I think what you've done in this post is gnored the entire season except for the barca and bayern munich games.
I wouldn't say he's that defensive; they got 6 past QPR with Torres getting a hatrick. They'll only be defensive against about 4/5 teams, and if they're trying to win games one nil and Torres is up front on his own, I think I know who I'd bet on to score.
Can anyone find the statistics for how many minutes Torres played last season under Di Matteo? I have a feeling he had a pretty good goals to minutes ratio.
http://alrickbrown.com/how-roberto-di-matteo-revived-fernando-torres/ 14 appearances 882 minutes 7 goals 4 assists A goal every 126 minutes A goal or assist every 80 minutes
Premier league results under Di Matteo last season: Chelsea 1-0 Stoke Man City 1-2 Chelsea Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham Aston Villa 2-4 Chelsea Chelsea 2-1 Wigan Fulham 1-1 Chelsea Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea Chelsea 6-1 QPR Chelsea 0-2 Newcastle Liverpool 4-1 Chelsea Chelsea 2-1 Blackburn Apart from the 6-1 win over QPR it´s not a very impressive record in the premier league....and How many goals did Torres score in those games?
As it says above, 7 in 14. 1 in 2, which would take him to 18 over a full season. Add in support from Hazard and the manager being more settled in the job, and 20 looks easily within reach.
That 7 in 14 isn't in the league. His ratio in the league is 4 in 11. (Hat-trick against QPR and one goal against Aston Villa).
