Micheal Owen

Michael Owen is retiring from professional football at the end of the season at the age of 33. He scored 40 times in 89 England appearances, including a memorable solo goal from the halfway line in a World Cup knockout match against Argentina in 1998 which was his peak. He did brilliantly to bang a hatrick against Germany in the famous 5-1 win and he stole Arsenal out of the FA cup with 2 goals in 7 minutes for Liverpool.

He scored 179 goals in 306 appearances for Liverpool. However he left Liverpool when he should have stayed for being a greedy git 2004, and failed at all the clubs he played with thereafter including Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester United and Stoke City. The three-year spell at Manchester United which he will never be forgiven for yielded his first Premier League winner's medal, in 2011, but he was only ever used as a back-up player

Up to a certain point he was a hero...then he was a cunt......an injured cunt

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Michael Owen is retiring from professional football at the end of the season at the age of 33. He scored 40 times in 89 England appearances, including a memorable solo goal from the halfway line in a World Cup knockout match against Argentina in 1998 which was his peak. He did brilliantly to bang a hatrick against Germany in the famous 5-1 win and he stole Arsenal out of the FA cup with 2 goals in 7 minutes for Liverpool.

He scored 179 goals in 306 appearances for Liverpool. However he left Liverpool when he should have stayed for being a greedy git 2004, and failed at all the clubs he played with thereafter including Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester United and Stoke City. The three-year spell at Manchester United which he will never be forgiven for yielded his first Premier League winner's medal, in 2011, but he was only ever used as a back-up player

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As with a LOT of players, a greedy git never showed much loyalty to his clubs, do you no something
fuck him,he lives about 15 miles up the road from me. I no people that are his friends, he was not really interested in his football for some time,!more into his race horses all he's been doing is
treading water taking the money, a true Liverpool player would NEVER go to Manu.

I know he loves betting and has a problem like @Fenster :)

Also I heard he bought a number of houses on the street for his family.

I also know he was on £25,000 per week at Stoke not pay per play contract.

Great player Owen...and yeah he's minted...he invested wisely in property and race horse stables.
Anyone who.sticks 3 past ze Germans is Royalty in my world and that goal against Argentina was amazing.

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Great player Owen...and yeah he's minted...he invested wisely in property and race horse stables.
Anyone who.sticks 3 past ze Germans is Royalty in my world and that goal against Argentina was amazing.

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I agree.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPC6Yv3BPVY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWxjjMwYuN0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1qJnV-YYXs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACSkOXlWEJo


Nailed on England Legend

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As with a LOT of players, a greedy git never showed much loyalty to his clubs, do you no something
fuck him,he lives about 15 miles up the road from me. I no people that are his friends, he was not really interested in his football for some time,!more into his race horses all he's been doing is
treading water taking the money, a true Liverpool player would NEVER go to Manu.

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He also rejected a move back to the 'Pool for Newcastle....fucking Toon!!! Who the fuck does that? He could have come back, had a swan song as a Red & everyone would have been all forgive & forget, but nope, I guess Toon was just too sweet of a deal :rolleyes:

Why is he a greedy cunt for leaving Liverpool to go to Real Madrid? ;D

He's one of the best strikers we've produced over the last 30 or so years imo, a lethal finisher with a great record. It's a shame injuries hampered him so much. I don't think you'd have found many people that wouldn't have expected him to go on and become England's all time leading goalscorer at one point. He's still got an excellent record and won a fair amount of trophies, it just could have been so much more.

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Why is he a greedy cunt for leaving Liverpool to go to Real Madrid? ;D

He's one of the best strikers we've produced over the last 30 or so years imo, a lethal finisher with a great record. It's a shame injuries hampered him so much. I don't think you'd have found many people that wouldn't have expected him to go on and become England's all time leading goalscorer at one point. He's still got an excellent record and won a fair amount of trophies, it just could have been so much more.

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No, fair play for that, plus Rafa was just new to the club, but for willingly going to the Scum & then snubbing Liverpool a second time for Newcastle...yeah, he's a bastard for that and good riddance to him

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Why is he a greedy cunt for leaving Liverpool to go to Real Madrid? ;D

He's one of the best strikers we've produced over the last 30 or so years imo, a lethal finisher with a great record. It's a shame injuries hampered him so much. I don't think you'd have found many people that wouldn't have expected him to go on and become England's all time leading goalscorer at one point. He's still got an excellent record and won a fair amount of trophies, it just could have been so much more.

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No, fair play for that, plus Rafa was just new to the club, but for willingly going to the Scum & then snubbing Liverpool a second time for Newcastle...yeah, he's a bastard for that and good riddance to him

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Besides I bet Cress loved what he did at Newcastle. :)

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Besides I bet Cress loved what he did at Newcastle. :)

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Considering he cost them £16 million, plus millions more in wages over the course of his contract, only to spend the majority of his time injured before leading them to relegation and leaving on a free, I can safely say I quite enjoyed what he did there. Except for the time he scored twice against us in the derby. He's a bit of a cunt for that.

I can understand Liverpool fans being pissed at him signing for Man Utd, but I don't really see what the problem is with him signing for Newcastle when he came back to England. Maybe he just didn't want to go back and possibly take the shine off his previous achievements there.

It's a bit similar to Kevin Phillips with us. He had a few chances to re-join over the years but chose to sign first for Birmingham and then West Brom instead of coming back. I don't think anyone is that angry about him doing that, he still gets a great reception whenever he plays here. The last time he did, he got a massive ovation when he came on and then set up a goal within a minute. Still a legend.

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Besides I bet Cress loved what he did at Newcastle. :)

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Considering he cost them £16 million, plus millions more in wages over the course of his contract, only to spend the majority of his time injured before leading them to relegation and leaving on a free, I can safely say I quite enjoyed what he did there. Except for the time he scored twice against us in the derby. He's a bit of a cunt for that.

I can understand Liverpool fans being pissed at him signing for Man Utd, but I don't really see what the problem is with him signing for Newcastle when he came back to England. Maybe he just didn't want to go back and possibly take the shine off his previous achievements there.

It's a bit similar to Kevin Phillips with us. He had a few chances to re-join over the years but chose to sign first for Birmingham and then West Brom instead of coming back. I don't think anyone is that angry about him doing that, he still gets a great reception whenever he plays here. The last time he did, he got a massive ovation when he came on and then set up a goal within a minute. Still a legend.

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Owen went to Newcastle for a fat load of money, he should have re-joined Liverpool but glad he did not as he was past his best days. Where was he when Liverpool were in Istanbul?

Was he not at Madrid then? It is quite unfortunate that he left for Madrid in the hopes of winning a champions league only for the team he'd just left to go on and win it. He won the UEFA Cup with you though, that's got to count for something.

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Was he not at Madrid then? It is quite unfortunate that he left for Madrid in the hopes of winning a champions league only for the team he'd just left to go on and win it. He won the UEFA Cup with you though, that's got to count for something.

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Was he not at Madrid then? It is quite unfortunate that he left for Madrid in the hopes of winning a champions league only for the team he'd just left to go on and win it. He won the UEFA Cup with you though, that's got to count for something.

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No, he wasn't at Madrid or no, the UEFA Cup doesn't count ;D

If he was at Newcastle then well, :-X

A lot of professional player, show very little pride it's just money large amount for kicking a
fucking ball. Hardly hard work is it, not life or death grow en men falling over like they have been
shot by a elephant gun. I'm I losing patients with football players YES, over paid shit bags.

I remember when he scored his first professional goal for Liverpool. They interviewed Fowler in the post match press conference and jokingly asked: "new young lad looks good, are you worried he might take your place?"

Fowler laughed it off and said no chance.

A year later Owen was playing and scoring for England.

What a talent, shame that once he had those first couple injuries he lost his pace and then got injured at every opportunity.

I still think he has goals in him, even now.

The game is being bleed by greed, self important peacocks strutting on the pitch, falling over
reeling in agony as someone brushes past.! down they go like a sack of shit.
The player's would not be out of place, in the Oscars giving a convincing performance of
being shot by a invisible bullet. ;D

33 is not old. Especially nowadays. Would be interesting to hear the real reason for quitting. Oh well...

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33 is not old. Especially nowadays. Would be interesting to hear the real reason for quitting. Oh well...

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He is rich and does not need to play at a lower level. He has horse racing now.

He should have retired 6 years ago.

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I remember when he scored his first professional goal for Liverpool. They interviewed Fowler in the post match press conference and jokingly asked: "new young lad looks good, are you worried he might take your place?"

Fowler laughed it off and said no chance.

A year later Owen was playing and scoring for England.

What a talent, shame that once he had those first couple injuries he lost his pace and then got injured at every opportunity.

I still think he has goals in him, even now.

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That's right. Owen was really all about pace and final touch; he was a finisher. When the pace left him it was much harder for him to adapt and get into those spaces. He has been a shot player for several years now and I was surprised Man Utd even bothered with him.

It's a shame, but it is what i