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[NANNY RED]

reading the echo just made me laugh
The ukraine coach has dropped voronin cause he saying hes to fat he reckons since hes been with us hes put on about 3 kilos and it was his fault that Italy scored there scond goal

Must be all the scouse hes eating


[/COVoronin is facing chop by Ukraine
Sep 14 2007 by David Prentice, Liverpool Echo

ANGRY Ukraine boss Oleg Blokhin has threatened to axe Liverpool striker Andriy Voronin for the match against Scotland after a touchline bust-up in midweek.

And the international boss has accused the Reds star of having piled on weight since his switch to Anfield.

The Liverpool hitman, a substitute in his country's 2-1 defeat to Italy, reacted angrily to comments made by his coach late in the game.

A toe-to-toe argument then broke out between the pair.

When asked why the Anfield star was benched at the start, Blokhin fumed: “It's obvious. Voronin hardly strengthened us when he came on.

“In fact, he was one of the reasons Italy got the second goal. He looks to me like he has put on an extra three kilos of weight.

“We created 10 chances in the match and only took one. It's no wonder there was frustration.

“But no footballer has any right to speak the way he did to his coach. If he wishes to shout like that, let him go to Liverpool and say it to Rafa Benitez!

“After the match, I apologised to the team. I know that it was partly my fault, too.

“However, Andriy obviously doesn't consider it necessary to apologise and, if he continues like that, then I won't think it necessary to include him in the national team.”

Voronin last night refused to back down in the war of words with Blokhin that could result in him being dropped.

The 28-year-old, capped 48 times for his country, said: “You must understand that I do not welcome this situation, but I am no longer a child. I won't allow anyone to patronise me the way Blokhin did.”
DE]

[NansPanofScouse]

The 28-year-old, capped 48 times for his country, said: “You must understand that I do not welcome this situation, but I am no longer a child. I won't allow anyone to patronise me the way Blokhin did.”
DE]

Thats right mate, dont bloody stand for it!

[Roger Red Hat]

keep doing what ya doing for liverpool and fk the national team.

[maypaxvobiscum]

come on voronin!

[Sabre]

Ah, it seems there are still a few ex USSR school of thought coaches out there. Classic.

[Kukilon]

Ah, it seems there are still a few ex USSR school of thought coaches out there. Classic.

Hehe exactly what I thought.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Tikhonov

I admire the way they forced their "stars" into team players. No messing around just do it or get the out and work the rest of your life in the Gulag.

[Leonmc0708]

We're not Ukranian we are SCOUSE !!

[NANNY RED]

We're not Ukranian we are SCOUSE !!

Spot on Leon

Mind you if voronins got any nouse about him hell tell him to go himself hell be talking scouse soon anyway

[RedBlood]

dont care aslong as he carrys on doing da buisness 4 us

[babu]

well the ukranian coach is about to be...

[Emerald Red]

Three kilos? What's that in pounds?

And the manager is probably a tad envious anyway.

[maguskwt]

that's pretty childish for the coach to publicly blame the second goal on voronin... and 3 kilos is like nothing... so what he's saying the fitness training in liverpool is not good? for all you know 3 kilos can be muscle...

[Forever_Red]

Three kilos? What's that in pounds?

about 6 and a half mate

[Emerald Red]

Three kilos? What's that in pounds?

about 6 and a half mate

So roughly half a stone, then. That's not a lot, is it?

[ivor_the_injun]

I've just shat out more than that.