Ronaldo Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 He didn't start in that game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Think Ronaldo is only taking games that Owen 'started', rather than super sub appearances he scored in. EDIT: I'll giggs myself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 his starts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MW Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 ah right thought u just meant in general. bollocks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chubby Jason Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Deliberately vague in order to draw you into a response so he can shoot it down. Vintage Ronaldo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Watch his one on one miss against Pompey in the relegation season. A goal that had he scored, would have probably kept us in the division. World class finisher my fucking arse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chubby Jason Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 It's shame cos we pulled out all the stops in that game. Fat pissed opera singer and all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Deliberately vague in order to draw you into a response so he can shoot it down. Vintage Ronaldo. This is true, I was waiting for it as soon as I saw what was written. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Deliberately vague in order to draw you into a response so he can shoot it down. Vintage Ronaldo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MW Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Deliberately vague in order to draw you into a response so he can shoot it down. Vintage Ronaldo. This is true, I was waiting for it as soon as I saw what was written. got totally sucked in. wanted him to be wrong saw my chance at fame Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Think Ronaldo is only taking games that Owen 'started', rather than super sub appearances he scored in. Shush... let him get in a few condescending "no it isn't" responses first! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Owen: "I can still break England's goalscoring record." http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1010298/michael-owen:-i-can-break-bobby-charlton's-england-scoring-record?cc=5901 :lol: You have to get into the team first Michael.....fool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Deliberately vague in order to draw you into a response so he can shoot it down. Vintage Ronaldo. There was nowt remotely vague about what I initially said, like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Despite he comes across as quite arrogant in that, it's an interesting read. Michael Owen admits teenage injury shaped his whole career It feels like Michael Owen is creating a contemporary, eminently more sensible re-enactment of that famous George Best story. The one where the Northern Irishman is lying in a penthouse suite, flanked by a couple of Miss World contenders, champagne flutes and fifty pound notes, only to be asked: "Where did it all go wrong?" For Owen, the bevy of beauties are Royal Ascot winners. The bubbly cracks open at his multi-million pound stables in Cheshire and the personal fortune is wrapped up in a sound investment. Best and Owen took different routes to premature peaks and troughs, but one cannot help but form a similar perception of what might have been, At 18, Owen seemed destined to be the most prolific striker in England history. At 32 he refers to his heights "eight to 10 years ago" and talks enthusiastically about being a squad player at Manchester United, hoping for a chance from the bench in the title run-in. If his contract is not renewed at the end of the season and no top-level club make an offer, that might be the end of his career. His achievements remain exceptional, but personal ambitions shifted because of injury; a specific injury. April 12, 1999: Owen tore a hamstring for the first time playing for Liverpool at Leeds. Aged 19, his blistering pace lost its throttle. "Getting that massive injury at Leeds has probably changed and shaped my whole career," said Owen. "Since I was 19, I've been compromised. If I did that now, it would be surgically repaired like it's brand new. I wouldn't even know I had an injury. Back then you just let it go. "I basically run on two hamstrings on my right leg and three on the other. I'm losing a third of the power. If I hadn't done that, 90 per cent of the other injuries wouldn't have happened. I would have been the all-time leading scorer for England. "In the meantime I've won the European Player of the Year and a load of trophies while compromised. I could look back on my career like everyone with 'what if this or what if that?'. If I'd still been in one piece from the 1998 World Cup and gone through my career, what type of player would I have been? "Some people think I was blighted with injuries, but I've played hundreds of games. Part of me thinks I've been the luckiest person in the world, too. I've played for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle, Man United, got 90-odd caps for England, 40-odd goals. I don't need to work again, got four great kids. I'm not that unlucky." In his youth, Owen resisted efforts to rest him. He recognises this is partially to blame for his later setbacks. "God, b----- hell, yeah," he says. "When Gerard Houllier was saying I couldn't play every game, I'd say I'll rest when I'm 30. He was probably right, wasn't he? "You want to play in every game. I was always the best player at every age since I was seven. I was in every youth tournament, playing for England Under-18s when I was 15, for the county under-11s when I was seven, always playing above my age. "Steven Gerrard benefited when we were breaking through because, although he was phenomenal at 14, he couldn't stay fit. That was the biggest blessing in disguise for him for a longer career at the top without massive injuries. I was ready-made to play a higher level when I was young but I paid the price." Owen, previously the dour teenage superstar, is now the affable senior pro. Once, any question to him had to be cleared by his advisers and each answer approved. Now, he takes on the trolls on Twitter and weeps publicly when his horses, such as Brown Panther, win at Ascot. Those who knew him best always felt the shield damaged as much as it protected. "Maybe I was bit a sheltered. It's very uncommon for someone so young, and maybe as good as I was, to be in the spotlight," he admits. "If you're a goalscorer, you have to have a certain attitude. I'm very serious. My missus thinks I'm a bit weird. I'm cold, I don't have many emotions. It's very rare I cry. With Brown Panther I had a tear in my eye but I don't think I had cried in about 20 years. "If you look at anyone at the top of their profession, there has to be something a little bit different. You have to be driven, cold, hard and mentally tough as iron. When I was at the top eight to ten years ago, I had more quirks. My wife thinks I've mellowed. I was tough to live with, very on edge. My wife would go into a different room, I was so fired up on a match day. I was volatile. "I'd take it out on the ones I love. My mum used to get it in the neck and so did my wife. I never did that with my dad, maybe because I was trying to impress him most." The intensity has mellowed, but the ambition has not. Racing is a passion rather than distraction and he will play on given the right offer. "If no one wanted me, I wouldn't drop down the leagues," he said. "I want to stay at the top level. I want to play on for a couple of years, but not at the expense of dropping down. "I'll explore all the options. I've done my first coaching badges just in case I fancy management. Media might interest me. Gary Neville is a breath of fresh air and has almost encouraged me to do it. I get excited when it's half-time now because he is so intelligent and brings something new." Owen is fit enough to sprint again. His career deserves to end with a brisk gallop rather than a lame finish. Michael Owen was speaking at the launch of a three-year partnership between Manor House Stables and Trinity Elite, a lifestyle-driven tax, accounting and wealth management specialist for high-net-worth individuals, sports stars and successful entrepreneurs based in Hale, Cheshire. http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_michael-owen-admits-teenage-injury-shaped-his-whole-career_1672285 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Boo hoo, Shearer broke his leg and still had a great career. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 He comes across appallingly, he now takes refuge in his past by bugging himself up then because today he plays about five games per season. He doesn't need to go on, just retire and go live in the stables Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho Time Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 My heart bleeds for the little cunt. He's never cared about anything apart from money, horses and England. In that order. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 What a crock of shit that article is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/horse-racing/13800982 That video sums up where Owen's interests are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Fucking hate him, can't wait for his retirement at the end of this season when no one wants him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 He's been teasing this heel turn for years, and he's finally went full throttle with it. Get in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggs Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Best and Owen should never be mentioned in the same sentence tbh unless the dwarf was sleeping on a park bench Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ToonZA Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Fucking hate him, can't wait for his retirement at the end of this season when no one wants him. Managed to forget he exists, until now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Well, at least he can now add 'can sprint again' to his next brochure. Bellend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Was struggling to find on YouTube his return to SJP when he came on as sub in the 0-0 for Man Utd... Has it been removed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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