Kenny Dalglish Won't Be Delivering the Module: English Premiership 2011-12

Different class altogether. In a few years, Owen will be just be some guy who scored a lot of goals, like Les Ferdinand or Bob Latchford or som'b'dy.

― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Friday, 18 May 2012 10:45 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

How very dare you.

― Michael Jones, Friday, 18 May 2012 10:48 (1 hour ago) Bookmark

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sir les was way better than drogba grumble grumble

I feel bad for Owen because I always liked him, but he's such an easy target for some reason. He always gives the impression of being incredibly slow-witted. I'm trying to imagine going for a few drinks with him, and failing. I bet Fowler'd be more fun.

xpost any excuse to watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsFX2a626OE

i wonder what owen's career would be like now if rafa hadnt refused him after madrid (and if he hadnt had the wc injury obv)

It's quite sad reading him say in a recent interview that his best years were his teens, and he's been operating on 2/3rds power ever since because of a botched hamstring operation.

lol crooksy goes for the black striker every single time no matter what, if it was a little finish he'd have said ian wright darren bent

otm there though

Sturridge had 3 goals since Jan iirc. And NEVER passes the fucking ball.

― pandemic, Friday, 18 May 2012 11:19 (43 minutes ago) Bookmark

what's defoe like at passing? oh yeah wait it's completely irrelevant.

― r|t|c, Friday, May 18, 2012 11:04 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Bollocks!
Sturridge plays on the right most of the time. Knowing when to pass the ball pretty important imo.

once again, he is a pure striker plonked out on the wing

I have a book of all Tottenham players and the Crooksy entry begins by recalling that someone called him "BLACK MAGIC IN THE BOX".

Fjortoft, however, does have his doubts about Solskjaer accepting the job as he said: "Not sure Solskjaer will go for this. Champions League with Molde and always one who likes to end what he is starting. But hey! It's Premier League."

Martin Tyler should adopt the last four words as his new catchphrase

Peak period Fowler, Shearer, Sheringham, Ferdinand, Owen, Cole, even fucking Ian Wright would be able to walk straight into the current first XI without even being particularly challenged. Every single one of them. Chris Sutton in his Norwich or Blackburn days probably wouldn't have much trouble either.

Collymore

Owen, lost pace or not, basically shanked his own career by being too lazy/egotistical to go to a club where he cd've played regularly. fuck the self-regarding cunt imo.

He went to Newcastle and was shite.

Did Owen and Shearer ever play together at Newcastle? Shearer's presence was supposed to be the big persuasive factor but I don't think they did.

it kinda seems that way, but: fag-end houllier liverpool were the pits and then madrid come calling, what you gonna do? and then newcastle he didnt have a single other option

united was a cunt's move tho yes

Celtic next, according to various Internet crackpots.

I enjoyed his quote that the Championship wasn't really an option

i was thinking specifically of the United move tbh, he was crocked a lot at Newcastle wasn't he?

oh hang on, not according to his brochure

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I think we need a closed season thread title discussion round about now.

"The Championship is not an option"

?

owen said that

He played loads at Newcastle, especially in the last couple of years, he just wasn't very good. I doubt he exactly got much service in that team but still.

xp i know - it was a thread title suggestion

Owen scored 1-in-3 in the two Newcastle seasons he played a decent number of games in. Round about what you'd expect from a slightly-past-his-prime player in a shite team.

Yup, that'll do nicely.

Need to wait 'til the 4th CL spot is sewn up though.

but it's not really about whether he was much cop or not, the point is after Newcastle he cd've gone to a club that wd've more or less guaranteed him a first team start, but he decided he'd rather warm a bench at Old Trafford and chat gee-gees with sralex

Are you quoting directly from the brochure now?

that shd go in the new one, yes

his total is 30 in 79 over four seasons so a decent return when he was fit

lol IK I was just thinking that :)

owen would barely have been a guaranteed starter anywhere after newcastle, he was done in even then

iirc it was between hull and ynahtid, and crap teams like hull play 4-5-1 so often these days that he'd have been a sub to daniel cousin or marlon king or someone half the time

"You won't believe it Arsene but this pen's run out too"

No one else would have paid Owen's wages, and he'd have demanded them to go to a team he considered beneath him. At United he's basically on a pay-as-you-play as far as I know, so it's a risk-free call for them.

'ILF precovers the Michael Owen brochure' would be incredible, if I had any faith we wouldn't actually get closed down this time.

"If Robin decides to leave, that means maybe next year it will be Walcott and the next year maybe it will be Wilshere."

gotta say i'm loving paddy vieira these days

whilst i accept the logic of the counter-arguments, i will be sticking with my "Michael Owen is a cunt" perspective

vieira is a cunt for that

It'd be pretty low of Wilshere to leave just as he's returning to fitness

"It will be as difficult as when they lost Fabregas or Nasri," said Vieira. "Then you knew that Robin was behind. If they lose Robin, who is behind? Of course it is going to be difficult to keep or to convince Robin.

"It was a shock for them to lose Nasri and Fabregas and if they lose Van Persie, it will be a drama. If Robin decides to leave, that means maybe next year it will be Walcott and the next year maybe it will be Wilshere. It will be difficult for Arsenal to keep all their top players. But if they keep Robin, they will send out a positive message to all the clubs around them."

With that in mind, Vieira, a former Arsenal captain, is surprised that his old club have not already resolved Van Persie's future. Last summer, Arsenal's plans in the transfer market were disrupted by holding on to Fabregas and Nasri for as long as possible, which played a major part in their shambolic start to the season.

"I think that is something they should have closed a long time ago but Arsenal don't need me to tell them that," Vieira added. "It is really difficult to find a player with the quality of Van Persie with one year left on his contract, so it is difficult to understand."

Telling Arsenal what they don't need to be told

no closure of this thread til spurs get closure on cl spot.

Sutton at norwich would make england team? Then why not current norwich form striker?

If Robin decides to leave, that means maybe next year it will be Walcott and the next year maybe it will be Wilshere.

Can't see City wanting all of them.

no closure of this thread til spurs get closure on cl spot.

― pet tommy & the barkhaters (darraghmac),

just can't believe he'd put a dampener on the third place celebrations like that

wenger doesnt seem to get due respect from his ex-players sometimes

the 90s defender cunts are the same

never understood them, tho? wanted the headers, the scrappers, the tacklers out and never replaced them like-for-like

why not Sutton on Celtic form? He was pretty damn great then.