The last time Glen Johnson got a taste of exactly the kind of fanaticism that awaits travelling football players in Bangkok, he was wearing distinctly different colours. The blue of Chelsea, to be precise.
At Tuesday’s press conference in the ballroom of the Grand Erawan hotel, the Englishman was all smiles, all ready to...
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It looks like we will be without Torres for this weekends trip to Middlesbrough after El Nino twisted his ankle early on in the game against Real Madrid. I wonder if him staying on for longer during that game made the injury worse? He did not look his normal self at all after picking up the injury. This has been a bad season for...
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I loved the little battle that was taking place in last nights game between Fernando Torres and Real Madrid’s defender, Pepe. Before the game, Pepe had come out and said that he was going to ‘beat down’ Torres during the game. I think in the first 5 minutes of the game Torres fouled Pepe and left the big Brazilian...
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There are suggestions in the papers today that Barcelona may be lining up a summer move for our Fernando Torres. At first thought, I laughed this idea off. There is no way I see us selling Torres, it would be like selling the heart beat of the team. They are saying that with the financial pressure we are under, we may be forced to...
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Now that Robbie Keane has left, we are short of options upfront. Well Rafa does not seen to think so, but I think we will struggle big time if Torres gets injured! Rafa says we still have Kuyt, Babel and Ngog if Torres gets injured but I have no faith in any three of them being held responsible for getting us the goals needed to...
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Another injury blow for Fernando Torres. Torres will be out of action for between 2 and 3 weeks after picking up another hamstring strain in the game against Marseille this week. This is already the third time that Torres has been forced onto the sidelines by his hamstring this season. This is now reminding me of the days when we...
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The sight we all wanted to see, Fernando Torres back on the pitch. It was great to see him get a run out in the closing minutes against West Brom. We have missed Torres over the last couple of games, we could have down with his killer instinct infront of goal against Atletico and Spurs but whilst Torres was out we did not do too...
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After our inability to convert chances on the weekend against Spurs, I feel we really need Torres back in action. We had done so well up until now without our lethal striker but we need a player of such quality. Torres could easily have made the difference on Saturday from us loosing 2-1 to us winning 4-0. I just hope that he has...
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Congratulations to Stevie and Fernando for being named in the FifPro World XI team of the year. It is a pitty that neither of them could scoop the main award of Fifpro World Footballer of the Year which went to Cristiano Ronaldo.
The selected team in full is:
Goalkeeper: Iker Casillas (Spain/Real Madrid)
Defenders: Sergio Ramos...
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First the bad news:
Fernando Torres is out for at least two weeks with a hamstring tear, the sort of injury that we all know can linger on throughout a season.
Ryan Babel has a left ankle sprtain, which leaves him doubtful for the weekend but shouldn’t keep him sidelined any further than that. We should be thankful it...
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