Here comes the 50m dud

gash

backed unders

manager is a fool to bring him on

Deserved yellow.

misses a sitter
fails to pass to a team mate 5 yards away
gets booked

all in ten minutes

omg oh dear oh dear

nearly

That was WIDE AND LONG.

The bloke is a phucking MESS.

defo on unders

FFS

just had to tap it to the player to his right for an easy goal

trying to chip the keeper with clown shoes

I'm glad we're jumping on him at every opportunity. Think Robben,Pidolski,RVP,Muller Ronaldo have all looked brilliant inthe opening game. It s like a forum full of Craig Burley's but that toothless jock simpleton has to be bitter about something

i'm on Spain and this is painful.

id personally get out if i was on unders, got a feeling there will be a late winner in this one!

needs a team of shrinks to get to work on him

Torres is rubbish every game hence the thread

sj having a seeeeeethe

yes sj because all those players youve said have been **** for the last 2 years hmmm jog on

No seethe mate. Europeam Champions 2012

Yes edd I will "jog on" on a forum

epic seeth

people are only commenting on what they are watching

And so am I Sonko.

mr ebooue, you have just wrote on another thread stating torres i s " unbelievable quality ". !!

i think you speak with fork tongue.

hes clearly low on confidence but has been involved plenty in game, it will come for him imo

still has the talent

Looks a threat anyway.  Lacks the finishing touch so far but I think Spain have improved since he came on.

as said the movement and holding of run for first chance 80% of forwards wouldnt make

hes clearly struggling with finishing but talent still clear for me

lol at 5 live 'Torres has had an absolute shocker'

very funny geezer was only on for 15 minutes and being ripped a new one. Should of done better with the finish when he went through, but great movement. The truth is people cant wait to jump all over him. Very amusing. The bloke who played in goal for Poland and RVP were a lot lot worse anything said by the media? Was there balls

You cant just ' forget ' how to finish.

You dont forget how to ride a bike.

His instinct has gone. He gets into great positions then looks like he's never scored a goal in his career.

2 years of utter sh1t from torres but it will come

bur remember sj.

The Dutch geezer scored a few this season.

well none of the 11 on before him goal apart were in them positions,seems a no brainer that he should start sending him on as sub is just making him more anxious,seedorf saying the same about rvp last night when he plays for the dutch

Mr Eboue     10 Jun 12 18:53 
bur remember sj.

The Dutch geezer scored a few this season.

He did mate and a quality player he is. But was totally dump against Daneland his right foot swingers and tripping over his own feet were fantasico

everyone who has watched footy this season and judges on current wellbeing and form knows Llorente is three times the player Torres is.

He did have a mare I agree.

Agree watchit. He 's not as confident. To say the lad had a shocker cos he missed 1 chance is well laughable

he had 2 glaring chances and missed both

Spot on sj

seems people on here think forwards just end up with ball in front of goal without having to be very good at making runs. yes he should have done better with finishes but he was a threat,

How long will people keep defending Torres?

He cost 50 million and any striker who had cost 2 million would have been punted by now as a dud.

I thought he came on and did ok

Not defending him. He's clearly finished as a top class player. It s over move on to someone else. At least though he was a top international at one time. Unlike other players who are supposedly "world class"

he came on and justified this thread.

he did ok

maybe because the pride of barca made fewer chances in the previous 75 mins, than torres helped create in 15,italian centre backs had to do more in 1o mins than the previous 80,and didnt look to clever doing it

Utter bollx on this thread.  He was decent, a lot of pressure to play at this level.  Think it's a massive game, maybe nervous with a different team than you are used to.  Not given the starting place he would think he deserves, they decide to play with no strikers instead.  Then 15 minutes at the end of the match to make a difference.  Not exactly comfortable and settled in to the match.

Can't really give you any excuses, reasons I could probably dig out a few.  Balotelli was on far longer and played much worse, he only cost 22 euro mills though so maybe that's ok.  But as metal mickey said, price is pretty much irrelevant, if anything a higher price just puts more expectation on his shoulders.

was just about to post the same watchit.

its 2 yrs not 15 mins

he is getting paid 200k a week

still you must applaud chelsea for coming 6th in the league, winning FA Cup and Champions League while having a useless player as one of your main strikers.

Torres was rubbish when Chelsea paid £50m for him, which makes him the worst transfer of all time. He's improved a little since then, but not a lot. Today wasn't exactly his first poor show for awhile, today was his normal form for God knows how long. I don't think he has been helped by having to justify such a ridiculous fee when in such poor form, it's just snow-balled for him.

It's when he looks half like a striker that it's unusual, the reverse of RVP, Ronaldo etc. etc. Imagine if Torres had got Di Natale's goal, we'd never be hearing the end of it. For Di Natale, it was just regulation.

It's amazing how bad he has become, because he was one of the world's best in his prime at Liverpool.

No way he should get in the side ahead of Llorente.

I don't need an excuse, obviously he struggled in a lot of games, the reason due to pressure on him to score.  Torres has been decent of late for Chelsea, I have watched every match Chelsea played this year, so I hope I know what I am talking about.

the dza     10 Jun 12 19:12 
Torres was rubbish when Chelsea paid £50m for him, which makes him the worst transfer of all time. He's improved a little since then, but not a lot. Today wasn't exactly his first poor show for awhile, today was his normal form for God knows how long. I don't think he has been helped by having to justify such a ridiculous fee when in such poor form, it's just snow-balled for him.

It's when he looks half like a striker that it's unusual, the reverse of RVP, Ronaldo etc. etc. Imagine if Torres had got Di Natale's goal, we'd never be hearing the end of it. For Di Natale, it was just regulation.

It's amazing how bad he has become, because he was one of the world's best in his prime at Liverpool.

No way he should get in the side ahead of Llorente.

True, one thing's for sure he's no Wilson Palacios for 16 mil

so why did natale at the top of his game miss from 6 yds after his goal

1st time poster     10 Jun 12 19:16 
so why did natale at the top of his game miss from 6 yds after his goal

Dont bring sense to the arguement

I don't think anybody is worth 200k a week.  That is a fking ridiculous amount of money for someone who kicks a football once a week.
Watch from when Torres was subbed on again, forget about your over 2.5 or Spain to win bets and just watch him.  Also don't forget they are playing against some of the best defenders in the game.  Now how does he do?

£16m eh? Even if it was that much, he was playing well when we bought him and played well for us in his first spell. Went downhill after that and we got about £10m or so back for him...but there was the small matter of his brother being murdered (whilst being held for ransom). His form fell off a cliff after that and he never recovered.

But in your haste to respond, you miss the point -- Torres cost £50m when in bad form. This is what has crushed him beyond belief. Imagine having the pressure of justifying that fee when you are playing like cr*p. The most nonsensical transfer of all time. Even Carroll, how poor he has been, was at least in some kind of form during the season he was purchased. There was some twisted logic to it. £50m was just madness.

50 million is  a red herring,
l,pool wanted rid at 50 mill,nothing less
he wanted to go
romans wanted him for years
it was a jan deal i think,

if l,pool wanted 150 mill ,roman has it and wanted him,its nothing to do with price v ability, similar to carrol transfer

I see there are loads of Armchair geniuses on here.

the dza     10 Jun 12 19:21 
£16m eh? Even if it was that much, he was playing well when we bought him and played well for us in his first spell. Went downhill after that and we got about £10m or so back for him...but there was the small matter of his brother being murdered (whilst being held for ransom). His form fell off a cliff after that and he never recovered.

But in your haste to respond, you miss the point -- Torres cost £50m when in bad form. This is what has crushed him beyond belief. Imagine having the pressure of justifying that fee when you are playing like cr*p. The most nonsensical transfer of all time. Even Carroll, how poor he has been, was at least in some kind of form during the season he was purchased. There was some twisted logic to it. £50m was just madness.

Relax

if torres had chipped the keeper would it have made the 50 mill anymore or less relevant

I don't think it is a red herring, it's a major factor as to why he hasn't been able to get his confidence back. Crushed by the weight of it, a bit of a vicious circle. In poor form>>>£50m fee to justify>>>too much pressure>>>poor form continues etc. etc.

Ronaldo moved for huge money, but he was in the form of his life. He just carried on. The fee made sense, as much as paying £80m for someone to kick a ball about can make sense anyway!

But he didn't chip the keeper . Might as well say if he'd have scored every chance he has missed since his move, would the perspective on his transfer be different? Well, obviously, yes...

if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle

Playing for RM in La Liga is a lot easier than playing for a struggling Chelsea in the EPL.

Torres pace and movement and intelligent runs are all top class, he's just lacking a bit of confidence in the finish. So many people jump on the anti torres bandwagon though...it's amazing. I'm not sure what he's done to deserve it.

For what it's worth, he wasn't that bad tonight. I said in the thread slating Alan Green (which is always the correct thing to do re. Alan Green) that Torres was ok tonight. Did some good things and some not so good things.

But Mr. E is quite right. He's a £50m dud. My hot air is just a guess at why he has continued playing poorly after Liverpool.

Haters will hate I suppose, there's not a lot else they can do.

i,m no torres,l,pool or chelski fan, but find it interesting that people on here are slagging a player who showed more in 15 mins tonight,than ive seen oxo show in all his arsenal,england appearences

Yeah showed how crap he's become

Did you see Chamberlain v Milan?

Or Blackburn?

he ran the show ffs.

Torres has played better in that 15 mts than liverpool did all last season

an arsenal player had a decent game against the mighty blackburn, chuck me,stop the train and get off
and he had a decent 10 mins against milan and didnt get a kick in the 2nd half,and that was the night milan left all their full backs at home and played the clubs 5th choice chef there,

Torres hasnt had a decent 10 mins against anybody for 2 years ffs

champions leag medal and the goal against barca dont care if he dont score another goal for chelsea

   Torres hasnt had a decent 10 mins against anybody for 2 years ffs,


   says the man who only minutes before called him " unbelievable quality "......you couldnt make it up..

   

i may be wrong but i dont think hes got the brains to be sarcastic.

I made a comment saying what a powerful bench Spain had. I was hardly saying what a great player Torres is.

Comprende Glasgow?

ok i got it wrong...so he is now shyte, but he is in a group of spanish players you called

" unbelievable quality "....yep i think that clears it up.

Get a grip.

Are you Torres' boyfriend or something?

torres played better than rvp

he was hopeless the other day

are you calling glagowcalling gay mr eboue have you got a problem with gays mr eboue

i think i will let the forum decide....lets just pop your previous  " love in" with the spanish on top.

very true dr, strange choice of words from someone who only hours earlier was accusing someone of being racist. !!

mr eboue loves playing the race card think he needs to have a good look at himself

How is asking someone if he's Torres boyfriend homophobic?

Do you know what homophobic means Atkins?

its something a 12yr old boy would say are you torres boyfriend or something

Better than saying

'' I hate Jews ''

Though hey?

mr eboue please show me where i said that,you have now said 3 things againts my name be very careful what you say on here

a very good diagnosis dr, he strikes me as being of a juvenile age.

You said a few months sgo on here '' I hate Jews ''

again show me where i said that or shout your mouth

A few of teh Spurs fans will remember it I'll ask them

Liverpool fanboys love Nando.....oh wait a minute, he´s moved on to BIGGER things

yes please go and run onto your spurs thread,dont you think i would have got a ban off betfair if i said that now run along to your spurs friends little boy

would you have a problem if a Jew was sat next to you at Stamford Bridge Atkins?

i did not say i hate jews did i

i dont like a lot of people,whites, blacks,indians,eastern europeans but i dont hate people lives to short

lifes

watchit yes thats the post