Robbie Fowler

UpTheSlashers

Fowler was training with the Liverpool reserves today. Apparently hes joining up with MK Dons on a coaching basis. Good to see him back in England. Any chance of him playing?
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/carlisle-united/latest/mk-dons-call-in-ex-liverpool-star-robbie-fowler-to-help-prepare-for-carlisle-utd-game-1.825616?referrerPath=home

The former Liverpool and England striker has been coaching Karl Robinson’s strikers this week ahead of their clash with the Blues.

Fowler is a close friend of the Dons’ rookie manager and passed on his finishing expertise to their frontmen in a one-off session on Tuesday.

The 35-year-old Anfield icon, who has just returned to England after completing a season in Australia with Perth Glory, is helping out Robinson on an occasional basis – and the stadium:mk boss has called on his services to prepare the promotion-chasing Dons for Saturday’s visit of Greg Abbott’s United.

Fowler has not registered to play for the fifth-placed League One side but Robinson – who knows Fowler from his time as an academy coach at Liverpool – is delighted to have him on board.

“Robbie is a wonderful man and an unbelievable talent – one of the best we’ve seen in this country,” said Robinson.

“It’s well documented that he’s a good friend of mine. He wants to go down the coaching path at some stage in his career and he wants to keep playing as well.”

Strikers Sam Baldock, Rowan Vine, Jabo Ibehre, Keanu Marsh-Brown and Daniel Powell were among the Dons aces to benefit from Fowler’s goalscoring know-how as the Dons seek the victory that will boost their promotion bid.

Xavi6

Fowler hasn't officially left Perth Glory yet. He has been offered a new one year deal to stay at the club, albeit at lower wages.

Nothing will be confirmed until the middle of the month which is the deadline set by Glory for a decision.

101001

should this not be in the spirituality forum?

godscop

101001 wrote: »

should this not be in the spirituality forum?

Food and Drink or maybe Property forum, God makes me laugh

Ryan Giggs

• Premier League (11): 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
• FA Cup (4): 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04
• Football League Cup (4): 1991–92, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10
• FA Community Shield (8): 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010
• UEFA Champions League (2): 1998–99, 2007–08
• UEFA Super Cup (1): 1991
• Intercontinental Cup (1): 1999
• FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2008
• FA Youth Cup (1): 1992

Jazzy

godscop wrote: »

Food and Drink or maybe Property forum, God makes me laugh

Ryan Giggs

• Premier League (11): 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
• FA Cup (4): 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04
• Football League Cup (4): 1991–92, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10
• FA Community Shield (8): 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010
• UEFA Champions League (2): 1998–99, 2007–08
• UEFA Super Cup (1): 1991
• Intercontinental Cup (1): 1999
• FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2008
• FA Youth Cup (1): 1992

utd fans

citytillidie

Whats Giggs got to do with Fowler?

djfitzerjnr

Best striker to ever come out of Merseyside.

Fuhrer

citytillidie wrote: »

Whats Giggs got to do with Fowler?

Very little from comparisons it looks like.

godscop

It makes me laugh that he is called God, he was a good player thats it..He won **** all, was sold..Fowler loved the nickname GOD..Giggs just got his head down and won trophy after trophy..just pointing out how stupid the name GOD is for Fowler..;)

godscop

djfitzerjnr wrote: »

Best striker to ever come out of Merseyside.

Ian Rush ?

3hn2givr7mx1sc

godscop wrote: »

Ian Rush ?

He's Welsh.

djfitzerjnr

godscop wrote: »

It makes me laugh that he is called God, he was a good player thats it..He won **** all, was sold..Fowler loved the nickname GOD..Giggs just got his head down and won trophy after trophy..just pointing out how stupid the name GOD is for Fowler..;)

He won 5 trophies in 1 season while captaining the club. One of the PL highest goalscorers of all time.

At least he had the bottle to play for his country too, unlike Giggs.

godscop

Thought you meant to play for a merseyside team..Dixie Dean then

godscop

djfitzerjnr wrote: »

He won 5 trophies in 1 season while captaining the club. One of the PL highest goalscorers of all time.

At least he had the bottle to play for his country too, unlike Giggs.

How many caps ? And name the 5 trophys ?

Melion

godscop wrote: »

How many caps ? And name the 5 trophys ?

Carling Cup, FA Cup, UEFA Cup, in 1 season, then 2 worthless ones the season after.

Yet again, why bring Ryan Giggs into a thread about Robbie Fowler?

djfitzerjnr

godscop wrote: »

How many caps ? And name the 5 trophys ?

26 games 7 goals. I meant the fact he chose to play for England, who had many many good good strikers at the time. Giggs could have played for England when Barnes was finishing up and needed a left winger and chose not to.

FA cup, UEFA cup, League Cup, Charity shield, European Super Cup.

and why are you basing the comparison in terms of trophies won and not actually on how they play? Bit ridiculous.

EDIT: Barnsey was not finsihing up, my bad. But he could have challenged for that spot as Barnes was very versatile.

godscop

Melion wrote: »

Carling Cup, FA Cup, UEFA Cup, in 1 season, then 2 worthless ones the season after.

Yet again, why bring Ryan Giggs into a thread about Robbie Fowler?

Ha ha !! SO 2 Seasons are 1 now !!! :D

26 caps...:o
108 Stewart Downing* 2005- 26 0 = William Wedlock 1907–1914 26 2 = Ernest Blenkinsop 1928–1933 26 0 = Sammy Crooks 1930–1936 26 7 = Wilf Mannion 1946–1951 26 11 = Brian Labone 1962–1970 26 0 = Neil Webb 1987–1992 26 4 = Robbie Fowler* 1996–2002 26 7 116 Jesse Pennington 1907–1920 25 0 = Roy Goodall 1926–1933 25 0 = Harry Hibbs 1929–1936 25 0 = Stan Mortensen 1947–1953 25 23 = Terry McDermott 1977–1982 25 3

SlickRic

stop talking about Giggs or this gets closed and people will be infracted and banned as a consequence.

i thought this forum had maybe got past this sort of shít of Liverpool/Utd fans hijacking threads for absolutely no reason.

God is his nickname, get over it.

ricero

godscop wrote: »

Ha ha !! SO 2 Seasons are 1 now !!! :D

26 caps...:o
108 Stewart Downing* 2005- 26 0 = William Wedlock 1907–1914 26 2 = Ernest Blenkinsop 1928–1933 26 0 = Sammy Crooks 1930–1936 26 7 = Wilf Mannion 1946–1951 26 11 = Brian Labone 1962–1970 26 0 = Neil Webb 1987–1992 26 4 = Robbie Fowler* 1996–2002 26 7 116 Jesse Pennington 1907–1920 25 0 = Roy Goodall 1926–1933 25 0 = Harry Hibbs 1929–1936 25 0 = Stan Mortensen 1947–1953 25 23 = Terry McDermott 1977–1982 25 3

just for doing that celebration against the everton he will always be my god

MagicMarker

djfitzerjnr wrote: »

26 games 7 goals. I meant the fact he chose to play for England, who had many many good good strikers at the time. Giggs could have played for England when Barnes was finishing up and needed a left winger and chose not to.

Could that be because Giggs is Welsh?

I wonder.

godscop

djfitzerjnr wrote: »

26 games 7 goals. I meant the fact he chose to play for England, who had many many good good strikers at the time. Giggs could have played for England when Barnes was finishing up and needed a left winger and chose not to.

FA cup, UEFA cup, League Cup, Charity shield, European Super Cup.

and why are you basing the comparison in terms of trophies won and not actually on how they play? Bit ridiculous.

EDIT: Barnsey was not finsihing up, my bad. But he could have challenged for that spot as Barnes was very versatile.

Giggs went to school in England thats why he played for England schools. He is Welsh...

Melion

godscop wrote: »

Ha ha !! SO 2 Seasons are 1 now !!! :D

26 caps...:o
108 Stewart Downing* 2005- 26 0 = William Wedlock 1907–1914 26 2 = Ernest Blenkinsop 1928–1933 26 0 = Sammy Crooks 1930–1936 26 7 = Wilf Mannion 1946–1951 26 11 = Brian Labone 1962–1970 26 0 = Neil Webb 1987–1992 26 4 = Robbie Fowler* 1996–2002 26 7 116 Jesse Pennington 1907–1920 25 0 = Roy Goodall 1926–1933 25 0 = Harry Hibbs 1929–1936 25 0 = Stan Mortensen 1947–1953 25 23 = Terry McDermott 1977–1982 25 3

Do you really think he wouldnt have got more than 26 caps if he wasnt so badly affected by injuries? And the fact he had Shearer and Sheringham to compete with didnt help either.

Ill ask again, why mention Ryan Giggs in a Robbie Fowler thread? Although while you're here, is John o'Shea a better player than C Ronaldo? Afterall he has won more trophies than Ronaldo.

UpTheSlashers

Xavi6 wrote: »

Fowler hasn't officially left Perth Glory yet. He has been offered a new one year deal to stay at the club, albeit at lower wages.

Nothing will be confirmed until the middle of the month which is the deadline set by Glory for a decision.

What do you reckon will happen? Will he stay in Oz or come back to England. Hed be big boost for Dons even if he werent to play.

djfitzerjnr wrote: »

He won 5 trophies in 1 season while captaining the club. One of the PL highest goalscorers of all time.

At least he had the bottle to play for his country too, unlike Giggs.

If were one were to be pedantic it could be argued they werent technically the same "season".

MagicMarker

Melion wrote: »

is John o'Shea a better player than C Ronaldo? Afterall he has won more trophies than Ronaldo.

Clearly the answer is yes.

jaykay74

djfitzerjnr wrote: »

He won 5 trophies in 1 season while captaining the club. One of the PL highest goalscorers of all time.

At least he had the bottle to play for his country too, unlike Giggs.

Giggs played for Wales until he was 33 playing 64 games.

Robbie is 35 and hasn't played for England for nearly 10 years.

EDIT : sorry just saw warning now.

godscop

ricero wrote: »

just for doing that celebration against the everton he will always be my god

Brilliant celebration

djfitzerjnr

UpTheSlashers wrote: »

What do you reckon will happen? Will he stay in Oz or come back to England. Hed be big boost for Dons even if he werent to play.

Isen't Didi a coach there? or he was, so there is some link.

God will always be God for his phenomenal strike rate. And the way he made bits of Gary Neville all the time

UpTheSlashers

djfitzerjnr wrote: »

Isen't Didi a coach there? or he was, so there is some link.

God will always be God for his phenomenal strike rate. And the way he made bits of Gary Neville all the time

He was yes, but I remember him leaving a few weeks ago, not sure what hes up to now.

partyndbs

robbie fowler was so overated. the guy is 35, if he was meant to be such a goalscorer he could still be with liverpool now like inzaghi or be like jari litmanen.

mirwillbeback

partyndbs wrote: »

robbie fowler was so overated. the guy is 35, if he was meant to be such a goalscorer he could still be with liverpool now like inzaghi or be like jari litmanen.

he was the best finisher i had ever seen in about 1996 but reminds me of U2 -had one amazing period when they were by far in a different league to rivals, but chose to live on past glories ever since.
:eek:

ricero

partyndbs wrote: »

robbie fowler was so overated. the guy is 35, if he was meant to be such a goalscorer he could still be with liverpool now like inzaghi or be like jari litmanen.

plagued with injuries

jaykay74

He deserved more than his haul of medals to be fair for the talent he had.

Its not much for someone with the ability he showed as a youngster. People talk about 5 trophies but its really only the FA cup and the UEFA cup that have any real worth. At least Gerard has a CL win to show for his career. He would have fitted in nicely back in the day when Rush went to Italy and Aldridge was bought except he was probably 12

League Cup (2): 1995, 2001
FA Cup (1): 2001
UEFA Cup (1): 2001
UEFA Super Cup (1): 2001

Scored some amazing goals at some rate. Seem to remember one lob of Schmeichel that he made look effortless.

Melion

How can people give out about him? When he was with Liverpool he was arguably one of the best strikers in Europe, id have in in the Top 5 strikers to ever play in the premiership. He got injuries, they happen, and they ruin careers. Houlliers persistence in playing Emile Heskey certainly didnt help Robbie. The way he was treated by Houllier and Thompson was disgraceful.

I wonder how long it will take for someone to mention what a smackhead he is/was :rolleyes:

Sappy404

One of the best natural finishers the Premier League has ever seen. Possibly the best, but here's not the place for that debate.

partyndbs

his record at liverpool was immence tho looking at it, but he seemed to like a veteran when he was 27.

Kiwi_knock

He is joining up with Bury to do the same thing next week (http://www.buryfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10422~2333258,00.html), seems like he will be sharing his talents with a few of the Football League teams. Good chance for both him to get coaching experience, and for the teams strikers to learn from one of the best.

djfitzerjnr

Anyways if you had a choice of winning medals when you barely played a game to deserve them ( so many in the league, the likes of Kleberson for Brazil, arguably Mach this year in Barca ) or being idolised by many many fans for what you did for them while you played there, what would you pick?

I know I would definitely pick being idolised.

Imagine telling your grandkids that you have all these medals, they ask to see footage, 'oh wait I can't, I was on the bench'

Or showing your grankids of 40,000 people singing your name.

Fowler's name will always be mentioned as one of the greats of Liverpool FC.

Melion

djfitzerjnr wrote: »

Anyways if you had a choice of winning medals when you barely played a game to deserve them ( so many in the league, the likes of Kleberson for Brazil, arguably Mach this year in Barca ) or being idolised by many many fans for what you did for them while you played there, what would you pick?

I know I would definitely pick being idolised.

Imagine telling your grandkids that you have all these medals, they ask to see footage, 'oh wait I can't, I was on the bench'

Or showing your grankids of 40,000 people singing your name.

Fowler's name will always be mentioned as one of the greats of Liverpool FC.

Exactly, in 20 years time id much rather be Robbie Fowler than John O'Shea or someone like him.

Of course having a bank balance like Robbie wouldnt be too bad either.

jaykay74

djfitzerjnr wrote: »

Anyways if you had a choice of winning medals when you barely played a game to deserve them ( so many in the league, the likes of Kleberson for Brazil, arguably Mach this year in Barca ) or being idolised by many many fans for what you did for them while you played there, what would you pick?

I know I would definitely pick being idolised.

Imagine telling your grandkids that you have all these medals, they ask to see footage, 'oh wait I can't, I was on the bench'

Or showing your grankids of 40,000 people singing your name.

Fowler's name will always be mentioned as one of the greats of Liverpool FC.

Thats fair enough but a lot of great players get to have both, the Idolatry and medals. Not naming names

partyndbs

Melion wrote: »

Exactly, in 20 years time id much rather be Robbie Fowler than John O'Shea or someone like him.

Of course having a bank balance like Robbie wouldnt be too bad either.

why john o shea made the most of his talent and has had a great career.

jaykay74

Melion wrote: »

Exactly, in 20 years time id much rather be Robbie Fowler than John O'Shea or someone like him.

Of course having a bank balance like Robbie wouldnt be too bad either.

I don't see what John O Shea has to do with Robbie Fowler

Melion

partyndbs wrote: »

why john o shea made the most of his talent and has had a great career.

So did Robbie, while he could.

Just look at Michael Owen to see how injuries ruin potential. He genuinely could have been one of the greats and would be Englands record goal scorer by a long way.

djfitzerjnr

jaykay74 wrote: »

I don't see what John O Shea has to do with Robbie Fowler

John O She grew up supporting Liverpool so probably idolised Fowler.

Melion

jaykay74 wrote: »

I don't see what John O Shea has to do with Robbie Fowler

He's a bit part, squad player who has a lot of trophies to his name. First one i could think of.

Or what about Djimi Traore, he has a Champions League winners medal. Would you rather be him or Robbie Fowler in a few years time?

jaykay74

Melion wrote: »

He's a bit part, squad player who has a lot of trophies to his name. First one i could think of.

Or what about Djimi Traore, he has a Champions League winners medal. Would you rather be him or Robbie Fowler in a few years time?

I'd rather be Josh than Robbie or Djimi

Hannibal

Fowler's Premier League hat trick in 4 minutes and 32 seconds which includes restarts against Arsenal will never be broken.
Liverpool's best striker along with Rush and Hunt, he was unlucky never to achieve more on the international scene. When Fowler came onto the scene he had a golden age of English strikers above him like Shearer, Sheringham, Wright, Cole, Ferdinand all in their prime and scoring goals.
Whereas when the less gifted Michael Owen for example came along 4 years later all apart from Shearer were over the hill and Fowler suffered a horrific knee injury vacating a place in the Liverpool team and in the England team for the 98 World Cup.
Fowler is rightly reveered by Liverpool fans because he is a genius, when Benitez signed him in 2006 the ovation he got was unbelievable and befitting of the man they call God.

For those of you with a Red Heart, REJOICE! For we have seen God

LuckyLloyd

Haters gonna hate.jpg

Fowler suffered a serious knee ligament injury during the 97-98 season and was never the same player thereafter. He was 22.

Before the injury Fowler was one of the best strikers in Europe. After the injury he became a canny goal poacher who compensated for reduced athleticism with positional nous.

Before the injury he managed 129 goals in 216 games in all competitions. Pretty divine if you're asking me.

Stevecw

If he is around, could he not sign up and sit on the bench. If he was there, it might mean N'Gog stays off and Robbie in his place can't do any worse even at 35.

A goal down in a game, who u rather see come off the bench...? Be worth a shot by Kenny. But not sure if he is still under contract in Aus?

mike65

Mainly in colour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcv11hWfzMI

MrStuffins

Ridiculous stuff going on in this thread.

If you don't recognise Robbie Fowler as one of the best strikers to have ever played in the Premiership, you're either 12 and never saw him at his peak, or you're ridiculously bitter!

And I can't stand Liverpool!

DOC09UNAM

MrStuffins wrote: »

Ridiculous stuff going on in this thread.

If you don't recognise Robbie Fowler as one of the best strikers to have ever played in the Premiership, you're either 12 and never saw him at his peak, or you're ridiculously bitter!

And I can't stand Liverpool!

Out of interest, where would you rate him?

Would he be in your top 5?