by bigmick » Fri May 11, 2007 10:08 pm
Unquestionably one of the best strikers I have ever seen at his peak. Could hit it with both feet, (although was probably the sweetest striker of a football in terms of lack of effort and backlift with his left foot that you ever did see), brave as a lion, really good in the air, with a mind as quick and sly as a fox who's just won the annual "quick and sly" cup.
On the last point, his movement and anticipation was probably THE best that I've seen in an English striker. I remember seeing an interview with Ian Wright, (who to be perfectly fair was a pretty special striker himself in his heyday) and he said Fowler was it, where it was at, the one who the professionals used to watch, studying how he slipped salmon like into the current of the game to nick the prize before easing back into an eddy to catch breath and regroup (that last bit are my words not Ians, obviously). A truly wonderful player, who ranks right up there with Rush, Keegan and Dalglish as the best we've had and sits just above other illuminaries we've had up top such as Owen, Aldo and Beardsley.
"se e in una bottigla ed e bianco, e latte".