#21 | Ferran Torres - 2020/21 Performances

[Sir peace frog]

i dont think he will be a number 9 in the traditional sense , i would like to see him and jesus playing around a proper 9 , think their movement would kill teams.

 

[ws01]

Putting him on the wing is wasting him IMO, and not serving the team well enough. We've already got Mahrez, Sterling, Foden, Bernardo. Jesus looks much better out wide than he does at centre forward, where he struggles.

Torres doesn't seem to struggle very much up front. He looks natural, he looks like he can bang them in from there. Sure, he may also be a winger. He may even be a better winger than a centre forward, despite what he's shown so far in our shirt. If he can do a quality job in arguably the most difficult position on the pitch though, it'll be better for us and him IMO. We need to optimise as per our requirements.

 

[LongsightM13]

I suspect he is encouraged to attack the full back directly and cross into the box a lot more for Spain than he is in City’s system, where it is more about recycling possession and clever movement behind. Great to see he has both in his locker and maybe Pep might allow him to play a little more freely for us next season.
Having someone in the middle to cross to will help as well

 

[oldius]

And "took a season to settle" has to be put in context too. Torres scored 1 in 3 in his first season at the age of 20/21, mostly from the wing and often from the bench. He's got a long way to go, but that's a fantastic start.

Spot on.

 

[mccity]

I suspect he is encouraged to attack the full back directly and cross into the box a lot more for Spain than he is in City’s system, where it is more about recycling possession and clever movement behind. Great to see he has both in his locker and maybe Pep might allow him to play a little more freely for us next season.
Having someone in the middle to cross to will help as well

To add, I think we could say that about most City players.

I don't think it's fully appreciated at times just how regimented and almost mechanical everything is under Pep in how City play. Every player has a very specific job in a very detailed system, and for the most part it reigns them in a bit. I suspect this is a big part of why players take so long to settle sometimes.

Then you see a lot of City players at national level and see just how expressive some of them can be. There are reasons we don't see it at City but it's good to know they have the talent.

With Torres, I'm confident that once he's settled (hopefully by the end of preseason) he'll be getting a lot more opportunities to showcase his talents.

 

[p.taker]

Hope someday he become as good as Jack Harrison.

@Tevez City

 

[Tevez City]

Hope someday he become as good as Jack Harrison.

@Tevez City

Hopefully Ferran will have better season than Jack next season.

 

[p.taker]

<3

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

MoTM performance v. Croatia.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Hopefully Ferran will have better season than Jack next season.

Indeed,and while Ferran has superb potential....right now,Harrison is the better player.