Premier League - Team of the Week: Tremendous Torres

Eurosport - Mon, 21 Sep 13:36:00 2009

Fernando Torres is our player of the week after his two goal performance at West Ham but it was weekend to forget for the Ferdinand brothers.

FOOTBALL Fernando Torres Liverpool Premier League - 0

HOW IT WORKS

We take marks out of 10 awarded to Premier League players from a selection of six national newspapers - The Sun, Daily Star, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, The Times and the Guardian - then create an average and round to the nearest half. The top player in each position will be rewarded with a spot in the team of the week, while the worst scorers will be named and shamed in our Flops XI.

TEAM OF THE WEEK

Torres scored two fantastic goals in Liverpool's 3-2 win at West Ham and he is part of a three-man attack with fellow two-goal hero Louis Saha and Birmingham's Christian 'Chucho' Benitez , who had the press box buzzing after his full debut at Hull. Craig Bellamy and Didier Drogba both just miss out.

In midfield, Manchester United duo Ryan Giggs and Darren Fletcher are joined by Burnley's Wade Elliot, while another two goal star - Arsenal's Thomas Vermaelen - leads a back line that is flanked by both Chelsea full-backs.

Shay Given remarkably makes the team despite shipping four goals at Old Trafford which just illustrates how under the cosh City were in the derby.

Team of the week (4-3-3):

GK: Shay Given (Manchester City) - 8

RB: Jose Bosingwa (Chelsea) - 7.5

CB: Thomas Vermaelen (Arsenal) - 8.5

CB: Sylvain Distin (Everton) - 8.0

LB: Ashley Cole (Chelsea) - 8.0

RM: Wade Elliot (Burnley) - 7.5

CM: Darren Fletcher (Manchester United ) - 7.5

LM: Ryan Giggs (Manchester United) - 8.5

FW: Fernando Torres (Liverpool) - 9.0

FW: Louis Saha (Everton) - 8.5

FW: Christian Benitez (Birmingham) - 8.5

FLOPS OF THE WEEK

It was a bad weekend for Rio and Anton Ferdinand as thebrothers were both responsible for goals in their respective games. Rio gave the ball away and was then burned for pace by Craig Bellamy in the Manchester derby while Sunderland man Anton gave away a cheap penalty at Burnley.

Ben Foster also pays for his errors at Old Trafford as he goes in between the sticks while Bolton's scrappy 1-1 draw at home to Stoke failed to impress and three players from that match make the team.

Flops of the week (4-4-2):

GK: Ben Foster (Manchester United) - 4.0

RB: Vedran Corluka (Tottenham) - 4.0

CB: Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United) - 5.0

CB: Anton Ferdinand (Sunderland) - 5.0

LB. Danny Collins (Stoke) - 4.0

RM: Gretar Steinsson (Bolton) - 4.5

CM: Fabrice Muamba (Bolton) - 4.5

LM: Clint Dempsey (Fulham) - 4.5

FW: Hugo Rodallega (Wigan) - 4.5

FW: Jason Roberts (Blackburn) - 5.0

TEAM OF THE SEASON (Minimum three starts)

Hull City's Geovanni is the perhaps the most surprising name in the team of the season so far as right midfielders up and down the country fail to perform consistently well.

Chelsea and Manchester City both provide three players apiece while the evergreen Ryan Giggs joins team-mate Darren Fletcher in the side thanks to his superb performance in the Manchester derby.

Thomas Vermaelen also leads the team of the season backline, proving how impressive he has been since signing from Ajax.

Team of the Season (4-4-2)

GK: Shay Given (Manchester City) - 7.33

RB: Glen Johnson (Liverpool) - 6.89

CB: Thomas Vermaelen (Arsenal) - 7.20

CB: John Terry (Chelsea) - 6.78

LB: Ashley Cole (Chelsea) - 7.00

RM: Geovanni (Hull) - 6.75

CM: Darren Fletcher (Manchester United) - 7.60

CM: Gareth Barry (Manchester City) - 7.40

LM: Ryan Giggs (Manchester United) - 7.25

FW: Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City) - 7.67

FW: Didier Drogba (Chelsea) - 7.61

FLOPS OF THE SEASON (Minimum three starts)

Bottom club Portsmouth provide three players in the flops XI while Niko Kranjcar also features due to his Pompey form. He is still waiting for his first Spurs start.

Chelsea may be unbeaten at the top of the table but John Obi Mikel is clearly not the reason why as he takes his place in midfield.

A former Chelsea man, Tottenham's Carlo Cudicini, is the team's goalkeeper, and two misfiring former England internationals lead the front-line.

Flops of the Season (4-4-2)

GK: Carlo Cudicini (Tottenham) - 5.17

RB: Anthony Vanden Borre (Portsmouth) - 5.22

CB: Emerson Boyce (Wigan Atheltic) - 5.33

CB: Marc Wilson (Portsmouth) - 5.11

LB: Danny Collins (Stoke City) - 5.73

RM: Johan Elmander (Bolton) - 5.56

CM: John Obi Mikel (Chelsea) - 5.66

CM: Hayden Mullins (Portsmouth) - 5.50

LM: Niko Kranjcar (Tottenham) - 5.75

FW: James Beattie (Stoke) - 5.33

FW: Andrew Johnson (Fulham) - 5.33

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  1. Torres, is still the man and will always be. His­ performance and West Ham was very impressing. Up­ Liverpool ( Never walk alone )

    From IGWE TRIPPLE, on Sat 26 Sep 11:30AM

  2. Kudos Torres,you are my player for the week.Up­ Liverpool

    From Akinloluwa, on Wed 23 Sep 7:17PM

  3. kudos to Darren Fletcher.....he's ma man and the­ player of the week.

    From Benny nigeria, on Wed 23 Sep 1:43PM
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    rooney must be in the team of the season except u guyz­ are jst anti-manutd or anti-rooney,he is also the­ highest goal scorer so put aside ur biases and make a­ better team.

    From Ukeme, on Tue 22 Sep 7:15PM

  5. to #74 joe...added time is correct even the other ref­ also agree with it..that why next dont waste so many­ time to celebrate your goal..cause it will cause you­ later....see that why it happen..even hughes also­ noticed it...what a silly comment

    From harz1205, on Tue 22 Sep 4:38PM

  6. to all Lick Foot Club fan..this performance base on the­ week played not that consistent...did player rating­ made base on player consistency in one match..this is­ not season best player...Lick Foot Club scare the other­ club have player better than their player...and as a­ striker it your duty to score a goal and if you unable­ to do so u r not a striker but a joker...and vermaelen­ is defender he defend the goal from opponent which they­ deliberated it well cause they did not conceded a goal­ that match..but Lick Foot Club conceded 2 goal that day­ r torres there to help the defender to defend their­ goal..and that why vermaelen better than torres..he­ score and defend that what we call brilliant..one­ player can accomplish 2 job at once...just another­ stupid Licking Foot Club fan

    From harz1205, on Tue 22 Sep 4:31PM

  7. This week "team of the week" can beat Real­­­ Madrid easily.

    From Kah Wai, on Tue 22 Sep 1:37PM
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    chris79m

    chrisutdforlife your a legend and­ the scousers are all jealous bell-ends and pillocks­ keep up the good work ha ha 3 seasons and won f==kall­ soon to be 4 .torres your wasted in there garbage team­ come and win a sackfull of medals with us like mike­ owen is gonna do cos you will win zilch playing for the­ scouse scummers ha ha kop maina [spelt wrong you nob­ ]your a top nob .idiot

    From the real DAZMANUTD not the fake cloner, on Tue 22 Sep 9:17AM

  9. Don't be too concerned about chris79M....whatever,­ he was just the result of some failed experiment­ involving a turd and bucket of pi$$. Either that or his­ mother forgot to wash the condom out before her 25th­ sailor of the night.

    From lraff1955, on Tue 22 Sep 8:49AM

  10. Chrls79M'UTD4life, you are a @#$% of the­ highest order, I dred to think what type of family your­ from, hopefully a spaz like you will have no chance of­ meeting a woman so the genes will die with you thank­ f'ck you idiot

    From Alex fergusons big red conk, on Tue 22 Sep 7:49AM

  11. Good to see your showing your class again­ Chrls79M'UTD4life, see those primary english­ classes are working out for you.

    From davezsmiths, on Tue 22 Sep 7:24AM

  12. Torres was brilliant
    UTD as Liverpool have real­ defensive issues
    UTD foster and Ferdinand obviously­ have little communication skills. Ferdinand needs to be­ reminded you don't prat around with show off­ passing in his position. This is not the first­ blunder for foster.
    Givens was probably man of the­ match both sets of defenders were woeful.
    Tevez should­ have scored Owen did that was the difference.

    Chelsea­ lucky to not get a penalty awarded against them this­ was the turning point.
    The league looks likely to end­ up with the big 4 again competing.

    The real reason­ Hughes looked miffed was the realization his million­ dollar team looked and were second best to UTD and seem­ unlikely to break the top four this season. Hughes A­ much loved man with UTD fans during his playing days­ and admired for his management at Blackburn should try­ and be less arrogant sure its nice to be able to pay­ double for a player just to wind up ferrgie but to­ stick goading up posters, Its time to grow up Hughes­ it impresses no one and makes you look a fool.

    From Tim B, on Tue 22 Sep 7:01AM

  13. Torres was simply brilliant this match.

    From Tim B, on Tue 22 Sep 6:31AM

  14. actually the time added on, were faar too long in the­ first place, cos there never was any injury to any­ players, so where the 4 xtra minutes came from? and ­ the other 3??? nough said.

    From joe, on Tue 22 Sep 3:53AM
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    comments68..kop­ maina...SPIT!!..

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    From The Real Giggs11,A True Red Legend,Arise, on Tue 22 Sep 2:51AM

  16. Gareth Barry, and Dabirson Geovanni, should not be part­ of "Team of the Season." Wayne Rooney, and­ Aaron Lennon, should replace these two. Make it a­ 4-3-3. The goalkeeper, and the defense is OK. Put­ Lennon as a right-winger, Giggs as a left-winger, and­ leave Fletcher as a Center-Midfielder, Put Adebayor,­ Rooney, and Drogba, as strikers. That would be a Dream­ Team.

    From juan, on Tue 22 Sep 2:39AM

  17. Waoh am loving this,last week it was benayoun and this­ week it's torres!up liverpool.wap­ naija@9jawapp.wapka.mobi

    From ikenna, on Tue 22 Sep 12:20AM
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    hey no typo's or spelling mistakes you get a smiley­ face ! Now run along and inpregnate your sister­ there's a good Norwegian

    From glove monkey, on Mon 21 Sep 11:08PM
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    kop maina is a dyslectic scouse @#$%

    From rafascrackingup, on Mon 21 Sep 11:06PM

  20. Torres is awesome!

    From Alexia, on Mon 21 Sep 11:02PM
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