No Michael Owen, No England..
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As a fellow liverpool fan , i think this is the biggest joke of the day so far. Tell me you are kidding !! My collaegues and myself are laughing my heads off. No offence to you. Owen ? Forget it man , if there is no service from the wingers , he cannot make it . Give me Rooney over Owen anyday.Originally posted by Agenda:Joe Cole is just a bad left winger. Only owen could fit in the 4-5-1 formation because his speed and finishing is enough to make magic alone -
+1Originally posted by K800i:As a fellow liverpool fan , i think this is the biggest joke of the day so far. Tell me you are kidding !! My collaegues and myself are laughing my heads off. No offence to you. Owen ? Forget it man , if there is no service from the wingers , he cannot make it . Give me Rooney over Owen anyday.
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if you ever watched lfc play, he scores goal by himself with 10 men in our own halfOriginally posted by K800i:As a fellow liverpool fan , i think this is the biggest joke of the day so far. Tell me you are kidding !! My collaegues and myself are laughing my heads off. No offence to you. Owen ? Forget it man , if there is no service from the wingers , he cannot make it . Give me Rooney over Owen anyday. unless you started watching around 2000/2001 then i bwg
and rooney isn't even a good goalscorer, he's just like every other young english footballer who are wonderkids judging by their price-tag -
i am sure you will sing a different tune if rooney were a liverpool player.Originally posted by Agenda:if you ever watched lfc play, he scores goal by himself with 10 men in our own half unless you started watching around 2000/2001 then i bwg
and rooney isn't even a good goalscorer, he's just like every other young english footballer who are wonderkids judging by their price-tag -
Owen? I don't think so.
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+1Originally posted by dragg:i am sure you will sing a different tune if rooney were a liverpool player. -
How long do we see owen scores scores goal by himself with 10 men in our own half ??? 5 to 6 years back?? Now the owen is no longer the one he used to be la...Originally posted by Agenda:if you ever watched lfc play, he scores goal by himself with 10 men in our own half unless you started watching around 2000/2001 then i bwg
and rooney isn't even a good goalscorer, he's just like every other young english footballer who are wonderkids judging by their price-tag -
frankly speaking, if i am the coach i will not ever select him again unless he's proven he can contribute for newcastle.Originally posted by tarcki:How long do we see owen scores scores goal by himself with 10 men in our own half ??? 5 to 6 years back?? Now the owen is no longer the one he used to be la... -
I disagree because we are not in the position to judge a person , especially judging a person with pure arrogancy , u doesn't have the grade to judge anyone , don't be a disgrace yourself here la , please .Originally posted by dragg:you disagree because you are england fan?
Please la , make more mature and constructives comments than branding others a joke here , a joke there ......
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i am sure you will sing a different tune if you are not a everton fanOriginally posted by dragg:i am sure you will sing a different tune if rooney were a liverpool player. -
More bad news for Owen.
Owen injury nightmare rocks club and country
MICHAEL OWEN is expected to miss the whole of next season after a setback in his recovery from the knee injury he sustained at the World Cup finals. The Newcastle United striker had hoped to return early next year, but he will now be out for at least ten months.
It is a huge blow to the forward, to England and to his club, who paid a club-record fee of £16 million to sign him from Real Madrid last summer. He made only 11 appearances last season after fracturing his metatarsal and is unlikely to play at all in the forthcoming campaign after the main operation to repair his right knee was delayed by eight weeks.
Glenn Roeder, the Newcastle manager, has been left badly short of strikers and Steve McClaren will have to plan without EnglandÂ’s pre-eminent goalscorer. The new head coach is also awaiting FifaÂ’s verdict on Wayne RooneyÂ’s suspension, with the world governing body due to announce by Sunday how many matches Rooney will miss at the start of the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign.
Rooney has protested that he did not intend to stamp on Ricardo Carvalho during EnglandÂ’s defeat by Portugal in the World Cup quarter-final, but FifaÂ’s view of that incident was made abundantly clear yesterday when Horacio Elizondo, the Argentine referee who sent off Rooney, was given the honour of officiating at SundayÂ’s final between Italy and France in Berlin.
Markus Merk, the German, and Lubos Michel, of Slovakia, had been favourites, but ElizondoÂ’s handling of the England game clearly impressed Fifa. His decision to dismiss Rooney has been publicly backed by Sepp Blatter, the Fifa president, and the forward faces a ban of two or three matches.
At least Rooney will be back in England colours a long time before Owen. He flew to Denver on Monday to see Dr Richard Steadman, the surgeon who has operated on the knees of top sportsmen across many fields, including Ronaldo, Greg Norman and Joe Montana. Owen was expected to undergo an operation to repair the right anterior cruciate ligament, which ruptured less than a minute into EnglandÂ’s 2-2 draw against Sweden, but surgery on Wednesday revealed damage to the lateral cartilages.
With work on those required to be carried out first, the cruciate operation will be delayed for two months. Owen, 26, will return to Newcastle next week to continue his rehabilitation and will have to return to the US for more surgery at the start of August.
NewcastleÂ’s season kicks off with an Intertoto Cup tie in just eight daysÂ’ time and Roeder will not be spoilt for choice of strikers after Alan ShearerÂ’s retirement and OwenÂ’s injury. Unless he can make a quick purchase he has only Albert Luque, James Milner and a semi-fit Shola Ameobi at his disposal.
Interest in Dirk Kuyt, of Feyenoord, is thought to have cooled, while Newcastle have been warned off an approach for Darren Bent, of Charlton Athletic. Ruud van Nistelrooy, unsettled at Old Trafford, and Jermain Defoe, who is not guaranteed a starting place at Tottenham Hotspur, are targets, but Roeder does not have a sufficient budget.
Upset at losing his most precious asset to an injury sustained on international duty, Freddy Shepherd, the Newcastle chairman, had already instructed the club’s lawyers to investigate the matter of compensation. Owen earns in excess of £100,000 a week and the Football Association’s insurance policy covers only a proportion of the player’s wages.
The club, who made their own additional insurance arrangements, are examining their legal position, but Fifa has indicated that its £6 million compensation fund is intended to provide for players whose associations or clubs have not taken out a policy.
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Michael Owen did badly in a 4-5-1 formation....but so did Rooney.... both are good players in their own right... but for an effective 4-5-1 formation...u need someone who can hold the ball and bring the offensive midfielders into play, not take the ball and run and leave the other players behind, trying to beat the whole defence....
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Nah thats not what I meant, this a some sort of a sacarsim aimed at the topic starter whom said that no owen no england.Originally posted by stellazio:are u sure?i don't see owen as an important component in the current england setup.because of the way they play..
perhaps if they start playing a quick passing game, oh yea but doubt it'll happen.
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Hahaha! This is the biggest joke i've heard so far!
Come on. Wake up. The lightning fast n superb finishing Owen is of the past.
Owen is no longer effective as he was before due to injuries, lost of form & fitness as well as changing of clubs. He was unable to adapt.
I think Darren Bent is better than Owen these days.
Cheers.
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so owen is turning to ronaldo? is that wat u are saying?
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you are very funny.Originally posted by Agenda:i am sure you will sing a different tune if you are not a everton fan
i dont support any club.
btw what has rooney got to do with everton? he left long ago!!! -
The best striker for a 4-5-1 formation would have been Ronaldo in his hey days. Now the best striker for a 4-5-1 formation would be Henry. I don't see any English equivalent.Originally posted by gasband:Michael Owen did badly in a 4-5-1 formation....but so did Rooney.... both are good players in their own right... but for an effective 4-5-1 formation...u need someone who can hold the ball and bring the offensive midfielders into play, not take the ball and run and leave the other players behind, trying to beat the whole defence.... -
True true. One part I don't understand is why Agenda like to link Rooney with Everton since he had already gone to Man Utd. Yeah Rooney still cares about his ex club.Originally posted by dragg:you are very funny.
i dont support any club.
btw what has rooney got to do with everton? he left long ago!!! -
Ronaldo is better.Originally posted by used:so owen is turning to ronaldo? is that wat u are saying?
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As the saying goes:Originally posted by dragg:you are very funny.
i dont support any club.
btw what has rooney got to do with everton? he left long ago!!!
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