Re: Torres – Boyhood club return or boyhood club ruin?

by Shed Mon Sep 30, 2013 3:42 pm

Torres scratched him in the face and was lucky not to get a straight red right then and there. You can't go on about 'poor Torres' when every red card he's gotten since joining has been completely his own doing.

by Uncanny Mon Sep 30, 2013 4:24 pm

Shed wrote:Torres scratched him in the face and was lucky not to get a straight red right then and there. You can't go on about 'poor Torres' when every red card he's gotten since joining has been completely his own doing.

I honestly would've reacted the same way if I was playing and someone just faked and dived in front of me and then had the nerve to get up and push me, I'd do something similiar. I probably wouldn't have scratched him but I'd probably b*tchslap him. Idk but that's me, people will react differnt ways when they are provoked, and verteghen had it out for Torres up until his red card. The scratch is nothing like the aguero stomp on David luiz last season (remember that??), which the fa did nothing about. A four game ban is ridiculous because given the situation surrounded play antics and provoking by the defender who did this in two straight matchs. I got a chance to watch a replay of the match and I was happy to see Torres playing his game, it was unfortunate for him at the end, I'm not saying 'poor Torres', but I am mad at the spurs defender for this because the FA is really crap and won't do anything to solve these type of issues.

by Shed Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:12 pm

Uncanny wrote:
Shed wrote:Torres scratched him in the face and was lucky not to get a straight red right then and there. You can't go on about 'poor Torres' when every red card he's gotten since joining has been completely his own doing.
I honestly would've reacted the same way if I was playing and someone just faked and dived in front of me and then had the nerve to get up and push me, I'd do something similiar. I probably wouldn't have scratched him but I'd probably b*tchslap him. Idk but that's me, people will react differnt ways when they are provoked

Fine, but you would have made those choices yourself, and would deserve the consequences of them - just as Torres did and does. Hardly unfair that he's being punished for doing something he clearly did.

by Uncanny Mon Sep 30, 2013 8:05 pm

Shed wrote:
Uncanny wrote:
Shed wrote:Torres scratched him in the face and was lucky not to get a straight red right then and there. You can't go on about 'poor Torres' when every red card he's gotten since joining has been completely his own doing.
I honestly would've reacted the same way if I was playing and someone just faked and dived in front of me and then had the nerve to get up and push me, I'd do something similiar. I probably wouldn't have scratched him but I'd probably b*tchslap him. Idk but that's me, people will react differnt ways when they are provoked
Fine, but you would have made those choices yourself, and would deserve the consequences of them - just as Torres did and does. Hardly unfair that he's being punished for doing something he clearly did.

Right there will be consequences but a four match ban for hardly a scratch is too much, and will the FA do anything about the spurs defender play acting? No they won't, I guess it's never really fair so i have to just move on. This reminds me of the 2006 World Cup final when Italy's player provoked something towards zidane who ended up head butting the guy and sent off, either way the Italy player was wrong on his part and provoking is an easy way to get a player sent off.

by Shed Mon Sep 30, 2013 8:10 pm

A scratch - anywhere, much less the face - is violent conduct, which always results in a reasonably sizable ban. Hardly an injustice.

by Uncanny Mon Sep 30, 2013 9:32 pm

Ehh I'm not arguing about the scratch, it deserves some kind of ban (I'd say 2-3 matches at most), but I'm arguing about verteghen's antics during the whole game which will go unnoticed by the FA, because they don't do anything about these things that affect the game more.

by Shed Tue Oct 01, 2013 6:11 pm

Chelsea's Fernando Torres to face no further punishment:
Chelsea striker Fernando Torres will not face retrospective action for scratching Jan Vertonghen's face during Saturday's 1-1 draw with Tottenham
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24355751

by Uncanny Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:37 pm

Shed wrote:Chelsea's Fernando Torres to face no further punishment:
Chelsea striker Fernando Torres will not face retrospective action for scratching Jan Vertonghen's face during Saturday's 1-1 draw with Tottenham
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24355751

Yay

by Shed Tue Oct 01, 2013 11:26 pm

Fernando Torres out until after the international break with a knee injury suffered at Steaua Bucharest, says Mourinho:
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/8952144/chelseas-fernando-torres-out-of-spain-qualifiers-after-injuring-knee-in-bucharest

"The doctor is very confident it's not a big injury, like we had with Marco van Ginkel. It's something in his knee, his ligament, and we have to wait for the scan."

"He knows that he doesn't play against Norwich on Sunday. He knows that he cannot go to the national team."

"He knows he has 15 days until the next match he can play, which is against Cardiff. Let's see the scan. If the injury is an injury for 15 days, I think he'll be fine. That's okay."

by Kick Tue Oct 01, 2013 11:54 pm

Shame, Let's hope Eto'o can step it up.

by Shed Wed Oct 02, 2013 8:32 pm

TORRES INJURY UPDATE:
http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3479070/title/torres-injury-update

Chelsea Football Club can confirm Fernando Torres suffered a medial collateral ligament injury to his left knee in the Champions League group game at Steaua Bucharest on Tuesday evening.

The 29-year-old is expected to be out for approximately three weeks.

by Kick Fri Oct 04, 2013 1:44 am

Shame, as much as I dislike Torres, I don't want to see any player injured.

by Shed Sat Oct 05, 2013 11:55 pm

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Now even Russell Brand is twitter trolling us over Don'tscorres...

by Soul Sun Oct 06, 2013 1:58 am

It still pisses me off that Sturridge was allowed to leave to accommodate Torres. He's really grown into an amazing player but we already knew he would eventually.

Can't believe I got excited when we signed Torres on the deadline day :facepalm:

by Shed Sun Oct 06, 2013 2:20 am

Letting Studge leave was a beyond idiotic move at the time and is even more so now.

by Kick Mon Oct 07, 2013 1:24 am

I've never wanted Torres, even from day one I knew he'd be trouble.

by Shed Thu Oct 10, 2013 5:08 pm

'Overreaction' to blame for Chelsea woes,
says Torres:
Fernando Torres believes has not been treated fairly ever since he arrived at Chelsea for £50million
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2452226/Fernando-Torres-thinks-treated-unfairly-joined-Chelsea.html

"It's the feeling that I have had from the first day. There has been the situation going on with the club, the way the team are going and then my own way."

"There has been an overreaction about everything. Overreact when I did that miss or if I have a red card or I hit the crossbar instead of scoring a goal."

"They never talk about the good things. More or less from the beginning to this day, it's been the way I feel."

Oh my...

by huntsman Thu Oct 10, 2013 9:42 pm

its the way he feels. Face palming wont change anything.

by Kick Fri Oct 11, 2013 12:14 pm

Shed wrote:'Overreaction' to blame for Chelsea woes,
says Torres:
Fernando Torres believes has not been treated fairly ever since he arrived at Chelsea for £50million
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2452226/Fernando-Torres-thinks-treated-unfairly-joined-Chelsea.html

"It's the feeling that I have had from the first day. There has been the situation going on with the club, the way the team are going and then my own way."

"There has been an overreaction about everything. Overreact when I did that miss or if I have a red card or I hit the crossbar instead of scoring a goal."

"They never talk about the good things. More or less from the beginning to this day, it's been the way I feel."
Oh my...

huntsman wrote:its the way he feels. Face palming wont change anything.

by Shed Sun Oct 13, 2013 3:19 am

Chelsea striker Fernando Torres eyes improvement:
Fernando Torres admits he needs to score more goals this season
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/8966905/chelsea-striker-fernando-torres-admits-he-needs-to-score-more-goals-this-season

"The people are looking at me thinking I should do much better and it's true. The reason you pay that money for someone is that he has shown in the past he is worth that."

"Now what you have to show is you can have the same value or even more value for things you have done at Chelsea."

"I know I have many things to do at this club to give the confidence back to the owner. The amount of goals I scored last season should be the minimum."

"I want to ask that of myself but I have enough time. I signed a five-and-a-half year contract and I'm sure the future can only be better."

My my, is it time for the latest biannual 'I need to do better' Torres speech already?! How time flies!