THE lack of funds available at Liverpool for further transfers means Fernando Torres looks as if he's going to have to shoulder one hell of a burden up front for the rest of the season. And that worries me. As the summer transfer window closed last night, there was no news of any sort for Liverpool fans. Certainly no sign of anyone coming in to help Torres carry the load in the forward line for the rest of the season. He’s a really great striker as we all know. One who is very willing to do the dirty work, and who already this season has got the bruises to show for it. But I believe he – and the Reds – would be more effective with someone else up front to help take the strain off him. And due respect to the likes of Andriy Voronin and David Ngog, they're not the sort of players to do that job. I'd have loved to have seen Emile Heskey back at Anfield but the opportunity to bring him back passed us by and he's ended up a Aston Villa. He'd have been ideal for that role alongside a striker of Torres’ worth. Instead we've just got to pray now that Torres stays fit and can take the buffetings that defenders regularly seem to dish out to him. The big plus of course is his partnership with Steven Gerrard. If I gave the Reds skipper a bit of stick last week for not living up to his own immensely high standards against Villa, then I’ve got to hand it to him this week after what he did to rescue the points at Bolton. Bolton tried to man mark him out of the game. But when Sean Davis was sent off Stevie really came to the fore and scored a wonderful goal.
IT seems Bolton boss Gary Megson was whingeing about Liverpool players going down under challenges too easily last Saturday.
But if he had any sense he’d pay more attention to his own players, who made stupid challenge after stupid challenge. They were banging into our lads from behind time after time and on occasions when they never had any hope of getting the ball. A warning from Leeds IT was interesting to see us paired with Leeds in the Carling Cup draw. In the sixties and seventies we had many great battles with the men in white from Yorkshire, who were a top side. Norman Hunter is a good pal of mine and I’ll probably pop over to the game at Elland Road to say hello. Truth is its’ crazy to see a side of Leeds’ size and pedigree in the lower echelons. And I feel a timely warning to Liverpool’s owners to make sure they take great care with our football club going forward No matter how big any club is, if it isn’t handled with care it can fall from its perch. Once mighty Leeds are proof positive of that.
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