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by **metalhead** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:24 pm

Cool result! great to see crouch score and fowler assisting him for the goal.

I hear we are favorites agianst chelsea..any truth in it?

by **Woollyback** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:28 pm

i think it's very harsh to be having a pop at robbie tonight. he did ok, not bad when you consider what a lazy game it turned out to be. we rested some key players and didn't really have to push men forward and provide service for the strikers. not exactly prime scoring time is it? if fowler had the same number of games as crouch i reckon he'd score just as many

still, it doesn't matter - we're in the semi's and i'm genuinely confident we'll dump jose & his rentboys out on their @rses over 2 legs

by **luvliverpool** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:29 pm

I kinda agree wae Ciggy here!!!

Ok Fowler did not play like we know he can but :

A - When was the last time u seen him play atleast 45 mins 4 us (lack of match fitness was his problem + that is MANAGEMENT'S fault)
B - When was the last time he featured in a fast flowing game like u get in the CL
C - WHO setup Crouch 4 his goal??

by **Smeg** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:29 pm

Who was that fat useless no mark who set the only goal up then?

by **kunilson** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:30 pm

good result, we did what we had to do.......control the game, not take risks and try and win it if we can....

pity about the sending off though, there was no need for it, but who cares anyway it was a well worked goal. Crouch did well to get to the great cross by riise, and fowler cut it back nicely for the finish.
There was a similar argument over fowler today in the pub, his goal scoring ratio is the best of our strikers this season....but he hasn't had enough games. I don't think he has done that well this season, but he hasn't disgraced himself at all....he's playing in a different era. id like him to score once more when it really matters for a final hurrah, would be a nice send off....

But Chelsea it is in 2 weeks...Essien is missing so that's a bonus, i think this time we really do need an "away" goal.....and if we can draw or win...orgasmic.

by **ivor_the_injun** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:30 pm

Stu.Murph wrote:
ivor_the_injun wrote:Couldn't have been easier. Very professional performance, and a well-earned night off for both Carra and Gerrard.

Hugely disappointed we didn't see more from Fowler. Some great touches and vision, but mostly he was too far away from Crouch, and wasn't really involved as much as he could and should have been.

And now I can't help but wonder if that's the last time we'll see Robbie Fowler play at Anfield. A big performance tonight, coupled with Bellamy's injury, could've really made Rafa's selections interesting, but he didn't grab the bull by the horns in the way I hoped he would.

Yer havin a laugh aren't ya? The only attacking player who done anything on our side was Pennant. It was a flat and uninspiring performance in a game which we had already won a week ago.

The bashings the players are taking after this already is absoloutely insane. Honest to god, the lack of knowledge on this site is an embarressment at times it really is.

Stu - I've stood side-by-side with you in dozens of threads over Fowler, going back long before Rafa brought him back to the club.

My point is that - obviously - Fowler's opportunities are going to be very limited between now and the end of the season. If Rob's to have any future at the club, he has to make things happen, even in nothing-y games like tonight. Rafa's dropped him like a stone all season regardless of how many chances he's made in a match, or how many goals he's scored.

Tonight Rafa will have sent him onto the pitch looking for a reason to keep him. Unfortunately, at times his sluggishness and a bit of uncharacteristic sloppiness probably served more as reasons for Rafa to let him go.

And that kills me, because I know the gaffer should have played him far more this season. And even in a below average team performance, he did show glimmers of vision and skill. It's just that it could be - huge injury crisis notwithstanding - the last European fixture Robbie Fowler will play in for LFC. I so wanted him to kick a*se tonight.

by **Stu.Murph** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:32 pm

One moment of Fowler magic changed a certain 0-0 into a 1-0 win.

by **Sabre** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:33 pm

Bad strikers wouldn't have picked that loose ball.

by **Ciggy** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:37 pm

Woollyback wrote:still, it doesn't matter - we're in the semi's and i'm genuinely confident we'll dump jose & his rentboys out on their @rses over 2 legs

Yup and Fowler will come in in the 90th minute of the CL final going into extra time and score and hold 6 fingers up to the mancs then he can retire happy..............

He Held up six
He held up siiiiiiiiix
In Greece Athens
Our Robbie held up 6 :cool:

Feckin webfeet parasites stick yer CL up yer @rse Ac are gona knock yers out kunts.

by **7_Kewell** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:38 pm

kunilson wrote:There was a similar argument over fowler today in the pub, his goal scoring ratio is the best of our strikers this season....but he hasn't had enough games. I don't think he has done that well this season, but he hasn't disgraced himself at all....he's playing in a different era. id like him to score once more when it really matters for a final hurrah, would be a nice send off....

its a debate thats been going on since the Everton match, but some people on here refuse to acknowldge it.

by **7_Kewell** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:39 pm

Ciggy wrote:
Woollyback wrote:still, it doesn't matter - we're in the semi's and i'm genuinely confident we'll dump jose & his rentboys out on their @rses over 2 legs

Yup and Fowler will come in in the 90th minute of the CL final going into extra time and score and hold 6 fingers up to the mancs then he can retire happy..............

He Held up six
He held up siiiiiiiiix
In Greece Athens
Our Robbie held up 6

Feckin webfeet parasites stick yer CL up yer @rse Ac are gona knock yers out kunts.

that would be a great way to go out...lifting the European cup :buttrock

by **PabloAimar** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:40 pm

was i the only one watching on sky who noticed fowler tickle salcido's scrotum at about 17/18 mins when they were tussling before a liverpool corner?! hahahaha the commentators unsurprisingly said nothing and the camera quickly panned away! hahaha

by **Stu.Murph** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:42 pm

ivor_the_injun wrote:
Stu.Murph wrote:
ivor_the_injun wrote:Couldn't have been easier. Very professional performance, and a well-earned night off for both Carra and Gerrard.

Hugely disappointed we didn't see more from Fowler. Some great touches and vision, but mostly he was too far away from Crouch, and wasn't really involved as much as he could and should have been.

And now I can't help but wonder if that's the last time we'll see Robbie Fowler play at Anfield. A big performance tonight, coupled with Bellamy's injury, could've really made Rafa's selections interesting, but he didn't grab the bull by the horns in the way I hoped he would.

Yer havin a laugh aren't ya? The only attacking player who done anything on our side was Pennant. It was a flat and uninspiring performance in a game which we had already won a week ago.

The bashings the players are taking after this already is absoloutely insane. Honest to god, the lack of knowledge on this site is an embarressment at times it really is.

Stu - I've stood side-by-side with you in dozens of threads over Fowler, going back long before Rafa brought him back to the club.

My point is that - obviously - Fowler's opportunities are going to be very limited between now and the end of the season. If Rob's to have any future at the club, he has to make things happen, even in nothing-y games like tonight. Rafa's dropped him like a stone all season regardless of how many chances he's made in a match, or how many goals he's scored.

Tonight Rafa will have sent him onto the pitch looking for a reason to keep him. Unfortunately, at times his sluggishness and a bit of uncharacteristic sloppiness probably served more as reasons for Rafa to let him go.

And that kills me, because I know the gaffer should have played him far more this season. And even in a below average team performance, he did show glimmers of vision and skill. It's just that it could be - huge injury crisis notwithstanding - the last European fixture Robbie Fowler will play in for LFC. I so wanted him to kick a*se tonight.

Lack of match fitness shown. But he still shown quality on occassions. Skill, touches, passes, intelligence, one two's and again his movement absoloutely stood out like a sore thumb. You could see the look on his face when he was in the right positions an not recieving the ball.

He can't do it on his own, I know as a player mate, when the games flat no matter how good you are its very very hard to go on the pitch and stand out and make things happen. Anyone who's played the game knows that.

by **PabloAimar** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:44 pm

Stu.Murph wrote:One moment of Fowler magic changed a certain 0-0 into a 1-0 win.

which moment was that?

the ball he played for crouch's goal? or playing with salcido's balls in front of goal?

:laugh:

my hero!!

by **mmilky** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:47 pm

...jak sie macie fani liverpol/...pzdw:)..

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