Much has been made about Fernando Torres and the demise from his world-class status. Like most Chelsea fans, I’ve willed him on during his every appearance to reach the form he once had. It feels more like relief when he scores, as opposed to happiness; I also find myself celebrating a goal as if he’d [...]

Every Premier League season has its own heroes and losers; ups and downs. Some teams are under-achieving, and some are flying high. Some players are making their fans ecstatic with the way they play, and some are just hugely disappointing. Finally, some transfers turn out to be great moves, and some are just more or [...]

Second-placed Chelsea host Liverpool this Sunday at Stamford Bridge and Chelsea’s number 9, Fernando Torres, has this week reflected on his time at Liverpool, in build up to this weekend’s clash. Torres scored 81 goals in 142 appearances for the Anfield club over a three and a half year spell, which he reflects on as [...]

A very interesting Fernando Torres info-graphic provided to us by Labrokes Football ahead of the game on Sunday is shown below. Whilst all of the statistics favour the Torres of Liverpool – the last stat which is the trophy is count is what Torres may look back upon most fondly. We’ve got an article coming [...]

On paper a 0-0 draw with Chelsea looks like a dull end to match of the day with Hanson and Shearer giving it all of 20 seconds of their expert analysis. In fact, is was a thoroughly entertaining 0-0 draw. It wasn’t a game of end to end chances more of a display of two [...]

It seems as though we’ve finally reached the heart of Fernando Torres’ problems at Chelsea, in his own words, they play too ‘slowly’. Jonathan Wilson better summarised Torres’ point this week: [Torres] criticized his Chelsea teammates for being slow. He needs the ball played to him quickly, while opposing defenders are still setting themselves, before [...]

Andre Villas-Boas’ first stern test of the season ended with a loss for his team but based on this showing, he’s making good progress. He set up Chelsea to attack and this made for a very open game, one that was enjoyed by all parties except, maybe, those on the losing side. Free flowing attacking [...]