Rafa Benitez's side suffered a 2-0 defeat at home to Swansea in the Capital One Cup and the home faithful appear to have finally lost patience with their £50 million striker
Chelsea fans’ frustrations with much-maligned striker Fernando Torres appeared to reach boiling point on Wednesday night, with supporters booing the Spaniard and calling for Demba Ba during the Capital One Cup defeat to Swansea.
I want Torres to succeed, I really do. I see so many fans wanting his head on a pike, and it's really disheartening. He was once my favorite player in the world, now he's like a shell of his former self.
I wonder what a month or so on the bench will do for him. Maybe rejuvenate him, maybe deteriorate him even further. Unfortunately it doesn't look like he's ever going to be at his Liverpool Prime, at least not with Chelsea.
That 50 million price tag is weighing him down. The pressure that he must have to perform well must be colossal. At this point I no longer believe that a period on the bench will help him at all. To be honest, I believe it will shatter the last bit of confidence he has. He needs to be sold and maybe he will reemerge as the top striker he once was in a new environment. Maybe trading him plus 40 million will get Chelsea Falcao. If he stays he needs to take a summer off just keeping in shape, but away from the team so that he takes a break from the hate that he is getting even from Chelsea's supporters.
It wud be great for Torres, if he moves back to Atletico, the fans wud take him in a heartbeat.
Start him or bench him, he's not getting his confidence back anytime soon with the hefty price tag, media, critics on his back.