All Things Liverpool Top Five

[JigaMann]

As a newbie I am learning quickly. This is just the start of a long line of Liverpool Top Five Everything. From managers to players to teams.

Today's Top Five- Who is the best Liverpool striker ever?

1.John Barnes
2.Ian Rush
3.Peter Beardsley
4.Michael Owen
5.Robbie Fowler


Please feel free to add and subtract and Re-arrange. Comments and criticisms are welcome too.

[655321]

Today's Top Five- Who is the best Liverpool striker ever?

1.John Barnes
2.Ian Rush
3.Peter Beardsley
4.Michael Owen
5.Robbie Fowler

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John Barnes was a midfielder, but we'll forgive you. You're a newbie and he did score alot of goals. And he did RULE.

[kopiteinkc]

As a newbie I am learning quickly. This is just the start of a long line of Liverpool Top Five Everything. From managers to players to teams.

Today's Top Five- Who is the best Liverpool striker ever?

1.John Barnes
2.Ian Rush
3.Peter Beardsley
4.Michael Owen
5.Robbie Fowler


Please feel free to add and subtract and Re-arrange. Comments and criticisms are welcome too.

As said above Barnes was a winger. You might want to consider a certain Kenny Dalglish, Sir Roger Hunt, and Kevin Keegan.

[655321]

1. Dalglish
2. Rush
3. Fowler
4. Owen
5. Keegan

I don't know enough about Roger Hunt to add him in, but I accept that most would.

[Gabbage]

1. Dalglish
2. Keegan
3. Rush
4. Hunt
5. Liddell

Oh, and while not a striker, Stig Inge Bjornebye is generally considered to be the greatest Liverpool player ever.

[655321]

Oh, and while not a striker, Stig Inge Bjornebye is generally considered to be the greatest Liverpool player ever.


Why must you always diss Erik Meijer??

[SuperElf]

1. Dalglish
2. Rush
3. Fowler
4. Owen
5. Keegan

I don't know enough about Roger Hunt to add him in, but I accept that most would.That was my thought when I read the first post. Hard time deciding between Keegs and Owen, but since Owen almost made me piss myself during that second goal in the FA Cup Final in 2001, I gave him the pass. Fowler's third because I started following the club right when he was being brought up, and he was the early face of Liverpool for me. I didn't think about Hunt (or anyone pre-Shanks, for that matter) because I don't feel fit to judge him, only having seen maybe an hour of tape involving him . . .

[Gabbage]

Why must you always diss Erik Meijer??

Erik Meijer was a great player no doubt, even scoring on one occasion, but Stig surpasses him in terms of talent, length of service, and international achievements.

Oh, and goals. :D

[SuperElf]

Erik Meijer was a great player no doubt, even scoring on one occasion, but Stig surpasses him in terms of talent, length of service, and international achievements.

Oh, and goals. :DShouldn't we wait for Stig to comment on Stig? :)

[skipshady]

I am disturbed, nay, outraged at the ommission of Ian Saint John, John Aldridge and the great Sean Dundee.

[JigaMann]

That's the great thing about liverpool. How do we fit a large pool of great strikers into a top five. It's near impossible. But that's good for discussion. I wouldn't place Fowler ahead of Owen though.

[655321]

I wouldn't place Fowler ahead of Owen though.

Once again, the term "newbie " pops up :)

[JigaMann]

So you disagree. Tell me why

[skipshady]

Once again, the term "newbie " pops up :)
Fairly or not, Fowler will always have a bigger place in Liverpool supporters' hearts.

Maybe because his outgoing personality and less polished, working class image made him seem more relatable, or maybe because he was always "Liverpool's Robbie Fowler" and never "England's Robbie Fowler". Maybe because he came along at a time when the Premiership was less mature and was looking for superstars, or because at his peak, he was simply deadly. Maybe because Mikey came in with so much promise but never truly shined at the club level except for the Treble season (the UEFA Cup match in Roma, FA Cup Final come to mind).

And Mikey never made it a secret that he eventually wanted to Liverpool for a club on the continent - though this too may be unfair, as I don't think Robbie was ever in demand. But the fact is, Owen left because he wanted out while Fowler left because Houllier wanted him out.

For whatever reason, I will always associate Robbie with LFC no matter where his career takes him. I don't know if I will do the same for Mikey.

[Quake_scouser]

That's the great thing about liverpool. How do we fit a large pool of great strikers into a top five. It's near impossible. But that's good for discussion. I wouldn't place Fowler ahead of Owen though.

That's blasphemous. One is God, and the other is, well... not. I thought you said you'd watched Liverpool for 15 years? Who were you watching during the mid to late 90's?

[kopiteinkc]

1. Dalglish
2. Keegan
3. Rush
4. Hunt
5. Liddell

Oh, and while not a striker, Stig Inge Bjornebye is generally considered to be the greatest Liverpool player ever.

While he was incredibly versatile and my Mum's all time hero I think Billy Liddell belongs in the winger category not as a forward.

[JigaMann]

That's blasphemous. One is God, and the other is, well... not. I thought you said you'd watched Liverpool for 15 years? Who were you watching during the mid to late 90's?
I see your point. maybe because I have seen more of Owen in recent time. Fowler is still young but he is not doing much for Man City though. I hope he comes good after their match against us. How about his goal last weekend?

[Quake_scouser]

I see your point. maybe because I have seen more of Owen in recent time. Fowler is still young but he is not doing much for Man City though. I hope he comes good after their match against us. How about his goal last weekend?

Exactly. He is a poacher, and while that ball was in the air I was having flashbacks of the goal he scored like that against Charlton. When he could couple that predator instinct with speed and quickness he was amazing. Unfortunately, injuries and drugs/drinking have made him somewhat of a shadow of his former self.

Even knowing that I was still so depressed when Houllier sold him. :(

[655321]

Fowler leaving was a truly sad moment, even though everyone and their dog saw it coming. And Skipshady is right, Fowler was our's, Owen was England's, but more importantly I think Fowler was just a better all around goal scorer than Owen has been or ever will be. One of the deadliest strikers to wear a red shirt in 10-15 years. If he'd played in the time of Rush's peak, he'd probably have had more goals than him.


edit - he's still denying the drug charges, you know?? :) :rolleyes:

[Gabbage]

While he was incredibly versatile and my Mum's all time hero I think Billy Liddell belongs in the winger category not as a forward.

I am not sure that a distinction should be made because teams of that era didn't play 4-4-2 and wingers were basically forwards.