Torres: selling Alonso & Arbeloa ruined our season

[ronanm]

Admitted? He was cornered by the journalist, what was he going to say? He's got to live by our results because he's the manager but it's a simplistic assumption to say that he's the only one to blame in all this mess. I wouldn't count him as the major player in our downfall, not at all, as he rightly said in this interview, there's something wrong at this club if we can't compete in the transfer market.

Balderdash

[Craig_H]

Played a part or not it's not about blaming individuals it's about how we react as a team and as a team we have been piss poor on the pitch. As far as I know, Rafa has been upfront in taking all the slack all season. Now that the dust is settling down in he's willing to reveal a bit more but there was no way he was going to throw in the towel earlier and demonstrate that side of his personality.

It's difficult not to make mistakes when the margins for error were as little as what he has faced all season, with Alonso & Arbeloa ****ing off, money being taken off his budget, injuries and the poor form of his most senior players etc ... He's never made excuses for himself though, he's carried on.

Does that also apply when you're blaming Gerrard?