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Posted: **Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:35 am**

Ciggy wrote:
lakes10 wrote:we will kill them in the final.....Rafa will play our best striker

Rumour has it Torres is out for the rest of the season

Rest of season?

:censored:

sake, thats ruined our run in

Posted: **Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:37 am**

RedSi35 wrote:Rest of season?

Hes in Germany seeing a specialist :down:

Posted: **Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:44 am**

Ciggy wrote:
RedSi35 wrote:Rest of season?

Hes in Germany seeing a specialist

And so goes our chance of a trophy?

We were toothless yesterday, our play up to Fulhams 18 yard line was fantastic..........everything else in the box was rubbish.

Posted: **Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:33 am**

Ciggy wrote:Rumour has it Torres is out for the rest of the season

So are the same people still having a go at Rafa for trying to protect him from injury and subbing him early against Birmingham now?

Posted: **Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:42 am**

He wasn't giving him much "protection" in the Benfica game though, was he?

We'll see if he's around Thursday week.

Posted: **Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:58 am**

Hopefully he will be back for the next game, although if his knee is bad i fear for our chances of winning the Europa Cup.

Posted: **Mon Apr 12, 2010 11:02 am**

stmichael wrote:
Ciggy wrote:Rumour has it Torres is out for the rest of the season

So are the same people still having a go at Rafa for trying to protect him from injury and subbing him early against Birmingham now?

If Rafa wanted to protect Torres ,really protect him - then he should have signed a decent counterpart striker to Torres ,our manager placed all the pressure physical and mental on a sole single striker and this is the price you pay for such incompetence.

Torres is a target to any physical defence not only as he is a top class player but also because he is our single biggest threat to the team ,if Rafa would have reduced the pressure by bringing decent strikers he wouldn't have been knocked so much.

Same goes to Stevie which suffered continues injuries ,this is the price you pay for not bringing talented players to support your stars.

Posted: **Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:14 pm**

only me wrote:If Rafa wanted to protect Torres ,really protect him - then he should have signed a decent counterpart striker to Torres ,our manager placed all the pressure physical and mental on a sole single striker and this is the price you pay for such incompetence.

Torres is a target to any physical defence not only as he is a top class player but also because he is our single biggest threat to the team ,if Rafa would have reduced the pressure by bringing decent strikers he wouldn't have been knocked so much.

Same goes to Stevie which suffered continues injuries ,this is the price you pay for not bringing talented players to support your stars.

Heard the F*cking lot now ,its benitez's fault that Torres is injured so much :laugh:

Posted: **Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:27 pm**

RED BEERGOGGLES wrote:
only me wrote:If Rafa wanted to protect Torres ,really protect him - then he should have signed a decent counterpart striker to Torres ,our manager placed all the pressure physical and mental on a sole single striker and this is the price you pay for such incompetence.

Torres is a target to any physical defence not only as he is a top class player but also because he is our single biggest threat to the team ,if Rafa would have reduced the pressure by bringing decent strikers he wouldn't have been knocked so much.

Same goes to Stevie which suffered continues injuries ,this is the price you pay for not bringing talented players to support your stars.

Heard the F*cking lot now ,its benitez's fault that Torres is injured so much

I said two years ago when Rafa first started playing him as a lone striker in every game, that my concern was that players who take on that role rarely last long before the injury problems start to become more frequent.

When you have two huge CB'S kicking lumps out of you, and you are having to chase every lost cause on your own, it takes a toll. Torres is an incredible striker, but even he is human!

Posted: **Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:40 pm**

RED BEERGOGGLES wrote:
only me wrote:If Rafa wanted to protect Torres ,really protect him - then he should have signed a decent counterpart striker to Torres ,our manager placed all the pressure physical and mental on a sole single striker and this is the price you pay for such incompetence.

Torres is a target to any physical defence not only as he is a top class player but also because he is our single biggest threat to the team ,if Rafa would have reduced the pressure by bringing decent strikers he wouldn't have been knocked so much.

Same goes to Stevie which suffered continues injuries ,this is the price you pay for not bringing talented players to support your stars.

Heard the F*cking lot now ,its benitez's fault that Torres is injured so much

no what he said it's rafa's fault for not having a plan b an injured torres. And if he seriously consider's N'Gog a backup to torres he's gotta be joking.

and what s@int said is right, when you have CB's on your heels every game you're fit in the epl you will get injured no matter who you are.

Posted: **Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:15 pm**

s@int wrote:I said two years ago when Rafa first started playing him as a lone striker in every game, that my concern was that players who take on that role rarely last long before the injury problems start to become more frequent.

When you have two huge CB'S kicking lumps out of you, and you are having to chase every lost cause on your own, it takes a toll. Torres is an incredible striker, but even he is human!

Ok its a given that if you play as a lone striker this burden will bring the inevitable injuries Torres has sustained ,but also Torres has been no stranger to injuries right through his career such as any player who plays with pace and striding gait will continue to suffer from ,surely of all the accusations people can place at the managers door this is the most flimsy Saint ,I will confess some of his formations and game plans may be subject to scrutiny but surely not the players who currently lie on the treatment table

Posted: **Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:24 pm**

Teshie wrote:no what he said it's rafa's fault for not having a plan b an injured torres. And if he seriously consider's N'Gog a backup to torres he's gotta be joking.

and what s@int said is right, when you have CB's on your heels every game you're fit in the epl you will get injured no matter who you are.

Football is all about confidence ,and Ngog when first brought in played with a lot of promise ,I have no Idea what has shattered his belief lately but its beginning to show as it did with Keane when he scuffed shots and missed sitters with alarming regularity ,I personally don't think the lad is as bad as some make out ,or at least he wasn't when first introduced ,I even remember a few on here praising the Lad for his contributions

Posted: **Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:25 pm**

Far from it Beergoggles.

Benitez' insistance on a single striker will mean that Torres will ALWAYS be getting the shit kicked out of him regardless. Even if Liverpool had a decent backup.

Playing a single striker alone, against the defence...it's a joke.

One of the things that drives me mad about Benitez.

Posted: **Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:33 pm**

Yeah, so much of a joke that we utilised it in our best Premier League season ever.

Posted: **Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:41 pm**

LFC2007 wrote:Yeah, so much of a joke that we utilised it in our best Premier League season ever.

I can't argue that it didn't work mate, the only thing I question is will it affect or shorten Torres career ?

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