#21 | Ferran Torres - 2020/21 Performances

[andyhinch]

Raheem is best of the left.

So is Torres, not sure what the answer is

 

[cityboy1]

So is Torres, not sure what the answer is

switch sterling to the right and watch him run riot on the whole league while torres does the same on the left?

 

[andyhinch]

switch sterling to the right and watch him run riot on the whole league while torres does the same on the left?

He obviously wants left though and is the senior pro, glad it’s not my call tbh

 

[Delphacito]

You can really tell that he feels very timid in the game, like he’s afraid of making mistakes and angering Pep, so he always chooses the safest option available. Need some encouragement from Pep for him to be unshackled. Wingers need to take risks and take people on.

 

[Josh_D]

You can really tell that he feels very timid in the game, like he’s afraid of making mistakes and angering Pep, so he always chooses the safest option available. Need some encouragement from Pep for him to be unshackled. Wingers need to take risks and take people on.

He did some lovely stuff before going quiet. Played some passes in and around the 18 yard box that no one capitalised on (Mahrez doing a useless dummy in the first half with no one behind him when he should have collected the pass).

Foden kept losing possession when Torres passed it to him a few times. At one point his head dropped and he looked pissed.

Overall, it wasn’t a great showing from the team but he can improve. We’ve seen good signs. I’d stick him on the left or through the middle if City want to play with a F9

 

[Matt the Giant]

You can really tell that he feels very timid in the game, like he’s afraid of making mistakes and angering Pep, so he always chooses the safest option available. Need some encouragement from Pep for him to be unshackled. Wingers need to take risks and take people on.

Spot on.

If you watched him play in La liga you could see that he is a very direct and attack-minded player, took on defenders, made runs etc.. and I'm sure he will bring all that to his game here once he's settled. He's is only a kid, in a new country, new team mates, new everything. It'll take some time, but I'm not worried at all.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

He did nowt.

 

[super_city_si]

He has the tools. let him settle and find his feet. i think he’d gain confidence quicker if he was on the left where he looks more comfortable.

 

[hilts]

He did nowt.

That made me laugh out load for some reason. I imagined it in a no nonsense Yorkshire accent.

 

[Scottyboi]

Sterling’s best output for us is on the left. I can’t see Pep playing him on the right again unless Torres actually matches his output on the left, because we don’t have anyone else that plays as well as Sterling out on that side of the pitch.

On that basis Torres, following the inverted winger idea, looks like Raz’s understudy.

I think he’ll be a really good player for us but might need a good six months given his age and his need to settle in to a new team and country to find consistency.

City were terrifying when we had Sane on the left and Sterling on the right, shitloads of tap ins from the putting the ball back in the box to our strikers or late runs from midfielders.