I'd take Yakubu over Torres at the moment.
Torres has been decent int the last few games,unlucky with the bar on saturday
I'd take Yakubu over Torres at the moment.
Torres has been decent int the last few games,unlucky with the bar on saturday
He has, I'm giving him a chance with this new formation as he's not a 4-3-3 player under our current squad. But for £50m I expect him to play in goal and score!

Torres' main threat was his pace which got him into crucial positions, as a big bonus he had a great finish and strength too. With age, that gets worse and in hindsight it's easy to say but we should never have bough him, something I did say we we did buy him.
I think Torres also needs a team that is set up to play to his strengths, just like Liverpool did for the three years he was with them. Benitez basically told Alonso and Gerrard to play as many through balls as possible for Torres to chase. But Chelsea are used to playing balls for Drogba to hold up or Lampard to strike, so Torres isn't getting the type of service he needs right now. I think that's shot his confidence as much as anything - he seems much less relaxed and fluid playing at Chelsea compared to when he played at Liverpool.
Nail on the head. Like I said, I'll give him a chance with Mata behind him!
Nail on the head. Like I said, I'll give him a chance with Mata behind him!
So why won't AVB do it? Is he stubborn, or do Drogba and Lampard still have too much power in the dressing room?
He did it against Wolves and it seemed to work, that's what I'm saying. If he does it consistantly I'm sure Torres will score. Drogba will be away this month, Torres' chance to shine without anyone getting in his way (we hope).

I think your right Drogs, a while back Nando was looking sharp then got himself banned and he slipped backwards. Nando has looked like returning to that sharpness and played well against Wolves and looks like coming good again. Lets hope he nails it this time and keeps his place and goes from strength to strength.![]()

Spot on Ginge, I just hope AVB doesn't shove Sturridge through the middle and start playing Kalou and really stuff everything up![]()

Kalou is like Macheda in some ways, has a modicum of ability but is too ****ing thick and stupid to do anything with it.![]()
Kalou is a very good squad player though Drogs, who does score important goals, as you said. He might just up the ante playing behind an improved midfield as well. Remember he's been every managers whipping boy since he got here. How could he have any confidence with all the slagging off he gets ?? Some is deserved, plenty isn't. He's still just a kid too.