Torres is Gone…Long Live Suarez and Carroll

I am sure you are all very aware of what has hastened the return of MoKo to the dugout. The incidents of the last few days and in particular last night have churned in tornado of fury. The saving grace is that King Kenny was in charge at this point in time. His experience and steely resolve to move Liverpool forward has seen us...

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Reading Between the Lines on Deadline Day

Liverpool In Andy Carroll (Newcastle, £35m), Luis Suárez (Ajax, £22.8m), Conor Thomas (Coventry, loan). Out Fernando Torres (Chelsea, £50m), Nathan Eccleston (Charlton, loan), Ryan Babel (Hoffenheim, £6m), Victor Palsson (Hibernian, undisc), Stephen Darby (Notts County, loan), David Amoo (MK Dons, loan), Paul Konchesky (Nottm...

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Congratulations to the Torres family on the birth of baby ‘Leo’

OurKop.com would like to congratulate the Torres family following the arrival of their second child. Fernando had to miss our win against Aston Villa on Monday night as the couple welcomed a boy into the world. It is rumoured that they have named him Leo. The couple already have a daughter called Nora who is 17 months old. I am...

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Should Gerrard and Torres be named in the World XI 2010?

Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres have been named in the 55-man short list for the FIFA/FIFPro World XI 2010. Both players will be the first to admit they have not had a great 2010 on the field. Both must have been affected by the poor season Liverpool had last term, coupled with the uncertainty around the future of the...

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Torres injured again – So why does he have to join up with Spain?

If Saturday’s loss to Stoke was not bad enough, the news that Fernando Torres picked up an injury during the game makes things even worse for Liverpool. Torres sustained an ankle ligament strain but we do not know the full extent of the injury yet and Torres is going to be assessed by the Spain medical team as he is still...

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Did you ever doubt Torres?

They have been on his case since the World Cup. They called him a failure. They said he would never be his best again. The said he does not want to be at Liverpool anymore. How they were all so wrong! Fernando Torres has be criticized a lot of late as he has struggled to find the back of the net for Liverpool. Injuries have not...

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Losing Pepe Reina would be worse than losing Torres

Speculation about Pepe Reina’s future is making the headlines again this morning. Can they not give Liverpool a break for once and let us bask in the glory of beating Chelsea for a while rather than try to destabalise our ship as they have been doing throughout the whole season? I recall not too long ago that there were...

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Rooney to Liverpool – Torres to Manchester United

Imagine this, seeing Wayne Rooney touching the “This Is Anfield” sign before a game and running onto the Anfield turf with the Kop chanting has name as Rooney stars for Liverpool against Manchester United wearing the famous number 9 shirt. On the other hand you have Fernando Torres wearing the Manchester United kit...

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Torres vs Ngog

I just thought I’d take a look at some of the numbers behind two 21 yo Strikers – David Ngog (2010) and Fernando Torres (2005). Click here to download the game logs of both players during the season they turned 21 respectively. Torres 2005 In 2005 Torres turned 21. Already by this age he had two complete season of Spanish...

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Fernando Torres… Liverpool’s number 9

Two wins in a row..now that is something as Liverpool fans we have not been used to over the last couple of weeks. After we beat Wolves, I was very worried about facing Aston Villa at Villa Park. Truth be told, we did not play well against Wolves but we still got the win. Last night, we did not play particularly well and I had...

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