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I heard it was a lot more than "making fun" and more like holding his head down the bog and flushing it. Yup, heard it was more along those lines too, which is just way over the top, especially as he was only young then. Kind of admire the guy for sticking to his guns and not putting up with it tbh.

Sounds like a typical armchair athlete ... Likely never done any kind of sporting activity in his whole life and so rubbishes any player that doesn't perform like they do in his video games. Pathetic.

Owen and Gerrard are still best mates. I won't repeat what Owen was meant to have called Newcastle fans after Gerrard got booed at St James' after England missed out on Euro 2008. Gerrard seems to have had it in for the club since then for booing him. Wouldn't surprise me if Owen asked Gerrard to put out today's bollocks about welcoming him back to Liverpool () just to go hand in hand with the news about him winning damages regarding his career being over. He and his agent clearly believe his reputation in the media is key to him getting a good move next. He's used his agent and advisors to sound out a move for the last few transfer windows but up until last summer he'd have only left for a top 4 club on similar wages but no-one came in for him. He's still close to Carragher and Gerrard at Liverpool but Benitez isn't interested. From what i've heard his best offer at the moment is 60k a week at Everton with a signing on fee on top, with high appearance and goal bonuses. Probably still waiting for a better offer but he would have stayed here, on lesser terms had Newcastle stayed up. Its not all about the money with Owen. It's definitely all about the money. He would have stayed if we didn't get relegated because he knows we would have been stupid enough to likely pay him more than anyone else would. Also, he was likely thinking his big pal Shearer would build the team around him and play him whenever fit.

Now ask yourself how many times the team got him in these type of positions? Hardly ever. Watching the Fulham game live was so startling in this regard. He never got the ball to feet when he showed for it at the edge of the box or anywhere lese for that matter. The ball most often played to him was from a minimum of 25 yards away and was high in the air when Hangeland was the one marking him. Bloody abomination. Yeah he was huffy and for good reason too. I never understand why people think it's okay to say Owen wasn't scoring because he didn't get chances, well neither did Martins. Almost every chance he got was of his own making. Never had the luxury of getting any delivery which made his life a bit easier.

What a buffoon Mike Ashley is.

Guilty conscience eating away at him already.

What team did he come from? Not sure I'm familiar with him.

Play him up top with a beastly centre forward and he will be okay I reckon.

If we play him upfront he would be very good in the championship.

I know that. Brilliant player and I think Ferguson was crazy to dump him for Berbatov. I just don't understand what kind of formation they are thinking off at the moment. They just seem to be stockpiling players for the hell of it. Should be interesting to see how it comes together I guess.

Definitely. The signing of Barry is pointing towards a 4-3-3 with De Jong, barry and Ireland central. Robinho will stay on the left, SWP on the right and I'm pretty sure they will be targetting a big striker to play central. Santa Cruz perhaps? Bellamy is toast. Would Tevez be on the bench, like? If they are really after Tevez then they are clearly nuts. That wuld be a strange one. Not sure where the hell he would fit in their team.

Definitely. The signing of Barry is pointing towards a 4-3-3 with De Jong, barry and Ireland central. Robinho will stay on the left, SWP on the right and I'm pretty sure they will be targetting a big striker to play central. Santa Cruz perhaps? Bellamy is toast.

Very encouraged by what the agent had to say about players willing to wait it out for a move to Newcastle. Very promising. All we have to do now is tie up Shearer and we are sorted . Please God make it happen.

Lita's issues are down to immaturity for the most part. I reckon he would flourish under a younger manager like Shearer who he would have a lot more respect for and knowledge of as Shearer was only recently the best striker in the country.

Barry was never a leader. Any Villa fan will tell you that. Laursen definitely was, though. Barry had a lot of responsibility on the pitch though. A lot of your play went through him. I meant it more from that standpoint. I would agree that Laursen was more of a leader though, definitely. Any news on who you might be bringin in to replace either of them?

Laursen and Barry gone. Not great for Villa. They better hope Chelsea don't make a move for Young as has been speculated. Provided O'Neill knows what he is doing in the transfer market they should be okay though. They now need a top defender, a top midfielder and could do with another top striker. The biggest issue for them right now is the loss of two huge personalities. They've lost their two biggest leaders which is always very difficult. O'Neill has some serious work to do.

True. Is he gutless or just finished though? Like I said it's hard to tell what Shearer thought. The talk of a new contract for Owen may have just been smoke and mirrors. Finished or not he is definitely gutless. Butt is finished but I wouldn't necessarily say he was gutless for example.

If money is as much as an issue as has been stated I imagine it would mean Beye on his weye due to his salareye ...

I know I can't really back up this following statement, but in my opinion ... If Owen isn't captain and say Beye or even Butt was I believe we stay up. We missed staying up by one point. I believe a more vocal and instructive leader would have at least got one more point for us this season in one of the many close calls we had when we just needed that extra push. How demoralising it must have been to see the club captain so quiet, sour faced and dejected when were struggling. well beye or even butt should have a long hard look at themselves if they feel they need an arm band to be vocal and lead. I really wonder what our captain was ike off the pitch you know ... Through all those tought imes, did he ever take it upon himself to get the guys together on an off day and just hang out and try and kick back and get the team morale up and bond a bit? Without the manager or any of the coaches around? It's these little things that sometimes make all the difference. Owen's more likely to have been straight into his helicopter and out of the city. People talk about the owner not living in the city. The captain of the team didn't! Crazy stuff. why couldn't anyone else do it. did tony adams become a shrinking violet cos shearer was his captain when playing for england. no. the captain wears the armband and calls heads or tails. you don't need the arm band to lead Because it's not necessarily the sort of thing people want to do, but as the captian you step up and take responsibility or you give uo the armband. The guy is an absolute chicken shite. No guts, no heart, no hamstrings. Yellow bellied coward if ever I saw one. Embarrassing.

Sunderland are just tragic ... Bruce is a horrible move. Stop recycling these clowns and go and find some fresh talent. They have enough money to back a manager substantially and this should be a huge attraction to many. The key for them is getting in someone who can attract good players from all over. However, it seems they are scared of taking a bit of a risk. I would rather risk a Mancini, Bilic or even Martinez from Swansea rather than bring in Bruce for goodness sake. Already links to Bramble and Crouch. I'm sorry but how freakin depressing is that?! Just recycilng the same old managers and players all over again. Who the hell can Bruce really attract but the some old stale journeymen prem castoffs. It's going to be a disaster and I'm going to love it.

I know I can't really back up this following statement, but in my opinion ... If Owen isn't captain and say Beye or even Butt was I believe we stay up. We missed staying up by one point. I believe a more vocal and instructive leader would have at least got one more point for us this season in one of the many close calls we had when we just needed that extra push. How demoralising it must have been to see the club captain so quiet, sour faced and dejected when were struggling. well beye or even butt should have a long hard look at themselves if they feel they need an arm band to be vocal and lead. I really wonder what our captain was ike off the pitch you know ... Through all those tought imes, did he ever take it upon himself to get the guys together on an off day and just hang out and try and kick back and get the team morale up and bond a bit? Without the manager or any of the coaches around? It's these little things that sometimes make all the difference. Owen's more likely to have been straight into his helicopter and out of the city. People talk about the owner not living in the city. The captain of the team didn't! Crazy stuff.

I know I can't really back up this following statement, but in my opinion ... If Owen isn't captain and say Beye or even Butt was I believe we stay up. We missed staying up by one point. I believe a more vocal and instructive leader would have at least got one more point for us this season in one of the many close calls we had when we just needed that extra push. How demoralising it must have been to see the club captain so quiet, sour faced and dejected when were struggling.

Interesting. I actually think the Italian league would suit him the most at this stage in his career. A league of older players which is much slower than the other top leagues.

I really like Everton. Think it would be a mistake for them going for Owen. However, I guess the fact that he is free and he is willing to take a substantial cut in wages is attractive for them and they probably feel he will raise their profile somewhat. On the pitch however, I think they could do with a more dynamic striker to play alongside the Yak, which brings the best out of him. I would rather play Cahill or Fellaini just behind Yakubu as they did this season rather than play Owen alongside Yakubu. If they want to go to a more conventional 4-4-2 next season I think they could do better. Just as an example they could go for someone more in the mould of the striker on loan at West Brom who did quite well for them this past season, Fortune. Wouldn't be at all expensive either. Yakubu would play really well off him as Fortune is big, fast and strong and does a decent job of holding up the ball and battling, also scored some goals too. The Yak would thrive off that as he doesn't particulalry like doing the dirty work.

:lol: I bet Sunderland fans would love to see that.