To those "fans" ripping Voronin apart you are an embarrasment. Be able to differentiate between a poor player or a poor playing team. At the start of the season when confidence was high,there was a lot of attacking creativity up front and we had a great start and I was very impressed with Voronin. In a confident attacking team who created space he showed how he was crafty and good with his feet. He forced defenders into mistakes and showed some refreshing guile up front. But somewhere along the line this season the whole team started playing really badly. They ALL looked bad. It was dire to watch, they couldnt stay tight, close down or show any attacking creativity to save their lives. It was not Voronins fault ! They were ALL awful. God knows how many draws we got in that period but it killed our season right off. Then Voronin got injured and has only just come back into contention for a place !! So how fans can come out with comments saying that he is "rubbish, not even fit for the premier league, get rid of him in the summer !!! etc" is absolutely unbelievable. By judging a player without having given him a chance to show what he can do in a good side playing a system where he can actually get a kick you just prove to all that you are a glory hunter who knows nothing about football. Do you really think LFC can afford to be buying proven Ukranian internationals to then see that before he has even had a consistent chance to prove himself fans are abusing him, calling him useless and wanting him out of the club ? Do you really think you are supporting LFC when you are doing that ?
He is not Fernando Torres agreed, but if you give him opportunities in the right system in a confident team he will create chances and score goals. He`s got an eye for a good ball and a has some welcome guile and craftiness up front. He did a lovely little pull back on the edge of the box in a game recently as a player rushed in on him and the player totally took him out whereas a player without that technical ability would have just been, as usual, dispossessed and another attacking move would have come to an end because we have players who have no ball skills who are constantly running into brick walls without the feet or the guile to make something out of it.
Like any player he needs a place in a confident team playing a system where he knows his role. If he gets that he will create and score goals. If the team can give this guy opportunities he will give them goals. Without doubt he offers more to the squad as a striker than Kuyt does. Kuyt could be completely replaced with a midfielder and, striker wise, he wouldnt even be missed. Up front Voronin will create much more than Kuyt.
Now if REAL world class quality comes up in the summer then yes, give him Voronins place, but thats the same for every position. Until we have Fernando Torres numer 2 wanting to sign for us and play up front with Torres Voronin can do a job for us.
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