Robbie Fowler POURS his heart out to Simon Jordan about his lack of England chances ⚽️ 🦁 | Up Front

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[@dstewusa7054]

From 1994-97 Fowler was a phenomenon Then his knee blew, he put on a bit of weight, got wealthy and lost a hit of focus For 3 seasons he was one of the most exciting strikers I ever saw

[@user-xi3mj3mx4j]

Agreed

[@Kill--alllll---IDF]

Yes correct late 93 to late 97 he was best goal scorer

[@Carson-pv4hr]

Stan collymore could have been world class if he never had his off field issues.. if he was 100% percent happy focused on football ⚽️ stan could have been a legend.. big powerful great technique good finisher natural athlete.. when I watched Stan in his prime I thought he's going to be English R9 .. but he fellout of love with football got major depression but ability wise when happy playing guy had everything ripped teams apart had a rocket of a shot but 🤷 I didn't happen he didn't want to commit fully to doing everything to get top of his ability his mental health issues.. definitely stopped England from seeing him becoming a superstar a legend off the game.. Stan was a player

[@baggierols73]

​@@Carson-pv4hrFowler - Collymore up front for 'pool...pair of assassins 👍

[@cjewe1z]

Liverpool was badly run from top to bottom. With all due respect to Evans, a more ruthless coach would not have allowed him to put on that weight.

[@billiethekid2.088]

Villa fan here, born 86, love Robbie, grew up watching his era, he was one of the best!!!!

[@BrettWhittington-xj9kn]

Snap! Villa fan, born in 86 too and also liked Fowler growing up apart from when he scored against Villa what a goal that was against us though when he turned Staunton on the edge of the box and smashed it past Bosnich think that ended 3-0 Liverpool.

[@NigelCraske]

I agree Robbie Fowler one of the best finisher at Liverpool and should of had alot more England caps,thanks for all you done entertaining every football fan,love to c Robbie go into management now,❤️👍💛💚🇬🇫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@danwilkinson9001]

He’d score even more nowadays, pure striker

[@r4h4al]

But you could say that about all the strikers back then.

[@davedavids2231]

Shearer Sheringham ferdinand fowler Cole, banging 30 goals a season. And people think this now is a golden generation , with toney and Watkins. Come on

[@TheBigTopStreaker]

Rooney and Kane better than all of those and/or equal with Shearer.

[@davidholgate123]

​@@TheBigTopStreakerThat's the whole point, there's no depth behind Kane... If he gets injured, it's all over!... In the late 90s and early 2000s, we had Shearer, Sutton, Ferdinand, Heskey, Fowler, Cole, Owen, Sheringham, Wright and a few others, all competing around the same time... It was light years away from the depth of strikers we have now!

[@Yewchewb]

@@davidholgate123true but surely we can all agree that in this modern game there’s just a lack of strikers, for all countries not just England. Hardly any top strikers kicking about, feel like it wasn’t just England that has an abundance of strikers back then, granted we probably had the most

[@truevanpencil5403]

Cole scored 1 for every 4 good chances and still got 30+ The strikers then were mint but look at the defenders. Most teams now are packed with the worlds best players and the PL are swamped in wealth. Back then England was a place most top players went to retire 😂 Gullit was one of the best defenders back then and he was at the end of his career. For every ledley king there was countless bad defenders. As Robbie said, he thinks the level were better cos he simply played then.

[@davidholgate123]

@@truevanpencil5403 I've watched football for 45 years and international defences, especially central defenders have never been weaker than the last 5 years or so... The likes of Shearer and Lineker would score absolute bucket loads if playing now!

[@brettriverboat9920]

Scotland,Wales,Republic Ireland would've killed for a Robbie Fowler back then, he'd have had 100 caps+

[@michaelmulhall5007]

Robbie Keane has a better goals international record than Rooney so Ireland did alright in Fowlers era

[@getsbuckets]

No thanks. Keep yer scousers. We have our own talent thanks very much. Give me dunc Ferguson over Fowler any day Keane too and Giggs. So your points worthless

[@MALEXI10]

And we in Northern Ireland were blessed with goal scorers! You melt .

[@kristianhumphreys]

Wales had Craig Bellamy, Dean Saunders, Ryan Giggs, Robert earnshaw and more so we had some talent aswell

[@scottfletcherr1457]

@@kristianhumphreysFowler is a different player to Giggs, miles better than any of the rest you have mentioned. It's laughable to compare him to any of them.

[@DJeMo]

This guy just knew how to finish from anywhere and what touch that took on instinct, an alien of a talent in his prime and an LFC legend regardless, firm handshakes sir, you were very special on the pitch

[@eXpressYourselfClips]

He knew how to finish A line of candy that is

[@DJeMo]

@eXpressYourselfClips he can do whatever he wants in his life, he has earned it

[@richardmcdougall233]

The lifting of the shirt to reveal support for the Liverpool dockers a class move. Raised the profile of the striking dockers instantly. ]You gotta admire Robbie for that.

[@jamesjarrett52]

The politicisation of football is never a good thing.

[@jc-16.]

​@jamesjarrett52 it has always been politicised, people only seem to have a problem when a player does for his morals and not profit.

[@richardmcdougall233]

@@jamesjarrett52 I disagree, Robbie as a Scouser done good, shown he stood with the Dockers.

[@cjewe1z]

​@@jamesjarrett52Isn't everything politicised?

[@kylewalshgunner9650]

Arsenal fan here. Fowler was unbelievable in his time and would walk into any team in the world today. He was pure class

[@leeturton9254]

Sheringham and shearer were in the way...then Owen came along... that was just the reality

[@Div4Dante]

Fowler in his early years was on par with Michael Owen🤪⚽️

[@lebagel]

Kudos to Fowler for thinking he was better and deserved to play, it's a winning mentality. But yeah... The players in the way were simply better.

[@chrisellison1061]

Prime Fowler was better than Sheringham imo

[@derekjenkinson5406]

As a Man UTD fan Robbie Fowler frightened me when we played Liverpool! He was exceptional. Unknown why he wasn't respected more in his time is confusing really. UTD and Liverpool have had some of the best forwards in the game! Mo Salah now.

[@meljohnston5829]

Robbie fowler was top drawer. Even though it pains me to say it being an Everton fan. Back then I could watch Liverpool games with my father who is a red btw and truly enjoy his talent an cheered them on in Europe because it was good for the city when either of the teams did well . I haven't watched a Liverpool game for years though, there is too much animosity from a newer generation on both sides.

[@sidiqabdul-kareem5544]

I remember Shearer didn’t score for England in about 2 years, but he was still undroppable for some reason. I didn’t get it at the time, with the amount of quality strikers England had

[@mattb4266]

Good old heskey, one of the few country’s world wide and the only country in top tier international to have a hold up striker just to lay the ball off because for some reason we were incapable of playing from the back passing like any other top team from that day, poor bloke was given that dinky roll time and time again , lay it off to Owen that’s your job lol

[@joecurran2811]

And Shearer took the penalties

[@thewatchslinger968]

This guy was the best technical finisher I have ever seen. It’s not just scoring the goals it’s the way he scored them. Amazing and a huge shame he didn’t get the games with England. Football politics 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@user-xi3mj3mx4j]

One of the most natural finishers ever. He was like the English Romario to me ❤

[@sco77yg]

Robbie was great , this was an era with Shearer , Sheringham, Ferdinand , Wright etc. Just unlucky, I personally think he should have got more chances but they were all excellent players. I never understood why Robbie wasn't brought on towards the end of extra time in Euro 96 vs Germany. Who do you want taking a crucial penalty ? Robbie Fowler or Gareth Southgate?

[@darentsimon]

Though I hated Liverpool, and still do, Robbie Fowler was for me the most talented and natural finisher. He always reminded me of that older kid that just took the piss of us nippers.

[@MrSDI2975]

He was better than Owen

[@SomeRandomBod]

In Robbie’s day u had footballers who cud run, today it’s runners who can play football.

[@philipezra8671]

💯 🫵

[@Ingenuity009]

Whatever that means 😂

[@HonorX10]

Top Striker

[@dubinkildare]

Liverpool fan here, was a big fowler fan, it was his lack of pace and physical attributes that cost him his England career, and his first team place at Liverpool when houllier came in.

[@XORTION]

No it wasn’t, we were blessed with better strikers at his time

[@simonmcpartlin6547]

Left foot, right foot and head. A complete striker. In his first few seasons he was one of the best young strikers I have ever seen. Natural talent and then some.

[@chrishowarth6623]

He was pure class, unlucky that shearer was everyone’s favourite and got picked regardless. As strikers go though Robbie was the most gifted striker of his generation

[@RandomnessTube.]

As a United fan, there was a moment in time when Robbie was the best sticker in the premier league and he always played well against us when we were the best team in the land.

[@Mynameisntjeff147]

Him and Michael Owen were to amazing young players and I must say man United are just a piece of history now as your club is ruined internally and it’s above the players and manager but I’ll be honest with you I love to see your club in such a decline and seeing your fan base suffer

[@RandomnessTube.]

@@Mynameisntjeff147 30 years.

[@frazerlapsleyWATP]

I have to say man utd is my second team and united is a club in ruin and i cant see them in the next ten years coming close to winning the league theres no leaders even guys like rooney couldn’t implement the utd way to up and coming as you can see with what is happening to utd that is can all come tumbling down fast

[@Mynameisntjeff147]

@@RandomnessTube. Munich

[@RandomnessTube.]

@@Mynameisntjeff147 And reported!

[@macstorm3432]

FOUR full England game for Robbie Fowler is absolutely astonishing!

[@mattsmith5421]

It just goes to show how stacked England was for forwards at the time.

[@AlAyad1996]

It was a crazy generation of strikers Shearer, Sheringham, L. Ferdinand, Owen, Andy Cole, Ian Wright, etc

[@86Brasco]

He knew how to hit the back of the net. Classy

[@willcoleman6560]

Liverpool fan born in 85 Grew up watching Robbie he was my favourite player and still is, absolutely brilliant striker, it’s shocking how little he got to play for England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 I remember not understanding it back then 🤷‍♂️ it’s crazy!

[@vinchenzo678]

Back in the Days when i listened to alot of the games on Radio..i remember that name being called out Fowler!

[@yorakhunt447]

The only thing Fowler didn't have was pace. He was one of the most natural finishers I've ever seen.

[@bernardharvey187]

Shearer had no pace

[@SonnyK248]

He had pace before he blew his knee out. Not Henry pace but he was quite quick. he was outstanding at playing off the shoulder and turning and finding space. From 98 onwards he kind of lost a lot of that skill.

[@graeme7twice]

Lol you obviously never watched him live.

[@KevinSheedy10]

He did early in his career

[@jusele-ox9rc]

He was a massive talent Big character A normal lad who was always going to be what what he was going to be. It wasn't through a lack of talent.👌

[@egrant3351]

The challenge Fowler had was he did not have a great partnership with Shearer and Shearer was the one leading the line for England at the time. So mangers will always pick shearer and who would compliment him the most. England played a rigid 442 at the time

[@marcoluca9232]

The face and neck become one. Robbie "The Pelican" Fowler.

[@dannyboywhaa3146]

Fowler was the most natural predatory English finisher I’ve ever seen... such a sweet and deadly left foot, no back lift! It’s unfortunate because he was never quite the same after injuries and he wasn’t given a look-in before those injuries so we missed out! International football you get half chances, he was the best at taking those... he’d have made a great international striker but as usual England only cared about strength or pace etc...

[@anthonyriley1117]

Coming from an Arsenal fan. Fowler was lethal and another league above Owen

[@LienLeon]

"Did it irritate you... This isn't personal btw so don't get irritated..."

[@teddybruckshut3533]

Fowler was so clinical, in his prime. I used to love watching him and Mcmanaman, except when scoring hat-tricks against Arsenal

[@susancowling]

One of the very best!!

[@1965deebee]

Robbie Fowler…what a goal scorer…. One of the best we have had in my time of watching football….class.

[@jayc_x_9376]

Same thing is happening to Solenke this season not even a 20 minute cameo

[@bannercodex293]

He was a REAL club player with so much skill and talent, I enjoy watching him even now from footage taken in the 1990's. Perhaps he was the MOST exciting player to WATCH.

[@Winterwood768-yx9kx]

Alan Shearer was the number 1 England goalscoring striker from 1992 onwards for the rest of the 90's pretty much. The question was who should partner him, and Venables & Hoddle both liked Sheringham, and so did Shearer.

[@matthewdsouza8891]

Strange how there is a dirth of quality strikers when in the 90s there were several.

[@scottyk200]

He saw Graeme Le Seaux drinking a glass of red wine and reading the Guardian, put two and two together. The rest is history. 👍🏼😂😂😂

[@4857i]

As a liverpool fan during that time we never really thought about who was better fowler or owen. Owen was the new kid on the block but fowler was more than proven. He was an incredible finisher. If anything i just seen them as a partnership but i suppose thats just how he thought of it because they both had to compete to get an england chance. All them england strikers were top players but only robbie fowler would have found 10 yards of space in a crowded box and just appeared in it and buried it with his left foot.

[@dtritton]

Ian wright was the same 4 times in 5 years he scored 30+ in all comps from 93-98 never really got look in either. Can’t blame managers for picking shearer but these two were very unlucky.

[@kebabtank]

Not really, they had their chances but didn't shine often enough.

[@AuroraBorealis11111]

Fowler was my idol growing up, and his partnership with collymore was exciting to watch! Shame he didn’t get a look in with England but venables just preferred shearer and sheringham, which did work to be fair..

[@RsR6969]

Fowler was probably the most natural finisher in that period between 93-99 but there were so many other quality strikers around at that time that got limited opportunities for England like Cole, Wright, Ferdinand but Shearer / Sheringham was the preferred pairing for Venables and Owen coming along in 97 didn’t help Fowlers’s chances.

[@dmdm5339]

The man with still the best celebration in the prem scoring then sniffing the line then went back for a second sniff hahahaha 😂

[@jameshansing5396]

with Suarez dive in front of Moyes a close second

[@johnmitchell2269]

Andy Cole scored 187 PL goals and only got 15 caps for England. He had more to complain about than Robbie Fowler (26 caps) with regards to lack of England apperances.

[@user-mv7kh5sv9z]

Ppl can surgercoat the reasons abt why that was the case but it was blatant racism. For ex. Sherringham was scrubbing the bench for him while they were at ManU, yet he was picking up caps

[@sharkymoon422]

Blatant racism 😂🤣😂🤣.. Not seen many white blokes playing for Jamaica or Kenya or…….

[@mattsmith5421]

​@@user-mv7kh5sv9z lol educate yourself kid. Cole didn't play because Shearer did who was a better goal scorer.

[@sib1930]

Robbie Fowler was a way better player

[@user-zy2sh1ks3p]

@@mattsmith5421if you take out penalties cole was 👌

[@jay71512]

One of the mst natural and gifted goal scorers ever.

[@jamesa3184]

Fowler and Wrighty were two of the best finishers I've ever seen. Shearer just couldn't be dropped because of how well he played for England. That made it hard for other pure finishers (though Wrighty had everything), and successive managers played Shearer alongside more of a playmaker forward.

[@simonkendrick12]

Deadly and baffles me how he didnt play more than he did for England. No one better inside the 18 yard box, clinical.

[@jimwatson3382]

Jwordan trying to look like ray winston 😂

[@marcturner3647]

I’ve watched Robbie from the KOP and this lad was the best but as he said it’s down to the manager who was in just wanted their players and to be honest they missed out on him

[@dannymurphy1779]

Fowler, what a ledg, I will never forget that four minute hattrick. However in today's game Owen would get more goals, without that pace Robbie would struggle to get the same amount of chances as today's defenders are so well organised. Myself I think Ian Wright would be a superstar in today's game as Wrighty had the extra pace plus bounced off defenders. Fowler was very talented but now you either have to have amazing pace like Son or be the big man like Kane or Haaland. Looking back to those days Fowler was unlucky in that Shearer and Sheringham were around and we had world class Darren Anderton. It was a hell of a forward line and those three suited the team dynamic more, I think they just held the ball better. So in my opinion while it was harsh it was fair, Ian Wright and Andy Cole had the same problem.

[@andrewdoyle6518]

The toxteth terror for a reason, he was a phenomenon and his record showed how good he was. He was pour talent like Suarez.

[@cjewe1z]

My man looked pissed in the thumbnail.

[@leonjames5685]

I was born to Irish parents in North London, in 82. Was mad for The Arsenal from the age of 5. Started going regularly as a Junior Gunner when I was 7 or 8. Watched them for years and years. Give up my season ticket in 2018. Just not that arsed with modern football these days. The game itself, all the fuckin palaver that goes along with it. Me first favourite player was Kenny Sansom. Then, David Rocastle. Then, Alan Smith... then, Wrighty. Ian Wright. So, I'm at secondary schools in London and nobody could argue with me that Wright wasn't the best striker in England. Then, Robbie Fowler came along. I remember watching him, then, as a fuckin 12-13-14 year old and thinking "This bloke's a fuckin genius." Loved him. And this was before social media. Internet. Clips here and there. I just remember every time I saw him, just thinking - "Natural talent. Born to do this." The touch. His awareness. The types of goals he could score. Left and right. But, cos of injury, you could say he never reached his peak. What he could do, for me, was unrivaled. Still my favourite English striker.

[@guinnessharvey4476]

The main difference now is the space defenders give you. Fullbacks like wingers etc. Back then back fours were solid and focused in their third. Peak Fowler would score 40 goals a season nowadays

[@service2204]

I wish he wore the rangers shirt before he retired 🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@guinnessharvey4476]

He scored 100 goals before he got a cap??? Unbelievable

[@francolive5718]

He got on the pitch at about 3 major tournaments. That's pretty decent.

[@dbergkampafc]

He was a great striker could score most types of goals. Like Wright didn't get enough eng caps, both better than Owen who got played due to his speed. Strikers were much better then and also come up against better defenders. Fowler, Wright, Cole, Shearer would score for fun in this PL.

[@StopTheRot]

Sheringham, Shearer, Fowler - in that order. Amazing players.

[@richarddawson8479]

Robbie, you were in the top 3 in the prem when you were playing, loved watching you, England missed out

[@shamadam1]

Shearer and sheringham was a better combination and owen had blistering pace, wright was also in tve same boat as was les ferdinand who was very unlucky , sheringham offered england someghing differnet , he drifted deeper and was a perfect foil for shearer.

[@mikebassett9195]

Football was different back then, it wasn't about pure stats. It was more about football, just because you score a load goals it didn't mean your playing for England. Today is so different. It's like to today people go mad about Haaland but he's only got crazy stats because he going extra hard in the rubbish games. In the big games Haaland is often quiet. Think about it like this Haaland will play three games Luton, Arsenal, Liverpool. If he scores four against Luton but does nothing in the other two proper games, the stats will still say 4 in 3 games when it's really not. It's 4 goals against a crap team. The game has not improved it's got much worse. It's improved physically but that's not an actual football improvement.

[@RyanFallaize-df5ff]

Football had no pure starts r9 Ronaldinho kaka zidane list is endless you abit dim?

[@mikebassett9195]

@@RyanFallaize-df5ff No one gave a shit about their stats Ryan. Whereas today it's all people talk about. If you can't get that then you didn't watch football then.

[@om4814]

Would be good to get Robbie Keane on here. Very interesting football journey / career..

[@MrMarketingGuy]

Problem with Robbie was Robbie. His behaviour to other players like LeSaux and then pretending to do lines of Charlie on the pitch didn’t exactly ingratiate him to the FA. It would be good if him to acknowledge how much of a pr1ck he was.

[@Haydersublate]

The coke sniffing was in 1999. Fowler's prime was 1993 - 98. The man scored 30+ goals a season from 1993.

[@jportercomedy]

The Le Saux stuff was stupid but in fairness to him on the sniffing the line it was a pretty obvious response to constant taunting and rumour mongering by Bluenoses in the city.

[@TheMillieBurton]

@@jportercomedy It wasn't rumour mongering, Robbie was not discreet in the Liverpool night clubs

[@jportercomedy]

@@TheMillieBurton Yes it was. More bollocks from the rumour city.

[@KrisM189]

Imagine if he'd played for Scotland, Ireland or Wales, would have scored hundreds

[@liverpoolfan5034]

Would Simon Jordan just shut up for a few seconds and stop interrupting him!

[@theredmen1093]

I agree. In Euro 96 the Semi Final, in extra time instead of bringing in Robbie Fowler, Terry Venables brought in sick bed Darren Anderton. What a waste of space! 😏😏😏😏😏😏

[@tott66]

Anderton was a winger for starters and had a good tournament Fowler was left out for other strikers Fowlers problem was he was an out an out striker

[@theredmen1093]

@@tott66 Which is why and what we needed in extra time against the Germans. We needed someone to run at the German defence. Darren Anderton was not that and only had few crosses in the penalty area. Terry Venables went for the "tried and tested" at Spurs rather than take a bit of gamble.

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

There's no mystery here whatsoever. Fowler was a brilliant and natural finisher in his early years with Liverpool and perhaps you could make an argument that during this early period he could have got more caps but when you look his entire 1st spell @ Liverpool closely, even during this period which was his most prolific, he only averaged 15 goals per season! He played between 1993 and 2001 and scored 120 goals. Those are the facts! These figures don't compete with Shearer or Cole. Then you had Les Ferdinand, Wright, Sheringham and Le Tiss to also take into account. Then you also had the emergence of Michael Owen, who even Liverpool picked ahead of Fowler! The bottom line is this. There were better players available while Robbie Fowler was playing. End of.

[@thedon3071]

Matt le tissier was from guernsey I believe What a player he was I had a dvd of all his banging goals he literally scored screamers for fun But his overall game wasn’t that great and what I mean by that is he wasn’t one that put in the miles on the pitch or much of a team player from what I’ve learnt hence why he spent most of his club career at Southampton and never got a big transfer

[@thedon3071]

I couldn’t understand how a player who scored so many worldies or filthy goals wasn’t at a big big club such as Arsenal Man Utd Liverpool And the reasons I listed already was apparently why

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

@thedon3071 The reason is that apart from 1 opportunity that he nearly took to Spurs, he didn't want a move. He enjoyed playing every week in a team built around him! The video was called "Unbelievable".

[@thedon3071]

@@KryptonitetoallBS I’m only 32 so le tissier was before my time So good information to know thankyou I don’t think I have ever seen a dvd compilation of a player scoring so many great goals season in season out there’s so many in my memory til this day from that dvd alone I must of watched it hundreds of times as a kid when I was a footy fanatic taking the ball outside to try and emulate what he done on a pitch

[@thedon3071]

@@KryptonitetoallBS I was under the impression it was down to his all round play as to why he never moved on to bigger clubs so interesting to know he wanted to be a one club man can only respect it

[@watcherwriter1689]

I agree that Fowler was better than Owen, I think Owen had only pace and when his pace was gone he could not adapt his game in the same way that someone like Shearer for example did. Fowler had a better all round game except for the pace.

[@BG-ef8sk]

Frank mc avennie and Tony cottee both scored 30 goals each in the same team

[@barnbersonol]

Wrighty, Owen, Teddie, Les Ferdinand ...Shearer was a dead cert so loads of strikers chasing just one place.

[@nichobee]

Because England have always bottled important decisions in football. Southgate is a bottler, and the FA are bottlers for not sacking him years ago. They'll probably bottle this whole Man City fiasco as well. With their resources and general influence in the game, in another universe England would have at least 3 stars above their crest. But they always find a way to fumble the relay baton at the last handover

[@MrJondinham]

The problem was he didn't play well for England. I have no idea why he should have had more chances

[@ScruffySandra]

The England set up is weird. Even now we have Cole palmer and grealish sitting on the bench and ward prowse not even being picked. There are so many english lads simply over looked. I notice rashford, sterling, mainoo, bellingham definitely dont get over looked. i think we could have some ideas why

[@blinard1]

Can someone explain to me why youtube videos have random words in capitals?! POURS?!?!

[@kelvintan4809]

Players are fitter, stronger these days… more difficult for attacking players to find space.

[@3StripesBenz]

Some players don't perform the same for their country as they do at club level or vice versa. Fowler had similar caps to Wright which was more than Cole and Ferdinand got. Shearer was the no 1 prolific striker and it wouldn't work putting a Cole, Fowler, Wright or Ferdinand with him tactically so they used a pure footballing brain in Teddy Sheringham for Shearer to play off. Bare in mind not only Shearer but Klinsmann said how great Teddy was to play alongside. Also Shearer won the Prem in 95, Cole won the Prem in 96 and 97, Ferdinand was challenging for title with Newcastle around then, Liverpool were miles off, plus I think it was 98 Fowler responded to the coke rumours by snorting the line on the pitch, all the above clearly show we he didn't make more apps for England. Owen came on the scene but LFC won 5 cups around that time under Houllier?

[@LongtownLee]

Played alongside Emile Heskey for Liverpool. Fowler 26 England Caps. Heskey 62 England Caps.

[@Rossboy2112]

Nobody was dislodging Shearer

[@nicholasmassey3046]

Shearer was better than Fowler and I'm a Liverpool fan.

[@steveetienne]

Stan Collymore was the most gifted striker of this generation, he just had too many issues. He could have been one of the all time greats with Alan Shearer's consistency.

[@gin878]

He wasn't He couldn't

[@waynemarshall8836]

@@gin878naturally gifted yes. Both footed, skillful, pace and power. The guy should’ve been the British Ronaldo.

[@D1Snr]

Yes. He just didn't have the consistency

[@davidmarchant9386]

The pool of English in the prem inthe 90s was huge now with the influx of overseas players in the league makes the English players standout more they is less to choose from. Plus him taking coke fa didn't need another gazza saga again

[@dabiguy77]

He didn't get a chance no, but shearer was miles better, and there was loads of competition besides him too. Was a tough time to be an English striker in the 90s.

[@lanceuppercut7418]

Man Utd supporter here, going on over 40 years. Fowler was absolutely phenomenal. God, I hated him lol. Nothing but respect for him now. He's probably underrated, if anything.

[@dmg8530]

I think Robbie's somewhat rewriting history. Robbie was excellent, but not better than Shearer between 1994-97, with Shearer scoring more goals than Robbie in each of those seasons. As has been said elsewhere, you had Sheringham, SAS duo. Also then Michael Owen. I remember under Kevin Keegan, Fowler and Shearer did play some games together for England between 1998-2000 in Euro Quali campaign. Shearer outscored Fowler then.

[@michaelcox8820]

Could you just imagine if Fowler & Owen were playing now? They would be playing at Barcelona/Real Madrid/Man City and be sold for 120 million

[@bigcally5567]

Owen did play at Real Madrid and Fowler did play for Man City lol

[@michaelcox8820]

@@bigcally5567 oh yeah they did! My memory lol

[@davidmarchant9386]

Brain fart moment 😂

[@xbriskx]

How is this different from the other one?

[@guitarreilly]

No chnace in hell the players in the 90s downing 10 pints a night were better than todays players. Pure nostalgia. Just watch a pl game in the 90s and looks so slow and lethargic.

[@Hyto1892]

Was my first Liverpool love agree with jim 100% on him being better than Owen

[@dylanstevenson5737]

Capped for England 26 times scored 6 goals Shearer capped 63 times scored 30 goals and also a golden boot winner at the Euros.

[@tonyb9560]

The player before his knee blew and after are two different players. As a skinny kid he was the best since Jimmy Greaves.After the long lay off he came back 2 stone heavier and was never the same player. Dont forget how fast he was as a kid,not as fast as Owen ,not far off tho.

[@Trekfrsh-sh7yo]

Him & Andy cole would of been a lethal partnership for England

[@mattsmith5421]

I doubt it they're both finishers, you need variations when you have 2 upfront. That's why sheringham got so many games for England because he was different to Shearer Fowler cole and wright, same as why heskey got lots of games too.

[@paulgibbons2320]

He was so unlucky. Part of a very gifted generation. Andy Cole, Shearer, Ian Wright, Dwight Yorke big Les Ferdinand. People say it's Shearer keeping him out, but truth is a lot of the time he wasn't even second fiddle.

[@ryang790]

Ian Wright had a similar style to Stan Collymore, so wud had been something, Wright n Robbie up front. Thing is tho, the amount of goals Shearer scored...can't really leave him out. N he linked up with sheringham great. And when Owen appeared with that pace, you Couldn't leave him out either 🤷

[@alanocallaghan2883]

Top striker but shearer Ferdinand were perfect combo . Would love to have seen fowler with Sutton laying balls off for him . England could of fielded 3 teams in the 90s . Ian Wright in the same boat .

[@paultyler7535]

Fowler looked like he came from a council estate, Owen, shearer etc had a more clean cut look. Unfortunately this probably didn’t help when it came to representing the country and unconscious bias of the managers when selecting

[@nigelspeller1850]

Perhaps two top forwards from Liverpool couldn't be selected ahead of others ? , or any club , personally I felt Fowler better striker than Owen , however partnerships with Heskey and other England players may have influenced managers to pick Owen more. And with his head right Stan Collymore would have been a sensation like Keegan , Charlton and Lineker

[@4857i]

The way liverpool break now and waste opportunities if they had fowler or owen up front they would have put 6 past city the amount of chances the team now creates

[@yankorusev]

Leeds fan here, Fowler was fantastic

[@billybonds4449]

Did Fowler play for Leeds?