Fernando Torres

[BringbackBiscan]

Must be terrible for him having to play with those sub standard footballers like Mata, Lampard, Raul, Malouda & Sturridge.

[Fredo]

Must be terrible for him having to play with those sub standard footballers like Mata, Lampard, Raul, Malouda & Sturridge.

Mata's a good player, arguably Sturridge but Lampard & Malouda aren't really young players though. He's made a massive mistake going there.

[G]

His twitter account was set up by the Chelsea correspondent for the fulham chronicle.(@blueschronicle)

He replied to me when I tweeted that it shouldnt be a verified "official" account since its not Torres doing the tweeting

[BringbackBiscan]

Mata's a good player, arguably Sturridge but Lampard & Malouda aren't really young players though. He's made a massive mistake going there.

They're not young no but they're very good footballers. Both would arguably walk into our side. Which is why I fail to see the logic in how he'd thrive back at Liverpool.

He was useless for quite a while when here. Showed up when he wanted too & rarely gave 100%, apart from when he wanted too. That's why I won't forgive him.

I honestly don't care that he went to Chelsea but any player not giving 100% for so long and then clearing off whenever he had no excuses left anymore for why he wasn't performing, that's what makes him a cunt.

Yesterday was the most open premier league game of football I've seen in years. Both defences played like schoolboys, yet he didn't even get a sniff of goal, hilarious really.

[Kenneth]

Although on at least one occasion he was stood on the 6 yard line waiting for a tap in but the wide man shot and missed.

[Shaggy]

Although on at least one occasion he was stood on the 6 yard line waiting for a tap in but the wide man shot and missed.

Yeah he had a couple on a plate but Sturridge and, er, someone else ****ed up. He did have a very poor game mind.

[Nick77]

There was a great moment yesterday where he was fight for the ball on the wing, got smacked in the face with a flailing arm, went to ground looking at the linesman moaning like a bitch and then the defender cleared the ball right in to his boat, conceded the thrown in because it came off his face last.

It was a foul to be fair - the use of arms should be banned from the game altogether imo. I hate it when players hand off other players like it's rugby & the worst part is most of the time the refs let it go...

[little dave hedgehog]

disagree completely.

[Neil Young]

I'm think it's fine for players to use their arms but only in the way Ashley Cole did it.

[Mostar]

Is there a video clip of that? I must see it

You should probably also see the bitch slap in the face he got from Mata during Terry's second goal celebration

[Craig_H]

I'm think it's fine for players to use their arms but only in the way Ashley Cole did it.

[Roboklopp]

Very amusing clip.

[Roboklopp]

Especially the Kevin the Teenager style arm chucking about.

[The_weatherman]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/oct/31/premier-league-chalkboard-analyis

With Chelsea's terrible defending at the weekend against Arsenal – and the fact they managed to score three goals – Fernando Torres's poor performance was largely overlooked. Chelsea tried to move the ball quickly through the middle of the pitch but created little for the Spaniard to get excited about – their chances generally came from crosses into the box for headers, or long-range attempts, like Juan Mata's goal.

If you discount Torres making five completed passes from kick-offs after goals were scored his pass completion ratio was just 50% - in other words, he passed to an opponent as frequently as he passed to a team-mate. His duels with opponents weren't much more impressive – he won only 25% of aerial challenges, attempted dribbles and ground tackles.

It would have been interesting to see how quickly André Villas-Boas would have called for Didier Drogba – with Arsenal vulnerable in the air and always nervous against the Ivorian, his poor tackle against QPR last weekend robbed Chelsea of their most dangerous weapon against the Gunners.

[Exiled_red]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/b...kboard-analyis

With Chelsea's terrible defending at the weekend against Arsenal – and the fact they managed to score three goals – Fernando Torres's poor performance was largely overlooked. Chelsea tried to move the ball quickly through the middle of the pitch but created little for the Spaniard to get excited about – their chances generally came from crosses into the box for headers, or long-range attempts, like Juan Mata's goal.

If you discount Torres making five completed passes from kick-offs after goals were scored his pass completion ratio was just 50% - in other words, he passed to an opponent as frequently as he passed to a team-mate. His duels with opponents weren't much more impressive – he won only 25% of aerial challenges, attempted dribbles and ground tackles.

It would have been interesting to see how quickly André Villas-Boas would have called for Didier Drogba – with Arsenal vulnerable in the air and always nervous against the Ivorian, his poor tackle against QPR last weekend robbed Chelsea of their most dangerous weapon against the Gunners.