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Michael Owen Retires

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  • JT
    JT Posts: 12,348
    edited March 2013
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1194209/MICHAEL-OWEN-BROCHURE-The-complete-32-page-agents-dossier-fallen-Newcastle-star-England-striker.html

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  • cypriot_addick
    cypriot_addick Posts: 381
    Did nothing when he left Liverpool apart from warming the bench, someone said legend is it April 1st already?
  • GreenhitheRed
    GreenhitheRed Posts: 538
    Never found a goal scoring replacement for him at International level.

    He was a world class striker in his day and delivered on the big stage. Unlike Rooney!

  • Nug
    Nug Posts: 4,627
    Curb_It said:

    http://www.michaelowen.com/index.html

    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.
  • Afternoon Delight
    Afternoon Delight Posts: 920
    edited March 2013
    Dizzle said:

    Well done, hes 13

    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.

  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    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!
  • darren_flapjack
    darren_flapjack Posts: 40
    http://www.football365.com/f365-features/8577473/F365-Focus hes a tit!
  • Ormiston_Addick
    Ormiston_Addick Posts: 8,813
    kentaddick said:

    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.
  • C_A_F_C
    C_A_F_C Posts: 3,867
    One of England's greatest ever strikers and actually did it for the national team unlike some.
  • kings hill addick
    kings hill addick Posts: 5,781
    Curb_It said:

    http://www.michaelowen.com/index.html

    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.

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  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,788
    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....................

    R.I.P

    (Really Injury Prone)
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,205
    Good player but a great diver. The "trailing leg" penalty being his speciality.
  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,121
    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.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,180
    edited March 2013
    darren_flapjack said:

    http://www.football365.com/f365-features/8577473/F365-Focus hes a tit!

    Thanks for that, link took me straight past Owen to a porn site. Glad I wasn't at work. :-)

    Edit: Now gone straight to it from google with no problem? Strange.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,180
    No one likes Darren Bent, but Giggs, Shearer and Gerrard have one set of fans who will leap to their defence? Shoddy research.
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,841
    AddickFC81 said:

    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

  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    Algarveaddick said:

    darren_flapjack said:

    http://www.football365.com/f365-features/8577473/F365-Focus hes a tit!

    Thanks for that, link took me straight past Owen to a porn site. Glad I wasn't at work. :-)

    Edit: Now gone straight to it from google with no problem? Strange.
    You've been infected with a trojan.

  • Man_About_Town
    Man_About_Town Posts: 997
    Relied on pace only. Once that went so did he. Can't argue with his goal scoring record and I enjoyed his early days when he played for England.
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,202
    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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