Comments on: The Curious Case Of Michael Owen

By: chris porter

chris porter — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:59:55 +0000

owen back to liverpool would be a good deal.
first, tores needs a strike partner.
Second gerrard needs to play midfield he also said he has the same telepathy with owen as with tores.
Third if things do not work out they could sell him in january taking a large profit.

By: Gaffer73

Gaffer73 — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:21:48 +0000

Owen is finished, well, he’s finished at the top level anyway, i.e. the ‘Big 4, Champions League and International football for England. He is too one-dimensional and doesn’t fit into the modern game now, especially when there are better players around, e.g. Liverpool have Torres and Gerrard and England have Rooney and Gerrard, and the likes of Heskey and others to help out. You have to build a team around Owen and quite frankly, with his injury record, its just not worth the gamble. He also hasn’t scored against the Big 4 in ages too. He’s finished, it’s over – and Liverpool should NEVER bring him back. They won’t anyway.

By: Owen 10

Owen 10 — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:49:01 +0000

Owen Back To Liverpool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: lee

lee — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:00:34 +0000

please get Owen back to Liverpool this summer I feel so sorry for him. Hes on 89 caps he should get his 100 caps for England its really sad if he dont get that chance again!

By: Gervillian Swike

Gervillian Swike — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:15:13 +0000

There’s no doubting Owen’s talent, but his form was never “great” at Liverpool. At a time when Van Nistelrooy, Henry, Shearer and even Kevin Phillips were scorin thirty a season, Owen never hit more than 20 – and the style of play that had to be in place to support him meant that he didn’t offer a huge amount more to the team. He took a gamble at Real, it didn’t come off; Newcastle basically gave him no choice by succeeding with the same tactic that failed with their bid for Wayne Rooney a year previously – overbidding to a selling club, and taking every other potential bidder out (including the club he wanted to sign for – Liverpool).

If Newcastle haven’t had the return out of him that they paid for, well that’s tough. They shouldn’t have effectively forced his hand in the first instance. The top four won’t be interested in Owen next season, and unless he drops his wages significantly, I can’t imagine any other club affording him (except City, and they can get anyone else they like). We could have the bizarre sight next year of Owen playing championship football – or no football at all. It is sad, really.

By: Jofrad

Jofrad — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:36:55 +0000

Hindsight is a wonderful thing but I’ll bet he wishes he stayed at Liverpool. I agree he was a great player at Anfield, one of Liverpool’s own. He thought he could do better but he was wrong and Liverpool weren’t prepared to pay Â£10m more than they sold him for to take him back a year later.
Still, his career is not over, it will be interesting to see if he can regain top form and avoid regular injuries. Good luck to him.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:39:14 +0000

Owen was blinded by the prospect of Champions’ League glory at Real Madrid. You have to remember that when he joined Madrid they probably were the best club in the world. They won the CL in 2002 and were semi finalists the year after. The year before Owen joined they won the Spanish league. He wasn’t to know that Florentino Perez’s project would begin to unravel soon after he joined. With all due respect to Liverpool, no-one thought they would challenge for, let alone win the CL at the time Owen left for Madrid.

By: NormW

NormW — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:38:09 +0000

Owen seems highly injury prone but I wonder if it’s something specific to Newcastle. Look at the scores of other Magpies who are missing through injury. I think it’s about time the Newcastle management took at long hard look at the reasons why most of their best players spend more time on th einjured list than actually playing – no I don’t think it’s because the players get very well paid even if they are injured – the players are honest, they’re just exceedingly fragile

By: Neil Jones

Neil Jones — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:34:23 +0000

Strange one Owen. A lot of Liverpool fans don’t really give him the reverence he deserves. It’s easy to forget how excellent he was at Liverpool (even at Real Madrid, considering his lack of chances). He should be regarded as one of Liverpool’s all time greats anyway, but most fans I know would opt for Fowler or Torres before Owen from the modern generation. Shame.

As for Newcastle. I think they will go down to be honest. Tough run of games. Owen will need to be at more than his best if he is to save them. Tall order for me.

By: Jofrad

Jofrad — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:55:17 +0000

When Michael Owen, by his own choice, left Liverpool for Real Madrid he stated that he was joining the best club in the world. Wrong wrong wrong, its been downhill all the way since.
If he’d stayed at The ‘Pool he’d have a CL medal under his belt and injuries or no injuries he would have ended up an all time Liverpool great (like Steven Gerrard).