Fernando Torres

[Steve 10,227]

This whole "next game he will score" is getting a bit repetitive now

Add 'annoying' to that.

Also add, As long as he works hard for the team thats all the matters. Goals will come with time.

[dodojojo 510]

Now that Ancelotti has punched and strangled him, Torres will come good.

[Kostas 1,468]

This whole "next game he will score" is getting a bit repetitive now

Add 'annoying' to that.

Thought I was the only one who felt that way.

Also add, As long as he works hard for the team thats all the matters. Goals will come with time.

*Raises hand*

[Milan 17,854]

This whole "next game he will score" is getting a bit repetitive now

Add 'annoying' to that.

Thought I was the only one who felt that way.

Also add, As long as he works hard for the team thats all the matters. Goals will come with time.

*Raises hand*

milan.cech

[Tortilla9 390]

Trouble w/Torres

This may be one of the better stories I've read about Torres without the media flop spin and why he was successful at Liverpool and why he's struggling at Chelsea. Some interesting points:

1. Arguably the biggest factor, however, is the exact shape and philosophy of the team he's trying to fit into. Basically, it's rare enough these days that you see Chelsea execute the kind of counter-attack that Liverpool did back on Torres's debut.

2. Despite Torres's sleekness of touch when in flight, by contrast, he can be conspicuously club-footed when it comes to close-range build-up (so true!!). That's been evident throughout his international career with Spain, where he's often looked slightly out of place. Luis Aragones finally realised the solution to this in the build-up to Euro 2008. He used Torres's acceleration and direct running as decoys, getting him to stretch defences and give the rest of Spain's artists more space to play.

3. It helped, of course, that Liverpool were built to play this way and had numerous key figures capable of providing that kind of pass above all, Xabi Alonso and Gerrard. The latter, for all his faults and frequent occasions that he blazed a ball into the stands, would generally hit one gem a game.

4. Chelsea, by contrast, don't currently have that kind of architect. In that sense, Torres is a season too late. He would have benefitted from playing with Deco who was well capable of threading through-balls or, to a lesser extent, Michael Ballack. At the moment, Frank Lampard always occupies the attacking-midfield position that would offer this type of pass. Although he has many qualities, perception like that isn't one of them. Instead, Lampard will often shoot where a true playmaker would look for the killer ball.

Given the Englishman's goal return, this isn't a problem per se... unless you have a striker who is generally wasted if he doesn't have that type of ball. And it's why Ancelotti could be best served by again dropping Torres tonight. Until they buy a necessary playmaker or sufficiently develop a different approach, Chelsea are a more cohesive unit without the Spaniard.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

The only reason he hasn't scored yet is because I've not slagged him off yet.

TORRES YOU'RE SHIT.

Might work?

[Tortilla9 390]

The only reason he hasn't scored yet is because I've not slagged him off yet.

TORRES YOU'RE SHIT.

Might work?

If that's what it takes....

[YankinBlue42 72]

Today I'll be wearing my Torres jersey for the first time while watching a game live. I think that's a good sign. I will relish the chance to run around the bar, screaming in delight, holding up my Torres jersey while the women look away in horror.

[eldo 868]

Now that Ancelotti has punched and strangled him, Torres will come good.

Oh.

[Tortilla9 390]

"I think there is a tendency to judge Torres in an outrageously simplictic way and focus on his lack of goals since he came to Chelsea. I just look at what I see and as someone who spent his career trying to create things for these guys, I think I could find Torres time and time again." - Pat Nevin in the buildup before the match (Monday)

[Term-X 7,891]

I hope the sad pathetic liverpool fan who made this site, enjoys channel 5 football next season.

http://hastorresscoredforchelsea.com/

[LDN Blue 7,903]

[Ollie 4,400]

He's has so many opportunities which is positive, just his finishing has been lacking. He's done more than Drogba anyway, ok Drogba scored against Stoke but he's getting on my nerves atm, his body language, final ball, moaning, 'simulation'.... absolute shit today.

Torres was good but again just not quite there. Wigan at home next, he's bound to get more chances to score against that lot.

[Ollie 4,400]

I hope the sad pathetic liverpool fan who made this site, enjoys channel 5 football next season.

http://hastorresscoredforchelsea.com/

They won't even get Channel 5 football next season

[dodojojo 510]

I hope the sad pathetic liverpool fan who made this site, enjoys channel 5 football next season.

http://hastorresscoredforchelsea.com/

Couldn't the same site work for the question, "Has Liverpool won the Premier League?"

[Kostas 1,468]

Would love a stat on his shots on target since his move

[LDN Blue 7,903]

There was no supply once again though!

Only Zhirkov & Ramires gave him something to run onto to try and get in a shot. Lampard always went out wide, Drogba couldn't find a link up with him & Essien was being.. His natural self. We lack a clean-cut passer, something Lampard used to be.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

My insult nearly produced a goal... he hit the farking post. Maybe this will work...

TORRES YOU USELESS CUNT, SCORE A HAT-TRICK AGAINST WIGAN.