"I spoke to Rushie quite a lot. I always listen to what he says and he still takes time out from his day to leave messages for me and that means a lot because he's an absolute legend.
"I was trying things I wouldn't normally do on a pitch and because I was having a bad time, I'd try them even more but no matter what I did, it would all just backfire," said Fowler.
"Nothing seemed to go right for me and I could sense one or two of the fans were getting a little annoyed. I could understand their frustrations because I was brought to score goals and I simply wasn't delivering.
"Even though Liverpool is only 30 miles away, I found it quite hard to settle. It took me 12 months to win the fans over but hopefully I have done that now."
