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A-League newcomers North Queensland are no closer to appointing a foundation captain but appear to have unearthed a potentially devastating attacking duo in Robbie Fowler and young gun David Williams.
English Premier League legend Fowler was a constant threat in the Fury’s 1-0 victory over the Brisbane Roar in both teams’ final pre-season hit out at Townsville’s Tony Ireland Stadium.
Fowler’s 60 minute appearance erased concerns about his fitness ahead of the Fury’s season opener against Sydney FC on August 8 but it was the performance of 21-year-old Williams that had the crowd of just over 5000 buzzing.
The lightning-fast youngster, on a one-year loan from Danish club Brondby, worked well with Fowler and created several chances.
“Robbie hit the bar, we had a couple of half-chances but I’m really delighted,” Fury coach Ian Ferguson said.
“We will keep building him (Fowler) up so we can get 90-minutes and I am sure he will be able to start the season for us.
Ferguson tried to deflect attention away from the performance of Williams in only his second match for the Fury.
“David is only a young boy and I don’t want too much expectation put on him.
“I think he was labelled the next Harry Kewell but you can see glimpses he is a quality player, he works very hard off the ball for the team as well.”
Although Fowler and Williams controlled most of NQ’s attacking raids it took the Fury until the 87th minute to score when Craig Moore was unable to control a Jeremy Brockie cross guiding the ball past keeper Liam Reddy.
Afterwards, Ferguson was giving little away on the subject of who he will give the captain’s arm band to despite using Paul Kohler for the Fury’s inaugural home game.
Paul has been one of our most consistent players over the pre-season and I think he showed some good leadership qualities so I decided to give it to him at the last minute.
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