Fernando Torres retires

[Buzzo]

Although the fact he also struggled at Chelsea makes me think that actually the reason FT was brilliant for us just further underscores the extent of SG's incredible quality.

100% this, but then Stevie made most players around him look better than they actually were

I'm not having that.

Stevie was obviously brilliant, but it's not like Torres only scored tap in's. Torres ability to play on the shoulder of the last defender was superb, the timing of his runs, his running the line, he could also put himself about a fair bit. Throw in his ability to beat a man one v one, and his unerring accuracy in finishing and you have the ultimate number 9.

So it wasn't just Gerrard. And it would be just as fair to say that playing with Torres and having a froward so capable of exploiting space enabled Stevie to play the best football of his career.

We were set up to play to Torres strengths under Benitez, the entire team set up to allow Fernando and Stevie to have attacking freedom, and it worked.

The reason he failed at Chelsea (performance wise) was that the team was not set up to play to his strengths, added to the fact that he never looked at home there.

[baitman]

The reason he failed at Chelsea (performance wise) was that the team was not set up to play to his strengths, added to the fact that he never looked at home there.

He was already finished before he left us, nothing to do with chelsea's system.
We all used to piss our pants at his ****e finishing and worldie misses at chelsea, at times he looked like a piss poor version of andy carroll

[Buzzo]

He was already finished before he left us, nothing to do with chelsea's system.

Yeah, maybe. He covers most of this in that interview, how forcing himself to play in the WC may have been detrimental to the rest of his career. But the rest still stands. He was brilliant for us.

[Cormack74]

So it wasn't just Gerrard. And it would be just as fair to say that playing with Torres and having a froward so capable of exploiting space enabled Stevie to play the best football of his career.

We were set up to play to Torres strengths under Benitez, the entire team set up to allow Fernando and Stevie to have attacking freedom, and it worked.

Yeah maybe some of that too but I reckon SG loading up the bullets gave FT the confidence to be the player he became for a short while.

[Slinky Skills]

If anyone objects, fine, move it or delete it. But he was incredible for us, I think most of us have forgiven him, and with not much else to talk about I think he deserves his own thread.

Let's fill this with his great goals and images.

I adored him, and I'll never forget that feeling of him running riot at Old Trafford and destroying Vidic over and over again.

Me too mate, was ****ing amazing watching us that day and Vidic getting absolutely bummed lol.

Torres was unreal for us though, some player.

[labourRed]

Just checked he scored 65 for us in 102 apps while he only returned 20 in 110 for Chelsea.

[Les Zeffelin]

Just checked he scored 65 for us in 102 apps while he only returned 20 in 110 for Chelsea.

Interesting that, if I was asked if he played more games for us or Chelsea I would have said all day long it was us. Most likely because of the superior goal return I guess.

[McDermotX]

Wouldn't surprise if at least a third of those Chelsea appearances were from the bench though (and a lot of the starts ended by the 70th min)

Which is what happens when you're ****. Which he was.

[kingfunk]

He is one of those players, I remember exactly where I was when we signed him. He was unreal at his best, it’s just unfortunate that he left a sour legacy behind, he was the right player at probably the wrong time. Good luck to him.

[Zapater]

Just checked he scored 65 for us in 102 apps while he only returned 20 in 110 for Chelsea.

That's league only though. If you include cup and continental appearances, he turned out around 40 more times for them.

He did play in the CL final for them when they won it. Honestly speaking, he would have won a CL for us too, if it wasn't for Riise's ****ing header.

[Daniel 7]

Never, ever been as gutted - before or after - about a player leaving Liverpool. He was phenomenal. For a while, we had the absolute best in the business, a proper world number one in his position, so losing him (even though it was plain he wasn't the same that season) and replacing him with a ****ing hippo like Andy Carroll made it so, so much worse.

Half of the hurt was probably because of the steep decline we had with the ownership situation, Rafa leaving, Mascherano leaving, Alonso leaving and Roy ****ting Hodgson being the manager - it was pretty hard to take, especially because we had just signed Suarez and Kenny had just taken over.

Looking back, it was the right time - his post Liverpool stats didn't come close and we were given £50m when that was a gobsmacking amount of money. Still, I think this forum talked about little else but the missed potential of seeing Suarez and Torres play together for years .

Andy ****ing Carroll

[Nicey]

I love him, ****ing love love love him, that season with Stevie, that back heel, the manc's haaaaaated him and that makes me love him even more. Chelsea was our fault not his, we were a ****ing hot mess at the time, but hey who gives a **** because he was was ****ing Boss
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwTmYHFcvPU"]Fernando Torres' Liverpool Song in Nike Commercial - YouTube[/ame]

[Bender]

For me Torres is a LFC Legend...This is incredible stuff from Torres
[ame]https://twitter.com/purelyfootball/status/1142884172073246721[/ame]

[vlahka]

Thats a fairly depressing quote.

[Shaggy]

He is one of those players, I remember exactly where I was when we signed him.

Me too. Where were you?

I was on a golfing holiday in Morfa Nefyn with my Dad, Grandad and a couple of family friends. Read the paper in the morning over breakfast (it's hard to believe that in 2007 we still had to rely on ****ing newspapers?!?!) and we'd signed Torres. I was ecstatic. I was so pumped I walked on to the first tee and, teeing up the ball and thinking only about Fernando Torres, I launched a massive drive down the first straight into the bushes on the right