couldn't hit a barn door. We could have bought with those infamous 50 million

Instead we got

AVB is not the problem. Luiz is not the problem. Cahill is not the problem . The problem is Fernando Torres and some of the old guard . We need to give AVB time and keep our faith in him .

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I agree.

Torres is a fucking disaster.

by The Bison on Feb 14, 2012 2:40 PM GMT reply actions

he has his moments

but honestly i do wish he would just go

by blue_is_the_colour on Feb 14, 2012 3:58 PM GMT reply actions

Same.

I would send him to Malaga for 20 mil

When can i get my Dwight Howard Brooklyn Nets Jersey?

by AmbassadorAmeer on Feb 14, 2012 6:38 PM GMT up reply actions

Question is

whether there was any truth to those rumors. I think people are making a very big assumption that the sale will be easy because these supposed clubs wanted him. Malaga didn’t make a peep about anything during the transfer window (I know AVB said he wasn’t for sale, but since when does that stop someone from approaching the topic or even talking about wanting a player?).

At this rate, if they don’t get him a little time on the field with some sort of productive behavior (be it scoring goals or assists or whatever) that other clubs can see, or have him renegotiate his wages to make a move happen, I can’t see clubs being willing to pay 20m. They know they have the bargaining power given the current situation.

by alynne4307 on Feb 14, 2012 9:22 PM GMT up reply actions

I wonder if Milan would have sold Pato for £50M

Or £40M…or perhaps £35M.

Be right back while I cry myself to sleep

by cwel87 on Feb 14, 2012 3:58 PM GMT reply actions

Oh

And yes, Torres should just go away.

by cwel87 on Feb 14, 2012 3:58 PM GMT up reply actions

if you offered me pato for 20 million pounds

i doubt i would take him

by blue_is_the_colour on Feb 14, 2012 4:01 PM GMT up reply actions

That's probably because you don't have 20 million pounds

by cwel87 on Feb 14, 2012 4:02 PM GMT up reply actions

chelsea does

and thats what i mean anyway obviously, for the club, with their money. im trying to say i dont like him

by blue_is_the_colour on Feb 14, 2012 4:10 PM GMT up reply actions

Uh huh

by cwel87 on Feb 14, 2012 4:51 PM GMT up reply actions

He is injury prone tbf. But for 20m, I'd take that gamble.

by Valens on Feb 14, 2012 5:27 PM GMT up reply actions

He has spurts of greatness.

I would take him over el Nino anyday of the week

When can i get my Dwight Howard Brooklyn Nets Jersey?

by AmbassadorAmeer on Feb 14, 2012 6:39 PM GMT up reply actions

i disagree with the part you said he cant play

i think he can play still, he just cant score, i think he still is a pretty good player, but a strikers job is to score goals, and were paying him truck loads for him to not do his job

by blue_is_the_colour on Feb 14, 2012 4:00 PM GMT reply actions

Pato has how many goals this season?

by ChelseaDC on Feb 14, 2012 4:27 PM GMT reply actions

exactly

by blue_is_the_colour on Feb 14, 2012 4:30 PM GMT up reply actions

Four, in fifteen appearances

He’s also been injured multiple times, and was a late sub in a few of those games. He’s also 22.

by cwel87 on Feb 14, 2012 4:51 PM GMT up reply actions

We have the most useless set-up I can think of

We have NO wingers, yet we play a system that relies on crosses to have success. We play with 3 mid-fielders who, without much speed in at least 1 or 2 CM’s, we ask to command the area against 4-5 opposition midfielders. Probably could use some help, except our “wingers” don’t track back very well do they? This could be due to the fact that we are playing a CF and a CAM as our “wingers” and they have never been asked to do it. Judging by the result of DS’s attempt to do so against Man U it might be better if he didn’t try to help anymore! The end result is being played out this season with predictable results. Supporters are angry at players, players are angry at coaches and vice-versa. Now we have players who are just going through the motions. This is a normal response if human beings feel a situation is hopeless.This doesn’t mean they’re right, because it is not hopeless. You’ll see the spirit and desire return if the manager gives them a clear objective that the players feel they can acheive with hard work and effort. Torres’s problem isn’t that he can’t score goals, that is result of the problem he has. He won’t shoot the ball, that’s the problem. Setting a fixed number of shots and shots on goal per half would get him to focus on shooting. Holding him accountable every half he plays will re-focus his attention off scoring goals (whick erodes his confidence) and onto shooting, something he CAN control (which builds confidence).

When I go to the press conference before the game, in my mind the game has already started.
Jose Mourinho

by cfc190five on Feb 14, 2012 5:46 PM GMT reply actions

And Torres is better than all of them.

This is the fact. He’s better than all of them and they all need the same service that Torres does not receiver here at Chelsea. So getting rid of Torres for Torres-clones, not a smart idea.

Fix the right wing and the midfield FIRST. Then we reevaluate Torres as a striker. Until then, I prefer to have Torres over clones.

by M I S O on Feb 14, 2012 10:30 PM GMT reply actions

he has been hopeless for Spain for over 2 years now also!

he can’t complain about the service their midfield provides. Wasn’t doing the business in his last year at Liverpool either. It is not a lack of service that has made him afraid to shoot either. The fact is Torres will never be the player he was in his early Liverpool career because injuries have reduced his once explosive pace to the point where he was recently out sprinted by 33 year old Rio Ferdinand. That pace was one of his main weapons and it isn’t coming back, the rest of his problems are mental/confidence based as far as I can tell. He is so afraid of missing that not only will he not shoot but even seems afraid to put himself into dangerous positions!Doesn’t matter how good the service is if you’re not there to receive it!That said the service does need to improve drastically but I feel that is a separate issue to Torres’ personal issues of being afraid to miss!

by conorjmartin on Feb 15, 2012 12:26 AM GMT reply actions

I think the club is stuck with him

I know stuck sounds bad but its really for lack of a better word. It would be a fiasco to sell him.Lets hope he gets his shooting boots back in a big bad way or let him fade into the scenery. The aftershock of selling him would be felt for a long time. There is alot to lose in letting him go, theres no way the club could save face. But really the only way to go is up for Torres.

I believe in Fernando Torres.

by The Rumor Hound on Feb 15, 2012 2:40 AM GMT reply actions