The weak link in Chelsea’s attack?
Things for Torres can only improve – or so he would hope – and it is clear that AVB is willing to give him a chance. Even if the manager’s patience was to run out, with the African Cup of Nations and the sheer amount of games Chelsea will be playing this season, the minutes on the field will come for Torres, he just has to make use of them and keep his head up. In such situations, attitude goes a long way to helping the situation, and Torres must make sure he keeps working in training and has the belief that the goals will come.
The issue is not the Premier League, during his time on Merseyside he only received positive reviews, and the talent is clearly there. He as looked brighter since the season begun, and will have received a confidence boost from being picked in the season opener, yet by now dropping him the damage AVB may have done to the players confidence cannot be under estimated. If AVB felt Torres was his number one striker at the start of the season, he should see this through and keep faith in the player.
Mata on the other hand is a breath of fresh air at Chelsea and gives them the pace and creativity that they have not seen on the flanks since the days of Arjen Robben. He certainly looks like being in the first eleven at the Bridge for a long time to come, and Chelsea fans will be excited to see how he performs in his champions league debut for them midweek, and then in a huge game for the club the following Sunday at Old Trafford against Manchester United.
If Chelsea want to challenge for the title this season they are going to need both of their Spaniards to be at the peak of their powers, sadly for them it seems only one is anywhere near that at this time.
By Rebecca Knight for This Is Futbol
18 responses to “The weak link in Chelsea’s attack?”
yes lampard shd see more of da bench agree and josh or romeo shd take plce
lampard should be benched he is too greedy a alot of the time . he shoots when when he should be passing. let juan mata play his position. sunday against united lineup should be cech, luise terry ivanovic cole, meireles in holding position, ramires 7 mata 11 drop anelka to 8 position sturrige and toores upfront. subs didier , lukaku alex lamps , bosingwa, mikel. and alex parkinsons will shake him like the barce game.
pls Torres should not in any circumstances be warming the bench. He should be given the regular playing times to fully release the enormous pressure in him. he is in everybody’s lips, torres is not doing this torres is not doing that. Lets not frustrate this player by pressuring him to score goals. Must he score goals in every match, is he God of goals? Just like lionel Messi at his national side, he hardly see the back of the net, but he still do all the works for the Argentines in the pitch and that’s what counts. Pls let’s not pressurize Torres to score goals for us, he knows he is a striker, surely in no distant time he will be giving us the goals, but the most important thing is seeing that he’s in the game, helping in sealing victories for us, playing as group rather than individual play. Always play him 2gether with Mata, Sturridge,etc. We should not keep him in the bench at all rather always put him in the starting eleven and see what it can bring for us…I think Mr Torres is a God gift for us, we wouldn’t want to lose him. Everly Blues We belong Chelsea 4 Life…
Pls AVB should try Joshua McLean in some matches atimes, he should not be always on the bench. Start him atimes, he is a fantastic player and never a kind of player to being warming the bench. Maybe he’s small, but that does not count. He has all it takes in the mid field, play him to make him genius and more stronger in the mid field…Long live all blues fans.
I will be direct and candid. Lampard is the weakest link in chelsea,the coach and the management knows it! i still believe that the colour of his skin is still the factor that is making him having a shirt in chelsea team.In this modern day football,any midfielder that is not creative is a useless midfielder,infact midfield is craetivity! and Lampard is the only midfielder i know in the world that is not creative and only rely on people’s effort to achieve his goal record(penalty)another person in the team will do d work,given penalty and someone else will come and play it,common men wake up fromn your slumber! even my wife can score penalties.Do we now base Lampard achivements over peoples efforts? I do play football myself and i know a midfielder that is good and those that are overhyped because of their skin colour.Take away the penalties from him and tell me what his career will look like!To me,he cannot even match the strength and the creativity of the league 2 team,talkless of mighty chelsea…he is the waekest link in chelsea team,Lampard!