Well, what a week it has been to be a blue! The arrivals of Torres and David Luiz on transfer deadline day is more than even the most imaginative Chelsea fan would have hoped for and seems to have given the club a real lift. This was swiftly followed by us inflicting only Sunderland’s second loss of the season at the Stadium of Light this season. It’s an easy to overlook result but a massive win and it’s great to see us rediscovering our goal scoring touch. On the flip side, it’s unsurprising to see that all it takes is for Roman to get his cheque book out and we become Britain’s most hated again (not that we were popular before). Of course i’m used to this by now and it’s not something that worries me, infact I thinks it’s a sign we’re doing something right. However, what I can’t understand is the bile directed at Fernando Torres this week.
Numerous people have questioned his reasons for leaving Liverpool, with many claiming money was the motivation and even that he embodies everything that is wrong with modern footballers. Anyone with sense can see for once this is not the case. Fernando Torres wants to win things and what was the likely hood of that happening at Liverpool this season or even next? He turns 27 later this month and Liverpool need rebuilding. Time is starting to run down on his career and he could be in his thirties before Liverpool even look like challenging for the top honours again. This morning Phil Thompson explained in his usual moronic way why he couldn’t understand why Torres would want to leave Anfield. He then went on to say: “Fernando Torres has played professional football for 10 years and won nothing”... don’t worry i’m sure he’ll get there in the end. Those Liverpool schools, hey!
A lot of people have argued that Torres made the wrong decision because Liverpool are a much bigger club than Chelsea. Well I guess that depends on your definition of a big club. Yes, Liverpool are a massive club but at the moment they are a big club in a similar way that Nottingham Forest are a big club, based on historic achievements rather than their standing in the game now. People can talk about fans and history until they are blue in the face but when it comes down to it sport is about winning things and being the best you can. What Torres has just done is in essence no different to what Valencia did when he joined Man United, moving to play with better players and challenge for silverware. I have no doubts Liverpool will rise again but they have to face facts that this is the situation at the moment. If reports are to be believed then not only have they lost their star striker but the man set to replace him didn't even want to join, not the mark of a "big" club.
Whilst on the subject of Andy Carrol, I can't help but feel there is a lot hypocrisy around surrounding his move. There is no difference between what Torres has done in comparison to Carroll, except for the fact that he genuinely left his supposedly beloved Newcastle without time to find a replacement. I am a (or was) a big fan of Carroll but £35m is a gamble and the club should be wary, if asked in the summer many Liverpool fans would have old you new signing Joe Cole was a world beater.
Liverpool fans can say what they like about the man they called El Nino, but the fact that not only themselves but also club legends have gone out their way to talk about him so much this week shows how they really feel about him despite what they may say. No one is that angry to see a bad player leave their club.
Liverpool fans can say what they like about the man they called El Nino, but the fact that not only themselves but also club legends have gone out their way to talk about him so much this week shows how they really feel about him despite what they may say. No one is that angry to see a bad player leave their club.
As one fan said: “We hate him so much because we loved him so much”
