Our Fowler Who Art In Heaven….

February 1, 2006

Robbie be thy name – God is back at Anfield tonight – the greatest transfer ever in my opinion – a free transfer that comes at a time when the stars of football are losing touch with those who sing their name more than ever before – when the mercenaries of modern football are raking it in – be they Russian oil billionaires, crafty Swedish managers, dodgy foreign imports, bung taking backroom staff or cash obsessed young dumb teenagers – Robbie has come home and when he scores his first goal of the second part of his Liverpool career, the roof may very well explode off the lid of the stadium.

God is lives at Anfield once again.

Robbie Fowler blew the world of English football apart when he broke onto the scene in the mid 90’s for Liverpool – scoring 5 goals vs Fulham in 1993, 120 goals in four seasons including the four minute and 33 second hatrick vs Arsenal – when injury took him out the limelight and the manager Houllier forced him out of Anfield it looked like the end for him – his heart just wasn’t in it anymore – playing for Leeds and then Man City, he never got back to his best – always injured, out of form, out of condition – out of character – this was not the Robbie we saw blowing away defences like a hurricane takes a bail of hay – 30 years old and already finished? He thought so and considered retiring - but then came the hatrick vs Scunthorpe, the goal vs UTD and the resurgence to form and fitness – Fowler was back and Liverpool were watching and waiting.

Rafeal Benetiz was criticised for not bringing Micheal Owen to Anfield – it made no sense financially – to buy back a player for 16million who had been brought through the academy and left for 8million only a season before – but everyone knew he would do the job for us – the job that our strikers have so blatantly failed to do this season – that of putting the ball in the back of the net – Morientes can’t settle and get his groove on and is now living on past glories – that Monaco season was a long time ago now and Real knew what they were doing when they sold him – Cisse hasn’t got it and looks to be the very worst type of mercenary – blessed with pace but no idea what to do with it, poor control, arrogance, selfish and not prepared to do the work to get the ball back when he frequently loses it – Crouch, tallest man in the premier, is the best of the bunch – but for all the skill on the field, workrate and set up play, he just doesn’t score enough.

Enter God – back where he needs to be to be himself – he loves Liverpool more than anyone at the club bar Stevie G and Carra – the fans told Benetiz to re-sign him after the manager had a chance meeting with him in a bar after the Champions league victory last year – he could see the affection still held for the man they named God due to the amazing goal scoring feats performed at Anfield during the 90’s.

Benetiz is fast writing himself into the history books at Anfield and becoming a firm favorite with the fans – this is his gift back to them for the appreciation and support – he knows Robbie Fowler lives and breathes Liverpool football club – it’s not money – it’s the game, the club, the fans and the goals - Robbie will want to give 100% every minute of every game for Benetiz - he just needed the second coming bestowed upon him - tonight he rises from footballers graveyard – a barren land of wasted talent – and I hope he writes a final glorious chapter in his career – setting in stone his legendary status – and restores that fairy tale faith in football that all who ever watched the game yearn to believe in.

Do I believe in God? After seeing that Hatrick vs Arsenal back in the season of 94-95 how could I not? I wish you all the luck in the world God - Liverpool legend forever more.