Michael Owen (now retired)

[Minhosa]

What a cunt.

 

Minhosa, not Owen.

 

Fair.

[Yorkie]

Confirming what we knew.

[Guest firetotheworks]

It's hard to put into words just how reprehensibly loathsome that oblivious, worthless little flannel of a man is, like.

[Guest Howaythetoon]

I regard him as our worst ever signing.

[Tsunami]

In our relegation season he was awful and missed a sitter against Everton late in the season, late in the game which would have been enough to keep us up. Having said that he was very good the season before and was the main reason we didn’t go down then.

[The College Dropout]

I regard him as our worst ever signing.

 

Easily.  Absolutely disgusting man.

[Sean]

I regard him as our worst ever signing.

 

Easily.  Absolutely disgusting man.

 

 

We've got a habit of signing players who'd rather be anywhere but here...him, Thauvin, Luque, Marcelino and countless others I'm sure. So stupid as a club for so long. As if Rafa would throw money at someone to force them to come here 

[loki679]

 

Where's that from?

[Paully]

 

Where's that from?

 

Paul Ferris’ new book!

[Figures 1-0 Football]

Wonder how long it’ll be untill the money grabbing little scrote is eating anus on ITV with Ant & Dec.

[Disco]

Wonder how long it’ll be untill the money grabbing little scrote is eating anus on ITV with Ant & Dec.

 

Not sure Paul Ferris is famous enough for that tbh.

[Robster]

Wonder how long it’ll be untill the money grabbing little scrote is eating anus on ITV with Ant & Dec.

Not sure Paul Ferris is famous enough for that tbh.

Judging by the quality of 'celebrity' that goes on that programme, I think he probably is.

[wormy]

Wonder how long it’ll be untill the money grabbing little scrote is eating anus on ITV with Ant & Dec.

 

No way would Owen do something as mildly interesting as that.

[Dave]

Presumably he'd refuse to do it in case he got ill and couldn't get in a new reality TV show afterwards.

[LV]

Cheeky little cunt

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Forget about the twat, he’s meaningless. He doesn’t figure in the history of Newcastle players.

[54]

Cheeky little c***

Bit harsh in Dave.

[xLiaaamx]

Thinks he's big enough to go after Shearer, bless him 

[Interpolic]

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/michael-owen-explains-reason-behind-19172478

 

Hadn't read this about their "feud" yet.

[timinperu]

Was also our captain at this time. Our only regret of any signing we made. Self-serving and with a paper heart. Michael Owen, born in Wales, welsh parents, welsh name, played for er england. Soulless man lacking any trait that would make him a man. 79 appearances over 4 years, and most of these just to get fit to play for Wales sorry england. Small time striker, only thing he had was he was fast early in his career.

[joeyt]

Was he born in Wales?

[ToonArmy1892]

Was he born in Wales?

 

Chester, according to wiki.

[TK-421]

I seem to remember Shearer being linked to Liverpool in Sir Bobby's last season... its not as much of a secret as Little Mikey is making out, and clearly hoping it'll turn NUFC fans against Shearer.

 

In fact, its as much of a secret as the fact that lil' mikey never wanted to join us.

 

Surprised he hasn't mentioned or confirmed whether or not he was actually in tears when he signed for us, after his beloved Liverpool didn't come in and rescue him.

[Kimbo]

I'm just wondering who would buy his book. No fanbase likes him and no one thinks he's interesting.

[Interpolic]

Why Michael Owen deserved everything that came his way

 

By Scott Wilson

 

 

WHEN people discover I'm a sports writer, there's generally one thing they want to know. 'Who's the nicest person you've dealt with, and who's the person you've had least time for?'

 

Having spent seven-and-a-half years on The Northern Echo, there's plenty of people that fall into the first camp so it's incredibly hard to give an answer.

 

The second part of the query, however, is rather easier to respond to. One person stands out a mile - and to my mind, he got exactly what he deserved on Tuesday night.

 

"I knew I would get booed as that's what a lot of fans do," said Michael Owen, after his substitute appearance at St James' Park was accompanied by a chorus of catcalls. "But if they knew the facts, then they may have a different opinion."

 

Okay Michael, well here are some facts to be going on with.

 

In his four years at Newcastle United, Owen earned just short of £5m. He scored 30 goals and, in his final season, was unable to prevent the Magpies being relegated into the Championship.

 

He was also thoroughly objectionable from first moment to last.

 

The days of journalists and footballers rubbing shoulders as equals are long gone, but in my experience, the vast majority of players at Newcastle, Sunderland and Middlesbrough have done their best to assist the local and regional press.

 

They might not like us - particularly when they've just been given four out of ten on a Monday morning - but they accept that papers like The Northern Echo are a valuable link to the supporters that pay their wages.

 

Not Owen. From the moment he arrived in the North-East, Newcastle's record signing made it quite clear that he had absolutely no interest in speaking to the local media.

 

Interview requests were repeatedly turned down. Post-match questions were assiduously ignored. The entire regional press pack, not just The Northern Echo, were treated with a mixture of arrogance and contempt.

 

When Kevin Keegan made Owen captain, we thought things would get better. Instead, they became worse.

 

As Newcastle careered towards the Championship, their skipper became the invisible man, unable to affect things on the pitch because of injury, unwilling to display the leadership that was required off the park.

 

Gradually, supporters sensed an indifference to the club's plight, a lack of empathy for Newcastle United as an institution and a refusal to even begin to understand what the club means to the city and its surrounding region.

 

I could give dozens of examples of Owen being objectionable, but I think this one sums it up best.

 

Ahead of a derby game with Sunderland, we discovered that Owen had played in the same district youth team as Danny Collins.

 

I headed off to North Wales and interviewed the pair's teachers and some of the coaches who had guided them through their careers in youth football.

 

A few days later, I spoke to Collins, who could not have been more helpful as he reminisced about his youth, dug out a few personal old photographs and conveyed a great respect for the volunteers who had helped him as a youngster.

 

The hope was that Owen would do the same. Three interview requests went in to the player, his agent and Newcastle's media office. All three were turned down.

 

Even when we promised to ignore anything relating to the derby, and offered to only ask questions relating to his time in the same team as Collins, our pleas were rebuffed.

 

A day before the piece was due to run, my colleague, Paul Fraser, spotted Owen in the car park at Newcastle's training ground.

 

He introduced himself to the striker - four years on Tyneside, and he still didn't know who any of the local reporters were - and outlined the piece we had prepared.

 

"We'd just like to ask you about some of the people who worked with you at that time," he said. "Do you remember a guy called Cledwyn Ashford who managed your old Deesside football team? What impact did he have on your career?"

 

Owen looked Paul up and down. "No impact at all". And with that, his car door slammed shut.

 

That's why the booing on Tuesday night was one of my favourite moments of the season so far.

 

This is worth reading again I like this bit:

 

"I knew I would get booed as that's what a lot of fans do," said Michael Owen, after his substitute appearance at St James' Park was accompanied by a chorus of catcalls. "But if they knew the facts, then they may have a different opinion."