By Tushar Acharya
Torres has been the ‘BIG’ (pun completely intended) news these couple of weeks. Will he play wont be play? Will he start or come on as a Sub? If he scores will he celebrate? Amidst all the drama and the hype, the abuse and the shirt burning (Disgraceful), I was wondering what and how Torres felt. Personally I hold no grudge against Torres moving. I actually thank him for that. Here is why.
1. I DO NOT WANT TO BE HERE: We all saw that he was not motivated. The game against Chelsea was probably something akin to showcasing his skill for the benefit of his future employers. The drooped shoulder, the uninterested gait, the hesitation in taking on shots was all apparent. This is not a case of I told you so but his performances kept getting better the nearer we approached January. Since this also coincides with the Return of the King, we shall never know the true motivation in his improved performance. I always had a sneaking doubt if he was just angling for a move on (Hence the ‘I told you so’). A player who does not want to be on the pitch, totally committed to the color he wear, sticks out like a sore thumb and does not improve the mood of the other players any better on and off the pitch. To sum up – thank you Nando for not screwing the other players like you got your head screwed.
2. 50 million pound: need I say more. He was not worth that much on the field for us. But I should thank him for making it possible for LFC to buy more players.
Unlike a lot of people, I understand where Nando is coming from. He is getting on in age and though he has won medals with Spain in Europe and in the World Cup, he is yet to win a medal with any club. (On a tangent was he a jinx?) For him it would have seemed impossible to achieve that at Anfeild. I thought too that it would be at least 2 years before we would compete in Europe, so I don’t blame Nando for thinking that. Little did he or I count on how awesome Kenny was going to be. (Note to self, don’t believe all that the ‘pundits’ say)
That said I do not agree with his choice of Chelsea. They are direct competitors and irrespective of how historically challenged they are, he should not have gone there. But thinking from Nando’s view point they still have an outside chance of winning the league.
Moving on to the game, what a ripper! I am still buzzing from the game yesterday! I laughed my ass off when Torres started to gravitate towards the Liverpool players at the half-time restart. Does that say that irrespective of what he said in the media (surely written by the PR mill), he still has not moved on? Let me see, he still has that uninterested gait, a guilty look on his face (I would like to think) and did not score. Does he not like Chelsea?
But enough of this Torres hangover what has happened has happened. I am looking forward to Luis and Andy ripping apart defenses on the field.
Cheers to a new future for Liverpool under new owners an old player as a manager and the ‘new boys’.
P.S An interesting aside, when the game finished, LFC had 6 defenders on the field (Kelly, Aurelio, Glen, Agger, Carra and Skertel)! Not to mention 1 defensive midfielder in Poulson (Lucas??).
Amazing
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Is there any footage of Torres joining the Liverpool players at the restart. I’d love to see that!!
Like most LFC fans I was and am still disappointed by Torres’s decision to quit Anfield. But, unlike the writer of this article, I have managed to retain some of my common sense and have not been consumed by hatred and bitterness for our former striker.
First, why refer to him as “T***es” in the title? Please, just grow up. And the point you make about him being a ‘jinx’? Are you serious?
The game yesterday was an excellent result for us, and we thoroughly deserved the three points. But a “ripper”? Not even close in my book. I was a battle, one which our midfield came out on top of. Lucas continues to grow as a player and it’s only a matter of time the British media credit him for this. Our defending was outstanding at times too. Not allowing Chelsea’s widemen or full-backs into the game at all. Johnson and Kelly got forward at the right times and when defending dropped to support the three centre backs. Kenny got the tactics spot on and it was down to that and great effort on the pitch that we took the 3 points.
The next few matches are vital as they are winnable and will further strengthen our league position, so hopefully focus will shift to that instead of Fernando Torres.
I was the one who censored his name because people were bitching each time his name is mentioned
who’s name was censored ? davy i’m afraid whats his name thinks we never deserved to win it.
can someone tell torres that something is happening in lfc now. The old days is gone and the new era has come to live in anfield. YOU WILL NEVER WALK ALONE. UP KENNY THE KING.
Dear CFC,
I am sorry, but there is NO 30 day money back guarantee on any items purchased in the january sales.
Yours etc
KD
I didn’t read his autobiography but I heard that it says “I bleed red”. Would that be Fernando donning goggles and a lab coat poking himself with a pin, claiming it a scientific experiment, or did he genuinely call himself a Liverpool fan?
I think I speak for the majority when I say I knew he was going to leave at some point, but I just wish he had given us the honesty and warning that we deserved.
I still thanks torres for what he did for the reds,but to be honest I’d rather loose him than Xabi alonso. Xabi never want to leave LFC, until know he still visit n watch his guys at anfield.