hallihg Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 We bought Michael Owen for £16 million. He has received around £21 million in wages in his time here. Sum that up and you get ca. £37 million. Thats approximately £1.4 million pounds per league goal he has scored for Newcastle United. Lets think about that on this marvelous monday morning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 One of the best value for money strikers we've had this century then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallihg Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 One of the best value for money strikers we've had this century then. Makes me feel sick tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 more down to injury than anything else,most of which could hardly have been foresaw. most of the dislike for owen comes from the fact we weren't his first choice....well heres news for you. NONE of our present squad would be here had man utd,chelsea or arsenal came a calling when they signed for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 more down to injury than anything else,most of which could hardly have been foresaw. most of the dislike for owen comes from the fact we weren't his first choice....well heres news for you. NONE of our present squad would be here had man utd,chelsea or arsenal came a calling when they signed for us. was never gonna play 20+ games a season for us, never...granted the knee injury was a shock but he'd still have been out 50% of the time or whatever, he's made of glass and not the strong type of glass either Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 more down to injury than anything else,most of which could hardly have been foresaw. most of the dislike for owen comes from the fact we weren't his first choice....well heres news for you. NONE of our present squad would be here had man utd,chelsea or arsenal came a calling when they signed for us. was never gonna play 20+ games a season for us, never...granted the knee injury was a shock but he'd still have been out 50% of the time or whatever, he's made of glass and not the strong type of glass either and the broken foot V spurs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Libertine Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 owen didnt offer himself the contract, he just signed it. the finger of blame points elsewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebellious Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 How much did we get in insurance for the long term injury ? Have you taken that off the figure ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beezeri Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 One of the best value for money strikers we've had this century then. Yep...for the player himself. Hope we've learned the lesson here but somehow I don't believe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest teepee Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 owen didnt offer himself the contract, he just signed it. the finger of blame points elsewhere. this.... the "blame michael owen" bullshit is getting tiring.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Still better value than Luque. For better or worse, under the Ashley regime the days of buying the likes of Owen and paying those sort of wages are over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Still better value than Luque. For better or worse, under the Ashley regime the days of buying the likes of Owen and paying those sort of wages are over. as will the days of top flight football for better or worse, as you say Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beezeri Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Still better value than Luque. For better or worse, under the Ashley regime the days of buying the likes of Owen and paying those sort of wages are over. as will the days of top flight football for better or worse, as you say In the long run healthy financial status is way much important than big money buys! Fat Fred is one of the main reasons why we're fighting against the relegation every season now and the current global financial crisis haven't helped us one bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire Mag Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Still better value than Luque. For better or worse, under the Ashley regime the days of buying the likes of Owen and paying those sort of wages are over. as will the days of top flight football for better or worse, as you say In the long run healthy financial status is way much important than big money buys! Fat Fred is one of the main reasons why we're fighting against the relegation every season now and the current global financial crisis haven't helped us one bit. Wait till Leazes sees this! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Still better value than Luque. For better or worse, under the Ashley regime the days of buying the likes of Owen and paying those sort of wages are over. as will the days of top flight football for better or worse, as you say In the long run healthy financial status is way much important than big money buys! Fat Fred is one of the main reasons why we're fighting against the relegation every season now and the current global financial crisis haven't helped us one bit. no and yes. don't need to be healthy. i'd be happy to have a sore throat and be succesful but the way we were going we had severe hypothermia and had just sat on the ground in the cold and were starting to feel sleepy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatwax Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Still better value than Luque. For better or worse, under the Ashley regime the days of buying the likes of Owen and paying those sort of wages are over. as will the days of top flight football for better or worse, as you say In the long run healthy financial status is way much important than big money buys! Fat Fred is one of the main reasons why we're fighting against the relegation every season now and the current global financial crisis haven't helped us one bit. No, the reason we're fighting relegation is because of this current regime. They have had 4 transfer windows to improve us and are now on their 3rd manager who they have driven to another triple heart bypass. We may have been on the edge near the end of the last board, but it's this one that's deciding to push us over the edge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Libertine Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Still better value than Luque. For better or worse, under the Ashley regime the days of buying the likes of Owen and paying those sort of wages are over. as will the days of top flight football for better or worse, as you say In the long run healthy financial status is way much important than big money buys! Fat Fred is one of the main reasons why we're fighting against the relegation every season now and the current global financial crisis haven't helped us one bit. No, the reason we're fighting relegation is because of this current regime. They have had 4 transfer windows to improve us and are now on their 3rd manager who they have driven to another triple heart bypass. We may have been on the edge near the end of the last board, but it's this one that's deciding to push us over the edge. pathetic. point scoring to the extreme. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatwax Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Still better value than Luque. For better or worse, under the Ashley regime the days of buying the likes of Owen and paying those sort of wages are over. as will the days of top flight football for better or worse, as you say In the long run healthy financial status is way much important than big money buys! Fat Fred is one of the main reasons why we're fighting against the relegation every season now and the current global financial crisis haven't helped us one bit. No, the reason we're fighting relegation is because of this current regime. They have had 4 transfer windows to improve us and are now on their 3rd manager who they have driven to another triple heart bypass. We may have been on the edge near the end of the last board, but it's this one that's deciding to push us over the edge. pathetic. point scoring to the extreme. Fine, take that part out but the point still stands. If we get relegated you can hardly blame it on the old regime. To do so would be stupid. And I honestly reckon that him taking the Newcastle job has been a factor in his reoccurring heart problem. His original problem was one reason as to why he'd been out of the game so long. The fact that we're also bringing him back to carry on says a lot about the club as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Still better value than Luque. For better or worse, under the Ashley regime the days of buying the likes of Owen and paying those sort of wages are over. as will the days of top flight football for better or worse, as you say In the long run healthy financial status is way much important than big money buys! Fat Fred is one of the main reasons why we're fighting against the relegation every season now and the current global financial crisis haven't helped us one bit. No, the reason we're fighting relegation is because of this current regime. They have had 4 transfer windows to improve us and are now on their 3rd manager who they have driven to another triple heart bypass. We may have been on the edge near the end of the last board, but it's this one that's deciding to push us over the edge. pathetic. point scoring to the extreme. Fine, take that part out but the point still stands. If we get relegated you can hardly blame it on the old regime. To do so would be stupid. And I honestly reckon that him taking the Newcastle job has been a factor in his reoccurring heart problem. His original problem was one reason as to why he'd been out of the game so long. The fact that we're also bringing him back to carry on says a lot about the club as well. No one held a gun to Joe's head though, he took it cos it's a fantastic opportunity for him, he said himself at the time that his old problems were behind him and it was all under control. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallihg Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 This is not necessarily criticism towards Owen himself. I am a fan of the guy, as people can see. More the way our club is being run. He is class when fit but our wage bill is ridiculous. He doesnt deserve 120k a week. And we are being robbed of millions each month with injury prone players like Viduka, Alan Smith and more along with inconsistent performers who dont give a shit about the shirt they wear, while laughing all the way to the bank. Ashley has told us that the club was/is a financial mess. I hope he clears things up, and if we manage to avoid relegation, let there be a massive cleaning this summer. I wouldn't mind losing half of our current squard tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mani Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 should have never brought him, we had bellamy at the time we farmed him out to celtic and then wasted 16 million this chap, all the whilst we needed strengthening in defence. oh yeah we got boumsong. up yours Souey, worst manager ever who had the best squad we ever had. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 should have never brought him, we had bellamy at the time we farmed him out to celtic and then wasted 16 million this chap, all the whilst we needed strengthening in defence. oh yeah we got boumsong. up yours Souey, worst manager ever who had the best squad we ever had. We'd already sold Bellamy by the time Owen came in, and he went to Blackburn after he'd been at Celtic. Plus Owen was a replacement for Shearer not Bellamy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 we turned down robbie keane for 8 million because souness said he wasn't a proper footballer since then robbie keane has scored around 4x as many goals as owen and we would of had 8 million spare + the extra wages on strengthening another part of the squad to me michael owen is the worst signing in the clubs history and the sooner he leave's the sooner the club can move forward Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 we turned down robbie keane for 8 million because souness said he wasn't a proper footballer since then robbie keane has scored around 4x as many goals as owen and we would of had 8 million spare + the extra wages on strengthening another part of the squad to me michael owen is the worst signing in the clubs history and the sooner he leave's the sooner the club can move forward When did we turn down Robbie Keane? Not doubting you I just don't actually remember. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mani Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 should have never brought him, we had bellamy at the time we farmed him out to celtic and then wasted 16 million this chap, all the whilst we needed strengthening in defence. oh yeah we got boumsong. up yours Souey, worst manager ever who had the best squad we ever had. We'd already sold Bellamy by the time Owen came in, and he went to Blackburn after he'd been at Celtic. Plus Owen was a replacement for Shearer not Bellamy. what i ment was if souey had never fallen out with bellend we would not have needed to waste that money. bells is better player than owen in my opinion, they are both just as injury prone but bells bring more to the game and he works his socks off unlike that overpaid goalhanging money grabbing scouse ******** Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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