Despite what a lot of people are saying, ie Fowler's on his way out, he's still the best striker we have at the club. If he'd been given the same amount of minutes starts as the others, I have no doubt he'd be our top scorer this season. Crouch or Kuyt should partner him at the moment, but we need someone a bit better than those two in the long term.
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If Fowler's the best striker at the club, why isn't he playing then?.
Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.
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codswallop.Originally posted by carheex View PostBill shankly to Tommy Smith after he'd turned up for training with a bandaged knee:
'Take that poof bandage off, and what do you mean YOUR knee, it's LIVERPOOL'S knee !'
"Sorry, boss, I should have kept my legs together," said Lawrence. "No, Tommy, your mother should have kept her legs together!," replied Shankly.
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"Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that." Bill ShanklyComment
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Originally posted by Neil Young View Post
Secondly, when he has done I haven't seen anything to suggest that he could oust Kuyt (who I think has been outstanding) as our first choice striker. At times he has looked well off the pace and, dare I say it, subdued.
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The few times Robbie has made an appearance in the league this season I thought he looked a shadow of his former self.
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For a start, up until about 2-3 weeks ago he was injured....came back and got a brace in the champions league if my memory serves me correctly.Originally posted by Neil Young View Post
Even if fowler is still a shadow of his former self, he'll still get more goals per minute than kuyt or bellamy - the stats prove this aswell.Comment
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The thing is, with every extra minute he played his performance would deteriorateOriginally posted by carheex View Post
I still think Robbie has something to offer, but he is no way near being our best striker IMO.Like blood on ironComment
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if you judge strikers by goals then you couldn't be more wrong. he's been our best striker since he came back to the club, followed closely by crouch.Originally posted by Red_Polo View PostComment
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It doesn't matter who scores them as long as the team scores. Goals per minute is not a comprehensive way of judging even a striker's contribution. I am far from convinced that Fowler is our best option as a starting striker in terms of his overall contribution to the team and his effect on the way we (and the opposition) play.Originally posted by carheex View Post.
Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.
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No the stats prove that in a limited number of games usually against weaker opposition Robbie has so far this season got a better goal/minute ratio than the others is says nothing about how he would do if given an extended chance.Originally posted by carheex View Post
I think that there is no coincidence that since Bellamy made his comebck after the court case and has added pace to our attack we have started doing better. Fowler was a great player and I think he still has something to contribute, but I think it will be in bit parts and in combination with bellamy that he will be used.
He has looked off the pace for a lot of the time he has been on the pitch this season, he is however a natural in terms of positioning. I can't believe that you really think he has got it in him to play whole matches one after another and so we are clearly better off working on partnerships between Crouch, Kuyt and Bellamy. I think we need to use Fowlers experience to bring along other forwards and if we do look to bring in a new forward it should be a youngster to learn from and then take over from Fowler in the squad."The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind."
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Carheex, we all wish Fowler was the best striker at the club but he's not. He may well be the best finisher but he's so past his sell by date that he can no longer get into the sort of goal scoring positions he used to excel at, he's so slow and lacks sharpness.
No matter what though he will always be in my LFC favourites of all time.Comment
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"I think that there is no coincidence that since Bellamy made his comebck after the court case and has added pace to our attack we have started doing better."
Bingo!Another MASSIVE game
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If he's scoring the goals, it doesn't matter how we/the opposition play. we only have to worry about the way the opposition play if we're not winning/scoring. and how can you say you're not worried who scores our goals and still have concerns about how he effects our play???? a non scoring striker means the rest of the team lose shape/discipline to compensate. football is very simple: strikers get up front and score goals - if that happens you'll win games. Robbie scores more goals per minute than any of our other strikers therefore he should start whenever possible. And his contribution/link up/passing is superb. I can't be arsed to check but I bet his passing stats are pretty impressive aswell.Originally posted by Neil Young View PostComment
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