Was Torres Injured?

[BFG]

Keep this to yourself but I've actually been offered Rafa's job by Hicks, Gillett and DIC.

A new 'insider.'

I've just had a brainwave, you could charge people per annum for this stuff.

[Imy]

Keep this to yourself but I've actually been offered Rafa's job by Hicks, Gillett and DIC.

No wonder AF11 has 'left' he's one of your worldwide scouts, no?

[Neil Young]

No wonder AF11 has 'left' he's one of your worldwide scouts, no?

AFII is working for me on a secret project to clone Emiliano Insua.

[Shaggy]

AF should come back. There's no need for this self-imposed exile.

[Craig_H]

Some of the fools on this thread need to get a grip on themselves.

Rafa said Torres was injured and took him off. There's no way he would have taken off our main goal threat otherwise. When has Torres ever been taken off in a big game when we were chasing a goal? Never.

Some people need to get their head out of their arses. Are you calling our manager a liar?

Reading away?

[The Erectile Banana]

Reading away?

I knew someone would use this as an example.

Away to Reading in the league is not a big game compared to a Champion's League semi final and the circumstances surrounding that were a lot different.

[Dalglish]

Exactly.

[Manofthebog]

I knew someone would use this as an example.

Away to Reading in the league is not a big game compared to a Champion's League semi final and the circumstances surrounding that were a lot different.

Shame some people can't grasp that.

[Joe Le Toff]

Rafa said Torres was injured and took him off. There's no way he would have taken off our main goal threat otherwise. When has Torres ever been taken off in a big game when we were chasing a goal? Never.

Reading away will do for starters, or instead of that what about the games at home this season when he plonked him on the bench from the first whistle.
I agree with you, i believe Torres was injured as well. Going by past history with Rafa though, theres an element of doubt there, at the back of my mind i get a bad feeling this may have been part of another tactical masterplan.

If it comes to light that Torres wasnt injured and he subbed him in a game of that magnitude when we were chasing it, then he should be dismissed on the spot.

[Reece]

Reading away will do for starters, or instead of that what about the games at home this season when he plonked him on the bench from the first whistle.
I agree with you, i believe Torres was injured as well. Going by past history with Rafa though, theres an element of doubt there, at the back of my mind i get a bad feeling this may have been part of another tactical masterplan.

If it comes to light that Torres wasnt injured and he subbed him in a game of that magnitude when we were chasing it, then he should be dismissed on the spot.

FLMAO. You should work for Sky mate.

[dom9]

Those cunts at Sky were ****ing creaming themselves all night at the prospect of the Sky Sports Dream final of the Chavs v Scum.

I normally put up with Andy Gray but last night he made me mad, especially when he ****in harped on about that Essien offside goal. FFS.

Do you really think the media love Chelsea?

They generally hate Chelsea more than any team, for much the same reasons as the rest of us. Although the spite directed at Avram Grant is harsh even for them.

[rage]

Reading away will do for starters, or instead of that what about the games at home this season when he plonked him on the bench from the first whistle.
I agree with you, i believe Torres was injured as well. Going by past history with Rafa though, theres an element of doubt there, at the back of my mind i get a bad feeling this may have been part of another tactical masterplan.

If it comes to light that Torres wasnt injured and he subbed him in a game of that magnitude when we were chasing it, then he should be dismissed on the spot.

wow, that's some statement - oh and for the record i don't think torres was sufficiently injured, if at all, to merit being taken off. I also think reading away was a big game - before reading we were competing

[Joe Le Toff]

FLMAO. You should work for Sky mate.

[The Erectile Banana]

Reading away will do for starters, or instead of that what about the games at home this season when he plonked him on the bench from the first whistle.
I agree with you, i believe Torres was injured as well. Going by past history with Rafa though, theres an element of doubt there, at the back of my mind i get a bad feeling this may have been part of another tactical masterplan.

If it comes to light that Torres wasnt injured and he subbed him in a game of that magnitude when we were chasing it, then he should be dismissed on the spot.

I said a big game.

Reading and Birmingham in the league aren't quite the same level as a Champion's League final.

Has Rafa ever rested him for one of our big CL games? Or a game against the top 4?

Quite how people can doubt Rafa's statement that Torres was injured is beyond me.

Show a bit of respect to the man.

[Skillz]

I think Rafa believes so much in his own decisions that IF Torres wasnt injured and if it was a tactical decision, he'd have said so.

for the record on the TV I noticed Torres a couple of minutes before he was subbed trying to run but was taking very short strides, looked strange enough for me to pick it out (he was not in the foreground of the camera shot). Definitely injured, surely someone else noticed this, particularly those at the game.