Fernando Torres

[Shaggy]

Torres never takes pens since his **** record for Atleti and Spain. He never took one for us.

[McDermotX]

Isn't Torres a **** ?

Why yes. Yes he is.

[Chris]

Why did Luiz take the penalty?

I didn't see the game. Was it clear that Torres wasn't up for taking it?

The £50m man didnt fancy it. He obviously doesnt want to take pens but with no Lampard, Drogba, Mata or Sturridge on the pitch he could have grown a set just this once instead of letting an erratic centre half take one!

Nice "defensive work" on Genk's goal aswell, lazy ****house and when Chelsea were chasing a winner at the end he was nowhere to be seen. He's "back"!

[Lee]

I know Torres never took penalties for us and that his record for Atletico wasn't great, but your £50m striker ducking out for a defender to take one is disgraceful.

[Vermilion]

I said it before and have seen nothing to change my mind. Torres is now ****.

So does this mean that while with LFC he was just on great form and never really had any real class, because all this is contradictory to the long held assertion that 'Form is temporary Class is permanent ?

[McDermotX]

I know Torres never took penalties for us and that his record for Atletico wasn't great, but your £50m striker ducking out for a defender to take one is disgraceful.

The idea that a professional footballer (let alone a supposedly lethal striker) cannot hit a specific area in a goal mouth from 12 yds out is absurd.
Says everything about the mental toughness of a player more than anything, which is part of then reason I don't believe you can honestly practice them to greater effect (unless its possible to simulate the pressure involved).

He's a bottler, a traitor etc.....so if someone told me he refused/didn't want to be considered to take a peno, I'd easily believe it.

[Craig_H]

Torres never takes pens since his **** record for Atleti and Spain. He never took one for us.

He took one for us in a preseason game didnt he? And missed

[Craig_H]

So does this mean that while with LFC he was just on great form and never really had any real class, because all this is contradictory to the long held assertion that 'Form is temporary Class is permanent ?

Class is permanent until you get old, or in Torres' case, ****

[Rowan]

He took one for us in a preseason game didnt he? And missed

Aye, on his debut. Wasn't it the game where we had to get special dispensation from 'Arry Redknapp to play him?

[Norbs]

Class is permanent until you get old, or in Torres' case, ****

Age has no bearing you ageist cunt whippersnapper. Kenny is still class as a player, and will be long after he dies too

[dom9]

The idea that a professional footballer (let alone a supposedly lethal striker) cannot hit a specific area in a goal mouth from 12 yds out is absurd.
Says everything about the mental toughness of a player more than anything, which is part of then reason I don't believe you can honestly practice them to greater effect (unless its possible to simulate the pressure involved).

He's a bottler, a traitor etc.....so if someone told me he refused/didn't want to be considered to take a peno, I'd easily believe it.

I don't recall Ian Rush ever taking penalties either, apart from the 1984 European Cup Final in the shoot out.

There are loads of strikers that don't take them.

[Shaggy]

I don't recall Ian Rush ever taking penalties either, apart from the 1984 European Cup Final in the shoot out.

There are loads of strikers that don't take them.

Yep. Of Rush's 346 goals for us, 3 were penalties and the last one he took was in 1984.

And yep there are plenty of strikers who don't take pens. This latest stuff strikes me as people simply desperate to have a pop at Torres over absolutely anything, regardless of whether it's valid or not.

[Craig_H]

Yep. Of Rush's 346 goals for us, 3 were penalties and the last one he took was in 1984.

And yep there are plenty of strikers who don't take pens. This latest stuff strikes me as people simply desperate to have a pop at Torres over absolutely anything, regardless of whether it's valid or not.

And your problem with that is...?

[Shaggy]

Haven't got a problem with it, just don't subscribe to it myself. Seems like a giant waste of energy to me.

[Craig_H]

I can tell you want him back. You still love him, dont you? You filthy whore.