Michael Owen "Don't Call Me Injury Prone" Hmmm

[Cajun]

If footballers were all on pay as you play contracts I don't think you would see so many busting a gut and taking risks to make international games.

[Syrette]

Goodbye Owen, you've been a failure although you couldn't have been a success either. Either way failure, cheers.

 

Actually, he's been a success when he's played. He's just not played anywhere near enough. But hey, his fault, he got those injuries on purpose so he could go and tend to his horses.

 

Don't care what colour of picture you paint, he's a failure. Football is football.

 

I did call him a failure, genius - "he's just not played anywhere near enough".

 

No need to get nippy, he's a failure. If you thought I was talking about just when he played then why respond to my statement?

 

Because you said "although you couldn't have been a success either" maybe?

[colinmk]

Goodbye Owen, you've been a failure although you couldn't have been a success either. Either way failure, cheers.

 

Actually, he's been a success when he's played. He's just not played anywhere near enough. But hey, his fault, he got those injuries on purpose so he could go and tend to his horses.

 

Don't care what colour of picture you paint, he's a failure. Football is football.

 

I did call him a failure, genius - "he's just not played anywhere near enough".

 

No need to get nippy, he's a failure. If you thought I was talking about just when he played then why respond to my statement?

 

Because you said "although you couldn't have been a success either" maybe?

 

What I was getting at there is that I don't think he would ever of been a success considering what he's had around him during his time at the club.

[Skeletor]

Owen did what Bellamy used to do.

 

I agree. I have really enjoyed the Champions League football spear headed by Michael Owen's goals and threatening attacking play.

[nobby_solano]

Owen did what Bellamy used to do.

 

get injured a lot?

[Guest Phil K]

Goodbye Owen, you've been a failure although you couldn't have been a success either. Either way failure, cheers.

 

Actually, he's been a success when he's played. He's just not played anywhere near enough. But hey, his fault, he got those injuries on purpose so he could go and tend to his horses.

Before the Man Citeh match I said to my wife - "He'll be off the field with another "injury" in the first 20 minutes, and be off for another month or two" after reading about the unspoken agreement to join them at end of season.

And lo and behold.....

That said, Mark Viduka's been even worse !

[Guest thenorthumbrian]

Michael Owen isn't injury prone.

He is also six-foot eight and plays for the Newcastle Eagles in his spare time.

[TRon]

Wonder how he'll react if that story about him being dropped tomorrow is true? That won't do his England credentials a lot of good. 

 

[Ronaldo]

Wonder how he'll react if that story about him being dropped tomorrow is true? That won't do his England credentials a lot of good. 

 

 

I find it nowt short of hilarious that Heskey, Carlton Cole and Crouch are way ahead of him in the pecking order now. Self-righteous little c***. If loven is fit he should get the nod. Happy for Owen to come on if it aint working though

[Guest]

a good striker will adopt his game when the injuries eventually catch up i.e. shearer, owen can't do anything with his game

 

Do you not think he already has adapted? He seems to still have the ability to pop up in the right spots, although he can't score the 20 yard run and shots anymore.

 

Problem is we don't see it very much because he plays so little.

 

Up front he hasn't adapted his game. Still someone who poses the threat of scoring goals, but on average delivers absolutely nothing to the team and will miss the odd chance that drops to his feet. Pretty much the type of striker who could get a team relegated, not through any direct fault of his own, but because a team that isn't equipped to supply him is a team that is playing with 10 men every time he fails to score. Even Ameobi, one of the worst strikers in the league, is quite possibly a better option in the team next to Martins if Owen doesn't suddenly start tucking them away.

 

His spell in midfield is where he did adapt his game. Keegan knew what he was doing when he effectively removed Owen from the frontline - given his lack of clear pace, Owen was far more dangerous running into the box off the ball unmarked. Unfortunately, for obvious reasons, we weren't ever going to see him play in that role this season.

 

Excellent post.

 

Ironic that the final insult of this whole Michael Owen saga is that he will probably help cost us premiership survival by being a must start even though he is so ineffective in this team.

 

It's the sad truth.

 

Looks like you'll get a sneak peak of an Owen-less Newcastle in a 4-5-1 today...happy days eh.

[thedudeabides]

Helicopter crash.

 

Yes please.

[dustynrg]

a good striker will adopt his game when the injuries eventually catch up i.e. shearer, owen can't do anything with his game

 

Do you not think he already has adapted? He seems to still have the ability to pop up in the right spots, although he can't score the 20 yard run and shots anymore.

 

Problem is we don't see it very much because he plays so little.

 

Up front he hasn't adapted his game. Still someone who poses the threat of scoring goals, but on average delivers absolutely nothing to the team and will miss the odd chance that drops to his feet. Pretty much the type of striker who could get a team relegated, not through any direct fault of his own, but because a team that isn't equipped to supply him is a team that is playing with 10 men every time he fails to score. Even Ameobi, one of the worst strikers in the league, is quite possibly a better option in the team next to Martins if Owen doesn't suddenly start tucking them away.

 

His spell in midfield is where he did adapt his game. Keegan knew what he was doing when he effectively removed Owen from the frontline - given his lack of clear pace, Owen was far more dangerous running into the box off the ball unmarked. Unfortunately, for obvious reasons, we weren't ever going to see him play in that role this season.

 

Excellent post.

 

Ironic that the final insult of this whole Michael Owen saga is that he will probably help cost us premiership survival by being a must start even though he is so ineffective in this team.

 

It's the sad truth.

 

Looks like you'll get a sneak peak of an Owen-less Newcastle in a 4-5-1 today...happy days eh.

 

Well why play Owen when he has no interest in keeping us up? He's only interested in getting back in the England team, and as long as Capello is Manager he'll be out of the England team, Capello obviously disliked him at Real M and obviously dislikes him now. He must be really down at the moment, the only thing he has to look forward to is playing for Man City, but at least he'll be getting his 100k a week, and he'll be nearer to his home.

 

Let's stick with the players who want to play for us, not the one who can't wait to get out of the door.

 

And he shouldn't be captain either.

[Guest]

a good striker will adopt his game when the injuries eventually catch up i.e. shearer, owen can't do anything with his game

 

Do you not think he already has adapted? He seems to still have the ability to pop up in the right spots, although he can't score the 20 yard run and shots anymore.

 

Problem is we don't see it very much because he plays so little.

 

Up front he hasn't adapted his game. Still someone who poses the threat of scoring goals, but on average delivers absolutely nothing to the team and will miss the odd chance that drops to his feet. Pretty much the type of striker who could get a team relegated, not through any direct fault of his own, but because a team that isn't equipped to supply him is a team that is playing with 10 men every time he fails to score. Even Ameobi, one of the worst strikers in the league, is quite possibly a better option in the team next to Martins if Owen doesn't suddenly start tucking them away.

 

His spell in midfield is where he did adapt his game. Keegan knew what he was doing when he effectively removed Owen from the frontline - given his lack of clear pace, Owen was far more dangerous running into the box off the ball unmarked. Unfortunately, for obvious reasons, we weren't ever going to see him play in that role this season.

 

Excellent post.

 

Ironic that the final insult of this whole Michael Owen saga is that he will probably help cost us premiership survival by being a must start even though he is so ineffective in this team.

 

It's the sad truth.

 

Looks like you'll get a sneak peak of an Owen-less Newcastle in a 4-5-1 today...happy days eh.

 

Well why play Owen when he has no interest in keeping us up? He's only interested in getting back in the England team, and as long as Capello is Manager he'll be out of the England team, Capello obviously disliked him at Real M and obviously dislikes him now. He must be really down at the moment, the only thing he has to look forward to is playing for Man City, but at least he'll be getting his 100k a week, and he'll be nearer to his home.

 

Let's stick with the players who want to play for us, not the one who can't wait to get out of the door.

 

And he shouldn't be captain either.

 

What's changed in the last 12 months? We'd have been f*cked if Keegan had that mentality.

[Taylor Swift]

a good striker will adopt his game when the injuries eventually catch up i.e. shearer, owen can't do anything with his game

 

Do you not think he already has adapted? He seems to still have the ability to pop up in the right spots, although he can't score the 20 yard run and shots anymore.

 

Problem is we don't see it very much because he plays so little.

 

Up front he hasn't adapted his game. Still someone who poses the threat of scoring goals, but on average delivers absolutely nothing to the team and will miss the odd chance that drops to his feet. Pretty much the type of striker who could get a team relegated, not through any direct fault of his own, but because a team that isn't equipped to supply him is a team that is playing with 10 men every time he fails to score. Even Ameobi, one of the worst strikers in the league, is quite possibly a better option in the team next to Martins if Owen doesn't suddenly start tucking them away.

 

His spell in midfield is where he did adapt his game. Keegan knew what he was doing when he effectively removed Owen from the frontline - given his lack of clear pace, Owen was far more dangerous running into the box off the ball unmarked. Unfortunately, for obvious reasons, we weren't ever going to see him play in that role this season.

 

Excellent post.

 

Ironic that the final insult of this whole Michael Owen saga is that he will probably help cost us premiership survival by being a must start even though he is so ineffective in this team.

 

It's the sad truth.

 

Looks like you'll get a sneak peak of an Owen-less Newcastle in a 4-5-1 today...happy days eh.

 

Well why play Owen when he has no interest in keeping us up? He's only interested in getting back in the England team, and as long as Capello is Manager he'll be out of the England team, Capello obviously disliked him at Real M and obviously dislikes him now. He must be really down at the moment, the only thing he has to look forward to is playing for Man City, but at least he'll be getting his 100k a week, and he'll be nearer to his home.

 

Let's stick with the players who want to play for us, not the one who can't wait to get out of the door.

 

And he shouldn't be captain either.

 

What's changed in the last 12 months? We'd have been f*cked if Keegan had that mentality.

 

What's changed is that Owen is shirking the 50-50 challenges because he knows that if he gets injured, his last chance at moving to a big-ish club will be gone. He's doing the simple things but it's obvious that he knows he'll be out of a contract in a couple of months so it's obviously smarter if he just waits it out instead of risking things.

[Guest]

a good striker will adopt his game when the injuries eventually catch up i.e. shearer, owen can't do anything with his game

 

Do you not think he already has adapted? He seems to still have the ability to pop up in the right spots, although he can't score the 20 yard run and shots anymore.

 

Problem is we don't see it very much because he plays so little.

 

Up front he hasn't adapted his game. Still someone who poses the threat of scoring goals, but on average delivers absolutely nothing to the team and will miss the odd chance that drops to his feet. Pretty much the type of striker who could get a team relegated, not through any direct fault of his own, but because a team that isn't equipped to supply him is a team that is playing with 10 men every time he fails to score. Even Ameobi, one of the worst strikers in the league, is quite possibly a better option in the team next to Martins if Owen doesn't suddenly start tucking them away.

 

His spell in midfield is where he did adapt his game. Keegan knew what he was doing when he effectively removed Owen from the frontline - given his lack of clear pace, Owen was far more dangerous running into the box off the ball unmarked. Unfortunately, for obvious reasons, we weren't ever going to see him play in that role this season.

 

Excellent post.

 

Ironic that the final insult of this whole Michael Owen saga is that he will probably help cost us premiership survival by being a must start even though he is so ineffective in this team.

 

It's the sad truth.

 

Looks like you'll get a sneak peak of an Owen-less Newcastle in a 4-5-1 today...happy days eh.

 

Well why play Owen when he has no interest in keeping us up? He's only interested in getting back in the England team, and as long as Capello is Manager he'll be out of the England team, Capello obviously disliked him at Real M and obviously dislikes him now. He must be really down at the moment, the only thing he has to look forward to is playing for Man City, but at least he'll be getting his 100k a week, and he'll be nearer to his home.

 

Let's stick with the players who want to play for us, not the one who can't wait to get out of the door.

 

And he shouldn't be captain either.

 

What's changed in the last 12 months? We'd have been f*cked if Keegan had that mentality.

 

What's changed is that Owen is shirking the 50-50 challenges because he knows that if he gets injured, his last chance at moving to a big-ish club will be gone. He's doing the simple things but it's obvious that he knows he'll be out of a contract in a couple of months so it's obviously smarter if he just waits it out instead of risking things.

 

The goal he scored at Pompey sort of disproves your theory imo.

[dustynrg]

Ah but the goal he scored at Pompey was three months ago and now there's only 2 months left till the end of the season and his exit from here.

 

Why go into challenges that may injure him even further and put him away from a move that will secure his 100k a week?