Taxi for Torres - judas fecks off to chelsea
by andy_g » Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:00 pm
looks like maybe you won't even be able to win the FA cup with your new darlings, nando you two faced kunt. poor thing, what will you do if you can't have all the trophies you need to feed your ego?
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by burjennio » Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:08 pm
If he goes we need a proper centre forward, someone strong and preferably quick that can hold up the ball and bring Suarez and Gerrard into the game. Benzema isnt gonna happen, Mourinho has been b*tchin for weeks about not having enough strikers, Madrid only have Benzema and Adebayor as Higuain is out for the season. Llorente is a superb player but I fear it'd be too much of a risk for the £22m odd Bilbao want for him, his attributes compare alot more with Morientes than Torres and we know who the former faired over here. Just you know who'd be relatively cheap, has prem experience, could be excepted as a stop gap and was very impressive during the week against us?
If he goes we need a proper centre forward, someone strong and preferably quick that can hold up the ball and bring Suarez and Gerrard into the game. Benzema isnt gonna happen, Mourinho has been b*tchin for weeks about not having enough strikers, Madrid only have Benzema and Adebayor as Higuain is out for the season. Llorente is a superb player but I fear it'd be too much of a risk for the £22m odd Bilbao want for him, his attributes compare alot more with Morientes than Torres and we know who the former faired over here. Just you knw who'd be relatively cheap, could be excepted as a stop gap and was very impressive during the week against us?
Spend the next 5 months deciding who to bring in in the summer and let that lad fill the gap in this, our most transitional of seasons
If he goes we need a proper centre forward, someone strong and preferably quick that can hold up the ball and bring Suarez and Gerrard into the game. Benzema isnt gonna happen, Mourinho has been b*tchin for weeks about not having enough strikers, Madrid only have Benzema and Adebayor as Higuain is out for the season. Llorente is a superb player but I fear it'd be too much of a risk for the £22m odd Bilbao want for him, his attributes compare alot more with Morientes than Torres and we know who the former faired over here. Just you knw who'd be relatively cheap, could be excepted as a stop gap and was very impressive during the week against us?
Spend the next 5 months deciding who to bring in in the summer and let that lad fill the gap in this, our most transitional of seasons
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by metalhead » Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:09 pm
maguskwt wrote:how bout we offer Torres to Milan for a straight swap with Pato?
we're playing Football Manager now...
done that with Poulsen..which unsettled Pato
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by Thewaykokid » Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:10 pm
would be ironic if an everton win in the fa cup swayed Torres into staying?
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by maguskwt » Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:13 pm
metalhead wrote:maguskwt wrote:how bout we offer Torres to Milan for a straight swap with Pato?
we're playing Football Manager now...
done that with Poulsen..which unsettled Pato
... I was actually serious though I'd take Pato in a heartbeat...
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by crazyhorse » Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:15 pm
Simply cannot believe some of the stick Torres is getting here. We go on about loyalty, but there is very little loyalty in football anymore. But loyalty is a two way street... how many assurances do you think Fernando has had from the board over the last year that we are going to strengthen and build a team to win him the trophies his talent deserves? And how unfair is it to start giving the lad this level of stick when all he has done is say he would like to leave the club! I think personally its disgusting. Kenny himself has been promoting the club and the dignified way that it treats the supporters and other clubs but some here are not reciprocating this attitude. Do you think he has done this out of petulance or on a whim? NO.. this has been coming and we all knew it.
The lad clearly wants to leave. If he does go, which is by no means certain I wish him all the best and thank him for the effort he has put it over the last four years. And if we hold out for the 50 million in his contract it will be good business, doubling our investment. Also remember that he has been injury prone and has missed a lot of football. Its not that terrible if he goes.
We have been fortunate to have Fernando Torres at the club for four years. He has scored goals and without them really where would we have been?
If the lad is set on leaving we do not know the reason. Only Fernando knows why he wants to leave and has obviously communicated to the club but he is not shouting to the press or throwing tantrums. He is conducting himself properly and should be afforded the respect he deserves.
I like everyone else think that he is being stupid for wanting to leave, but for crying out loud give him a break and show some class!
The lad clearly wants to leave. If he does go, which is by no means certain I wish him all the best and thank him for the effort he has put it over the last four years. And if we hold out for the 50 million in his contract it will be good business, doubling our investment. Also remember that he has been injury prone and has missed a lot of football. Its not that terrible if he goes.
We have been fortunate to have Fernando Torres at the club for four years. He has scored goals and without them really where would we have been?
If the lad is set on leaving we do not know the reason. Only Fernando knows why he wants to leave and has obviously communicated to the club but he is not shouting to the press or throwing tantrums. He is conducting himself properly and should be afforded the respect he deserves.
I like everyone else think that he is being stupid for wanting to leave, but for crying out loud give him a break and show some class!
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by burjennio » Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:15 pm
metalhead wrote:Clint Dempsey is not a proper forward mate, not the type of player we should be looking for either, we need a ''fowler''
Ive seen him play up front a few times and hes been impressive, hes great in the air, strong and half an eye for goal and works his a*s off - let him be a foil for Suarez, hed be something different to what we have now, hed be the Toshack to Keegan, Heskey to Owen, the St John to Hunt if you will, wont get the plaudits or the goals of his strike partner, but will put in a great shift every week
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by roberto green » Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:16 pm
I remember in the first season he was with us he was saying I can relate to the people Liverpool becuse they are working class people like the background of which I have come from. Full of sh!t
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by RED BEERGOGGLES » Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:16 pm
Fernando Torres transfer request: analysis by Luke Traynor
By Luke Traynor
Jan 29 2011
JUST when the optimism was building at Anfield following Kenny Dalglish's return, the bubble is now threatening to burst.
It was no great surprise to learn that Fernando Torres was growing disillusioned at Liverpool after last season's lacklustre seventh position finish in the Premiership and the bleak reality of the shortlived Roy Hodgson era.
That malcontent could clearly be seen on the striker's face and in his struggling performances on the pitch.
The bid from Chelsea this week was almost to be expected, the moneybags Londoners testing Liverpool's resolve amid trying times on Merseyside.
But where Reds' fans have been left well and truly stunned is Torres' own steely commitment to leave the club where he knows he is viewed as a hero.
If the suggestions throughout Friday that the Spaniard had asked Liverpool to seriously consider Chelsea's £35m bid were worrying enough, worse was to follow.
As journalists filed their final copy for the weekend newspaper stands, the Anfield hierarchy conceded a further twist in this eyeopening soap opera.
Approaching midnight yesterday, it was confirmed that Torres had handed in a transfer request.
It was a hammer blow for the thousands who bounce to his every goal and proclaim the red armband which he wears.
There is genuine shock on the red half of Merseyside today.
With reviled former owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett now ousted, and new responsible custodians Fenway Sports Group at the helm, the future is looking bright.
The appointment of Kenny Dalglish could herald a new dawn at Anfield, with a modern brand of confident passing football now sweeping through the Red ranks.
But new dawns can only happen when you have the personnel to deliver them, and as the King Kenny regime unfolds, he needs his star striker Fernando Torres to be at the forefront of that revival.
he Spaniard's mind, however, seems made up. Not even the announcement of the pending £22.8m signing of Luis Suarez from Ajax appeared to change his mood yesterday.
When the deal to sign the Uruguyan was confirmed, Torres, we are told, had not put in a transfer request. That move, on his part, came later on Friday evening.
So, the prospect of El Nino licking his lips at the thought of a Spanish/Uruguyan front duo was never entertained in his mind, it seems.
We can only wait now and see how the next 60 hours play out before the transfer window shuts on Monday.
Chelsea have certainly left it late in the day to get their man, and intense and round-the-clock negotiations will have to take place if business is to be concluded.
Liverpool will be desperate to keep hold of Torres until the summer, at least, but maintaining the services of a player for the remainder of a season whose head is clearly elsewhere is hardly a recipe for harmony and success.
What grates with many Liverpool fans is that it is Chelsea, fuelled by Abramovic's millions, who are trying to force the Reds' hand here.
When Ian Rush left for Juventus and Michael Owen departed for Spain, while both moves were strongly opposed, the fact that those players were keen to experience European football and add a different culture to their CV perhaps made their exits easier to bear.
Torres fleeing for London, and worse still Chelsea, will anger millions of Liverpool fans who felt they knew a striker that understood the Anfield philosophy, the passion needed to pull on the Red shirt.
Chelsea represents all that Liverpool are not, with their unfettered millions, manufactured Stamford Bridge atmosphere and a history that pales in sorry comparison to that of Liverpool's.
One can easily understand Torres' frustrations at watching a club who he believed would deliver success and fulfillment stumble in recent years.
But can that fulfillment be found at Chelsea, where silverware is effectively bankrolled by yet another blank cheque, and trophies are amassed by the systematic emptying of Abramovic's bank account?
The Kop's special relationship with their star strikers is something not experienced at other clubs in England, and it appeared, as far as the Spaniard was concerned, that feeling was mutual.
In the summer of 2008, after a hugely successful first season at Liverpool with 24 league goals in the bag, Torres was pursued by a host of envious European clubs.
His response was short and unequivocal.
"It is an honour to be linked to clubs like Barcelona, Chelsea, or Arsenal - but I am not thinking about a change and I want to continue playing for Liverpool for many years to come”, he said.
So, the reality that the Reds' number nine is determined to leave Anfield now will cut very deep on L4 and beyond.
It is difficult to see how this now fractured relationship can now be repaired.
Yes, a £50m purse would be well used by Fenway Sports Group, but the stark reality remains that getting rid of arguably the best striker in the world will damage Liverpool.
Further still, the Reds have never been, and should never be, a selling club. Traditionally, star players only leave Anfield with their best days behind them.
Departures come and go, but the policy in the club's boardroom has always been to allow an employee to leave as their talents show signs of waning.
This is certainly not the case with Torres and it is why any sale would send out wholly the wrong message to the Premiership, and European football at large.
For that reason alone, Liverpool will be doing their utmost to persuade the Spaniard to stay at Anfield.
But, it may now be out of their hands.
Brilliant piece by Luke Traynor ....totally sums up the deep wounds he has inflicted with his actions
By Luke Traynor
Jan 29 2011
JUST when the optimism was building at Anfield following Kenny Dalglish's return, the bubble is now threatening to burst.
It was no great surprise to learn that Fernando Torres was growing disillusioned at Liverpool after last season's lacklustre seventh position finish in the Premiership and the bleak reality of the shortlived Roy Hodgson era.
That malcontent could clearly be seen on the striker's face and in his struggling performances on the pitch.
The bid from Chelsea this week was almost to be expected, the moneybags Londoners testing Liverpool's resolve amid trying times on Merseyside.
But where Reds' fans have been left well and truly stunned is Torres' own steely commitment to leave the club where he knows he is viewed as a hero.
If the suggestions throughout Friday that the Spaniard had asked Liverpool to seriously consider Chelsea's £35m bid were worrying enough, worse was to follow.
As journalists filed their final copy for the weekend newspaper stands, the Anfield hierarchy conceded a further twist in this eyeopening soap opera.
Approaching midnight yesterday, it was confirmed that Torres had handed in a transfer request.
It was a hammer blow for the thousands who bounce to his every goal and proclaim the red armband which he wears.
There is genuine shock on the red half of Merseyside today.
With reviled former owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett now ousted, and new responsible custodians Fenway Sports Group at the helm, the future is looking bright.
The appointment of Kenny Dalglish could herald a new dawn at Anfield, with a modern brand of confident passing football now sweeping through the Red ranks.
But new dawns can only happen when you have the personnel to deliver them, and as the King Kenny regime unfolds, he needs his star striker Fernando Torres to be at the forefront of that revival.
he Spaniard's mind, however, seems made up. Not even the announcement of the pending £22.8m signing of Luis Suarez from Ajax appeared to change his mood yesterday.
When the deal to sign the Uruguyan was confirmed, Torres, we are told, had not put in a transfer request. That move, on his part, came later on Friday evening.
So, the prospect of El Nino licking his lips at the thought of a Spanish/Uruguyan front duo was never entertained in his mind, it seems.
We can only wait now and see how the next 60 hours play out before the transfer window shuts on Monday.
Chelsea have certainly left it late in the day to get their man, and intense and round-the-clock negotiations will have to take place if business is to be concluded.
Liverpool will be desperate to keep hold of Torres until the summer, at least, but maintaining the services of a player for the remainder of a season whose head is clearly elsewhere is hardly a recipe for harmony and success.
What grates with many Liverpool fans is that it is Chelsea, fuelled by Abramovic's millions, who are trying to force the Reds' hand here.
When Ian Rush left for Juventus and Michael Owen departed for Spain, while both moves were strongly opposed, the fact that those players were keen to experience European football and add a different culture to their CV perhaps made their exits easier to bear.
Torres fleeing for London, and worse still Chelsea, will anger millions of Liverpool fans who felt they knew a striker that understood the Anfield philosophy, the passion needed to pull on the Red shirt.
Chelsea represents all that Liverpool are not, with their unfettered millions, manufactured Stamford Bridge atmosphere and a history that pales in sorry comparison to that of Liverpool's.
One can easily understand Torres' frustrations at watching a club who he believed would deliver success and fulfillment stumble in recent years.
But can that fulfillment be found at Chelsea, where silverware is effectively bankrolled by yet another blank cheque, and trophies are amassed by the systematic emptying of Abramovic's bank account?
The Kop's special relationship with their star strikers is something not experienced at other clubs in England, and it appeared, as far as the Spaniard was concerned, that feeling was mutual.
In the summer of 2008, after a hugely successful first season at Liverpool with 24 league goals in the bag, Torres was pursued by a host of envious European clubs.
His response was short and unequivocal.
"It is an honour to be linked to clubs like Barcelona, Chelsea, or Arsenal - but I am not thinking about a change and I want to continue playing for Liverpool for many years to come”, he said.
So, the reality that the Reds' number nine is determined to leave Anfield now will cut very deep on L4 and beyond.
It is difficult to see how this now fractured relationship can now be repaired.
Yes, a £50m purse would be well used by Fenway Sports Group, but the stark reality remains that getting rid of arguably the best striker in the world will damage Liverpool.
Further still, the Reds have never been, and should never be, a selling club. Traditionally, star players only leave Anfield with their best days behind them.
Departures come and go, but the policy in the club's boardroom has always been to allow an employee to leave as their talents show signs of waning.
This is certainly not the case with Torres and it is why any sale would send out wholly the wrong message to the Premiership, and European football at large.
For that reason alone, Liverpool will be doing their utmost to persuade the Spaniard to stay at Anfield.
But, it may now be out of their hands.
Brilliant piece by Luke Traynor ....totally sums up the deep wounds he has inflicted with his actions
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by Thewaykokid » Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:17 pm
i don't want to try and start anything, but just read this on twitter
TomCra Thomas Craig
by gemlouz1983
@JimBoardman Hi Jim. I'm not "ITK" but been told FT is very unhappy with his agent. Person who told me is in position to know.
torres is in spain and will meet with kenny tomorrow to discuss his future #LFC according to rumours
Don't know what to think of this but something is really wrong with this whole situation
TomCra Thomas Craig
by gemlouz1983
@JimBoardman Hi Jim. I'm not "ITK" but been told FT is very unhappy with his agent. Person who told me is in position to know.
torres is in spain and will meet with kenny tomorrow to discuss his future #LFC according to rumours
Don't know what to think of this but something is really wrong with this whole situation
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