Fernando Torres

[Au blues 29]

Guys away for few days nevertheless all sweet .Choulo not over sensitive mate just pissed of at how it was all misconstrued and sometimes comments don't necessarily translate in the manner their intended. capti all sweet mate no harm Wevall want the best for club .Cheers all

[Au blues 29]

Manoeuvre how many community shields do you have? Players want all trophies mate wanting to win should be considered ambition not the other way round

[manpe 10,861]

Manoeuvre how many community shields do you have? Players want all trophies mate wanting to win should be considered ambition not the other way round

I suppose manoeuvre is me in French? Oh I have a few community shields, no biggie... don't you?

[Au blues 29]

Manpe,

mate not as fortunate as you but then looking at your avatar I guess they give them out where ever you are held don't they?

Sarcastic twat

[capriccioso 2,545]

To be fair, the Community Shield isn't held in high regard. The way teams treat it, its just a big name friendly. One last chance to see how your pre season turned out.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

^ only if you don't win it.

[Nando 106]

By winning the Community shield, at the end of the season a team can say they have won a treble instead of a double. To me this seems important enough. I know how the teams treat the Community shield, but it's still an official trophy. I don't see how aspiring to win it is unambitious. If Torres wants to win the Community shield, imagine what's his ambition to win bigger trophies, like the Premier league.

Let's throw away the Supercup, too, shall we?

[manpe 10,861]

I guess people have misunderstood my words. The original post was that if Torres wins everything with us, including the community shield, he won't have anything more to play for. My point was that if he won every major trophy with us (the league, the champions league and the FA cup, carling cup to some extent), then I can't see him staying just to play for the community shield. For comparison Drogba said he would have possibly stayed if we hadn't won the CL, that's called "playing for something" in my book. Having a community shield in your medals collection is hardly something really ambitious players aspire to, it's just something that either comes or doesn't, but it isn't played for per se. It is there to be won along the road, but the road itself is something bigger.

[Shane 2,275]

I'll give him till January, if he isn't doing it then he can be on the bench until the summer then fuck off. I'm getting sick of this now, £50,000,000 and over £100,000 a week and he's playing like a Championship player most of the time.

[manpe 10,861]

I'll give him till January, if he isn't doing it then he can be on the bench until the summer then fuck off. I'm getting sick of this now, £50,000,000 and over £100,000 a week and he's playing like a Championship player most of the time.

Tbf most of us said exactly the same thing last season. First we gave him till January, then we gave him until Drogba was in AFCON (the infamous make or break period which he wholeheartedly broke), then we gave him until the end of the season, where he finally started showing some flashes. I wouldn't be surprised if in 2 years we'd still be singing the same old song about time and patience and non-existent service. Next season truly is his to take with Drogba out of the way, if he fails to capitalize, there must be no mercy shown. For the sake of the team I hope he shows why he felt he had the right to whine.

[Shane 2,275]

Tbf most of us said exactly the same thing last season. First we gave him till January, then we gave him until Drogba was in AFCON, then we gave him until the end of the season, where he started showing some flashes. I wouldn't be surprised if in 2 years we'd still be singing the same old song about time and patience. Next season truly is his to take with Drogba out of the way, if he fails to capitalize, there must be no mercy shown.

He doesn't have Drogba breathing down his neck now though, He's the main man.

Seems abit out of his depth at a decent team

[Pepsi 34]

Fernando Torres included in Spain's euro squad. Soldado missed out. Poor Solado, but hopefully Torres will shine in the competition!

http://au.eurosport....161/story.shtml

[Spike 12,049]

Aaah, what the hell does Soldado have to do to get into the Squad? He has had a much better season than Torres. 27 Goals to Torres' 11...

[Invasion 13]

Torres - 12 goals in the season

Pedro - 13 goals

Negredo - 14 goals

Soldado - 27 goals He must have been total shit in the end of the season or something. But delighted for Torres nonetheless.

[Nando 106]

Both Negredo and Soldado ended badly the season. But I think Soldado deserved it far more than Negredo. When he re-debuted for Spain a couple of months ago, and scored a hattrick in 45 minutes, I really feared Torres would miss the Euros. I also feel for Adrian, because he looked like a good replacement for Villa, yesterday against Serbia. However, Del Bosque knows what he's doing.

Maybe Llorente is the first choice for Spain now. But, also, they can play with a false 9, with Silva or Cesc occupying this position. It's not like they don't have options or something ...

[termninja 5,290]

Glad he made it into the squad. Hopefully he has a good tournament and doesn't get injured...

[Ollie 4,400]

Shocked i must say, Soldado has had a fantastic season, he and Torres shoulda gone. If i had to pick one, i'd had to pick Soldado but it's his choice. I hope Nando shines. He's just won the European cup, if this doesn't give him confidence...

[themightyblue 443]

Soldado must be fuming