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Never had a homosexual encounter with Graham Le Saux

Some didn't waste anytime updating this page did they. Great news that Robbie's coming home!

Contents 1 Talent 2 Format 3 Revision 4 Reasons for leaving Liverpool 5 The God? 6 Statistics 7 Rich List 8 First ever Champions League goal 9 2000/2001 Season

[edit] Talent

"Robbie Fowler is widely regarded as the most naturally talented English player of his generation. He is the most popular player with the fans of the world's greatest club. He is a legend."

Surely that's opinion, not fact.

[edit] Format

There should be a seperate paragraph for his second stint at Liverpool. The Current format is chrono-illogical. YNWA

[edit] Revision

This page needs a lot of work to remove adulatory and WP:POV statements like:

... mercurial and prodigious talent ...

... two of the most awesome finishers in English Football ...

... Fowler's raw talent was fused with a notorious reputation off the field ...

... stuff of fairytale, and not only did he come on to a rapturous reception in his first appearance for Liverpool in 4 years ...

Stu 16:35, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Toxteth "housing estate"? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 194.46.162.25 (talk • contribs) .

• Fowler is one of the most talented players in the game and this is not a secret but maybe we can neutralize this article a little bit. With respect, Deliogul 22:05, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

• I saw perhaps one line that could do with changing, and changed it. Could you be a little more specific about which bits you think need work? cheers, aLii 08:19, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

• I see nothing wrong with the stuff of fairytale...came on to a rapturous reception bit. It is true and seeing you can't actually define "stuff of fairytales" neither can you link a video of Fowler coming on to applause (which he did), just leave it in I reckon. Cls14 11:05, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

He did come on to a rapturous reception. I still have it on my phone.

[edit] Reasons for leaving Liverpool

Probably had more to do with Owen & Fowler never forming any sort of striking partnership rather than training ground bust-ups or secret deals. 84.69.7.243 22:11, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The God?

In one of the first lines it says he's commonly known as 'The God', citation maybe needed?

[edit] Statistics

moved this from the stats part of the page, originally inserted 5 Dec 2006 "Can someone check this out as I add this up to be 219 goals before tonight's goals v. Galatasaray

• Add up the league cup goals and I think you'll find it's 30"

I've added the relevant tag

Steve-Ho 09:28, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

I'll assume that the update was from a reliable source and cross-referenced then? Steve-Ho 10:03, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rich List

Looked on the Times Rich List Wikipedia page for 2005 and couldn't find Fowler there. I presume this is because he is amongst the top 1000 British people and the list on Wikipedia is just people living in Britain rather than being British? Cls14 11:26, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

The BBC ran an article about the wealth of footballers just a few weeks ago; Beckham tops football's rich list. As you can see there Fowler's wealth is "only" in the region of £30 million now, which is some way behind the £50 million two years ago that he would have needed to feature on this list. aLii 12:57, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] First ever Champions League goal

Did he or did he not actually score against FC Haka back in 01-02 in the 4-1 home leg win? I'm not sure if the opinion of it being the "first" goal is based on the concept that the early rounds are "Qualifiers", but you are still technically in the Champions League even if you don't get to the group stages (just as you're in the World Cup, even if you don't get out of the Group stage, or in the FA Cup even if you never get out of the 1st round). Who has specifically stated that is his first goal? Cheers.--Koncorde 02:46, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

It was mentioned during the commentary of both the game where he actually scored, against Galatasary, and a previous game against Bordeaux when he didn't. I think Fowler's goals against Galatasary were his first in the Champions League proper rather than the qualifiers. His score tally does state that he scored once in seven appearances in 01-02 in Europe that was Champions League.--Welshie402 11:43, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Someone's inserted the detail now - but the actual quote from the BBC site says "Champions League proper"...which is like saying Dennis Law's goals for Man Utd in the 60's weren't in the "Champions League proper" also. Silly.--Koncorde 01:39, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 2000/2001 Season

Seeing as this is going to be his most successful season, does more attention need to be paid to his contribution in the competitions and the league rather than two lines?