Voronin signed up

[The_weatherman]

It's his international scoring record that whets my appetite.

It´s not impressive but the bulk of these appearances have come from midfield or as a sub I think.

[GordonGecko]

fair do's, I don't reallly know much about him to be honest.

[Myo]

to be fair to the dude, from the matches i saw at the WC, he actually played better than sheva in terms of work ethic and as a poster said before, he's more of a box to box type of player, something we are lacking at the moment...in any case don't write a player off yet before he pulls on the jersey for us...

[Dhav]

hes 27 years old and done nothing in his career in a **** league so get a ****ing grip

the soul of our club has been sold with the one sweetner to the fans being the promise that these second rate mediocre sighings would stop, looks like we have had the wool pulled over our eyes, well done moores least you got an extra 8 million for yourself tho

A slight over-reaction, but I have to say I worry that some of what you say may be true.

[anfieldanfield]

to be fair to the dude, from the matches i saw at the WC, he actually played better than sheva in terms of work ethic and as a poster said before, he's more of a box to box type of player, something we are lacking at the moment...in any case don't write a player off yet before he pulls on the jersey for us...

Great.

That's the one thing our squad is missing, players that 'work hard'.

*grumbles*

[saveferris]

Do you want players that dont work hard?

[anfieldanfield]

Do you want players that dont work hard?

Obviously not.

But 'hard work' should be the minimum requirement.

[Frank Leroux]

Might he be friendly with Shevchenko? Might he, in fact, be bait for an audacious bid down South?


I think I'm jokin'.


Frank.

[Radar]

I will reserve judgement until I see him in a few pre season friendlies

I won't judge him by a few pre-season games. Champion League medal winner Josemi played good in his first couple of pre-season games

[mersey86]

One question: Why?

As Sybil Fawlty would have said: "Because he's cheap".

[Johnny]

I agree with vip & Matt, I don't know what the hostility is towards Voronin. People are claiming 'Bring Pongolle back' - without reminding themselves that Pongo has explicitly stated he will NOT come back to this club.

"No, I do not see myself at Liverpool next year, it is over," he said to RMC in response to a question.

"I have been important for them, helping them to win cups, scoring in the Champions League and FA Cup.

"But I feel very good in Spain. The league is more technical, less direct, and I have scored five goals. I want to do more than the club's best scorer record of 10 goals."


On top of that, Fowler isn't the fastest, neither is he the strongest and he's just getting on a bit. Voronin is pacey, strong, powerful and scores good goals (tap-ins, headers, long range etc.), he's experienced and would fit the bill as a replacement (and he's free & wages won't be high).
Now people will start going on about 'Yea but who did we ever get on a free who was good, you get what you pay for blablabla'. I'd rather we paid **** all for a striker who's strong, decent, nothing out-of-this-world than spend 5-6 million for someone else of the same calibre.

I think some on here underestimate Voronin and are basing their opinions on little knowledge (probably just on stats).

Anyway, we'll just have to wait and see. I trust Rafa would have seen something to make this move, it's not as if he sits in his office and thinks 'Hm, yea, who's the most disastrous player I could find which will really piss off everyone'...

Good post,most people want a striker who`s already famous and will cost 20mil or more.I trust Rafa.

[Shaggy]

But 'hard work' should be the minimum requirement.

Exactly. It is the very least every single paying supporter should expect from anyone in a red shirt.

[sambirken]

Excited? No
Disappointed? Yes
Baffled? Totally!

also seen him play and thought he was crap... maybe if he cuts his hair hell be ok

[kalesh]

Regardless of new players, we need to add a new striker to Dirk, Bellamy, Crouch and Fowler. We'd all like that to be someone like Villa, Torres et al for £30m. So, assuming Fowler is leaving, we need a new back-up striker as well. Say we've got a £30m budget for forwards, I'd much rather spend it all on one awesome player rather than compromise on a risky £20m investment whilst using the rest to buy a backup. This deal for Voronin will allow us to spend more of our budget on a top-notch forward. So well done Rafa! He'll be able to do a job. And I'll reserve my judgement until his performances next season and we sign a another forward.

[lfc4ever]

Regardless of new players, we need to add a new striker to Dirk, Bellamy, Crouch and Fowler. We'd all like that to be someone like Villa, Torres et al for £30m. So, assuming Fowler is leaving, we need a new back-up striker as well. Say we've got a £30m budget for forwards, I'd much rather spend it all on one awesome player rather than compromise on a risky £20m investment whilst using the rest to buy a backup. This deal for Voronin will allow us to spend more of our budget on a top-notch forward. So well done Rafa! He'll be able to do a job. And I'll reserve my judgement until his performances next season and we sign a another forward.

Welcome Kalesh, great first post, good to see you getting involved.

However, by your definition, we will be selling one of our current strikers, as well as letting Fowler's contract run its course, so which of the current strikers do you think will be sold?

I would have preferred to retain the current strikers, less Fowler, and have replaced him with a top drawer striker, however, what could happen of course is no more strikers coming in, we now have the 4 that Rafa chose himself of course, and the extra goals to be provided by the acquisition of other more gifted players on the left & right flanks?