Mikael Forssell (15 replies)

It was a kind of tragedy, in a way.

In the 2003-4 season, on loan from Chelsea, he looked, to me, the coolest, most clinical and effective goalscorer I'd ever seen at the Blues. I'd seen Hatton, Francis, Latchford and other, of course, and loved them all but there was something really special about Forssell's quick feet, quick thinking and devastating finishing. When he'd shoot it seemed to glide across the grass and effortlessly end up in the net. Not so much about power but about precision and technique. Thats how it seemed.

After that season, injuries to fragile knees robbed him of many of those skills and his career declined. It seemed unfair on what looked like a fantastic potential career.

I reckon, for that short time, he was the best finisher I've ever seen at the Blues. (Apart from Lee Novak).

So I created this:

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