Michael Owen (now retired)

[Belfast Mags]

It's actually quite hard to describe just how much I dislike this little cunt 

[bhoywhonder]

 

I have played for Real Madrid and it is a magical experience. You are playing in that lovely white kit.

 

You float like you are an angel out on to that pitch. The Bernabéu is the best stadium in the world. I felt like a king.

 

 

"And when I slinked out, no-one noticed. I floated like an angel out of that place, albeit an angel who had ran out the room when everyone was looking out the window. It was a magical barely-remembered experience. I bought a horse - 'Chestnut' - the best horse in the world, she made me feel like a king, it was a magical horse-bonding experience.....I joined Northcastle, You are playing in that lovely black and blue kit. At the best stadium in the world, St James's Field I floated like a turd on that pitch, it was a magical money-laden experience".

 

 

 

Madrid is the capital of Spain

 

And no matter what else can be levelled at the man, you can't argue with him there.

[wacko]

But this is Real Madrid we are talking about. Before I went there, Jamie Carragher said to me: “Oh, you’ll never get a game, Ronaldo will be playing, Raul will be playing.” My answer was simple: “But it’s Real Madrid.”

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And he was right

 

It never fails to give me a nice, warm feeling inside when I think about how he fucked off to Real for a pittance, and kept their bench warm while his teammates of the previous 8 years went on to win the Champions League.

 

[LRD]

Must have shattered him seeing Liverpool lift the trophy and missing out on a CL medal.

[TRon]

 

 

 

"And when I slinked out, no-one noticed. I floated like an angel out of that place, albeit an angel who had ran out the room when everyone was looking out the window. It was a magical barely-remembered experience. I bought a horse - 'Chestnut' - the best horse in the world, she made me feel like a king, it was a magical horse-bonding experience.....I joined Northcastle, You are playing in that lovely black and blue kit. At the best stadium in the world, St James's Field I floated like a turd on that pitch, it was a magical money-laden experience".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Village Idiot]

To be fair to Owen, his minutes/goal ratio while at RM was the best in the squad. Going by form, he should have been a starter but he wasn't nee Ronaldo or Raúl (who was already in decline and coasting on his status within the club).

 

That's why I thought you had staged an amazing coup when you signed him.

[BrettNUFC]

To be fair to Owen, his minutes/goal ratio while at RM was the best in the squad. Going by form, he should have been a starter but he wasn't nee Ronaldo or Raúl (who was already in decline and coasting on his status within the club).

 

That's why I thought you had staged an amazing coup when you signed him.

 

Injuries/attitude cost him here, not his ability. He could have been a coup if he arrived here with the right mentality.

[wacko]

Aye, but he lost his bottle permanently in 2001, and he was only ever interested in Michael Owen, England, horses and Michael Owen.

[Toon Hoser]

michael owen ‏@themichaelowen  8m

 

Just ran over a rabbit. Devastated.

 

[Guest elbee909]

michael owen ‏@themichaelowen  8m

 

Just ran over a rabbit. Devastated.

 

 

Hopefully he didn't manage to injure himself in the process.

[JH]

A shame it wasn't the other way round.

[Ameritoon]

Must've heard his banter and decided suicide was the best option

[Guest bimpy474]

michael owen ‏@themichaelowen  8m

 

Just ran over a rabbit. Devastated.

 

 

Bet the rabbit is devastated, deadastated i would think.

[Ronaldo]

A shame it wasn't the other way round.

 

[Guest]

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTz1ZIE4L9t63L-egMG4o5mnheN4j7rbjj34ZL7HARam66vx7dk

[Dr Colossus]

Must've heard his banter and decided suicide was the best option

 

"Dual carriageway? Can't wait, played in a few of those."

[Ronaldo]

Scored in one, too. In fact, he can't remember if he scored 1 or a hat trick that day.

[alexf]

The thread title

This going to be like the Thatcher thread then?

[Dave]

http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,66337.msg4616734.html#msg4616734

 

[newsted]

[Belfast Mags]

Gotta say Oakie's stone cold line two down from Daves post was fucking awesome 

[Dave]

Thought you hated this prick already?

 

Think again.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2477644/Michael-Owen-defends-Newcastle-United-owner-Mike-Ashley.html

Newcastle’s record signing Michael Owen has defended the performance of under-fire owner Mike Ashley ahead of Sunday’s North-East derby at Sunderland.

 

Owen, who spent four years on Tyneside following a £16million move from Real Madrid, believes Ashley has scored ‘par’ at St James’ Park. He says fans who demonstrated against Ashley last weekend should have realistic expectations about a club of Newcastle’s size.

 

Owen admits he didn’t have a single proper conversation with Ashley during their two years together at Newcastle after Sir John Hall and Freddie Shepherd sold the club in 2007.

 

But the former England striker still thinks the Sports Direct multi-millionaire has achieved more than he gets credited for from a set of fans who have consistently shown their dislike for him.

 

Owen says: ‘When people talk about a club of Newcastle’s size, yes it’s a big stage with a big following but they aren’t used to winning trophies every year, are they?

 

‘It depends how you quantify a big club — they aren’t steeped in history in terms of winning the league dozens of times or anything like that.

 

‘I look at them now and see an established Premier League team who you don’t look at and think are going to go down. That could be classified as success in itself.

 

‘OK, they have had the heady heights of qualifying for the Champions League in the past but they have also flirted with relegation and been relegated. To be midway in the Premier League, they are doing fine. I’d say a par score for Mike Ashley.

 

‘He bought Newcastle and put money into the club. They had a fantastic season two years ago, flying high and spending really wisely in the French market. Last season was a bit of a low. This year they’ve been inconsistent.

 

‘We know times have changed from a decade ago when they were the great entertainers and  thousands of fans turned up to welcome big-money signings. It’s a more sensible ship now.’

 

By his own admission, Owen’s career went into decline at Newcastle after he signed from Real Madrid when he was one of the world’s top strikers, in 2005.

 

Four injury-interrupted years later, he left on a free transfer having failed to score in the club’s final 11 games as they plunged into the Championship. ‘I’d had injuries and wasn’t the same player they’d signed four years before,’ he admits. Many fans treated him with suspicion — an outsider who flew into training by helicopter. The same feeling is now aimed at the so-called London Mafia: Ashley, director of football Joe Kinnear and, to a lesser extent, manager Alan Pardew.

 

‘I only saw Mike once or twice at the training ground in two years — that was it. He seemed a nice chap, smiled and said hello. But I never sat down and had a conversation with him,’ said Owen.

 

‘Geordies are Geordies, they like their own. They either want a big name like Kevin Keegan or a local hero like Alan Shearer. Kinnear was a surprise appointment as manager when I was there, and when he came back as director of football. You can only assume Mike Ashley and his team want to surround themselves with people they know.’

 

Kinnear’s appointment was met by widespread astonishment when Owen and the Newcastle players were told about it by Chris Hughton, who had taken temporary charge of the team for a month.

 

Owen probably did not learn a lot about the game from Kinnear compared with Gerard Houllier or Sir Alex Ferguson. But he says diplomatically: ‘There was nothing about him that was confrontational to the players like there was to the Press!’ [Kinnear famously issued a torrent of swear words to journalists during one Press conference.]

 

Compared to the travails at Sunderland, who are bottom of the table without a win and whose new manager Gus Poyet started with a 4-0 stuffing at Swansea, Ashley’s garden at Newcastle does indeed look rosy.

 

Owen thinks today’s result depends on which Newcastle turn up. ‘The worst performance I’ve seen all season was their first half against Everton. Then they beat Cardiff in their next game and did well against Liverpool with 10 men.

 

‘Newcastle have got the ability if you catch them on the right day.’

 

 

[Cajun]

What a cunt, can't wait until the thread title needs changing.

[Dave]

Cliché bingo.

[Interpolic]

Christ.