Liverpool’s SPANISH sensation honoured with player of the year award: He beat out a certain Manchester United winger to claim the prize!
by offsidetrap on November 18th, 2008 258 words | 17 commentsLiverpool striker Fernando Torres was honoured for his class and quality on the pitch last night, as the Spanish sensation walked away with the Northwest Football Premier League player of the year award last night.
The Spanish striker was named Premier League player of the year at the Northwest Football Awards in Manchester last night.
Torres told the ECHO: “I am really honoured to win this award but it is down to my manager, my team mates and the fans for the support they have given me since I moved to Liverpool. They helped me to settle in so quickly and it is a tribute to them that people outside the club believe I did well enough to deserve this.
“The support I have had from the fans has been fantastic and I would like to dedicate this award to them in particular. Hopefully the next prize we are celebrating will be for the whole club.”
Torres beat off the challenge of Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo, Everton’s Joleon Lescott and Manchester City’s Richard Dunne to the award. (Liverpool ECHO)
The award is well deserved for a player that has only improved in his second season in the Premier League. Whilst it still remains to be seen if Torres can help Liverpool secure the elusive league title, there’s no denying the fact that he’s upped the quality at the club ten-fold since he made his move from Atletico Madrid.
Beating off Ronaldo for any award recently has been a tall task; so it’s good to see Torres get some accolades for his recent success.
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Ronnie Strachan - November 18th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
YOU’RE HAVING A LAUGH – RONALDO DID THE LOT LAST SEASON
PREMIERSHIP
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
42-GOALS (mostly from the wing)
CONSISTENT BRILLIANCE THROUGHOUT THE SEASON
WHAT DID TORRES WIN IN ENGLAND?
NADA!! (and before the scallies start bleating as usual, Spain winning Euro2008 has nothing to do with the Premiership – Spain dont enter it!
He better not go out for a meal though – or the trophy will be nicked by the self-same twats who voted for him!! lol
Donavan Ried - November 18th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Ronnie Strachan – November 18th, 2008 at 11:12 pm ……”YOU’RE HAVING A LAUGH – RONALDO DID THE LOT LAST SEASON”……… How many seasons has Ronaldo been hear? Torres scored 32 goals in his first season and had more influence on his team than Ronaldo did. …… I can tell that you like you grapes in Manchester especial the sour ones.
Dummy (Mauritius) - November 18th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Lol! Ronnie Strachan you are absolutely right i wonder how Torres got the prize thats just crap. I agree he is brillant but thats not the same league as Ronaldo!!
JYA (Mauritius/Australia) - November 18th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Torres deserves it for the quick impact he’s had at Liverpool and also for scoring a record goals in the first season as a foreigner. I have never seen a foreigner adapt so fast to the english premier league.
And Torres is a genuine player and not faker unlike Ronaldo who drops himself so gracefully like a fag just to get a penalty. What an a$$#0Le.
I bet you if Roy Keane had been playing against Ronaldo and seeing his fake penalty, he would break Ronaldo’s his leg just to justify the penalty
Irish Scouser - November 19th, 2008 at 1:14 am
Ronnie, there are a number of problems with your Ronaldo brown-nosing. For a start, the whole of the NE voted and Torres won – that includes United fans. Also, just because Ronaldo was part of a winning team, does that make him a great player? He tried his level best to lose the CL for United – missed a peno against Barca and in the final! Plus, he is not a winger – he is the greediest, laziest player around who took all United’s frees and penos all season. Also, just because you think Torres’ brilliance with Spain shouldn’t be included, doesn’t mean the voters think so too.
You United fans really are a pathetic lot – just about the only set of fans around who would welcome back a scumbag traitor who is continually hinting at a move, have you no pride? Please tell me why you still support him! Is it becasue you know you need him, or because you’re just like a girl infatuated with him? I honestly don’t know what’s worse.
Torres represents our sport well – took a huge pay cut to come to Liverpool, works hard, dedicates everything, including this award to the fans. Today Ronaldo said that he’s so good he should fill the top 3 places in the World Player of the Year rankings. I know who I’d rather have on my team.
Chandan - November 19th, 2008 at 2:06 am
Judges also considered negative points for diving and goals scored as a result of diving. Judges can see what blind referees can’t. So, Ronlado wasn’t even close to Torres’ score. May be he was in the negatives
. There you have it muppets.
IHateMr.Comfort - November 19th, 2008 at 2:47 am
Ronaldo spends most of his time on the pitch rolling around in the grass and doing fruity, showboating step-overs. Torres on the otherhand spends his time trying to win football matches…
unholy diver - November 19th, 2008 at 3:03 am
The diver scored 15 of those 42 are from penalty spot!! Had Torres taken penalties it will be more than that. Also Torres do not have that ugly arrogant smug on his mug when he scores goals ( a trademark of Ronaldo on why he is not liked by neutrals outside Manure gates)
TorresFan - November 19th, 2008 at 3:52 am
i saw ronaldo cant pass through.. clichy…gerrard and ashley cole.. he can pass through the stoke city defenders lol.. haha the judges like torres more cus hes not arrogant like ronaldo…
Unbias Judge - November 19th, 2008 at 5:08 am
It was Torres’ debut season the prem. I bet my life Ronaldo could never score 33 goals in his debut season in a foreign league in a team that was supposedly inferior to Chelsea and Man Utd and Arsenal last season.
All of Torres goals are world class – all special and spectacular and unique
Most of Ronaldo’s are tap ins or penalties.
Anfield1892TheGrave - November 19th, 2008 at 6:11 am
Trophies are for teams, awards are for individual achievments as a player.
People need to stop with this bullshit “he won the CL, He won the PL”. That has absolutely no weight in deciding who deserves the POY award, it holds the same meaning as when people argue that Messi should win ballon d’or because he COULD HAVE potentially set up more goals or scored more, its just hot air.
You dont give out the golden boot to a player on the team that won the league over a player who actually led the league in goals, right? Of course not, its about what the individual does to win the golden boot, and it says even more about him if he scored on a team that finished much lower in the table. Also this award, again, is NOT called the golden boot, just like the ballon d’or is NOT called the golden boot.
Manchester united Won the double, NOT ronaldo, believe me you put ronaldo on a team where rooney and tevez dont sacrifice their own game in order to create space and provide for him then he doesnt score 42. Factor in the penalty and free kick goals and the gap between CR and torres shrinks, so with all of that out of the way of course judges are going to prefer a humble Torres who rocked the EPL during his first season here with a less quality squad behind him.
Leo - November 19th, 2008 at 6:48 am
Kaka came out yesterday and said that there are more deserving players like Cristiano….Lionel Messi came out today and when questioned by the journalist about CRonaldo saying he “is the best in the world”, Messi said he’d rather not indulge in such things and that his team and Argentina come first.
Cristiano had an incredible 07/08 and did a lot, even though he flopped in the Euros against actual good teams, but unfortunately the FIFA Player/Ballon Dor is based on achievements not who the best player in the world is.
Messi won the Olympics this year and is the best player of 08/09 so far but he didn’t win as many trophies as Ronaldo.
The golden ball is NOT for the best in the world, it is for who had the best SEASON. Therefore Cronaldo will win it, even though he is arrogant and flops in the big games. (If the award was really for the best in the world, wouldn’t Zidane have won it each year from 1998-2006?)
if some of you people who only watch the EPL would actually check out La Liga, which until 2006 was the best in the world, you would see that Messi does much more for his team and is way more skilled than Ronaldo.
Thuo - November 19th, 2008 at 7:34 am
i dont get it, you think that Ronaldo does not deserve the POY award coz he scores from tap-ins, free-kicks and penalty? that is so lame; in other words these are the makings of a top player who can score from anywhere. whether Ronaldo is in or not, Rooney will still drift to the midfield, he is not sucrificing for anybody, it is just his style. Torres is a striker, he is expected to score whether it is his first season or his last, Ronaldo beat him to it. Torres scored 23 goals in the league, Ronaldo 31. yes, it is not golden goal competition but the goals are the ones that win you trophies the last time i checked. Ronaldo won man u the PL and CL, he deserves the POY award, but in know he is not disappointed with this, “you win some, you lose some, you win some more”
shk - November 19th, 2008 at 8:19 am
Funny how united fans protect Ronaldo the same areshole that remains unfaithfull.
Actually a shame gone are the days united played as a team all about Ronaldo nice one scum.So now everybody can see how pathetic you guys are.
petert - November 19th, 2008 at 8:40 am
he truely deserved it.
9torres - November 19th, 2008 at 9:25 am
“Torres represents our sport well – took a huge pay cut to come to Liverpool, works hard, dedicates everything, including this award to the fans. Today Ronaldo said that he’s so good he should fill the top 3 places in the World Player of the Year rankings. I know who I’d rather have on my team.”
“Kaka came out yesterday and said that there are more deserving players like Cristiano….Lionel Messi came out today and when questioned by the journalist about CRonaldo saying he “is the best in the world”, Messi said he’d rather not indulge in such things and that his team and Argentina come first.”
For me these two bits of info sum up the entire argument. As a player there is more respect for Torres because of the way he goes about what he does. he’s a top, top pro.
calvo - November 19th, 2008 at 10:06 am
I actually congratulate torres as he really did exceptionally well for his 1st season.however theres a case for both players regardless of who you support.
Ronaldo is a winger and for a winger regardless of whether he takes pens or free kicks to score 42 goals is incredible…period.yes he is an arrogant prick(and im a utd supporter),but the guy is quality.(i didnt mind if he stayed or left as utd would win either way ronaldo stays =goals,he goes = stupid amounts of money for fergie to spend).like torres who would walk into any side and exceptional.and to score over 30 goals in your 1st season especially for a foreign player shows obvious quality.the fact that he is humble makes him appreciated all over the globe.and lets face it both l´pool would love a player like ronaldo(a right winger that scores)and utd would love a torres-type of striker.Besides I dont support ronaldo I support Man Utd and its what they win that matters to me not who wins some award that in reality fickle fans vote for.