Fernando Torres

[Maxiedge]

Apparently Torres has been doing 'magnificently well' the last 3 games and the decision to bench him was part of a squad rotation system according to AVB.

I wish I could go to work, sit on my arse and do **** all, break a few computers, spill coffee everywhere and then be told I'm doing 'magnificently well'.

[Shaggy]

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Fernando Torres has been asked by #Chelsea to explain an interview in which he appeared to criticise his own team-mates

[Norbs]

:baitedbreath:

[PTP]

it's all crumbling round torres -

he'll last the season - he'll score about 10 goals, a few will be important and they'll be the odd flash of brilliance - it will get sky pundits and chelsea fans over excited, but on the whole the majority of his performances will be woeful and he'll be sold to either atletico madrid/malaga or Ac Milan on a load deal where they pay his wages

He looks completley shot -

[Craig_H]

it's all crumbling round torres -

he'll last the season - he'll score about 10 goals, a few will be important and they'll be the odd flash of brilliance - it will get sky pundits and chelsea fans over excited, but on the whole the majority of his performances will be woeful and he'll be sold to either atletico madrid/malaga or Ac Milan on a load deal where they pay his wages

He looks completley shot -

Brilliant, isnt it?

I dont think Villas Boas rates him that highly and Torres wasnt HIS signing, so it makes it slightly easier to **** him off, as do all the **** performances.

[PTP]

yup - we still have some issues - but we are showing signs of moving forward and there is nothing but positivity at the club

But **** me what a nightmare torres has had. - It's totally ruined him..

the thing now though - is i really hope it carries on - because, even if he just got back to half the player he was, he'd be getting a few goals and the media will be going nuts about how good he is again

i don't think i could stomach that....a goal every 3 or 4 games, just enough to paper over the cracks, but the media and chelsea/torres PR will be in overdrive telling everyone how he is back to his best

the longer he goes without scoring the better there is no hiding from it then.

[BillobShaisley]

I'd take him back too. All he needs is some love and Gerrard can give it a plenty.

It's a pelanty

[peekay]

Special Agent Torres, you are performing too well - the Chavs are onto you. Perhaps score the odd goal, just to throw them off the scent?

[PTP]

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[PTP]

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[red g]

If Suarez does ever think about leaving we should just show him a picture of welshmidgetcuntface and Torreslazyand******** and tell him to think twice.

right pair of cluster****s since they left liverpool.

[Cormack74]

he'll be sold to either atletico madrid/malaga or Ac Milan on a load deal where they pay his wages

Maybe we should offer to take him on loan. Tell them we'll help him regain his form.

[BringbackBiscan]

Maybe we should offer to take him on loan. Tell them we'll help him regain his form.

Aye and give Bellamy free reign with four Iron.

[Buzzo]

Things go from bad to worse for Fernando.

Fernando Torres quizzed over 'slow' Chelsea comments

Fernando Torres has been told to explain an interview in which he seemed to criticise Chelsea team-mates.
Torres, 27, spoke to the website of Spain's Primera Liga last week, with a translation appearing on his personal website which quoted him as saying the club's older players were "very slow." The striker has insisted he was misquoted in the English translation. However Chelsea, who are seeking an original Spanish version, are unlikely to fine the player.

Torres' interview was authorised by the club - had it not been he would have faced heavier censure - but he is still set to have to explain the contents to manager Andre Villas-Boas. While the English translation carried the direct criticism of team-mates, a Spanish version on his site carried a line that translated as saying the team "play very slowly". Keen to get an original version, Villas-Boas said: "We are going in-depth to regain the tape of that interview. "We'll see if things play exactly as they are in that interview."

TORRES' LEAGUE GOALS
Atletico Madrid - 84 in 214
Liverpool - 65 in 102
Chelsea - 1 in 18

Asked what action would be taken if the translation proved accurate, the Portuguese said: "We'd just talk. Just talk to share opinion. "If it was unauthorised, I'd fine him, of course. Anyhow, it's one player's perspective. "I don't think it's a perspective that the manager shares. I don't have to share my players' ideas sometimes. "I think we have competence, apart from the 'age problem', which for me is not a problem. "Maybe we just have to speak about that situation and he has to see our view as well."


I think any player who's not part of the squad or the selected players is not happy. In the original interview, Torres admitted that it had taken him longer to settle at Chelsea than he would have predicted.

Despite becoming the most expensive player in British football when he completed a £50m move from Liverpool in January he has since scored just once in 22 club matches, was not involved in Spain's Euro 2010 qualifier against Liechtenstein last week and found himself restricted to a late cameo in Saturday's Premier League win at Sunderland.

Declining to say whether Torres was in line for an immediate recall for Tuesday's Champions League opener against Bayer Leverkusen, Villas-Boas said he hoped being dropped could add as extra motivation.

"I think any player who's not part of the squad or the selected players is not happy," he said.

"I'm glad because maybe you can stimulate them to go one step further, or motivate them a bit more."

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[Rich]

Malaga calling Torres, this is Malaga calling Torres.