new liverpool thread - everyone loves them (2 Viewers)

[actwithoutwords]

BYE BYE SAMI YOU GREAT BIG LEGEND

 

[actwithoutwords]

I love this photo already.

 

[Ciarán R]

Goodbye you beautiful, beautiful man....

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/media/free_0809_thfc_h_pl_samifairwell_high.asx

 

[Wheels]

The dust has almost settled on Liverpool's best ever Premier league season. Amid all the encouraging statistics from this year, the best striker in the world hitting the 50 mark is one of the most enjoyable. The quality of video isn't anywhere near what the goals deserve, but

[video=metacafe;2874042/fernando_torres_50_goals_for_liverpool/]http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2874042/fernando_torres_50_goals_for_liverpool/[/video]

 

[ratmonkey]

That doesn't look like Diego Forlan.

 

[Unicron]

Or David Villa.

 

[Wheels]

You all know it.

 

[Wheels]

or as football.365 puts it

A striker without peer. For 2008/09, Torres' record reads as 14 league goals with 20 starts. For his two years at Anfield, it reads as 38 from a total of 57 appearances. And not one of those goals was scored from the penalty spot. Phenomenal.

 

[Franco]

Forlan got 31 from 37 in the league. Villa got 26 from 32.

But it's moot, Torres is better.

 

[Wheels]

Aye Forlan has had a belter of a season and Villa would be a close second in my book. Torres had a difficult season after the Euros what with injuries, but his goals in the big matches this season (5 against the other top three teams) were immense.

 

[Ciarán R]

The dust has almost settled on Liverpool's best ever Premier league season. Amid all the encouraging statistics from this year, the best striker in the world hitting the 50 mark is one of the most enjoyable. The quality of video isn't anywhere near what the goals deserve, but

Fernando Torres 50 Goals for Liverpool - Video

Hardly a fucking tap-in in sight either. Some amount of goals at the Kop end too

 

[trev]

Forlan got 31 from 37 in the league. Villa got 26 from 32.

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playing against teams that cant defend.

 

[nofriendo]

playing against teams that cant defend.

not going to argue that torres is not the best striker in the world, the guy is class. But outside the top 5 in the premiership the defences are hardly world class. I think west ham in 9th have a negative goal diff.

 

[ratmonkey]

playing against teams that cant defend.

How many did Torres score against the same teams that can't defend?

 

[trev]

How many did Torres score against the same teams that can't defend?

how many did forlan score in england?

 

[Ciarán R]

how many did forlan score in england?

i think it would be ten Trev in about sixty or so games, so 1 in every 6. Torres according to Liverpool site is on 83 games, and has 50 goals, which is 1 in every 1.6 games or so...

 

[trev]

i think it would be ten Trev in about sixty or so games, so 1 in every 6. Torres according to Liverpool site is on 83 games, and has 50 goals, which is 1 in every 1.6 games or so...

took forlan about 6 months to score his first as well...which was a peno in the champs league.

 

[ratmonkey]

i think it would be ten Trev in about sixty or so games, so 1 in every 6.

Most of which were 5 minutes played on the wing.

 

[Ciarán R]

Most of which were 5 minutes played on the wing.

http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/players/stats?id=18587&&cc=5739

In fairness, he did only make 39 starts, and had 61 sub appearances in all competitions (he actually got 19 goals in all competitions)
However, I thought those appearances on the wing only came towards the end of his time at united, when they figured out he couldn't hack it upfront?

 

[Unicron]

Villa's scoring record for Spain is better than Torres', as it has consistently been throughout his club career.

I'm not saying that Torres isn't a super player but for me Villa shades it. Both great goalscorers but I'd view Villa as the superior technical footballer compared to Torres who is a superior athlete.