Comments on: Signing Chelsea’s Torres will be a Step Backwards for Atletico

By: Zane

Zane — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:49:06 +0000

The same goes for Torres. Now let’s say Athletico and Chelsea do a swap. With the lack of service you see Chelsea’s strikers get,even Falcao will score only 20 goals or less in a season. But put Torres in Athletico’s system now and with the same amount of chances Falcao gets now,Torres will score 20+ goals in a season.
Look at Man United. Average midfielders with world class strikers. United isn’t that good but their secret is,their strikers get the ball faster either by a through passes or early crosses. It’s all about the service and building momentum from that.
Torres was never the problem. Chelsea simply made a mistake by buying a player who doesn’t suit the system and playing style. Torres isn’t your long ball type of striker or your Suarez Aguero agile like striker who can operate in tight spaces. Chelsea can still keep him but they’ll need a suitable player like Benat or Wilshere who can operate in the double pivot by making those key passes from deep and by disciplining the likes of Mata and co to look for his run.
Trust me mate,Falcao will become a an average striker if he joins Chelsea and Torres with thrive at teams like Athletico and United.

By: Zane

Zane — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:27:24 +0000

Mate. It’s not about who’s better. I don’t think for one second that Torres lost his clinical technique. Every player needs momentum in one game and a series of games. I know this because I’m also a player.
As you can see this season,Chelsea strikers,both of them are like passengers in games. They rarely get the ball because the players behind them are dribblers so they keep the ball longer than they should and thus allowing opposition defenders to recover into their positions. This then makes it difficult for the striker to find space and the opportunity is lost. In a series of such games for strikers,it can be negative for the mindset and momentum. Last week when Chelsea played against West Ham,the players behind Ba suprisingly released the ball faster. He fluffed them all and the reason for that is simple. Ba lost the goal scoring momentum he had at Newcastle and his first few games at Chelsea. That means mentally he’s insecure infront of goal now and has to rebuild momentum now if the players behind him can do the same against in the next couple of games.

By: Farjad Iftekhar

Farjad Iftekhar — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 19:29:58 +0000

Mate I do agree that with Chelsea’s style a more physical striker like Drogba would work and Torres needs the ball at his feet. BUT
Have we not seen him missing goals in one on one position with Chelsea? have we not seen his bizzare first touch that used to be class. and most importantly (the trait that made him the best) Torres has lost that first 5 yards of searing pace that helped him beat even the fastest defenders with ease.
He can come good with Atletico but my question remains the same, can he be as good as he was at Liverpool or can he be as good as Falcao? i do not think so, and if not then Atletico should not sign him, you may have other ideas

By: Zane

Zane — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:51:47 +0000

Which trait made Torres one of the best? His ability to successfully beat the offside trap after Gerrad or Alonso and even Xavi release the ball quickly into his path. Go check out his goals in the last European tournament where he won the goalden boot when he only played in limited time.

By: Zane

Zane — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:45:59 +0000

Liverpool and Rafa had the right players behind Torres.
Gerrad as the trequarista just behind Torres and Alonso in the double pivot as the regista. These players played the ball forward faster by releasing the spaniard into space. Wingers even made early crosses.
At Chelsea they played long ball and a high pressing line in his first 18 months. This season they play a possessive pressing game,which isn’t well suited for him either because he then has to fight off a defender or two when the ball eventually gets to him (which is rare). Look at Demba Ba now,struggling!

By: Farjad Iftekhar

Farjad Iftekhar — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:10:40 +0000

In reply to Zane. Since when did Liverpool play faster style under Rafa when Torres worked. Do u reaaly wanna say that Torres can return to his form of anfield days? Because that is exactly Ayletico shud want if they r to sell a striker like Falcao

By: Zane

Zane — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:57:42 +0000

Poor article. Athletico Madrid play a faster and direct style. This is suitable for Torres.

By: Hashwa

Hashwa — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:16:01 +0000

Hey Torres, guess what Alonso is returning to Liverpool and Gerrard is there, THAT CAN FIX YOU, nothign else