Torres

[Brownie]

Originally Posted by Stu Monty What was the Joaquin wankfest on the BBC all about tonight? Were they watching a different game in which he didn't just keep losing the ball by running into people and failing to get a single decent cross in? Lawrenson making out his pass made the goal was laughable.

That type if pass from Joaquin was being played in by Ramos and Pernia all night and resulting in nothing. The 'dummy' made it into a good pass and also created the goal.

Who was the 'dummy' by?

[Stu Monty]

Originally Posted by Ian_Brown That type if pass from Joaquin was being played in by Ramos and Pernia all night and resulting in nothing. The 'dummy' made it into a good pass and also created the goal. Who was the 'dummy' by?

Torres dummied it and Fabergas hit it then Raul chased it in. All three can pat themselves on the back.

[Rashid]

Originally Posted by Stu Monty Torres dummied it and Fabergas hit it then Raul chased it in. All three can pat themselves on the back.

Joaquin beat 2 men and played it inside for them to do that.

[Stu Monty]

Originally Posted by Rashid Joaquin beat 2 men and played it inside for them to do that.

"Beat two men"


Hahahahahahahahah!!!

[Rashid]

Originally Posted by Stu Monty "Beat two men" Hahahahahahahahah!!!

[Stu Monty]

"I had a great game today dad I beat seven men in one go!"

"How did you do that then son, what with you being a keeper and all?"

"I took a really long goal kick that went past them"

"Well done son you're now officially worth millions"

[stmichael]

decent prospect but still way way overrated. i mean can somebody tell me what the kid has actually done to be worth £25 million all of a sudden? if he was that good, barcelona or real madrid would have already snapped him up.

from what i've seen of him he's unbelievably good one minute and unbelievably poor the next. and whatever anyone says, he's not a prolific goalscorer. imo, david villa would be a far more suited player to premiership football.

[Agt Provocateur]

Originally Posted by colt As i've said Torres is a good player but like Joaquin he is over-rated by quite a number of people. Both on their day are near unstoppable but their days aren't often enough. Either could be revelations after moves but likewise could be flops & with the money we are talking for both, they are huge risks.

Totally agreed - their day isn't often enough. Joaquin in particular is guilty of this. He's 24 now and he should have levelled out. He's not become the player everyone though. To be fair to Torres he still has time and does look capable of the next level.

[Paul Ando]

Torres is well out of our price range unfortunatly. I fear he may end up at United, i hope not though.

[King Gheedorah]

Originally Posted by Rashid Agreed and that's the main problem here. If were the finished article then fine, we buy one or two players a season but right now we probably need 2-3 main players and 2-3 back up players so maybe it is out of reach. Damn shame though.

Torres has been out of reach ever since he was born. Where would you expect the £20m to come from? (pre-WC) and now probably £25++m. A lot of energy is wasted discussing on this young fella who everyone thinks is twice the player he was before the WC just because some putas in BBC are belching praise for him everytime he touches the ball.

And for Joaquin, yes he's good and all that but he'll also fuck up our budget as well. We're looking for more signings along the lines of Xabi Alonso, that means no overrated 'big name' type of player.

Gonzalez/F.Aurelio/Bellamy in so far, that's a pretty good start (don't know anything about Paletta)

Nevertheless, they're not big names, but they are quality.

[andyfm]

Well, I'm going to go against the trend and say I reckon he's been garbage in both games.

He may have scored 3 goals, but one was a (poor) pen and the other 2 were due to lucky deflections off his standing leg.

I've only seen him play twice so he may be better than this, but I can't see anything special at all.

[Billy Bollocks]

Originally Posted by andyfm Well, I'm going to go against the trend and say I reckon he's been garbage in both games. He may have scored 3 goals, but one was a (poor) pen and the other 2 were due to lucky deflections off his standing leg. I've only seen him play twice so he may be better than this, but I can't see anything special at all.

Bang on!

He's no Rooney put it that way.

[MLB]

Joaquin was good when he came on. I think people are ragging on him a bit purely because Rashid rates him. I think he's a bit overrated myself, but he's still a good player, and he changed the game last night.

[Sangria]

Hope he does end up at the mancs - they will have fuck all to spend on their shite midfield.

[G Richards]

Torres looks to be a good player but the fee would be prohibitive. He is also not a 'sure thing' in terms of being a hit in the Prem. If he does come to the Prem he will probably do well, but the £20M+ is too much of a gamble IMO.

I like it when we buy good players and make them even better, or when we find unheralded players and then put them on a bigger stage to shine.

Kuyt and Bellamy will more than do for me, if indeed that's the way it pans out.

[Rashid]

The papers are full of news that Manchester United is very close to signing Torres for £25M (awaits Tim to come along and inform us of immediate financial meltdown at Old Trafford). However, Chelsea have chased him for the past 3 years and are said to be unwilling to allow a key rival such as United steal a march on Torres.

So Roman buying just to stop others getting a player he doesn't need?

[rebel23]

Originally Posted by Rashid So Roman buying just to stop others getting a player he doesn't need?

has that ever happened before?