Official "Fernando Torres is a red" thread

[El Jefecito]

I dont even think we are defensive, winning away at Barca proved we can go anywhere in Europe, including the current European champions and win.
I dont think we will change our play all that much either.
But, with hopefully higher calibre of players, we will be more potent in attack.

To be fair when the front 5 are playing sh!te, we do look like a defensive team.

Don't think that will be a problem this season tho'

[bazza76]

To be fair when the front 5 are playing sh!te, we do look like a defensive team.

Don't think that will be a problem this season tho'

fingers crossed, I am optimistic anyway.

[Charlie_B]

Don't think there are many sides that can have their front 5 playing ****e and still look good offensively

[EST_1892]

To be fair when the front 5 are playing sh!te, we do look like a defensive team.

Nice avatar SpeedyG. I was gonna suggest to Chilli that he use it, but seems you beat him to it.

[El Jefecito]

Nice avatar SpeedyG. I was gonna suggest to Chilli that he use it, but seems you beat him to it.

If you like it join the fan club. #18 is available and you only need to update your sig!!!!!!!!!!!

[spud_gun]

If he scored 15 or more goals in the league then his first season will be considered a success IMO.

[Marky]

He's not a looking chap either is Fernando so he'll add a bit of much
needed handsomeness to the squad

[5aq1b]

75 league goals and he's a success for me

[rushscored4]

Is the Spanish Cisse.*

*Copyright RS4.

You need to get up pretty early in the morning to beat RS4 and you to the cynical worm.

Towers out.

My signature is very much 'tongue in cheek' and was done purely in response to a post in the other Torres thread which has now disappeared! Anybody who thinks I'm being serious clearly needs to get out more...

[red g]

75 league goals and he's a success for me

2 goals a game bring it on

[EST_1892]

If you like it join the fan club. #18 is available and you only need to update your sig!!!!!!!!!!!

As tempting as that may be, the first & last time I joined a newly signed player fan club was when we signed a certain SpeedyG and we all know how that turned out.

So I think I'll keep my jinxed so and so out of this one.


Besides, the Edgeoftheseat-O-meter wouldn't get a look in if he was there.

[El Jefecito]

As tempting as that may be, the first & last time I joined a newly signed player fan club was when we signed a certain SpeedyG and we all know how that turned out.

So I think I'll keep my jinxed so and so out of this one.


Besides, the Edgeoftheseat-O-meter wouldn't get a look in if he was there.

Don't worry it was me that cursed that SpeedyG, you'll be fine in the Crow's fan club

[Marky]

Torres out to prove he has finally come of age
By Simon Baskett

MADRID, July 3 (Reuters) - Fernando Torres is used to carrying the weight of expectation on his young shoulders.

Almost as soon as he made his debut for Atletico Madrid at 17, the skinny, freckle-faced striker was seen as the saviour of a club engulfed in the biggest crisis in their history.

With Atletico mired in the second division after dropping out of the top flight for the first time in 66 years, "El Nino" (The Kid) was given his chance at the end of the 2000-01 season with the aim of raising their fans' hopes.
Within minutes of taking the field for his second senior appearance, he had forced two Albacete players into fouls that led to their dismissals and then coolly headed the winner.
"When Torres scored all I could do was to thank God," said the then-Atletico president Jesus Gil.
"The boy is a real star and he is going to go a long way in Spanish football."
The club's sporting director Paulo Futre added that we were "witnessing the emergence of a real phenomenon".

A decade earlier Atletico had let Raul slip through their hands and join arch-rivals Real Madrid but this time they were determined to safeguard their treasure.

Dedicated Atletico fans were already well acquainted with Torres, who scored 55 goals in one season in the youth ranks and led Spain to victories at the Under-16 and Under-19 European Championships.


GOLDEN BOY
Torres scored 13 goals in his first season in the Primera Liga in 2002-03 and assumed the club captaincy at 19. An international debut followed and he was soon seen as the heir to Raul's crown as the national team's golden boy.
His frequent changes of hairstyle and a host of high-profile advertising contracts made him the nearest thing to a Spanish David Beckham but there have been doubts whether Torres's football skills fully match the hype.
He has certainly scored some great goals, including a Johan Cruyff-style flying volley against Real Betis in 2003 and a stunning effort against Ukraine at the World Cup. Yet he has also had some worryingly barren spells and often fails to convert seemingly simple one-on-one chances.
Some observers believe that flying the Atletico nest will give Torres the freedom to fully blossom, yet others suggest he will struggle with the rough and tumble of the Premier League.
Now bearing the label of Spain's and Liverpool's most expensive ever player, "El Nino" will certainly be under pressure to show he has come of age.

[Sebastian Rooks]

There was something in the air that night
The stars were bright, fernando

...exactly what I was thinking...there's got to be a song in there somewhere from that Abba ditty.....

[El Jefecito]

Torres out to prove he has finally come of age
By Simon Baskett

MADRID, July 3 (Reuters) - Fernando Torres is used to carrying the weight of expectation on his young shoulders.

Almost as soon as he made his debut for Atletico Madrid at 17, the skinny, freckle-faced striker was seen as the saviour of a club engulfed in the biggest crisis in their history.

With Atletico mired in the second division after dropping out of the top flight for the first time in 66 years, "El Nino" (The Kid) was given his chance at the end of the 2000-01 season with the aim of raising their fans' hopes.
Within minutes of taking the field for his second senior appearance, he had forced two Albacete players into fouls that led to their dismissals and then coolly headed the winner.
"When Torres scored all I could do was to thank God," said the then-Atletico president Jesus Gil.
"The boy is a real star and he is going to go a long way in Spanish football."
The club's sporting director Paulo Futre added that we were "witnessing the emergence of a real phenomenon".

A decade earlier Atletico had let Raul slip through their hands and join arch-rivals Real Madrid but this time they were determined to safeguard their treasure.

Dedicated Atletico fans were already well acquainted with Torres, who scored 55 goals in one season in the youth ranks and led Spain to victories at the Under-16 and Under-19 European Championships.


GOLDEN BOY
Torres scored 13 goals in his first season in the Primera Liga in 2002-03 and assumed the club captaincy at 19. An international debut followed and he was soon seen as the heir to Raul's crown as the national team's golden boy.
His frequent changes of hairstyle and a host of high-profile advertising contracts made him the nearest thing to a Spanish David Beckham but there have been doubts whether Torres's football skills fully match the hype.
He has certainly scored some great goals, including a Johan Cruyff-style flying volley against Real Betis in 2003 and a stunning effort against Ukraine at the World Cup. Yet he has also had some worryingly barren spells and often fails to convert seemingly simple one-on-one chances.
Some observers believe that flying the Atletico nest will give Torres the freedom to fully blossom, yet others suggest he will struggle with the rough and tumble of the Premier League.
Now bearing the label of Spain's and Liverpool's most expensive ever player, "El Nino" will certainly be under pressure to show he has come of age.

That was a bloody awesome goal.