Michael Owen

[Wor Horse]

Apparently on his way back to LFC on a pay as you play contract

 

This is going on what someone who apparently knows a few of the players has said and its meant to be done in the next 7 days.

 

Would you welcome this?

[RazorBack]

I'd say it's a good thing if it's true. Now we can sign big players!

[GUS]

If it's pay as you play we have nothing to lose.

 

The only problem is, as I remember it, whenever Owen used to come back from an injury it would usually take him 5 or 6 games to get his touch back and start scoring. He probably isn't going to get any runs of games. Or at least I hope he doesn't as that will mean Torres or Gerrard have picked up a bad injury.

[Red Banjo]

Oh no not again, another Owen thread....

 

 

Move. On.

[RedinSweden]

It would hardly thrill me, not because of any history with him, but be´cause I think he is fading fat. A move back to liverpool might reignite something in him, but I am sceptical. i wouldn't be against it, certainly not on those terms, but I would not be gutted if it didn't happen. Hence "not arsed"

[ToxtethTerror]

The choice is Owen or N Gog, simple. I'd take the LFC legend.

[TommyW]

Owen wont take pay as you play with us when he could get 80k a week elsewhere

 

keep dreaming lads

[hamstrung]

Even as someone who likes Owen, I'd be completely underwhelmed.

[Spy Bee]

Pay as you go contract would be okay. He's got a lot to prove, but usually he comes back with the answers. Might thrive with quality around him.

[Jose Jones]

I was a yes in Jan, now I think he's almost too broken. Also it's probably not worth the hassle. I think that makes me can't be arsed.

[Ian Sea]

We do need to bring in a striker and if we could get Owen on a free then it would allow us to spend our limited budget on other areas. He has got a lot to prove though but as Spy Bee says above, he usually comes back with answers.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if Owen proves a lot of people wrong next season when he's away from Newcastle, and it would be ace if he does that with us.

[House of Dirk]

No, he is finished

[Red Phoenix]

We do need to bring in a striker and if we could get Owen on a free then it would allow us to spend our limited budget on other areas. He has got a lot to prove though but as Spy Bee says above, he usually comes back with answers.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if Owen proves a lot of people wrong next season when he's away from Newcastle, and it would be ace if he does that with us.

 

Agreed with this, and have been confused at people saying he's shite now when he's just played for a team that got relegated. Newcastle were a shambles all over the pitch so it's not like he was getting any decent service. If he had our team to supply him he'd probably look completely different to what he did at Newcastle.

[Jose Jones]

Agreed with this, and have been confused at people saying he's shite now when he's just played for a team that got relegated. Newcastle were a shambles all over the pitch so it's not like he was getting any decent service. If he had our team to supply him he'd probably look completely different to what he did at Newcastle.

 

Back in the day, and I'm thinking the day he scored 4 against Nottingham Forest here, he wouldn't have needed supply. Anytime he picked up the ball he looked likely to score. That was 10 years ago now, he's a shadow of that former self really.

[greenoak]

If free and not massive wages - I say yes

 

He wont be made to play 90 mins a week. A super sub could be just what he needs.

 

He may look finished, but he was at newcash. He is 30ish? hardly old

[Carra_is_legend]

We do need to bring in a striker and if we could get Owen on a free then it would allow us to spend our limited budget on other areas. He has got a lot to prove though but as Spy Bee says above, he usually comes back with answers.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if Owen proves a lot of people wrong next season when he's away from Newcastle, and it would be ace if he does that with us.

 

If he comes back, I hope you turn out right. He looks like a broken man to me and I'm worried he hasn't got the same motivation anymore. May be coming back to LFC will bring the motivation back.

 

I won't be dead against his move and I have nothing against the lad but I won't be jumping with joy.

[RedinSweden]

The choice is Owen or N Gog, simple. I'd take the LFC legend.

 

Don't you mean "If the choice is..."?

 

Unless you think that the only striker we are allowed to sign this summer is Owen.

[James H]

I don't think he's good enough anymore but on those terms it's worth the gamble.

[Dicko]

Owen has got a shit first touch, and now doesn't have the pace to recover.

Utterly pointless signing.

 

If any of this were true, which it isn't.

[paddyberger15]

If he does return, which he wont, then instead of having a squad number, the back of his shirt should read 'OWEN more threads than the Bayeux Tapestry'

[Antynwa]

Michael Owen, pay as you play.

 

You would be absolutely stupid and moronic to turn it down. Fowler was much more of a gamble than Michael Owen.

[Lucky Pierre]

I think he is fading fat.

Not nice, that!

[Dermot]

In a heartbeat, maybe I am just being overly optimistic but I think Owen looked finished as he was in a poor Newcastle team.

 

If he returns he will be used sparingly which will allow him to get fit and stay fit. I also think he will have the extra motivation of wanting to repay us for walking out on us and also proving to the world that he is not washed up.

[Moo]

Voted yes.

On a free with minimal wages + pay as you play, what's not to like?

[RedinSweden]

Not nice, that!

 

harsh, but fair. that's me.