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FIT-AGAIN TORRES MAKES PLEA TO BENITEZ

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FERNANDO TORRES has urged Rafa Benitez not to wrap him in cotton wool.

Liverpool boss Benitez has eased Torres back into action after six weeks out with knee and groin injuries.

But the striker has made it clear to his fellow Spaniard he wants to be fully involved between now and the end of the season as the Reds fight desperately for a Champions League spot. A source close to Torres, 26, said: "Fernando wants to start games not just be used for 15 minutes or so at the end.


"He is absolutely confident of his fitness and he does not need to be protected any more. It is time for him to be fully involved.

"Rafa has been cautious with him, which is understandable, but, at this stage of the season, Fernando is willing to take any risk to help Liverpool finish in the top four.

"There are only 11 games left and everybody at Liverpool knows time is running out. So if Fernando can play a major part in all the games and score important goals, he's desperate to do that."

Benitez recognises the time has come for him to throw caution to the wind if Liverpool are to clinch the final Champions League place.

Yet he is still unsure how much of a gamble to take on Torres against Blackburn today.
 
Why would Benitez rush Torres back when he can play Eggnog as the lone striker?

Anyone would think he was a mental, clueless div who has lost it completely. Or something
 
[quote author=the count link=topic=39089.msg1061299#msg1061299 date=1267311555]
FERNANDO TORRES has urged Rafa Benitez to hand his notice in.
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I love Fernando.
 
[quote author=TheBunnyman link=topic=39089.msg1061363#msg1061363 date=1267349493]
Torres is 26 already? Fucking hell, when did that happen?
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Whilst Gerrard was marching towards 30.

🙁
 
hard not to want to handle torres with kid gloves with his injury record getting worse by the year.
if I were rafa I would go and buy the best striker we can lay our hands on and worry about whether or not the new striker and torres can play together later as torres is now missing large parts of a premier league year on a regular basis.
 
[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=39089.msg1061367#msg1061367 date=1267350038]
hard not to want to handle torres with kid gloves with his injury record getting worse by the year.
if I were rafa I would go and buy the best striker we can lay our hands on and worry about whether or not the new striker and torres can play together later as torres is now missing large parts of a premier league year on a regular basis.
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*Neil wakes up from an 18 month coma* ""Yes Neil good idea" 😉


regards
 
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[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=39089.msg1061367#msg1061367 date=1267350038]
hard not to want to handle torres with kid gloves with his injury record getting worse by the year.
if I were rafa I would go and buy the best striker we can lay our hands on and worry about whether or not the new striker and torres can play together later as torres is now missing large parts of a premier league year on a regular basis.
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*Neil wakes up from an 18 month coma* ""Yes Neil good idea" 😉


regards
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*yawns and stretches*

I know, slow, soooo slow. I was of the thinking of the gerrard/torres axis shouldn't be broken up and the new striker should be able to come in and compliment that partnership rather than disrupt it, but fuck that, both players and becoming increasingly injury prone so we need a striker that can force his way into the team and carry on for them when they get injuried (which is more likely than not)
 
I agree , I have been saying this for a while, but I think you all know that. 😉
The Gerrard Torres thing worked well when it happened last year, but you need both of them fit and playing well for it to work at all, if not it is waste of space. Defenses have also worked out if you stop Gerrard you leave Torres increasingly frustrated and isolated.
We also need to get Torres used to the idea of playing in a front two.
It has been as predicted our main Achilles heal, without Torres we look completely toothless up front and you could only guess where a goal might come from.

Back to the Torres thing, if Torres has said this he is dead right, he needs games under his belt as quickly as possible, we only have eleven games left and if Rafa fannys about for five or six games it will be too late.

regards


regards
 
[quote author=Vlads Quiff link=topic=39089.msg1061432#msg1061432 date=1267360967]
I agree , I have been saying this for a while, but I think you all know that. 😉
The Gerrard Torres thing worked well when it happened last year, but you need both of them fit and playing well for it to work at all, if not it is waste of space. Defenses have also worked out if you stop Gerrard you leave Torres increasingly frustrated and isolated.
We also need to get Torres used to the idea of playing in a front two.
It has been as predicted our main Achilles heal, without Torres we look completely toothless up front and you could only guess where a goal might come from.

Back to the Torres thing, if Torres has said this he is dead right, he needs games under his belt as quickly as possible, we only have eleven games left and if Rafa fannys about for five or six games it will be too late.

regards


regards
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In that respect, Torres could actually benefit from playing alongside Kuyt occasionally too. He's said as much before anyway, that Dirk is great to play alongside because he's so good at doing the donkey work and creating space for others by tussling with defenders.
 
*that said, I do think Torres thrives on space, which is why he plays that lone striker role so well at times. I think the isolation thing is often down to the players and us not getting enough bodies forward in support. We're incredibly static in our movement at times, which doesn't help.
 
[quote author=Vlads Quiff link=topic=39089.msg1061432#msg1061432 date=1267360967]
I agree , I have been saying this for a while, but I think you all know that. 😉
The Gerrard Torres thing worked well when it happened last year, but you need both of them fit and playing well for it to work at all, if not it is waste of space. Defenses have also worked out if you stop Gerrard you leave Torres increasingly frustrated and isolated.
We also need to get Torres used to the idea of playing in a front two.
It has been as predicted our main Achilles heal, without Torres we look completely toothless up front and you could only guess where a goal might come from.

Back to the Torres thing, if Torres has said this he is dead right, he needs games under his belt as quickly as possible, we only have eleven games left and if Rafa fannys about for five or six games it will be too late.

regards


regards
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it used to be me that torres isn't as profilic when played besides an out and out striker (the spain example) but I think if you have two prolific strikers it doesn't matter that torres isn't AS prolific. for instance if we bought bent and played a front two of bent/torres torres would likely score less goals but as a team the opposition would have to deal with two deadly strikers rather than one. a bit like chelsea with nico and drogba where its very rare that both score in the same game.

the obvious bonus of course is if nando takes sick (again) bent (using him as an example) is more than capable of leading the line on his own.
 
[quote author=Brendan link=topic=39089.msg1061308#msg1061308 date=1267313600]
Why would Benitez rush Torres back when he can play Eggnog as the lone striker?

Anyone would think he was a mental, clueless div who has lost it completely. Or something
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stuck record!
 
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