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Why I’ve lost so much respect for our former hero

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It is safe to say that Fernando Torres isn’t exactly the most popular player among Liverpool fans at the moment. At the time he left for Chelsea, I, like so many other fans was shocked at how seemingly easy it was for Torres to break his strong bond with the Anfield faithful to go and play for one of our rivals. Considering how loved he was and how much he claimed to love the fans, I fully expected Torres to get to Chelsea and then start proclaiming his love and respect for all those associated with Liverpool Football Club.

I anticipated Torres attempting to save what little reputation he had left with Liverpool fans by refusing to ever bad mouth the club and to come up with terms to describe how much he cherished his time at the club. What we have seen from Torres since he moved though has been shocking to say the least. The latest in a long line of what I see as parting shots aimed at Liverpool featured Fernando Torres implying that the club mistreated Javier Mascherano at the time he left.

This is the same Mascherano that refused to play for the club that paid his wages in a big game against a strong Manchester City side just days before he was sold to Barcelona. What disappoints me most about Fernando Torres’ comments is how quickly he has changed from a man who loved the Liverpool Way to a man who now sees his time at the club as a bad period in his career. In one of his latest digs at us he stated that Liverpool were all problems and to be fair to him, the turmoil involving Hicks and Gillett would have put off a lot of footballers at the same club. Most of Torres’ snipes though have been unnecessary, excessive and at times disrespectful to all those connected with Liverpool FC.

It’s obvious that his last year and a half wasn’t the happiest of times to be at the club, but before that Liverpool were one of the most dominant teams in the Champions League for the best part of 5 years while Torres had also established himself as arguably the world’s best striker.

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15 comments

  • Royk says:

    Enuf said…. let’s move on… he has scripted his own story n we don’t feature in it anymore… but neither he does in ours.

  • Wizdom says:

    Agreed, although I do understand some of what Torres is saying. As much as we hated H&G, imagine what it must have been like working for those clowns? To see the best players sold and not replaced and then being forced to work under Roy Hodgson who seemed to think he was God’s gift to football management, riding in on his Premiership Manager of the Year Award (laughable)!
    I think Torres went to a club he genuine loved and it (the business not the supporters) let him down as a professional, in the same way H&G let us down as fans.
    The money that we got from him has helped us out and if he was still with us, playing like he currently is at Chelsea, we’d be looking to see him in the summer anyway.
    I just hope that Reina hasn’t been left as dissillusioned. Saurez replacement of Torres’ Kop Idol status has proved that we have moved on from the loss of Fernando, I don’t think it would be as easy to replace Reina though!

  • Jay Wright says:

    At the end of the day, Torres didn’t force through a transfer that saw Liverpool ripped off, and Liverpool were adequately compensated for his departure (unlike with Mascherano or Owen) – he got to go to a club where he felt more likely to meet his goals and Liverpool got to move forwards with players that were more committed to helping LFC achieve our goals.

    What is the big deal over this – can’t we just leave the man in peace (aside from when he plays Liverpool) and leave Chelsea to worry over whether he is physically past it or just mentally messed up still, while we hopefully continue to significantly improve our squad without him??

  • Stevie Suarez says:

    FT is like a guys who’s dumped his girlfriend thinking’s she’ll fall to pieces without him, only to she her a few weeks later looking smokin’ hot and having the time of her life!
    These stories are like drunkin texts you send her when you know you’ve made a huge mistake and you just trying to rattle the cage… *no reply*

    Get over us Fernando, cus we’re over you!

  • halim belaiboud says:

    we dont talk about him enymore he is the one who is comein up with something every week he sould stop talking a bout liverpool and star scoring gools for his new team i never ssen some one cretecising theer former team like that he got no clase so stop saying we just leave the man in peace he is the one who sould stop

  • nonconformist says:

    He’s gone. Live with it.

    Get over yourself, mate. All this ‘special bond’ and ‘love’ stuff is complete twonk.

    I’m pretty sure he loves Atletico, the team who made him and sure he loves Liverpool. I love my brother, but criticise him all the time. I love my club, but criticise them too.

    He did was he thought was best for his career. That’s it. Boo-hooing is pointless.

  • stanley says:

    why does everyone keep saying, “get over it, get over it”…??
    if anything, he is the one who’s not over us, talking cr*p about the club every week..
    we’ve long forgotten him and that is evident from our recent performances on the pitch and the adulation that suarez is getting from the supporters…
    but if a lowlife scum like him talks cr*p about our club every week, that is absolutely unacceptable and we as the supporters have a right to respond..

  • ste says:

    If FT wants to keep spouting off about Liverpool….let him!!! He obviously isn’t quite over us yet…. maybe he’s a little jealous that his place in our affections has so quickly been filled by others. Whatever, I just hope I don’t see another blog by a Liverpool fan about his move. Forget it and move on.

  • Pedro says:

    The more he opens his mouth, the more I believe that he has realised that he has made biggest mistake of his career.

  • John says:

    I think all the Torres criticism is well over the top. He really hasn’t said much against Liverpool at all. Fair enough he said he wanted to leave close to the deadline but then Chelsea only made an offer late in the day. All other fans just view the Liverpool fans’ whinging about him as sour grapes that they have lost a great player and that it is a sign of the times that a player of his ability no longer wants to play for a europa league playing team. Articles like this are just a sign that the Liverpool fans really aren’t over his departure yet. If Chelsea had of sold Mikel for £50M do you really think they would be whinging about his departure as long as this. It is a sign that the liverpool fans are clearly hurt and have been hit with a dose of reality that their club is no longer a ‘big club’ and will not win anything for a while to come

    • sri says:

      @john- ohk dumass!! if ur a chelsea fan go teach ur new no: 9 2 score goals rather than talkin about his old club and diverting attention from his lack of form!! we are over him and dont care a damn about what he does!! and btw do u think chelsea is a bigger club than liverpool?? we have reached the champions league finals twice since 2005 and we have won it!! hiw many times have chelsea won despite spendin so much money from ur sugardaddy owner?? and our ‘small’ club beat ur ‘big’ club twice this season jackass!!!!

    • stanley says:

      your comment shows your ignorance on he whole matter..
      firstly, the arrival of suarez and carroll has replaced torres and more, suarez has helped us win more games than torres had all season, his form at chels**t further proves this point..
      secondly, how can you compare torres to mikel??? torres was our only striker at the time and one of our star players..mikel is utter s**t and hardly has any influence in a match, he shud be compared to lucas and i wudnt trade lucas for mikel..50 million for mikel?? what are you, his agent???

  • anakjin says:

    uponce 1 time… i still cry for a week when i know torres will go to chelski…..
    my dream to pounche torres..suarez… but ith not to be happen..

    but now… im goin to big lought because he not in team…

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