Michael Owen anyone?

[King Emlyn]

Slightly torn on Owen these days, he was such a wonderful, wonderful player for us and you can't really blame him for joining Madrid and I can even forgive the Newcastle debacle because he panicked, but the Utd thing is unforgivable for any ex Liverpool player as far as I'm concerned. A real shame in some respects. I thought he was over complimentary about us on MOTD last night, maybe trying to weasel back into the good books? Wasting his time obviously, he's 100% finished here.

[fowler9]

Slightly torn on Owen these days, he was such a wonderful, wonderful player for us and you can't really blame him for joining Madrid and I can even forgive the Newcastle debacle because he panicked, but the Utd thing is unforgivable for any ex Liverpool player as far as I'm concerned. A real shame in some respects. I thought he was over complimentary about us on MOTD last night, maybe trying to weasel back into the good books? Wasting his time obviously, he's 100% finished here.

 

Its not the joining Madrid I blame him for, I mean Xabi is still my favourite player in the world but with Owen its the way he did it, insisting he was going to sign a new contract just days before leaving, the Newcastle move you can say he panicked but there is no way he would've ended up stuck at Madrid and I think it says a lot about his character joining Newcastle for a hell of a lot of money shortly after making a statement saying something along the lines of "my first choice is Liverpool but if that doesn't go through I'll join Newcastle but only on loan"

 

To be fair I was just about ready to stop hating him when he left Newcastle and thought the idea of bringing him back on a free wasn't the worst shout as we only had Ngog as back up to Torres at the time but then he went and joined the Mancs and has spouted plenty of shite since so fuck him

[Mathewbet1]

He's a fucking shite co-commentator. Superbad.

[dark train]

I like Owen I think he is funny and I have it on good account that his racehorses have a similar view of him.

[magicrat]

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To be fair I was just about ready to stop hating him when he left Newcastle and thought the idea of bringing him back on a free wasn't the worst shout as we only had Ngog as back up to Torres at the time but then he went and joined the Mancs and has spouted plenty of shite since so fuck him

 

 

I didn't give fuck when he joined the Mancs. By then he was finished as serious player . His move to Madrid finished him for me and I'm glad we didn't give him another chance . He could have been legend for Liverpool had he shown a bit more respect towards the club and its fans.

[xerxes]

A fantastic talent who lost his way, but is so rich, it doesn't really matter to him.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Bad shithouse, every fucker fucking hates him.

 

Owen, not xerxes.

[rubberduckstyle]

When he took the money and went to Newcastle I was finished with him. When he went to united I didn't want him here so it would have been hypocritical of me to be arsed but still took great pleasure telling him just how much of a cunt he was as he warmed up in front of me the day he came back with united and we beat them 2 nil. And what's with the cunts accent on MOTD last night? Couldn't stand listening to the waffle out of him. To think people still wanted him back after 3 years at united truly baffles me.

[Russ Atmosphere]

The Deeside Diazepam.

[spider-neil]

Owen is from the Ray Wilkins school of commentary in that he simply says what he sees and doesn't offer up any meaningful opinion one way or the other. Boring as fuck.

[s(k)aturation]

A fantastic talent who lost his way, but is so rich, it doesn't really matter to him.

 

That balding Serbian bloke who played half a game for us in the League Cup against Northamption is rich.

 

Not difficult in footy thesedays, xerx, my good man.

[JohnnyH]

Once we sacked Houllier then Owen was well within his rights to look elsewhere. Yes, he’d intimated he’d sign a new contract, but as the manager he’d suggested he’d be willing to continue playing under was now gone, he was of course going to re-consider. He’d always said he wanted to test himself abroad, so you can see how that timing made sense to him. I don’t blame him or mind the move to Real and I think it’s unfair to through at him that he said he’d stay and then left. There was a lot more to it than that.

 

The move to Newcastle was as much us continuing our shit level of “play the long game” as it was Owens nervousness of being stuck for another season on the Real bench. We could and probably should have been more decisive. Maybe Owen could have been stronger and waited it out, but I can understand his worry.

 

At this point, I still liked the fella, as I always thought he had a much harder time at Liverpool from fans then he deserved. He’d signed a number of contracts with us when he was the hottest striker in Europe and could have gone anywhere, yet we still gave much more love to other people with half his production rate. Football fans love a gobshite. Look at the love Andy Carroll got throughout his short career here despite ripping the piss out of the fans with his shite performances over the first 12 months. I still like Owen, and would have had him back on a free.

 

Then he joined Man Utd, and the little rat faced fucking prick can rot in a huge vat of diarrhoea. You just don’t do that. Ever. Twat. However, in hindsight I’m actually glad he did as it has been hysterical to see him waste away there. He has that league winners medal that will only ever remind him of all the bad decisions he made. I’d not be surprised if that medal was dumped in a sock drawer in the spare room.

 

A footballer of his talent and record who’s welcome nowhere where he actually achieved things is exactly what he deserves.

[fowler9]

Once we sacked Houllier then Owen was well within his rights to look elsewhere. Yes, he’d intimated he’d sign a new contract, but as the manager he’d suggested he’d be willing to continue playing under was now gone, he was of course going to re-consider. He’d always said he wanted to test himself abroad, so you can see how that timing made sense to him. I don’t blame him or mind the move to Real and I think it’s unfair to through at him that he said he’d stay and then left. There was a lot more to it than that.

 

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The way I remember it it was actually within days of him leaving that he appeared on skysports saying he was signing the new contract

[The Acolyte]

The fact he never even gave Rafa (who had won more Spanish titles than the then R. Madrid manager) a chance to turn the team around, leaving us with just Baros as a proper recognised striker is winds me up the most.

[Antynwa]

I remember the story was that Benitez sat Owen down and asked him if he was signing his contract. He said he was.

 

Benitez then asked him why his agent was touting him all over Europe then told him to get to fuck.

[Mathewbet1]

He's ok apart from being a welsh horse shagging judus midget boring queef-tard.

[Skidfingers McGonical]

Once we sacked Houllier then Owen was well within his rights to look elsewhere. Yes, he’d intimated he’d sign a new contract, but as the manager he’d suggested he’d be willing to continue playing under was now gone, he was of course going to re-consider. He’d always said he wanted to test himself abroad, so you can see how that timing made sense to him. I don’t blame him or mind the move to Real and I think it’s unfair to through at him that he said he’d stay and then left. There was a lot more to it than that.

 

The move to Newcastle was as much us continuing our shit level of “play the long game” as it was Owens nervousness of being stuck for another season on the Real bench. We could and probably should have been more decisive. Maybe Owen could have been stronger and waited it out, but I can understand his worry.

 

At this point, I still liked the fella, as I always thought he had a much harder time at Liverpool from fans then he deserved. He’d signed a number of contracts with us when he was the hottest striker in Europe and could have gone anywhere, yet we still gave much more love to other people with half his production rate. Football fans love a gobshite. Look at the love Andy Carroll got throughout his short career here despite ripping the piss out of the fans with his shite performances over the first 12 months. I still like Owen, and would have had him back on a free.

 

Then he joined Man Utd, and the little rat faced fucking prick can rot in a huge vat of diarrhoea. You just don’t do that. Ever. Twat. However, in hindsight I’m actually glad he did as it has been hysterical to see him waste away there. He has that league winners medal that will only ever remind him of all the bad decisions he made. I’d not be surprised if that medal was dumped in a sock drawer in the spare room.

 

A footballer of his talent and record who’s welcome nowhere where he actually achieved things is exactly what he deserves.

 

Haha! Boss post that Johnny. It was like adoring a past love then a total flip when you realised how much of a slag she proved to be.

 

Beautiful.

[Magic Sponge]

Has anybody told him yet that there is a good chance that he's eat one of his own horses?

[Guest LFD]

The way I remember it it was actually within days of him leaving that he appeared on skysports saying he was signing the new contract

 

Yeah he did.

 

He kept doing it for years before he left. Saying he was happy and no problem about signing a new deal, then he fucked us over. The club who had developed him into the player he was.

 

He's a cunt!

[Bjornebye]

Once we sacked Houllier then Owen was well within his rights to look elsewhere. Yes, he’d intimated he’d sign a new contract, but as the manager he’d suggested he’d be willing to continue playing under was now gone, he was of course going to re-consider. He’d always said he wanted to test himself abroad, so you can see how that timing made sense to him. I don’t blame him or mind the move to Real and I think it’s unfair to through at him that he said he’d stay and then left. There was a lot more to it than that.

 

The move to Newcastle was as much us continuing our shit level of “play the long game” as it was Owens nervousness of being stuck for another season on the Real bench. We could and probably should have been more decisive. Maybe Owen could have been stronger and waited it out, but I can understand his worry.

 

At this point, I still liked the fella, as I always thought he had a much harder time at Liverpool from fans then he deserved. He’d signed a number of contracts with us when he was the hottest striker in Europe and could have gone anywhere, yet we still gave much more love to other people with half his production rate. Football fans love a gobshite. Look at the love Andy Carroll got throughout his short career here despite ripping the piss out of the fans with his shite performances over the first 12 months. I still like Owen, and would have had him back on a free.

 

Then he joined Man Utd, and the little rat faced fucking prick can rot in a huge vat of diarrhoea. You just don’t do that. Ever. Twat. However, in hindsight I’m actually glad he did as it has been hysterical to see him waste away there. He has that league winners medal that will only ever remind him of all the bad decisions he made. I’d not be surprised if that medal was dumped in a sock drawer in the spare room.

 

A footballer of his talent and record who’s welcome nowhere where he actually achieved things is exactly what he deserves.

 

he hangs that medal backwards off his favourite horse when he stands on a stool to bum it.

[Dr Nowt]

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Been a long time since I've been able to let myself watch these goals.

 

What we wouldn't give today for a player like he was then.

 

£20M on Keane.

£35M on Carroll.

£11 on Borini.

 

Frightening, the below cost us nowt combined.

 

McManaman, Fowler, Owen, Gerrard, Carragher. Where we'd be without them doesn't even bear thinking about.