Michael Owen – Needs a move to a Big Club!
Posted on June 3rd, 2009 | 11 Comments |
Today we see Steven Gerrard, a man on bail for an offence of violence, issue as rallying cry for Englands Michael Owen. Michael apparently can make it back to the big time by – wait for it – joining a big club.
Gerrard said: “I’m a big fan of Michael Owen, a good friend of his. I’d love to see him get a move from Newcastle to a big club and get his England career back on track.
“I do believe he can play for England again. He has suffered a lot with injuries for the past couple of years but I believe a fit Michael Owen has got the ability to be involved in the squad.”
Its nice to see that some footballers have their feet firmly on the ground isnt it. Its nice to see Gerrard recognising that EMO contributed the square root of nothing to our season since January. Its nice to see certain footballers dont recognise anything but themselves, their wealth, their horses and of course England (whether or not they have earned the right to play this year not 10 years ago)
Its also nice to see that Steven sees fit to identify that there are big clubs who want him on a free transfer when he gave almost nothing back to Newcastle over 4 years on over 100k a week and 17m transfer – a princely 37million. An we wonder why he is one of the the richest players in football – its simply this – because of you, me and everyone associated with Newcastle that subsidised the little leech.
Call me old fashioned but any man as culpable as he is in our relegation would want to put it right?
No why on earth would he do that, he can get his new free ride at Everton – well at least he will be close to his horses then wont he.
Comments welcome (folks if we dont swear at this one its a good start!)
I’m going to try and be balanced about Michael Owen.
He played very well at the end of the 2007-2008 season under Keegan and was pivotal in reviving the team and saving us from relegation.
This season he’s our top scorer.
He’s been injured a lot (not his fault).
We’ve paid a fortune for very few appearances by the man and lately the appearances he has made have been dire.
So what’s gone wrong?
None of our other strikers have scored much either, which is only less aggravating because we pay them less.
I’m not saying Owen doesn’t deserve criticism, but I think there’s an anger against him specifically that’s a bit over the top when we consider that all our other strikers – and indeed the whole team – underperformed too.