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stu_the_red wrote:

7_Kewell wrote:

stu_the_red wrote:

7_Kewell wrote:

stu_the_red wrote:

7_Kewell wrote:Stu...i'm repeating the facts because you don't understand them.  It don't matter what style of play Fowler would suit, his pace/touch/desire have all but left him.  So he scored a hattrick against a league 2 side, so what?  In that league, he probably could cut it, but in the Premiership, and the Championship, he's not seen as a talent anymore.  You brush off the fact that Norwich/Millwall and god knows who else, have rejected him...yet seem unable to grasp the importance of this.  The reason noone wants him (including City) is because he's finished. Yes, he'll have 1 or 2 games where  he'll relive some of the old magic, but he can't do it week in week out.  Come the Summer, why don't you become his agent, he'll need all the help he can get in finding a new club 

Right, so if City didn't play to suit Fowler he wouldn't have scored more than the 28 in 90 in he already has? Has he not made, are you ready for this? 32 sub appearances out of the 90 and maybe another few were starts, again, don't you think this would have upped his goalscoring ratio?

You say his pace has left him? When did Fowler EVER have pace? I can't remember him ever having any.

His touch has gone? Wheres the evidence? His desire? He didn't want to score goals in his last two games? Nar didn't think so.

Again, you repeat... in bold the... No-one else rates him so they are right and you're wrong arguement. I've asked a few times now, back this up with something else other than that arguement, 5 posts later, i'm still waiting.

Stu..............the basic fact that backs up my 'noone wants Fowler' arguement is this. 

His contract is not going to be renewed by City-- Man City don't want him

He's been offered to football teams in the Premiership and Championship, but no offers- no one else wants him.

is THAT simple enough for you?

Good arguement!

Stu....i haevn't changed my opinion and he's only on loan til the end of the season....unless Fowler proves me otherwise, i still don't rate him.

He's not on loan. He's signed a contract untill the end of the season. You're "opinion" is clueless!

lol....yeah stu, you shot me down in flames there....

thegreedo wrote:

stu_the_red wrote:

stu_the_red wrote:Can i just say its doing the rounds again, Benitez has apparently been asked about Robbie and said he rated Fowler in the past and its started new rumours which will come to the front over the next few days, expect the papers to be printing it.

Not happening, but the rumours are about to start i would think...

Notice I said this on the 17th of January.

Like i said Leon, I am superstitious and didn't want to jinx it. Regardless of what i've heard i didn't want to get my hopes up. Look back through the thread, notice it dropped off for a few days then i dragged it back up.

This is no time for petty spat's lads Robbie is coming home!!

As you always say Stu when arguing about Carra, a good player elsewhere can become a great player can be a great player when playing for a team he loves!

Step forward GOD prove the doubters wrong!!

Sorry! So chuffed couldn't write properly!

kopite_1232002 wrote:PRODIGAL SON FOWLER REJOINS THE REDS
Mark Platt 27 January 2006 
  Liverpool Football Club are delighted to announce that Robbie Fowler has rejoined the club on a free transfer from Manchester City until the end of the season when the situation will be reviewed. 
Fowler, 30, completed the formalities of what is a sensational move this afternoon.
 
The Manchester City striker is ineligible to play in Sunday's FA Cup tie against Portsmouth but could make an emotional reappearance in front of the Kop against Birmingham City on Wednesday.
 
Toxteth-born Fowler originally shot to prominence with the Reds in the autumn of 1993 and quickly established himself as one of the most lethal finishers in Europe.
 
After breaking countless goalscoring records and captaining the club during the unforgettable treble season of 2000/01, his adoring fans were left stunned when he was transferred to Leeds United in November 2001.
 
His spell at Elland Road was to be short-lived though and in early 2003 he moved back across the Penines to join Manchester City.
 
Now he's back at his spiritual home and news of his Liverpool return will no doubt be greeted with euphoria by his loyal legion of followers.
 
With so much still to play for this season, Rafael Benitez will be hoping that Fowler can now turn back the clock and reproduce his once prolific form in front of goal as the Reds chase Champions League and Premiership glory.

on LFC.tv..

truly a great day.. this could make our season even better better and better 

banana wrote:Unbelievable. The club has apparently searched everywhere for a solution to the striker crisis. With only 3 days to go before the transfer window closes and since there is no money available we get Fowler back.

First of all let's get a couple of things straight,

Negatives
1. Fowler is a fringe player at Man City
2. His best years are behind him
3. His body has taken a lot of hits and kicks over the years so his joints and legs are not what they were

Positives
1. He loves the club and the fans love him
2. He will give 120% effort every single minute he gets to play
3. It is a cheap option


I do think that Fowler can partner Crouch up front. He is a fox in the box and will thrive on Crouch's flicks and kicks. Fowler is a smart player with brains so he can succeed.

BUT I have major doubts. His fitness, his skills on the ball, his technique, his pace, his stamina, etc suggests he is a dead cat. A potential disaster.

But Cisse and Morientes are disasters too. So why not? I guess we should have kept Baros after all?