Where are they now?

Figured I could add to this thread. This past weekend took a vacation to Hawaii. Being in OKC had to fly on from there to Denver then Denver to LA then to Hawaii. During my layover in Denver i started noticing alot of same dressed young men in some sort of soccer kit. Turned out to be the MLS Colorado Rapids going to LA for a game. My girlfriend asked if they were any good and I shrugged and looked it up. Turned out they are dead last and I kind of laughed it off and said they must have a hell of a keeper with their negative goal differential. We then boarded the plane and all of the players started boarding economy next to myself. Then I see coming into first class is good ole Tim Howard. I couldn't help but laugh in reflection of my earlier comments.

That being said I noticed a younger lad I thought I recognized and once I got a moment to look up their roster it turned out it was former LFC defender Danny Wilson. Poor lad.

 

...Bournemouth are ready to listen to offers for English winger Jordon Ibe, 23...

Good thing we put that buy-back clause in the contract...

 

Ibe is a one-trick pony. Not even a really good trick, at that.

 

LOL

Liverpool fans have once again hijacked Lazio's player of the season poll in support of former player Lucas Leiva.

This is the second year Reds fans have taken over the vote following the midfielder's landslide win 12 months ago.

And the Brazilian will reclaim his title as he has this time garnered a whopping 88 per cent of the vote.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/spo.../liverpool-fans-bombard-lazio-second-16431700

 

Torres retires

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he scored some fantastic goals for us, we developed him into the most feared striker in the world. some great memories. shame we never got to see him in his pomp, alongside Suarez with Stevie feeding them chances.

 

Agreed. His best performances were with Liverpool despite going on to trophy glory at the chavs where he looked as unhappy as KIng Lear. Gillette and Hicks have a lot to answer for robbing us of the opportunity of seeing Suarez and Torres (or maybe they already have by witnessing an epic swindle!)

 

During his peak years Fernando Torres had a higher goalscoring ratio for Liverpool than other Premier League strikers including Thierry Henry, Alan Shearer AND Harry Kane

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...s-brilliant-scoring-ratio-Liverpool-peak.html

Across three season from 2007 until 2010, the Spaniard set a goalscoring ratio of 0.84 goals per 90 minutes in the Premier League, excluding penalties.

That level of consistency sets him apart from many other Premier League strikers, with the likes of Thierry Henry getting only 0.73 and Alan Shearer on 0.71 over their three best consecutive Premier League seasons.

 

Still makes me sick to see him in Chelsea blue.

 

Torres says Stevie was the best player he ever played with.

https://www.thebay.com/diesel-spiri...t=diesel&N=0&dclid=CP-PoL7X_-ICFYUvaQodE5UBhg

 

Torres was my favorite player even before going into Liverpool. I was ecstatic when Liverpool signed him and the relationship on field he developed with Gerrard was near telepathic. I was sad to see the blip of him going to Chelsea but I will always welcome him as a representative of Liverpool FC if he ever chooses to act like one.

 

You could immediately tell that he’d realised what a dreadful mistake he had made in that first game against Liverpool. Heck, even at his signing he looked like unhappy.

 

Dozens upon dozens would say that. Maybe not Luis Suarez or Philippe Coutinho, but most of the England NT of the past 20 years and most of Liverpool's squads.

 

Telepathic is a perfect word. The two were remarkable together.

I was furious at Torres when he left and was delighted to see Agger level him when Liverpool first played Chelsea after the transfer. But my anger has largely dissipated over time, and I'm happy to welcome him back into the fold if he wants to participate in future club events.

 

Rafa is leaving Newcy. I have mixed feelings about this. He's worked wonders with a very thin squad, and deserves better than working for a dick like Ashley. On the other hand, if Newcy end up as a clone of MC (very likely) with unlimited funds, he would have built a hell of a team.

Good luck to him wherever he goes.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48746689

 

Shows what an utter shambles of a football club Newcy is at the moment. How Ashley hasn't handed him 50m and full control is beyond me. They've not spent any money lately, they certainly don't have many players on big wages, and they've not invested in infrastructure (academy, stadium, etc.), so the amount of money Ashley must be taking out at the moment has to be stratospheric.

 

the damn shame of it all is - if that billionaire Arab does buy Newcy, his strategy will pay off beautifully.

 

Was he not just appealing for the corner?

 

I thought he was just disgusted at himself for not playing a simple ball across for a tap in.