It seems bloody simple. With Fowler scoring his second match-winning goal for Liverpool over the weekend, I am surprised no one has hankered on Sven to take him to the land of large sausages. It's pretty hard to Google a decent picture of Robbie in an England shirt because he hardly wore one to be honest. He exploded as a lethal finisher somewhere between the Shearer/Sheringham partnership and Owen's meteoric rise. Which really did not leave much elbow space for Robbie to exert his influence as an England starter. You bloody well knew that as soon as Owen scored that goal in 98 against the Argies that he would be putting on the number 10 shirt until he starts having bowel control problems, regardless that Golden Balls lost that match for them with his impatience.
But with England having a minor striking crisis ahead of the World Cup, Robbie could well be the obvious answer. Owen is struggling to be fit and could end up being a Beckham-like passenger ala 2002 come June. Crouch, while tall, ganggly and frankly hillarious looking, looks a lot more like a 101 England sub rather than the new Shearer. Defoe has gotten used to sitting on a bench, taking sips from water bottles occasionally and cheering when someone else scores. So that leaves Rooney, and really, no one else which puts England in a terrible position because you never know when that little heckler is going to turn around and slap the referee.
Robbie's a natural goalscorer. He has had one too many fish and chips in the last couple of years or so but he is starting to sharpen up from his pudgy phase again. And best of all, he is hitting form two months before the tournament, which sits heck of a pretty in terms of the ability to plug into gear and play well.
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Robbie for England?
Monday, April 17, 2006
Posted by The Geek at 7:08 PM
2 comments:
Yes, Robbie for England, definitely. He doesn't need to start games, he can come on in the last 20 minutes or so when defenders are tiring and therefore as slow as he is.
Like Ronaldo, no matter how unfit, washed-up and not-as-good-as-he-used-to-be he is, he's still Robbie Fowler. If you're 1-0 down with 20 minutes to go he's still more likely to get you a goal than any of England's other reserve strikers.
But, like with Pippo Inzaghi, he probably won't go to the WC, simply 'cos Sven will want to reward Defoe, Bent, Beattie or another more "deserving" player, who stays fit, works hard and scores a few but will still have less talent than is contained in Robbie's toenail clippings.
ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!
acquiesce everything alex said. he seems to have found a passion for the game again, like finding the old robbie fowler inside him after his january move.
i think if he keeps scoring in the last few games of the season, sven really should take a look at him. all your bents, ashtons, even defoes, are all pretenders to the finishing crown that robbie has put back on.
and you never know... with ericsson toying with bringing five strikers, there's still a slim shout for him.
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