Wullie! 8 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I agree. Torres would be easy pickings for Tokely, Jones, Berra etc etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanMac 185 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Fernando Torres would score for fun in the SPL - infact it would be embarrassing watching him take apart every defence and putting the ball in ther back of the net! Were we not linked with Torres during the Advocaat years, he was recomended by Arteta? mcleish signed arteta so no idea why arteta would be recommending Torres to advocaat! Must have been then, he and Torres have been good friends for years. Im sure i can remmeber reading it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 54,068 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 This is quite possibly the worst article I have ever read. Everybody already thinks the SPL is a backwater league and articles like this do nothing to improve the leagues credibility. I mean who in their right mind would compare Boyd and Torres? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart_RFC 41 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 cringe-worthy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBoyd 355 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 cringe-worthy Exam Question; "Use two words to explain Charlie Adams footballing abilities" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart_RFC 41 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 cringe-worthy Exam Question; "Use two words to explain Charlie Adams footballing abilities" Non existant <--- would be more appropriate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
polar bear 0 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Who the hell wrote that, Lee McCulloch? Utter nonsense eh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBoyd 355 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 cringe-worthy Exam Question; "Use two words to explain Charlie Adams footballing abilities" Non existant <--- would be more appropriate. *leaves a blank space and spits where the answer should be for extra credit* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayWestFree 107 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I'd swap about 10 Rangers players for Torres. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart_RFC 41 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Our 10 best players still wouldnt accumulate to the price tag on Torres Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBoyd 355 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I'd swap about 10 Rangers players for Torres. Darcheville, Adam, Burke, McCulloch, Broadfoot, Dailly, Smith, Hemdani, Vellicka, Beasley DONE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NathanRfc 37 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 This is a hilarious article. How stupid comparing a brilliant spl finisher to a brilliant world finisher. As in Torres could score for fun in any league in the world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlegKuznetsov 10,816 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 WHAT a signing it would be if Rangers could get Fernando Torres from Liverpool. One of the best footballers in the world at Ibrox. His touch. His vision. His workrate. All skills the boy has which put him up there with the very best in the business. But here’s the thing. Fernando Torres would look the part in a Rangers shirt. Fernando Torres would bring the supporters off their backsides and to their feet. Fernando Torres would take the ball on his chest, drop his shoulder and go past SPL defenders like they weren’t even there. Despite that Torres would still not give the team the one thing Kris Boyd does. And that’s GOALS. Buckets of them. I’ve said it before in these pages and been laughed at. But as prolific goalscorers go in the SPL there is no one better than the Rangers No9. Before the Old Firm game I compared his finishing favourably to the great Henrik Larsson. That day Boyd nailed me by missing the chance to win the game. Let me down, he did. But I stand by what I said then and I’ll go even further now. Honestly, if I was Rangers boss I wouldn’t swap him for the man who wears the same numbered jersey at Anfield. Where Torres would promise you 35 goals a season Boyd GUARANTEES them. That’s it in a nutshell. He does the hardest thing in football and he does it consistently. Week in, week out. The argument his critics make is that he doesn’t do it against the top teams in the big games. His missed THAT chance against Celtic and couldn’t even get a game in Europe last season. http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/ho...icle2116377.ece What a dreadful example of mangled English. :no: I think most would prefer Torres over a fat bloke who can't run or link up play, despite scoring 10 goals against Accies and Caley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 11,453 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Fat? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1690 Posts 71 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 The man is dense. The basic premise of his piece is teams in both leagues are comparable. The defenders in the SPL, even at the OF are below average on an EPL scale so Torres would wipe the floor with them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaguy51 912 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 That's actually laughable. Torres would have 30 assists and 70 goals after a year up here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Torres or Boyd I say Boyd Because hes a Legend Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbm26896 995 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 its a good laugh people getting wound up over a bit of fun Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgruntled_bear 157 Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 It's a rip off of this John Hartson Article http://forum.rangersmedia.co.uk//index.php?showtopic=95318 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShanksRFC 3,870 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Aye ne bother pal. One of the best strikers in the world or Boyd? Ask yourself that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff 245 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Anyone who picks Boyd needs their head looked at. Torres would tear the SPL apart, he'd probably weigh in with about 20 assists and score about 60 goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelloMoto 0 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 What about Torres and Boyd? He'd be like Kenny Miller, only good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiogh 178 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Anyone who picks Boyd needs their head looked at. Torres would tear the SPL apart, he'd probably weigh in with about 20 assists and score about 60 goals. And He'd probably do it all whilst missing half the season with his dodgy hamstring! Nice to see Hartson has maintained some good sense from his Celtic days... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueballss 2,972 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 9 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 John Hartson is actually becoming a bit of a timmy handwringer. You know, the ones among us who are accused of self hate and pandering to timmy? He seems to be pandering to us instead. Boyd/Torres? Don't get me wrong, the guarantee issue is actually kinda true - big stars have failed to shine in Scotland despite their reputations - look at Flo, Graveson... And he's dead on the nose that the goals against the diddies are the ones which win the league. But to say, with a straight face, that he would rather have Kris Boyd in his SPL side than maybe the world's best striker? Words fail me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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