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Re: Michael Owen

by Alan Partridge » 16 Jun 2009 13:19

Harry Carry It's a shame Michael Owen has Liverpool syndrome. Just because you were good once, doesn't mean you're good now.


They are quite good though?

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Re: Michael Owen

by Thaumagurist* » 16 Jun 2009 13:24

TBM Not saying he didn't do well and he did score a lot of goals but was on the bench a fair bit - he would have been better (from an English point of view) staying in the Premiership with one of the top 4 clubs.....


At the time, I thought it would be good for his footballing education to play some football abroad....which is more than what can be said about the rest of English players.

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Re: Michael Owen

by Silver Fox » 16 Jun 2009 13:28

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papereyes United have Rooney, Ronaldo and Tevez who can all play in a range of roles.


Is that right?


In the context of what I wrote. yes. definitely.

To be fair, I was expecting it to be frimmers or LUX to be the one to try to pick an arbitary and, essentially, pointless hole in my post so you win ... err ... a :shock: .


Think yourself lucky I didn't "do a Maguire" and accuse you of cutting and pasting from some old article you googled :wink:

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Re: Michael Owen

by papereyes » 16 Jun 2009 13:29

To be fair, I cited the person that I took the idea off. So that would have been an even more tattifilarious post than ever on his part.

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Re: Michael Owen

by Deathy » 16 Jun 2009 13:32

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Thaumagurist* I don't know why people are laughing at Owen. I think it's a great crying shame that a brilliant England striker (one who scored a hat-trick against Germany, no less) is having problems these days.


Worst thing he did was join Real Madrid


Really?



Yep. He wanted to win trophies he said... What did Liverpool do the first season without him? :lol: Whoops.


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Re: Michael Owen

by 6ft Kerplunk » 16 Jun 2009 14:16

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TBM Not saying he didn't do well and he did score a lot of goals but was on the bench a fair bit - he would have been better (from an English point of view) staying in the Premiership with one of the top 4 clubs.....


At the time, I thought it would be good for his footballing education to play some football abroad....


In theory yes but not at Real Madrid where he was never going to be a first choice. Totally stalled his career just at the time he should have been coming to to his peak, the injuries since then have just made the situation worse.

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Re: Michael Owen

by TBM » 16 Jun 2009 14:24

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TBM Not saying he didn't do well and he did score a lot of goals but was on the bench a fair bit - he would have been better (from an English point of view) staying in the Premiership with one of the top 4 clubs.....


At the time, I thought it would be good for his footballing education to play some football abroad....


In theory yes but not at Real Madrid where he was never going to be a first choice. Totally stalled his career just at the time he should have been coming to to his peak, the injuries since then have just made the situation worse.


Exactly....people who go to Real dont really seem to improve as a player - not saying they go shit, but they just dont improve. Maybe cos they chop and change their coaching staff so often!

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Re: Michael Owen

by soggy biscuit » 20 Jun 2009 19:47

Full Brochure


























































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Re: Michael Owen

by Ian Royal » 20 Jun 2009 21:36

I like Owen, but that is pretty stupid.


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Re: Michael Owen

by Deathy » 20 Jun 2009 23:49

Ian Royal I like Owen, but that is pretty stupid.


I liked him too, until he became a gambling addict and money became more important that his football.

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Re: Michael Owen

by Ian Royal » 21 Jun 2009 00:21

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I liked him too, until he became a gambling addict and money became more important that his football.


Oh do shut up you prick.

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Re: Michael Owen

by papereyes » 21 Jun 2009 08:58

Ian Royal I like Owen, but that is pretty stupid.


I don't know. I bet loads of players have something similar - a DVD brochure seems a better way of doing it - all of the information and videos of them playing. But they'd be players who want to step up to the big leagues.

I just find it bizarre that someone so well known has to do that.

The Brand Values page is the worst and clearest indication of where football is at the moment.

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Re: Michael Owen

by Handsome Man » 21 Jun 2009 11:20

The doctor listing the players he has treated seems to damn him quite badly: Kieron Dyer, Dean Aston, Craig Bellamy, etc. All injury-prone and expensive occupiers of the treatment table.

Strikers can lose it very quickly and drop from international or premiership quality to nothing when they hit get near to 30. We have seem Kluivert, Shevchenko and Fowler turn to shit almost overnight in the premiership. Owen looks like another one of them.


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Re: Michael Owen

by Ian Royal » 21 Jun 2009 13:27

Handsome Man The doctor listing the players he has treated seems to damn him quite badly: Kieron Dyer, Dean Aston, Craig Bellamy, etc. All injury-prone and expensive occupiers of the treatment table.

Strikers can lose it very quickly and drop from international or premiership quality to nothing when they hit get near to 30. We have seem Kluivert, Shevchenko and Fowler turn to shit almost overnight in the premiership. Owen looks like another one of them.


TBF the doctor is unlikely to have spent much time treating players who are never injured now is he.

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Re: Michael Owen

by Royal Lady » 21 Jun 2009 14:24

LOL @ "clean and fresh" listed among his many other attributes!!

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Re: Michael Owen

by Royal With Cheese » 21 Jun 2009 14:37

That's a cracking read. Was that a group effort from the shit ones off of the Apprentice?

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Re: Michael Owen

by Deathy » 21 Jun 2009 17:00

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Ian Royal I like Owen, but that is pretty stupid.


I liked him too, until he became a gambling addict and money became more important that his football.


Oh do shut up you prick.


His gambling problems are no secret.

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Re: Michael Owen

by soggy biscuit » 21 Jun 2009 17:13

Royal Lady LOL @ "clean and fresh" listed among his many other attributes!!


Additional LOLz @ 'young' being on there when Owen turns 30 in 6 months and people usually retire between 30-35 in that job.

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Re: Michael Owen

by FiNeRaIn » 21 Jun 2009 17:24

I find this absolutely cringe worthy, a disgusting mockery of football.

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Re: Michael Owen

by Deathy » 21 Jun 2009 19:25

FiNeRaIn My posts are absolutely cringe worthy, a disgusting mockery of football.


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