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Fowler touches down in Townsville
(AAP) - North Queensland Fury FC marquee signing Robbie Fowler has dismissed suggestions he is aiming to captain the rookie outfit in their debut season of the A-League.
The English international, who played 26 games and scored seven goals for his
country, said the captaincy would be decided by manager Ian Ferguson.
"In terms of me being captain it is not something I have thought about," Fowler said
on his first day in Fury colours.
"The manager picks the captain and that is his job, I am not going to go up and ask
him I want to be captain.
"He will see players on the training pitch then he will make that decision himself."
The man nicknamed God touched down before a rapturous crowd of Liverpool and Fury
supporters at Townsville airport on Sunday before being introduced to the media,
rock star fashion, pool side at Jupiters Casino.
After agreeing to become the A-League's biggest signing in February the 33-year-old
goal scoring whiz said he wasn't feeling any weight of expectation to perform.
"Not really, I am obviously quite grounded, I keep myself to myself and if I can do
well, I do well, but more importantly it is about the team."
The Premier League veteran believes Ferguson has put together a strong squad for
North Queensland's 2009-10 debut season but stopped short of making any finals
predictions.
"The manager has put together a good squad and he knows what players he wants and he
knows what the players can do so it should be an interesting time."
The star striker believed it would take time for the team to find rhythm but
stressed he was intent on building a winning culture at the Fury.
"In terms of any football club you want to continue to win games ... if you are
winning games that breeds confidence and confidence helps you to do well in
everything.
"This is a brand new team and until all the players get together and we train day
in, day out we will play a few games before the season we will see how it goes from
that aspect."
Ferguson said Fowler would begin official pre-season training next month.
"Robbie is obviously doing a bit of work himself before he comes on board on the 1st
of April, I am just looking forward to getting him on board, training with us and
the boys are obviously looking forward to training with him."
North Queensland Fury roster to date: Scott Wilson, Ufuk Talay, Robbie Middleby,
Chris Grossman, Jacob Timpano, Brendon Santalab, Justin Pasfield, Jason Spagnuolo,
Fred Agius, Felipe,Beau, Busch, Daniel McBreen, Jeremy Brockie, James Robinson,
Marton Vass, Chris Tadrosse, Paul Kohler.
The English international, who played 26 games and scored seven goals for his
country, said the captaincy would be decided by manager Ian Ferguson.
"In terms of me being captain it is not something I have thought about," Fowler said
on his first day in Fury colours.
"The manager picks the captain and that is his job, I am not going to go up and ask
him I want to be captain.
"He will see players on the training pitch then he will make that decision himself."
The man nicknamed God touched down before a rapturous crowd of Liverpool and Fury
supporters at Townsville airport on Sunday before being introduced to the media,
rock star fashion, pool side at Jupiters Casino.
After agreeing to become the A-League's biggest signing in February the 33-year-old
goal scoring whiz said he wasn't feeling any weight of expectation to perform.
"Not really, I am obviously quite grounded, I keep myself to myself and if I can do
well, I do well, but more importantly it is about the team."
The Premier League veteran believes Ferguson has put together a strong squad for
North Queensland's 2009-10 debut season but stopped short of making any finals
predictions.
"The manager has put together a good squad and he knows what players he wants and he
knows what the players can do so it should be an interesting time."
The star striker believed it would take time for the team to find rhythm but
stressed he was intent on building a winning culture at the Fury.
"In terms of any football club you want to continue to win games ... if you are
winning games that breeds confidence and confidence helps you to do well in
everything.
"This is a brand new team and until all the players get together and we train day
in, day out we will play a few games before the season we will see how it goes from
that aspect."
Ferguson said Fowler would begin official pre-season training next month.
"Robbie is obviously doing a bit of work himself before he comes on board on the 1st
of April, I am just looking forward to getting him on board, training with us and
the boys are obviously looking forward to training with him."
North Queensland Fury roster to date: Scott Wilson, Ufuk Talay, Robbie Middleby,
Chris Grossman, Jacob Timpano, Brendon Santalab, Justin Pasfield, Jason Spagnuolo,
Fred Agius, Felipe,Beau, Busch, Daniel McBreen, Jeremy Brockie, James Robinson,
Marton Vass, Chris Tadrosse, Paul Kohler.
