Fowler

[red g]

**** this...the strikers we are starting with are not scoring...FACT!!

Lets shake it up ring a few changes Fowler is well worthy of a start and should be getting a 2/3 game run to decide his contract! He is a proven Goalscorer in the prem which is more than can be said for Kuyt!!

Give the lad he does work his socks off in games but is'nt providing the goals and that is what we need!

I guarantee if Robbie gets a 2/3 game starting run he will score!! And this crap about scoring against **** teams Galatasaray aint **** and any premier league team for that matter are not **** either!!

Give him a chance...play Fowler!!!!

why is Fowler well worthy of a start???

[JohnnyLambert]

Because Kuyt aint scoring & Crouch is injured and whenever he comes on he looks dangerous!!

[redblood]

Yes, if he has no energy. He'll be caught off side all the time or just not up with play.
We need quick incisive passing and quick movement from our players. Fowler can't offer that anymore, he's still got all the talent in the world but he's never going to be sharp enough. The game has moved on and Robbie has been left behind. He could have one good game but he'd be shattered for the next one.
Had it not been for the injuries then he would still be a world beater, but he's finished at this level.

I agree and disagree mate he's not able to play full games in succession but I wouldn't suggest that anyway I think he should've come on with 30 mins to go yesterday and I think he would've scored.
I think if he starts expect 60-70 mins and then take him off.
I disagree that he is not up to quick incisive passing he'e one of the few players we have who can still play with really quick incisive passing and he has shown this on numerous occassions. Most recently his touch to Stevie for his goal against Sheffield.

[Est1982]

[QUOTE=looprevil;346811]I admire Kuyts efforts but he lacks the vital ingredients for a top class centre forward - The ability to finish, the pace, awareness, not being in the box as often as a Dutchman should be () arguably even worse in the air than Crouchie and he is as ugly as **** to boot (sorry.. the last one was a joke ).

[QUOTE]

He scored plenty of goals in Holland

[tomasjj]

He scored plenty of goals in Holland

That should come handy when we play PSV away then...

[captainfog]

**** this...the strikers we are starting with are not scoring...FACT!!

Lets shake it up ring a few changes Fowler is well worthy of a start and should be getting a 2/3 game run to decide his contract! He is a proven Goalscorer in the prem which is more than can be said for Kuyt!!

Give the lad he does work his socks off in games but is'nt providing the goals and that is what we need!

I guarantee if Robbie gets a 2/3 game starting run he will score!! And this crap about scoring against **** teams Galatasaray aint **** and any premier league team for that matter are not **** either!!

Give him a chance...play Fowler!!!!

check your figures - i think you will find that in the last 8 or 9 seasons he has been anything but

[lfc4ever]

None of us see him week in - week out at training, or in the gym, if he was good enough & fit enough, he would start.

[rushscored4]

None of us see him week in - week out at training, or in the gym, if he was good enough & fit enough, he would start.

Unless Rafa and his coaching staff aren't as good a judge of players as the pro-Robbie lobby of course...

[anfieldanfield]

Unless Rafa and his coaching staff aren't as good a judge of players as the pro-Robbie lobby of course...

I'll say it again..

Rafa doesn't have a ****ing clue about buying, selling, coaching, man managing or developing strikers.

Cisse, Baros, Pongolle, Mellor, Fowler, Morientes, Kuyt, Bellamy and Crouch...

There's a lot of talent there, yet Rafa hasn't been able to coax the best out of a single one of them.

[Ron_Mexico]

I disagree. Watch him more closely. His first touch is appalling the majority of the time. I honestly cannot remember a Premiership player with a worse first touch on such a consisitent basis and that's what worries me about him. Surely he should have the basics right by this stage of his career?

i agree, its hard to watch, his first touch is abysmal. being dutch and a fairly prominent player for the national team i expected the technical stuff to be second nature to kuyt. i also expected him to be sharper in front of goal.

i do appreciate the work he puts in for the team, i just think he's overused by rafa

[cobain]

Bellamy got a raw deal yesterday. He was looking like he might get a goal when all that long ball stuff was going on at the start but when that dried up he didn't get a sniff.

I hate the long ball style but it was the closest we got, bar Fowler's header to having a decent pop on goal.

I like Kuyt but his first touch was woeful yesterday and he missed another header that others may have put away. Fowler & Bellamy up front next game, Stevie back in the middle and Pennant should start after his decent cameo. We might even create some chances

Plus, I hope Crouch is later brougt on...

[captainfog]

I'll say it again..

Rafa doesn't have a ****ing clue about buying, selling, coaching, man managing or developing strikers.

Cisse, Baros, Pongolle, Mellor, Fowler, Morientes, Kuyt, Bellamy and Crouch...

There's a lot of talent there, yet Rafa hasn't been able to coax the best out of a single one of them.

Could you do better?

You have said yourself many times how **** the likes of Cisse were - are you claiming to be able to train him up to world class standard?

Not having a go mate, I just think you are being a bit harsh and a bit black and white in your posts, something which I never do*







*all music that I don't like is ****

[anfieldanfield]

Could you do better?

You have said yourself many times how **** the likes of Cisse were - are you claiming to be able to train him up to world class standard?

Not having a go mate, I just think you are being a bit harsh and a bit black and white in your posts, something which I never do*







*all music that I don't like is ****

Ha Ha

I couldn't do better no, but then I'm not being paid millions of pounds a year with an army of scouts all around the world and limitless resources.

Do you really think Rafa has a clue when it comes to strikers ? I dont.

[captainfog]

Ha Ha

I couldn't do better no, but then I'm not being paid millions of pounds a year with an army of scouts all around the world and limitless resources.

Do you really think Rafa has a clue when it comes to strikers ? I dont.

For the money he has spent, who else would you have bought? The budget he has had has seriously limited his striking options. Judge him after he has had some cash to spend.

[red g]

I'll say it again..

Rafa doesn't have a ****ing clue about buying, selling, coaching, man managing or developing strikers.

Cisse, Baros, Pongolle, Mellor, Fowler, Morientes, Kuyt, Bellamy and Crouch...

There's a lot of talent there, yet Rafa hasn't been able to coax the best out of a single one of them.

sorry mate, dont see a lot of talent there!! Morientes himself said the premiership was to hard......Baros the great(as if) Martin o neil couldnt make it work for him, i would argue him and cisse were uncoachable!!

Pongolle, doing ok in spain, fowler 10 yrs to late, bellamy, crouch and kuyt have done ok

Are u saying he would ruin a huntelaar, villa?