Guest neesy111 Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 i wonder what he did again today captain and good player my arse, would rather play 451 formation with someone who can play upfront and offer the team something Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alan Shearer 9 Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Owen's just having a shit patch of form ultimately. He was on a good run earlier in the season but we failed to capatilise on his goals results wise (brace vs stoke? etc). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShearMagic Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Why is he captain? He cares absolutely 0% about the club. There's one thing Michael Owen cares about, and it's how much he'll get paid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Why is he captain? He cares absolutely 0% about the club. There's one thing Michael Owen cares about, and it's how much he'll get paid. Nail on head. A poor captain who is 90% cert to leave within 6 months is hardly the kind of person you want keeping the players together during a relegation battle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toonlass Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Why is he captain? He cares absolutely 0% about the club. There's one thing Michael Owen cares about, and it's how much he'll get paid. Nail on head. A poor captain who is 90% cert to leave within 6 months is hardly the kind of person you want keeping the players together during a relegation battle. Totally agree Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 he's a fucking disgrace, 1 goal in 7 from a player who impacts nothing else Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 He's the best player we've got. His runs and inteligent play mark him out from the rest in my opinion. He's not scoring right now, but still has a ratio of nearly one in two. He's not much of a captain though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 he's a f***ing disgrace, 1 goal in 7 from a player who impacts nothing else So he's having a bad patch... Also, it can't help when in the last 8 matches, he's had Martins, Viduka, Duff, Ameobi, Carroll & Xisco as his strike partners at different times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sniffer Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Not to mention a midfield that is not exactly the most creative or motivated in the case of some whinging frenchman. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 it's the chances he is missing as well, he missed 7 v hull over the 2 games, not good enough martins used to get criticised on here for missing lots of chances, it shouldn't be the same with him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sniffer Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I don't think anybody is arguing that he's not going through a bad patch. And missing some opportunities he'd normally tuck away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I don't think anybody is arguing that he's not going through a bad patch. And missing some opportunities he'd normally tuck away. I've said it on here a few times before. Owen isn't the world class finisher that he's made out to be, what's world class in his game are his reaction skills in the box, the timing of his runs and his anticipation. A lot of his goals now are when he's reacted first on something and nobody else has time to react to these. When he's through on goal I don't trust him at all to score. Not like when he was at Liverpool when you always had 100% confidence in him to either slot it past the keeper, or take it round him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 The problem with Owen is his lack of self sufficiency. He's at that stage in his career where he needs service to thrive as a footballer, service that is becoming less and less frequent the poorer we play. At this moment in time we need self sufficient strikers, ones that will make things happen. Yes I know he's fantastic at what he does but when he isn't getting the chance to do it makes him little more than a passenger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShearMagic Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 The problem with Owen is his lack of self sufficiency. He's at that stage in his career where he needs service to thrive as a footballer, service that is becoming less and less frequent the poorer we play. At this moment in time we need self sufficient strikers, ones that will make things happen. Yes I know he's fantastic at what he does but when he isn't getting the chance to do it makes him little more than a passenger. The problem with Owen is that he's lazy and doesn't give a fuck. That's what it comes down to really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 People blame it completely on the service and to be honest it isn't great but he has had a number of (by his standard) very good chances in the last few games but has wasted them. There is still no way I would sell him in January unless someone like City came in with a silly offer and we bought in a good replacement somehow before he was sold. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Can't believe he's been here for 4 years, still feels like I'm waiting for him to get started! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.S.R. Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Michael Owen 2005: http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/images/2005/08/31/michael_owen_signs_400x300.jpg Michael Owen 2009: http://www.virginmedia.com/images/michael-owen3-300x400.jpg Hes getting bigger and bigger, injury free, but far away from good trained. And i thought Keegan said he was one of those in the squad who train hardest, i dont understand that one really. He's further away on the first pic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Liam Liam O Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Michael Owen 2005: http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/images/2005/08/31/michael_owen_signs_400x300.jpg Michael Owen 2009: http://www.virginmedia.com/images/michael-owen3-300x400.jpg Hes getting bigger and bigger, injury free, but far away from good trained. And i thought Keegan said he was one of those in the squad who train hardest, i dont understand that one really. He's further away on the first pic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Michael Owen 2005: http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/images/2005/08/31/michael_owen_signs_400x300.jpg i was so fucking excited when this happened :-[ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I actually knew it was too good to be true, for whatever reason. Dunno - for one thing i was never convinced his heart was really in it. "Erm oh yeah, yeah, hopefully i'll be scoring goals for four years, yeah." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 It never felt right because we hijacked a deal when he was hoping to go back to Liverpool. I bet when he looks back now, he wishes he had not panicked and stayed at Madrid a bit longer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Shepherd: "Fuck posing for pictures, just sign the contract you cunt before Liverpool come back in for you" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toonlass Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 He's the best player we've got. His runs and inteligent play mark him out from the rest in my opinion. He's not scoring right now, but still has a ratio of nearly one in two. He's not much of a captain though. Oh for gods sake, Bassong is better than this bloke, and he is only 22. Michael Owen is mostly annonymous when he doesn't score. He adds nothing to the squad that any other decent striker wouldn't. He is no more captain material than my 3 year old. Best player we have? Then how did our 20 year old youth developed player have the best chance against Blackburn? How did cross after cross come into the box against Hull for Owen to do fuck all with. He is over, spent, fucked. Sell him to Citeh. Then spend the money on someone who's ego is not bigger than the shadow of St James'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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