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      Liverpool's Best Young Player Ever

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      king kenny
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      Re: Liverpool's Best Young Player Ever
      Reply #23: Aug 06, 2014 08:56:16 pm
      Between the age 17-21 Owen set the standard.  He was breaking records getting personal accolades, nominations in the short lists of the biggest awards of football.  Just a shame that he decided to be tw*t and then deservedly fell belly up. 
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      Reply #24: Aug 06, 2014 09:00:04 pm
      Fowler for me mateys .
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      Reply #25: Aug 06, 2014 10:12:24 pm
      From my limited viewing years, Owen impact wise and potential wise i would say Sterling and Ibe.
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      Re: Liverpool's Best Young Player Ever
      Reply #26: Aug 06, 2014 11:07:33 pm
      Owen.
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      Reply #27: Aug 06, 2014 11:53:27 pm
      I'm glad we've got LFCtv nowadays. Watching Sterling at youth level has been revitalising at a time when the first team were struggling.

      That said, Fowler breaking through is one of my earliest footballing memories.
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      Reply #28: Aug 07, 2014 01:07:21 am

      Is that the lad we got from Oldham, Pete? Me arl fella always talks about what a future he had.

      My picks, for those who didn't make it include - Ritchie Partridge, Lee Jones and though not through our youth system, we did buy him at 20 - Chrissy Kirkland. The hype surrounding the young keeper when we got him and then he turned out to be a bit of a let down (injuries didn't help of course)

      For those who did make it, Fowler end of. To have 10 goals (including two hat tricks) in your first ten games is exceptional. Follow that with three consecutive years of scoring 30 plus goals by the age of 22. The fastest hat-trick in history at the age of 19. I'm not gonna lie, I am biased towards Robbie for a number of reasons. But what that fella done at a young age was, for me, the greatest young 'un in our history.

      If that injury against Everton, of all F***ing cu*ts, in 98 hadn't happened then I reckon he'd of been our all time top goalscorer (eventually)
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      Reply #29: Aug 07, 2014 02:15:34 am
      Niel Mellor at times he was unstoppable in the reserves still to this day can't believe he didn't make it.

      Pesky knees.

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      Reply #30: Aug 07, 2014 09:57:16 am
      Fowler. No question.

      My first game I saw him smash 5 in against Fulham. He has been my hero ever since.

      As much as I hate Owen, he was exciting when he burst onto the scene but that was mostly due to his explosive pace. Talent wise, nobody comes close to Fowler. Still the best 'natural finisher' I've ever seen.
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      Reply #31: Aug 07, 2014 11:24:53 am
      Is that the lad we got from Oldham, Pete? Me arl fella always talks about what a future he had.

      Yep, died last christmas.

      Was definitely seen as the eventual successor to Rush, never happened, terrible injury in the reserves finished his career.
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      Reply #32: Aug 07, 2014 11:47:35 am
      Callaghan,Thomo,Fowler,Owen,Gerrard,Sterling.
      Hopefully we can add Ibe and a few others to that list shortly.
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      Reply #33: Aug 08, 2014 07:30:32 am
      It's pretty sad that since Owen, the only name that comes up is Raheem. That's a good decade between players.
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      Reply #34: Aug 11, 2014 09:52:58 pm
      Owen, Gerrard, Stirling
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      Reply #35: Aug 11, 2014 10:38:27 pm
      Sterling could well eclipse Owen before long.
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      Reply #36: Aug 11, 2014 11:04:11 pm
      I think Owen made the bigger impact as an 18 year old, I mean going to a World Cup, scoring a wonder goal and everything, but Sterling could well play for longer at the top of his game, providing he stays relatively injury free. Once Owen fu**ed his hammies up it was downhill pretty quick, whereas Sterling looks like he has a lot more in his locker than just raw pace.
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      Reply #37: Aug 11, 2014 11:32:32 pm
      Owen... But I believe Sterling will go on to be the better player in time
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      Re: Liverpool's Best Young Player Ever
      Reply #38: Aug 12, 2014 11:27:46 pm
      Owen
      When I first saw him against Wimbledon I was gob smacked
      I'd never seen before a player with that speed I was speechless..
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      Re: Liverpool's Best Young Player Ever
      Reply #39: Aug 13, 2014 11:32:18 pm
      Steven Gerrard. He was young when he first played.
      He wasn't a converted Evertonian either.
      Gerrard is the best young player to come through the ranks.
      Full stop from me.
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      Re: Liverpool's Best Young Player Ever
      Reply #40: Aug 15, 2014 02:11:42 am
      Steven Gerrard. He was young when he first played.
      He wasn't a converted Evertonian either.
      Gerrard is the best young player to come through the ranks.
      Full stop from me.


      He just made this really bad choice as a kid! In the reserves he wasn't even rated as the best player in his age group either!!



      And no even at that age, you wouldn't have got me in their sh*t strip.

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      Re: Liverpool's Best Young Player Ever
      Reply #41: Aug 15, 2014 08:24:00 am
      He just made this really bad choice as a kid! In the reserves he wasn't even rated as the best player in his age group either!!



      And no even at that age, you wouldn't have got me in their sh*t strip.



      That's their strip but whose F***ing trophy cabinet is that??
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      Re: Liverpool's Best Young Player Ever
      Reply #42: Aug 15, 2014 08:37:29 am
      That's their strip but whose f**king trophy cabinet is that??

      There's from the 80's ain't it ?
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      Reply #43: Aug 15, 2014 08:46:26 am
      There's from the 80's ain't it ?

      I know Steve, every dog and all stuff.
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      Re: Liverpool's Best Young Player Ever
      Reply #44: Aug 15, 2014 08:52:00 am
      I know Steve, every dog and all stuff.

      Such a long time ago though, eh Stuey :f_tongueincheek:
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      Re: Liverpool's Best Young Player Ever
      Reply #45: Aug 15, 2014 09:04:46 am
      Such a long time ago though, eh Stuey :f_tongueincheek:

      It's only them who remember mate.

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