by Sabre » Wed Aug 08, 2007 5:51 pm
Nah, he doesn't sound bitter at all, he just sounds like a poster that likes Liverpool and isn't too sure about Torres impact.
By act as a crack, -I think- he means that he's willing to assume that he's an important player, an important striker. The poster also acknowledges his pace, that he has a lot of fans -he was very popular in his former team- but he's simply saying that he doubts he'll score a lot of goals like a world class striker should do.
Watching Torres is a pleasure in many ways, he makes difficult controls while running at pace, he has the dribling, and he has a range of different skills to finnish, but IMHO he fails to have a killer instict that Fowler, Aldo or Owen DID have.
I've seen good strikers failing miserably in England. Shechenko is a top striker that failed, even Morientes failed miserably. Kuyt, for me a very good striker is named a workhorse because he didn't make a total impact in the first season. It's complicated to come and triumph, and I'd rather have more confidence in Eto'o or Henry doing such an impact in Liverpool rather than Torres.
That doesn't mean I don't wish the best for Torres, I hope he'll score hat tricks every 15 days and we can all laugh about my doubts. I cross fingers for that.
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