We, the fans, always look through rose-tinted spectacles. We are unable to think or act objectively because for most of us this club is just as a kin as our family and friends. It is one of the only certaincies in our lives - that we will always support liverpool.
In our emotional feeling for the club we have naively presumed that the players who represent the club we love, feel as we do. When our rose-tinted spectacles fail to prevent this reality from being seen by us, we are naturally suprised.
With torres, we have made him into a super-hero, both based on his ability and his loyalty. I expect this is because he is one of the best players to play for liverpool in the clubs history. We see his undeniable quality on the pitch and this distracts us from the truth that he is but a human-being, not a super-hero.
He has the same weaknesses as all of us, and the one that has been revealed in the past few days is his apparent selfishness and lack of loyalty. I say apparent because all footaballers, as all individuals, are only so loyal to a degree, and act selfishly when they need to.
Torres only has 3-5 years at his very best, he is as selfish as me or you or anyone when it come to improving their own lives, and striving for success. We should be able as fans of this club to admit we are not in the brightest days right now. And we should be able to admit to ourselves that, currently, chelsea are in a better position than us to win trophies.
We, as fans, constantly see a rainbow on the horizon, and say to ourselves "it'll be different next year", and i truly hope it will be. Footbllers (most anyway), on the other hand are not fans as we are fans, torres can only way up his future actions on what has happaned in the past and does not see the definate utopian future ahead of us. He most likely sees a club on the decline, a club that when he arrived had gotten to two champions league finals, and consistently qualified for it every season. But now looks to miss out on the biggest domestic footaball competition in two consecuative seasons.
Allas, we are not the club we were when torres arrived. Meanwhile, the number of rivals has increased, making our chalenge even harder. I truly believe that the last two seasons have been an unfortuante blip, and we will get back on the right track soon, but i know it'll take time. Torres clearly doesn't feel we are club capable of a resurgence, and if that is his view I can be angry about this, but I have to understand it.
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