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Let's be honest with ourselves, he'll never be the player he was at Liverpool, it's quite clear now.
At first, it was £50m price tag, that put him under huge pressure and wouldn't let him do what he was brought here for. Then it was lack of service, the team wasn't playing to his strengths. Then it was Drogba's big shadow that wouldn't allow him to come out of his shell, they'd say he needs to be "the man".
It's a few months short of two years since Fernando has arrived and he still looks lost. Only the most blind optimist can still maintain it's not his fault. Like Burt Reynolds said in Boogie Nights ":If it looks like sh*t and sounds like sh*t, then it must be sh*t." It's not the team, it's not the fee, it's not Drogba or lack of service. It's him.
The causes for that sad turn of fate could be various but the most obvious is the combination of injuries that robbed him of his mobility before he even got to CFC and a tough case of confidence shot to hell. I remember that Torres from years ago that used to tear our defense apart and it's evident that that Torres isn't there anymore.
It's irritating to watch him fall over at every contact and moan at the referees for help, or running into blind alleys and lose the ball time and time again. Walking down the tunnel at QPR after being subbed instead of joining others on the bench was absolutely infuriating. After all the support from the club, three different managers and fans with seemingly endless patience he has the cheek to throw his toys out of the pram after being substituted at the end of what looked like another failure of a performance.
Now, mind you, I'm not saying he isn't trying, in fact at times he looks like he's trying too hard. The point is, it's not working and we've waited long enough to erase any doubt. I don't know whether Sturridge has it him to be come our new target man upfront, but I'm fully convinced now Torres will never be that.

Why single out GC, the whole squad need to improve,without exception!

What a load of garbage, you seem to have absolutely no understanding of football. None. Nada. Zero. Zip.....

Celery1989 , I wouldn't necessarily lay the blame at the door of any individual player. More so point at the balls up made in November which has ultimately f**ked our season.

Rafa has said the reason he was so poor was cos he had a stomach bug...mmm...even if it were true, what's his excuse for the majority of the other 99 appearances? I'm fed up of hearing all the excuses why he hasn't' delivered...truth is he has played like that many times before and there was no stomach bug...it's time people at the club called a spade a spade...
And another thing, ba supposedly had a hamstring problem and is why he was on bench and played only a few mins...if that were true, surely you wouldn't risk him at all...also surely he wouldn't look a 100 times better than a dude with a stomach bug...I call a huge BS on this one

I believe you picked up the Daily Czar

His performance was typified by a moment in around the 41 min mark when Lampard took a shot and their keeper parried it to his right. Torres was around the edge of the box and had ample time to get to the ball either before or at the same time as the defender that cleared it. Instead of busting a gut to get there and trying to make some kind of goal scoring chance, Torres was slowly walking AWAY from the ball while looking back at it. It was unbelievable. I had to rewind and re-watch it to make sure I wasn't seeing things.
I'm far from a Torres basher, but if he's not gonna try and make something from a parry from a keeper there isn't much hope for the guy is there?

Since signing for Chelsea I have come to reason Torres is a modern day Dave Mitchell with a 50m price tag

I didn't sign, I was born into it by the grace of god!
although sometimes I think it was for sins in a prvious life ......

No, he's definately back. He hasn't looked that good since he scored two against Leicester.

he will never ever ever be back, two goals against the whipping boys of the champions league, Sunderland on Saturday... nout!

He had a shot and hit the bar Torres Torres
He tried again and hit a car Torres Torres
He runs around and has a sweat
But never hits the f*cking net
Fernando Furlong
Chelsea’s new Robert Fleck     Edit: Originally  posted in Mar12 post 1379 on How do you solve a problem like Torres thread   Answer - you f*cking cant!

He had a shot and hit the bar Torres Torres
He tried again and hit a car Torres Torres
He runs around and has a sweat
But never hits the f*cking net
Fernando Furlong
Chelsea’s new Robert Fleck     Edit: Originally  posted in Mar12 post 1379 on How do you solve a problem like Torres thread   Answer - you f*cking cant!

He had a shot and hit the bar Torres Torres
He tried again and hit a car Torres Torres
He runs around and has a sweat
But never hits the f*cking net
Fernando Furlong
Chelsea’s new Robert Fleck     Edit: Originally  posted in Mar12 post 1379 on How do you solve a problem like Torres thread   Answer - you f*cking cant!

He had a shot and hit the bar Torres Torres
He tried again and hit a car Torres Torres
He runs around and has a sweat
But never hits the f*cking net
Fernando Furlong
Chelsea’s new Robert Fleck     Edit: Originally  posted in Mar12 post 1379 on How do you solve a problem like Torres thread   Answer - you f*cking cant!

He had a shot and hit the bar Torres Torres
He tried again and hit a car Torres Torres
He runs around and has a sweat
But never hits the f*cking net
Fernando Furlong
Chelsea’s new Robert Fleck     Edit: Originally  posted in Mar12 post 1379 on How do you solve a problem like Torres thread   Answer - you f*cking cant!

He had a shot and hit the bar Torres Torres
He tried again and hit a car Torres Torres
He runs around and has a sweat
But never hits the f*cking net
Fernando Furlong
Chelsea’s new Robert Fleck     Edit: Originally  posted in Mar12 post 1379 on How do you solve a problem like Torres thread   Answer - you f*cking cant!

He had a shot and hit the bar Torres Torres
He tried again and hit a car Torres Torres
He runs around and has a sweat
But never hits the f*cking net
Fernando Furlong
Chelsea’s new Robert Fleck     Edit: Originally  posted in Mar12 post 1379 on How do you solve a problem like Torres thread   Answer - you f*cking cant!

He had a shot and hit the bar Torres Torres
He tried again and hit a car Torres Torres
He runs around and has a sweat
But never hits the f*cking net
Fernando Furlong
Chelsea’s new Robert Fleck     Edit: Originally  posted in Mar12 post 1379 on How do you solve a problem like Torres thread   Answer - you f*cking cant!

made a note to watch him yesterday. For approx 10 min during the 2nd half - he never made a run, tried to lose his marker, and twice when Chelsea were in posession, he hid!!!! He literally run behind company and made himself unavailable.
The fella is and embarassment! Sometimes your forward has to be the difference, the one who wins you the game. In 2 years Nando is no where near it!!!
Drogba on the other hand won back to back titles in his first 2 years and a leauge cup!
(and dont say Torees really played any helping hand in last years trophies, he was a bit part player at best - and they were the only trophies he's ever won during his career!)

made a note to watch him yesterday. For approx 10 min during the 2nd half - he never made a run, tried to lose his marker, and twice when Chelsea were in posession, he hid!!!! He literally run behind company and made himself unavailable.
The fella is and embarassment! Sometimes your forward has to be the difference, the one who wins you the game. In 2 years Nando is no where near it!!!
Drogba on the other hand won back to back titles in his first 2 years and a leauge cup!
(and dont say Torees really played any helping hand in last years trophies, he was a bit part player at best - and they were the only trophies he's ever won during his career!)