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Looking at the format of the post, it looks suspiciously like the text has been copied and pasted from a website. Passing off others opinions as your own? Reminds me of the Paul Whitehouse character from the Fast Show that agrees with whoever he heard speak last :)

From what I've seen this season so far, Torres seems to be on some kind of form, but are we always going to be hypercritical? He's looked about as sharp this year as he has since joining us (even so, still no sign of prolific league goal scoring), but I sometimes feel that there's too much water under the Bridge (pardon the obvious....) and we will always be looking for mistakes in his game. All players make mistakes, but you tend to cut them a bit of slack when it's not overly persistant. I'm just not sure how to evaluate Torres as there have been flashes of moments when he's recently looked back to his best, but it's interspersed with poor control and a touch of headless chicken impressions, but maybe there was always that element to his game, just not as often. Winston Churchill's quotation, made in a radio broadcast in October 1939: "I cannot forecast to you the action of Fernando Torres. He is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key. That key could be Jose Mourinho."

I think Roman is taking the Salvador Dali train of thought. Dali filled his mouth with stones, purely for the enjoyment and pleasure of taking them out 24 hours later. I like to think Mr Abramovich employed the FSW in order to make the joy of our special one coming back all the greater. Well done comrade, fine psychological tact there!

Plausible?? Granville starting?

Ah OK! Stick him in nets then

What a ridiculous response. Please at least try to take this thread seriously. Jose would never play Clarke in the middle, he'd have him in his natural right hand side berth

Mark Falco or Falco of the Rock Me Amadeus fame?

It is true to say that a successful striker can get by just being good for a few minutes in a game, such is the nature of the position. Jimmy Greaves is the epitome of this theory, he would do very little for 80 minutes and then tear the defence apart and win the game with 2 or 3 goals. This does NOT excuse Torres's poor form. To get away with this "few minutes" idea, you need to have those minutes in every game, not every month or two. The difference is: Torres Apps 116 Goals 28 Greaves Apps 169 Goals 132 It's actually quite embarrassing writing those two players stats next to each other, it speaks volumes

Sorry! With my poor attention to detail, inaccurate headline writing and over sensationalism, I think a career with the Tabloid press beckons

I must admit, on reflection it does smack of poor journalism and jumping on the Chelsea band wagon. De Bruyne has been a hit in Germany and Chelsea were linked with Shurrle last summer......so obviously 1 + 1 =

Sorry, misread the headline through my anger....it actually says "player-plus-cash for £30 million rated German star!" But nevertheless, the gist of it is the same. De Bruyne plus cash for Shurrle. I'm not happy about this.

http://miusoccer.com/chelsea-to-make-player-plus-cash-for-30-million-rated-german-star/10068 Can anyone shed (pardon the pun) any light on this? I always hoped De Bruyne was going to be a big player for us in the next couple of seasons, but this report suggests otherwise. Shurrle looks a decent prospect too, but it would be a shame to sell the likes of De Bruyne and Courtois with them never playing for the club. Personally I'd rather give him a season with us before making any decision.

Under FSW, at 2-0 up we're far from safe. Under Jose, at 1-0 up the game was won.

This man.....in this pose

....and then the Gaffer said "Torres is back"