It's somewhat hard to judge because Chelsea bought a player that is terribly out of form, but he is a proven goal scorer and still has enormous potential for the club. That being said if he doesn't get his confidence back and the situation just keeps getting worse, it may snowball and Torres will never get back to what he truly can be. There may also be a little something called Karma involved in all this, but I am not holding anything against Torres anymore. Although on my black Carlsberg Liverpool kit I did peel his name off the back so it just has a number 9 took me hours. I think he will prove himself though at Chelsea, just a matter of character and confidence. Although when he came to Liverpool he started scoring immediately, I believe his first was against Chelsea, c'est la vie. Hugely different atmosphere though, one of positivity and excitement at Liverpool, expectations and resentment at Chelsea.

As for Carroll he looks to be a cracking player, super excited to see him get his first goal for England than a couple weeks later bag a brilliant brace for Liverpool. 35 million is a lot but he just needs to keep working hard and trying to improve under the King and goals will keep coming. Hopefully he and Luis and Stevie G can form a great understanding and chemistry, we could be amazing going forward next season. If we win the title next season, or any trophy, yes he is worth the money

Simple. Chelsea should have brought in a player that would help the strikers, not another one. For example if they had brought aguero, he woulda paired differently with drogba, he isn't the best striker but his link up play would have worked with chelsea

Torres is now just 2/1 not to score a goal before the end of the season with the bookies

Maybe if carlo had been given full control of the 50m he would have spent it differently but tbh I would rather buy an out of form torres than an in form caroll

Is it also possible that Drogba is still not entirely fit to play 90 mins so Carlo alternates for more than one reason?  

If torres is worth 50million, god knows how much chicharito is worth. Although the ridiculous price tag on both these players, torres and caroll are both great buys. We can't critise torres for not scoring, he has been trying and him alone was never gonna' fix chelsea's problems. As scoring goals isn't really their main problem, their problems starts at the back

Just keep having faith in him, he'll score one day

Quite frankly, Torres should not start crucial games like yesterdays, simply because he`s not in the right state of mind at the moment, which affects his performance on the pitch. We know his skills and abilities, but to me when a player doesn`t score for games and is not confident, what`s the point in using him in a top match against United to the expense of Chelsea. FC, when you have Drogba!? Torres was transparent. Ancelotti has shown too much empathy now, especially for those 2 champions league quarter-final matches.

I'm not a fan of either club, but I'd rather have a proven striker that is bang out of form, than a proven wife beater who has scored a few goals for two bad teams

Torres is nowhere fitting in the chelsea's line up and that is why he isn't able to score....
And why would anybody spend 50 mn pound?

If they are sure and have seen that player playing fine in the past.... Torres not scoring for chelsea does not mean he does not know how to play.... He'll find his form.... Everybody have rough phases in their carrer....

And 35 mn pound for carroll where circumstantial? It was last day of transfer market and liverpool had to do something to replace torres.... And I know carroll is not worth more than 20 mn pound.... But he is talented and m happy to have him at the cost of torres....

I think he understands the concept, its just hard to decipher in such a poorly written comment

Funny thing how Torres The God is now subject to hate and ridicule from the Liverpudlians...

Andy Carroll is not Worth £35m maybe £18m or £20m but not £35m and Torres £33m I wouldn't pay £50 on Lionel Messi the best striker in the world the Chelsea Manager(Carlo Ancelotti) is stupid to pay that much money on Fernando Torres

Whats the need to bash Torres? He just joined the club! Let him get into his confort zone and then he'll start scoring. Chelsea title hopes are gone and they're prep-ing for next season

Neither is worth that kind of money. Hernandez cost 5 times less that carrol and and 7 time less that torres and scored more that both of them