The last line of his statement is an especially nice touch.
We like to knock anyone that has achieved success in football but you forget they all started out playing as kids just like we did. He was a great player and lucky for him he made a lot of money. That last sentence shows he's not dull, he's just a normal bloke.
Never liked Owen after he bullied that young kid on his programme. Big Nev put him straight. Cracking player never the less in fairness, was in the stadium with Swerve when he scored that goal against the Argies.
And so it's happened, for the first time in my life the player who I saw being an up and coming footballer at 17 has now retired. I'm starting to get on!
And so it's happened, for the first time in my life the player who I saw being an up and coming footballer at 17 has now retired. I'm starting to get on!
No chance, that only happens when the SONS of players you used to watch start coming through - a la Tom Ince.
The last line of his statement is an especially nice touch.
Reading that just hits home how far he has fallen from his peak. Time to pack up. It is disappointing that he ended up finishing his career in the way that he did, but back when he played for Liverpool he was fantastic, and he is right, he went from playing park football to scaring the poop out of top defenders.
It may well be a long time before we have another England striker that will score 40 goals in 89 appearances for England.
Great player in my opinion...........but not a truly great player. Injury didn't end his career, it forced him to change his style of play. Not gifted with the dazzling feet of Ronaldo or the creative flair and intelligence of Cantona, he relied soley on a quick turn of pace and lethal finishing. Great attributes for a striker, but once injuries cost you that extra 10 yds, without those other tricks in his bag, he was never going to be the same. Still a good asset in any premier squad if fit, but not the world beater he could have been....................
He gave an interview in The Independent some years ago and was asked if he knew how to make a cup of tea, to which he replied 'No.' When asked why not, he said he'd never needed to, someone had always done it for him. It's good to be king!
Superb striker, but it will always be Lineker for me.
It's such a shame that Michael Owen had such a terrible injury record. If he hadn't had that injury record and maybe had also had got on better with Fabio I reckon Michael Owen would have broken Sir Bobby Charlton's goal scoring record for England.
not just broke it, he'd have smashed it without the injuries....always remember that goal against the Argies drinking in a bar in Ayia Napa, the place went mental
Just read that he's becoming an agent and setting up Michael Owen Management Ltd. I couldn't be less surprised. Even as a teenager he seemed dull and corporate.
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He was a world class striker in his day and delivered on the big stage. Unlike Rooney!
It may well be a long time before we have another England striker that will score 40 goals in 89 appearances for England.
Injury didn't end his career, it forced him to change his style of play. Not gifted with the dazzling feet of Ronaldo or the creative flair and intelligence of Cantona, he relied soley on a quick turn of pace and lethal finishing. Great attributes for a striker, but once injuries cost you that extra 10 yds, without those other tricks in his bag, he was never going to be the same. Still a good asset in any premier squad if fit, but not the world beater he could have been....................
R.I.P
(Really Injury Prone)
When asked why not, he said he'd never needed to, someone had always done it for him. It's good to be king!
Superb striker, but it will always be Lineker for me.
Edit: Now gone straight to it from google with no problem? Strange.