Andriy Voronin - Most popular for September 2007
Viewing all posts which authors have tagged ‘Andriy Voronin’.
You can also subscribe to this tag's feed.
Winner: Gareth Barry
In the shadow of a hobble-footed Steven Gerrard, the Aston Villa stepped up to set-up to goals and
insure that England live to fight another day.
Loser: Portugal
With Christiano Ronaldo putting them up 2-1 in the 73rd minute, it looked as if the Portuguese were
going to move into second in the group and cruise to qualification, but a 87th minute equalizer
ruined their party.
Well aside from Ukraine boss Oleg Blokhin taking some cheap shots at our boy, which I'll get to in
a minute, Andriy Voronin, the bard arse striker we got on a free transfer from Leverkusen this past
summer did not take kindly to his International manager's words late in his country's 2-1 loss to
Italy yesterday. Voronin assessed the situation which led to a toe-to-toe confrontation by saying
that his coach patronized him which was something that he as a man was not going to stand for.
Well, today is the day plenty of Liverpool fans will dread. Frankly, the thought that one of our
first-teamers could pick up an injury whilst away on international duty is worrying, but with the
sheer number of players away, it is increasingly likely.
Pepe Reina is away with Spain, and after last month's appearance in the
friendly with Greece, there is a possibility he may start for the Spaniards.
Did you expect me to be optimistic about our 6-0 thrashing of Derby County today? Okay, so I'm a
little pleased. Okay, so I have a smile on my face right now that plastic surgery probably couldn't
take away. More so because I picked up Xabi and Torres on my Fantasy squads than anything. Anyhow,
before I watch it again, and I'll definitely be watching this one again, I'll say Mascherano is the
Man of the Match.
Here it is:
Reina
Aurelio
Hyypia
Carragher
Arbeloa
Riise
Mascherano
Gerrard
Pennant
Kuyt
Torres
Subs:
Itandje
Benayoun
Sissoko
Finnan
Voronin
Once again, Rafa isn't messing around. I wonder how Voronin feels about the rotation now and really
don't care how Crouch feels.
I wonder if we'll hear any nonsense about Yossi not starting today as to why we barely pulled this
one off. Probably not, I figure the memory vacuum will take care of all the Rafa rotation bashing.
Anyhow, on to the match.
Wigan should be commended for a well-played, well-executed game plan. We were really lucky to come
away with three points as they were the better side and missed a couple of relatively easy
opportunities in front of the net.
- Well, he's gone and done it, Steven Gerrard has declared himself fit to Steve McClaren for
England's tie with Israel tomorrow. No word on whether he'll get an injection or not, and I doubt
they'll we'll hear about it if he does with all the controversy surrounding it. After tomorrow, I
don't expect Stevie-G to play for us for about a month, call it Anfield intuition.
(Sorry for not posting but once yesterday and in advance for being so brief today, but really,
there's not much going on and Euro-qualifying is on my mind. Cheers.)
- First up, Voronin has come out in defense of Rafa's rotation policy. Again, it's been proven that
Rafa in fact rotates his line-ups just as often as Mourinho and Fergie, but who cares, right.
Well, I missed the first ten minutes of the match, but from what I've seen we're dangerous to
score, well, at least Torres is. If he doesn't score in the second half or at least set up a goal,
I'll be surprised.
As a team we seem to play well in brief stretches, but for the most part look like a bunch of
unfocused eight-year-olds waiting for ice cream.
Here's Yossi phenomenal goal earlier today. The Israeli saved us from another embarassing draw. If
this doesn't work, I'll post another later, because I'm having trouble with this site. Cheers.
- Marseille's Samir Nasri is set to miss his side's Champions League match next week with us due to
meningitis-type flu. The 20-year-old attacking midfielder was hospitalized last weekend and has yet
to be released. He is expected to require at least a two week convalescence period.
- Jamie Carragher is set to make his 476th appearance for Liverpool tonight against Reading.
