MICHAEL OWEN BROCHURE

[Toxteth O'Grady]

I met Michael Owen once.

When I say 'met' I looked over and nodded to him.

It was in the GU Unit of The Royal back in about 1997.

I'd caught something nasty, from memory her name was Laura.

Seems like he did too.

I doubt it was from the same girl.

Mind, she was from Waterloo, so you never know.

[Bjornebye]

19 minutes ago, dave u said:

 

The best bit about that was when the guy made some reference to the fucking mansion he was in being a result of playing for Liverpool, Madrid and United and Owen just said "no that was Newcastle." Funny as fuck.

I laughed at that as well. Honest enough. Fuck sake wish we’d kept him 

[Ron B]

11 hours ago, El Rojo said:

We absolutely ran him into the ground. 

 

The way we used Bajectic last season suggests that we might not have fully learned our lesson there. 

Didn’t Bajectic played 19 games last season. Not sure how many minutes but he surely didn’t complete half of those matches. Not quite Owen-esque yet. 

[bossy]

I still have a soft spot for the divvie. Probably a case of too much too young for him.

[Megadrive Man]

11 hours ago, El Rojo said:

We absolutely ran him into the ground. 

 

The way we used Bajectic last season suggests that we might not have fully learned our lesson there. 

 

I've never really bought in to that argument.

 

You could argue that somebody like James Milner was absolutely ran in to the ground but he's still going 20 years later.

 

Some sports stars just aren't physically cut out to last. I actually think with Owen if we'd used him sparingly, we'd have missed his best years.

 

Another thing that people never really think about is that in many ways he left us at the right time because he was never going to be suited to the way that Rafa Benitez wanted to play. 

[Street Preacher]

1 hour ago, Megadrive Man said:

 

I've never really bought in to that argument.

 

You could argue that somebody like James Milner was absolutely ran in to the ground but he's still going 20 years later.

 

Some sports stars just aren't physically cut out to last. I actually think with Owen if we'd used him sparingly, we'd have missed his best years.

 

Another thing that people never really think about is that in many ways he left us at the right time because he was never going to be suited to the way that Rafa Benitez wanted to play. 

I used to think it was a bad idea playing youngsters too much too soon but from what I've read the evidence doesn't back it up. Some players have their peak in early on and some later. We definitely got the very best out of Owen and like you say, if we hadn't have played him that much we would probably have missed out. 

 

[Lee909]

Don't think it was too many games with Owen but rushing him back to often. And probably damaging his physical development. 

[CapeRed]

6 hours ago, Lee909 said:

Don't think it was too many games with Owen but rushing him back to often. And probably damaging his physical development. 

Yip He had a hamstring injury and I think they rushed him back too soon with the result that he never fully recovered and lost that speed he had.

[kemskem]

18 hours ago, Arniepie said:

yep me 2.

Utterly stole it and payback for 89.

a magical day.

 

there is certainly an argument he was never feted the way fowler was. 

I actually never looked at it that way… Nice.

[VladimirIlyich]

10 hours ago, Megadrive Man said:

 

I've never really bought in to that argument.

 

You could argue that somebody like James Milner was absolutely ran in to the ground but he's still going 20 years later.

 

Some sports stars just aren't physically cut out to last. I actually think with Owen if we'd used him sparingly, we'd have missed his best years.

 

Another thing that people never really think about is that in many ways he left us at the right time because he was never going to be suited to the way that Rafa Benitez wanted to play. 

I think it's important to realise how much criticism,some of it justified,Milner took during the earlier part of his career. His versatility, consistency and longevity took most of his career to be appreciated. He also found a way to compensate for his later lack of pace (I seem to recall him being a quick wide midfielder or even defender at first?) A lot like great players of the past like Barnes did. Milner matured while Owen soured.

[joeyk]

18 hours ago, Arniepie said:

yep me 2.

Utterly stole it and payback for 89.

a magical day.

 

there is certainly an argument he was never feted the way fowler was. 

 

Payback kind of started a little earlier, in 1992...

 

 

[Curly]

19 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

Because Fowler was one of us. 

And he was better when he first burst onto the scene I think too. Certainly more goals per season I reckon 

[VladimirIlyich]

20 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

Because Fowler was one of us. 

A multi millionaire property developer? You haven't half come up in the world lately,mate.

[Curly]

I loved Owen - was such a good time

when he came through - he was so exciting - aggressive, quick, beat a man, finishing. Proper footballer

 

I never really hated him for going to United either. We had declined to take him back when he made it clear it’s what he wanted, so what’s he meant to do?

 

He’s bang on about Stevie here too…

 

 

[polymerpunkah]

He could have gone down with Newcastle and brought them back up.