Mis-firing Torres

[Kostas 1,468]

Very refreshing views from Desaily. Especially as far as the "old Torres" is concerned, Marcel paints a very different image to the one we've been used to.

Ever since he signed for us according to some Chelsea and Liverpool fans, Torres of Atletico and Liverpool was nothing more than a player who was on form for years.

Simply a good athlete with tremendous pace, sharpness and all the other traits attributed to form instead of a genuine top class footballer (which would make the overused to the point of abuse "class is permanent" argument invalid for him).

Now that he's not on-form and not as athletic as he was you'll read that he has no hope of becoming a proper footballer again he'll remain a Pippo Inzaghi without positional awareness and poaching instinct, a Van Nistelroy without the goals etc ..

Suffice to say that's not the impression of him I had when he was at Liverpool and it would be a sign of low football intelligence and experience to start believing it only now.

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

good strikers finish today, instinctive when the ball arrived quick to his feet. Hopefuly that will buy him some time from the hordes on this site who seem to want him to fail more than some scousers i know

[Henri 115]

Like today, the only way to stop all this bullshit talking is by scoring, You only make them

quiet by keep on.

[Guest justin_3d]

Ok, I will try to bite my tongue for half of the new season about Torres and won't say much more. I will wait and let time be the judge.

And I will have a little faith, only when i see him change his awful attitude.

From when i wrote this, i have started to support Torres.

And so far nothing has improve.....

Moreover it looks like more people have gotten frustrated with Torres....

It feels like it's December already!

[Mart 29]

So you dug this topic up to hope everyone would have a go at Torres?

[Guest justin_3d]

So you dug this topic up to hope everyone would have a go at Torres?

People are having a go at Torres all over the forum. Should put all their rant here, me thinks.

[Blue Armour 4,436]

For those moaning about Torres, don't worry...AVB's plan is to get the team playing good football first..Makes it easier for Torres to come in and improve his performances...

[xjdd 11]

I can't agree more.

Let time tell whether he will gain his form or not . I still have faith in his ability, this is a mental problem of him and he should solve it himself.

[RX8 40]

The problem with Torres is Simple....

ACTITUD!!!

He will play as his best when he realice that his only problem is in his mind..... after this last game..AVB is right to let him on the bench.... his actitud sucks.... and he show it in the pitch..... and Lukaku should be there in Torres place.... Because at least Lukaku has the actitud.....

I´m sorry because I sopport him... and had faith but not with that actitud

[Henrique 9,133]

For me Torres is already a flop. Sturridge and Mata only needed few minutes to do what Torres did in many many games.

The fact that VB dropped him only shows that the manager dont believe him enough. His form in training must be bad.

Shevchenko is a legend compared with Torres. lol

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I'm fully behind Torres, but he cost us £50million and he has to start firing soon.

We've had our best performance of the season without him, although I desperately want to see him alongside Mata and Dan.

[planetchelsea 3]

I think Torres should go on a loan move in January, preferably in Italy, where he can re gain his form and come back all guns blazing in the summer

[planetchelsea 3]

I think Torres should go on a loan move in January, preferably in Italy, where he can re gain his form and come back all guns blazing in the summer

[Fulham Broadway 17,306]

I think Torres should go on a loan move in January, preferably in Italy, where he can re gain his form and come back all guns blazing in the summer

..or in the reserves for a while, complete toilet at the moment

[jmarlow 458]

the way i see it Torres needs players around him who can move the ball quickly and play defense splitting passes! we have those type of players now with Mata, Meireles and Sturridge. So i want to see Torres playing with these guys and if he still cant score goals with them around him then we would need to get rid of him, but i feel when he does start playing with them the goals will come! and plenty of them as well!!