The Chelsea F.C. Thread V

Torres has done better than Eto'o this season, yet Eto'o still plays ahead of Ba. So why aren't you criticising Eto'o? He's been poor this season. It's the clubs fault for the way we've handled our youth players not Torres..

Eto'o is gone at the end of this season regardless of the circumstances. Torres however isn't and will still be here next season from the looks of it. That's why I'm criticizing Torres and not Eto'o.

He's in the same situation though and I think he's shot as a player and of confidence. Eto'o we brought in for free as well, not 50m.

True, but that's not really the point you were alluring to. I was saying why Eto'o is exempt from criticism when he has played the most matches out of the three this season despite not being our best striker. Is that not a "parasitic" trait too?

Ideally all three of these guys should go in the summer. We recall Lukaku and look for someone else.

Parasitic trait, however he's here for one season. It was a gamble, but a free gamble for one season that hasn't payed off. Torres was a 50 million gamble that has affected us for three years and still hasn't payed off. That's why Eto'o is exempt from criticism.

I'd rather keep Ba. Even if we look for somebody else and recall Lukaku, we would only have 2 strikers to rely on for the whole season, one would be good but not certain to score loads in Lukaku while the other would be an unknown unless we sign Messi or a Cavani.

Ba isn't "sexy" enough for Mourinho

Nah don't agree with this. Oscar is more of a 'mourinho' type player, works hard going forward and tracking back while Mata just doesn't put in enough of a shift defensively. I feel he was let go off too early because he could have adapted his game but then again I'm not sure if he has enough stamina to fulfil this role, he's a bit like Ozil in this way. I do think it was the right decision selling Mata though, especially since you got £37m for him.