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Originally Posted by Xgenre
I agree that this part is terrible when photos show him clearly kissing our badge. Is it too much to expect him to love the club when he's not a local boy? I've no answer for that myself. I do feel that he actually conducts himself way much better than local boys like Owen and Mcmanaman.
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Torres should be judged on himself and not whether we bought players better than him. Here, Ruddock, our hero at Anfield against the Scum, says it well:
'Personally I have been left a little disappointed by the attitude of Fernando Torres. I share some of the sentiments that both John Aldridge and Robbie [Fowler] made last week, but it was the ill-timed comments about Liverpool Football Club that showed a level of ignorance and stupidity that certainly grated me. Having played for the football club and knowing the level of respect and support that they show to their players, I felt for them this week as they saw one of their former heroes put them down in statements that he didn’t have to make. Liverpool FC is the most decorated club in English football and didn’t deserve to be slighted in such a fashion.
It was certainly one in the eye for a fan base that has showed an incredible amount of patience and support for their misfiring No.9, despite months of poor performances. You didn’t hear Sol Campbell slate Tottenham or say anything after his controversial move; therefore I failed to understand what the point was in putting down a club that you could argue made him the striker he is. Torres was always a good player at Atletico, but he didn’t get the worldwide recognition in the game until he proved himself at Anfield. The sad thing is that I am sure a large majority of Liverpool fans would have accepted the player’s desire to leave at the end of the season, should they have failed to make the Champions League for the second season running. I look at the Premier League table this morning and wonder if Liverpool would be the ones sitting in the top four rather than his new employers, had he shown some sort of commitment and desire, as opposed to sulking, in the first few months of the season'.
Alonso left us, and so did Mascherano. One of them has openly come out to support Torres, the other one, remains our hero.
Give the Yanks a chance in the summer and see who they bring in. It's not gonna be big money (we can only spend what we earn), but we need a deeper squad for sure.