SteveMc Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Good shout Jonny. Souness claims to be exactly the case. He did though say at teh time that FAt Fred nearly 'fell off his chair' when he said he wanted to sign Owen. If today has told us something it is that we can trust no cnut Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Imagine what could have been I know Boa Morte started his decline shortly after we were linked but he still would have been a lot more useful than Luque and the less said about Anelka vs Owen the better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 It was clear that KK thought that giving Owen the armband would galvanise him and maybe persuade him to stay on, but it was a terrible narrow minded decision. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 It was clear that KK thought that giving Owen the armband would galvanise him and maybe persuade him to stay on, but it was a terrible narrow minded decision. I thought Owen did well in the short time that Kevin was back at the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 That he did, but hardly an inspiring leader of men. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 That he did, but hardly an inspiring leader of men. Agree with that 100% Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Here: Newcastle spent vast sums on transfers during Souness' tenure - including the signing of Michael Owen from Real Madrid - but the Scot refuted the suggestion he was fully backed by then-chairman Shepherd. "I would argue that point because at the end of the day my first choice was (Nicolas) Anelka and (Luis) Boa Morte. "I was told, when I spoke to the people in Turkey, when Anelka was for sale at that time, that he could be bought. But I was told he wasn't for sale and couldn't be bought. "So instead of us spending the £12million there, we bought Albert Luque for £10million and Michael Owen for £16million." Asked whether those were his decisions, Souness said: "No. I was told Albert Luque would cost £2million." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-507987/Souness-Id-return-Newcastle-heartbeat.html If only Souness had done "a Keegan" at that point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Here: Newcastle spent vast sums on transfers during Souness' tenure - including the signing of Michael Owen from Real Madrid - but the Scot refuted the suggestion he was fully backed by then-chairman Shepherd. "I would argue that point because at the end of the day my first choice was (Nicolas) Anelka and (Luis) Boa Morte. "I was told, when I spoke to the people in Turkey, when Anelka was for sale at that time, that he could be bought. But I was told he wasn't for sale and couldn't be bought. "So instead of us spending the £12million there, we bought Albert Luque for £10million and Michael Owen for £16million." Asked whether those were his decisions, Souness said: "No. I was told Albert Luque would cost £2million." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-507987/Souness-Id-return-Newcastle-heartbeat.html If only Souness had done "a Keegan" at that point. loved the club too much to do that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 next to Wise, I find it difficult to despise Souness as much Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobby_solano Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_5617473,00.html he's going to get a frosty reception to say the least at anfield ^ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohmelads Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 doubt he'll play. either cos he's "injured" or just not good enough for the starting lineup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2sheds Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Here: Newcastle spent vast sums on transfers during Souness' tenure - including the signing of Michael Owen from Real Madrid - but the Scot refuted the suggestion he was fully backed by then-chairman Shepherd. "I would argue that point because at the end of the day my first choice was (Nicolas) Anelka and (Luis) Boa Morte. "I was told, when I spoke to the people in Turkey, when Anelka was for sale at that time, that he could be bought. But I was told he wasn't for sale and couldn't be bought. "So instead of us spending the £12million there, we bought Albert Luque for £10million and Michael Owen for £16million." Asked whether those were his decisions, Souness said: "No. I was told Albert Luque would cost £2million." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-507987/Souness-Id-return-Newcastle-heartbeat.html If only Souness had done "a Keegan" at that point. loved the club too much to do that. Whoosh to the rest of yous Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MW Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Christ when i read the home page it said "Michael Owen gets in.." Thought he was gunna be in the england squad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thespence Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Didn't Souness want Anelka and Boa Morte or something, but Shepherd wanted Luque and Owen? I'm sure I read that somewhere. NE5 did post a link once highlighting with quotes Souness writing Owens name on a bit of paper & saying that is who he wanted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Didn't Souness want Anelka and Boa Morte or something, but Shepherd wanted Luque and Owen? I'm sure I read that somewhere. NE5 did post a link once highlighting with quotes Souness writing Owens name on a bit of paper & saying that is who he wanted. To be fair, I do remember that. Something like Shepherd asked Souness to write down a list of players he wanted, he put Owen down, and Shepherd nearly fell off his chair, or something like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 "He was my first choice, the chairman nearly fell off his chair when I said this is the one I really want. There was a look of disbelief and he shook his head. And we've got him and the supporters will love him. He's an honest, up-front guy as well as a top-class footballer." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-360900/Owen-looks-future-head-spinning-days.html#ixzz0TneRQxMS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diddimz Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 "He was my first choice, the chairman nearly fell off his chair when I said this is the one I really want. There was a look of disbelief and he shook his head. And we've got him and the supporters will love him. He's an honest, up-front guy as well as a top-class footballer." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-360900/Owen-looks-future-head-spinning-days.html#ixzz0TneRQxMS No chance in hell would I use any of those words to describe Owen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Didn't Souness want Anelka and Boa Morte or something, but Shepherd wanted Luque and Owen? I'm sure I read that somewhere. NE5 did post a link once highlighting with quotes Souness writing Owens name on a bit of paper & saying that is who he wanted. To be fair, I do remember that. Something like Shepherd asked Souness to write down a list of players he wanted, he put Owen down, and Shepherd nearly fell off his chair, or something like that. Souness used to take the piss out of bellamy's finishing ability from what I remember, constantly sniping at his goals record when justifying his decision to play him wide. Even with a gammy leg Bellamy is still a far more effective striker than owen in today's game. Souness is such a twat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Didn't Souness want Anelka and Boa Morte or something, but Shepherd wanted Luque and Owen? I'm sure I read that somewhere. NE5 did post a link once highlighting with quotes Souness writing Owens name on a bit of paper & saying that is who he wanted. To be fair, I do remember that. Something like Shepherd asked Souness to write down a list of players he wanted, he put Owen down, and Shepherd nearly fell off his chair, or something like that. Souness used to take the piss out of bellamy's finishing ability from what I remember, constantly sniping at his goals record when justifying his decision to play him wide. Even with a gammy leg Bellamy is still a far more effective striker than owen in today's game. Souness is such a twat. very true, despite bellamy being our top goalscorer that season until he left but i do seem to remember many fans backing souness over what happened at the time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 So how screwed are Man U now? Rooney is now injured and the guy they brought in to fill in managed to get injured yet again even before Rooney did. Predictable as anything. Owen will be discarded next summer and they'll likely get another striker in who can at the very least not get injured all the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Rooney is england injured, not Man Utd injured. Much like Steven Gerrard is suddenly injured. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Didn't Souness want Anelka and Boa Morte or something, but Shepherd wanted Luque and Owen? I'm sure I read that somewhere. NE5 did post a link once highlighting with quotes Souness writing Owens name on a bit of paper & saying that is who he wanted. To be fair, I do remember that. Something like Shepherd asked Souness to write down a list of players he wanted, he put Owen down, and Shepherd nearly fell off his chair, or something like that. Souness used to take the piss out of bellamy's finishing ability from what I remember, constantly sniping at his goals record when justifying his decision to play him wide. Even with a gammy leg Bellamy is still a far more effective striker than owen in today's game. Souness is such a twat. very true, despite bellamy being our top goalscorer that season until he left but i do seem to remember many fans backing souness over what happened at the time The fans backed the principle rather than Souness, not to mention Shearer threw his weight behind the manager which had a big bearing. Souness couldn't have achieved the destructuction of the squad without tacit support from Shearer and Shepherd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobby_solano Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 So how screwed are Man U now? Rooney is now injured and the guy they brought in to fill in managed to get injured yet again even before Rooney did. Predictable as anything. Owen will be discarded next summer and they'll likely get another striker in who can at the very least not get injured all the time. huntelaar maybe? he's not doing too well at milan (so far) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 They'll put one of their reserve strikers in, and just get goals from the midfield players like Valencia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iliketoonarmy Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 So how screwed are Man U now? Rooney is now injured and the guy they brought in to fill in managed to get injured yet again even before Rooney did. Predictable as anything. Owen will be discarded next summer and they'll likely get another striker in who can at the very least not get injured all the time. I am 100% confident Rooney can start for Man Utd for the next game. FA is giving Man Utd 100% support in everything since 4 years ago Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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