In hindsight, we should definitely have gone for RVP.
But he certainly isn't burdening the team.
Even though it would have been short term, imagine:
Hazard-Oscar-Mata
------Berbatov
:'(
We should really make a move for Llorente this January. Bilbao won't want to lose him for free in the summer so we can get him at a low price. Also this way we eliminate most of the competition for his signature
Yeah, because Drogba was good.
Both sides of the argument have a point here. Torres shouldn't be vilified for costing a lot, and he does contribute to the team; but he cannot finish for the life of him.
Depends how you define burdening. He's not doing a bad job, necessarily, but he's only not doing a bad job at the stuff Chelsea don't need him to do. He's doing a pretty pathetic job at the thing they need him to do most: score.
Really? Not sure about that but it's great if clubs can. All the more we should go for him. Him and Moutinho in January would make me very happy
We can all agree though that Torres is the complete opposite of Sturridge - He passes when he must shoot. And no, I don't want us to have Sturridge as our main striker. Give him a few starts - sure. But that's it.
How is that fair? Torres is given umpteen chances. We even don't buy a striker this summer so that he can be our undisputed main striker and get a good run of games which will hopefully help him rediscover himself. This is how much faith the club has put in him and he is still a massive failure. No wonder Chelsea fans were booing him yesterday..Enough is enough
Sturridge deserves a run of games. Don't stereotype him. He was fantastic last season under AVB and playing in a position where he is given the liberty to shoot whenever he wants may bring out the best in him.
You know how I feel about Sturridge. Sorry, but it is unacceptable. When you have an unmarked team mate, in a clear position, you simply pass the ****** ball. You don't shoot everytime you get the ball.
Any outsider coming on the thread might have thought Chelsea got spanked 4-0 or something. We actually played ****** well against Liverpool.
I thought Azpilicueta was a boss. Very good defensively
You know how I feel about Sturridge. Sorry, but it is unacceptable. When you have an unmarked team mate, in a clear position, you simply pass the ****** ball. You don't shoot everytime you get the ball.
No no no no, don't be silly. That isn't the way to argue with Mike. Giving him short questions is too simple. Give him paragraphs and, like the average battle-weakened pokemon, he hurts himself in his confusion.
But in answer to your question, no. Not that that's necessarily indicative of him performing poorly, mind (I hasten to add before Mike. does) and it isn't really what we're discussing. We're discussing whether he's still effective, not whether he's the monster he was in the past; there's very little debate to be had about that.