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      Owen Pleaded To Return in 2009

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      Re: Owen Pleaded To Return in 2009
      Reply #23: Aug 14, 2014 11:51:47 pm
      He's a crap pundit as well.
      He could have been one of the all time greats, but for him the grass was greener elsewhere, so now he's rightly regarded as a judas.
      Hope he enjoyed his "30 pieces of silver".

      I know it sounds harsh and bitter, but that's how I see it.
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      Re: Owen Pleaded To Return in 2009
      Reply #24: Aug 15, 2014 12:01:37 am
      Should have pleaded to stay in the first place.

      Now you're just a c**t that no one loves, Michael. And your voice is F***ing annoying.
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      Reply #25: Aug 15, 2014 12:02:47 am
      He's a crap pundit as well.
      He could have been one of the all time greats, but for him the grass was greener elsewhere, so now he's rightly regarded as a judas.
      Hope he enjoyed his "30 pieces of silver".

      I know it sounds harsh and bitter, but that's how I see it.

      It's football, in that respect every bugger who leaves when we don't want them too is a judas. Take Judas Suarez for example.

      I can't be bothered with all the hate. I don't think he left for the money, we'd had a shi..te couple of years under Houllier and he bolted to the biggest club in the world and our Captain (who we all love) nearly followed him straight out the same door an all. We got the best years of Owen's career and I hope that he will be remembered a little more fondly by reds as the years go by. In recent years my elation at winning that Fa Cup final over the gooners is only bettered by Istanbul so I will always be thankful for his contribution that day.
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      Reply #26: Aug 15, 2014 12:52:28 am
      Another of the numerous players to be cursed after leaving Liverpool - what did we get for him - a few million?  Serves him right.

      Collection of poor career choices subsequently means that nobody is really interested in what he has to say and he doesn't really have any belonging to any club's support.

      Strange how it worked out for him.
      Played for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Manchester United.
      Ask a fan from any club about him and they probably would do well to remember him at this stage,
      apart from Liverpool fans who don't care.

      When you think of the raw talent he had when he burst on the scene, that's quite sad really.
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      Reply #27: Aug 15, 2014 08:44:26 am
      Strange how it worked out for him.
      Played for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Manchester United.
      Ask a fan from any club about him and they probably would do well to remember him at this stage,
      apart from Liverpool fans who don't care.

      When you think of the raw talent he had when he burst on the scene, that's quite sad really.

      There's only one person to blame for the void where he now finds himself, on being informed of that fact Micky would immediately text his agent, his trainer, his PR man and Uncle Tom Cobbly to find out who fu**ed his career up.
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      Reply #28: Aug 15, 2014 08:50:20 am
      All he is now is a player without a home, not wanted here, not wanted there, not wanted anywhere. The only reason he'll get work now is based on his england work.

      I really couldn't give a sh*t about him.
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      Reply #29: Aug 15, 2014 09:39:10 am
      Well, I'm not going to be harsh on him perhaps I have mellowed over the years and we have moved on since. Going away to Real is a big disapointment. leaving the club when we were desperate. Going to Newcastle maybe excusable as we didn't bid high enough but joining the mancs is unexcusable and unforgiveable. He could have or would still has been a legend but not after he joined the mancs.

      As some has said which I do agree, his first love is still the dosh and England and was and is never Liverpool Football Club.
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      Reply #30: Aug 15, 2014 10:40:22 am
      Liverpool have since had 3 strikers who are a country mile better than him too and currently have young Sterling who will take his title as our best young player.

      Can't stand the irritating little pr**k. Munts are/were welcome to him, match made in heaven.

      I despise him as much as I love Sterling since he fu**ed off to the enemy, however, I think Owen was an incredibly special player when he was a teenager and Sterling will have to do quite a bit to be seen on the same level IMO. This could be my inner youth talking though as I've never loved a player as much as Owen when I was growing up.

      I think it was a wise choice to not bring him back though. By '09 his injuries has continued, his goal rate had become very poor and frankly he didn't deserve a second chance after leaving in the manner that he did.
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      Reply #31: Aug 15, 2014 11:07:25 am
      No loyalties in football, he wanted to play at the highest level and the Mancs offered him that.

      He was my first proper striker idol as I was too young to see Fowler in his prime.  I was there at Leeds in '99 when he first did his hamstring (My Irish uncle is a Leeds fan and took me when I was 13)

      I think people forget just how special a teenager he was, but his heart was never there for Liverpool just England.  it's because of that reason I can't hate him for having one last crack with the Scum.

      I really can't. 
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      Reply #32: Aug 15, 2014 11:37:44 am
      Well, I'm not going to be harsh on him perhaps I have mellowed over the years and we have moved on since. Going away to Real is a big disapointment. leaving the club when we were desperate. Going to Newcastle maybe excusable as we didn't bid high enough but joining the mancs is unexcusable and unforgiveable. He could have or would still has been a legend but not after he joined the mancs.

      As some has said which I do agree, his first love is still the dosh and England and was and is never Liverpool Football Club.

      Desperate in 2004? We'd just hired one of, it not the best manager in Europe. 2004 for me remains the most exciting summer I have ever experienced supporting the club just because of the stature of the man put in place to take the club forward. When Owen left I was very disappointed but I knew there was so much to look forward to. What happened at the end of that season more than justified those thoughts in my opinion. I struggle to believe that it was 10 years ago now.
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      Reply #33: Aug 15, 2014 11:44:27 am
      It's football, in that respect every bugger who leaves when we don't want them too is a judas. Take Judas Suarez for example.

      I can't be bothered with all the hate. I don't think he left for the money, we'd had a shi..te couple of years under Houllier and he bolted to the biggest club in the world and our Captain (who we all love) nearly followed him straight out the same door an all. We got the best years of Owen's career and I hope that he will be remembered a little more fondly by reds as the years go by. In recent years my elation at winning that Fa Cup final over the gooners is only bettered by Istanbul so I will always be thankful for his contribution that day.

      Leaving is one thing, the problem I have is that he deliberately ran his contract down so that RM would pay less and ensure his move.
      There's a right way and a wrong way to do things.
      We had developed him since he was a kid, made him the player that he was, and then he basically shat all over us.

      It's the way he left, not the fact that he left.
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      Re: Owen Pleaded To Return in 2009
      Reply #34: Aug 15, 2014 12:05:03 pm
      Simple fact is he "fu**ed" us by signing for scum, he knew he was on borrowed time, only his ego got in the way of signing for Hull,and guilt had he went to blueshite,but he was happy enough to sign for munts, money,playing at a high level or whatever is bollocks,and irrelevant Imo,

      I will remember his goals for us but that's it if I'm honest, but I'll remember more the way he left and who he signed for, turning his back on those who idolised him is unforgivable.


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      Reply #35: Aug 15, 2014 01:49:59 pm
      Fat Sam tried to get Bellamy back at Newcastle from us in a straight swap with Owen when he took over at Newcastle.

      We said we wouldn't even think about.

      Whenever I think about him now I just see him on Match of the Day with that Movember tache.
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      Reply #36: Aug 15, 2014 02:47:23 pm
      I really don't see the big deal here. We had the best years of his career, he left - we won the CL. He is not a traitor or anything else, he is just a footballer who was already past his prime at 25.
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      Reply #37: Aug 15, 2014 09:46:14 pm
      The day Michael Owen left broke my heart. In the trailer for the interview he did with LFCTV, he mentioned about how when he played in the garden, he always pretended to be Linekar scoring the the Cup Final. Well, I am off the age where Owen was my equivilant. I watched him grow as a footballer and I loved him, despite how young I was. I met him when I was 6 in Omagh, shortly after the IRA bomb. Despite his age, he was very rude to my Dad and me, not that it bothered me at the time. I was 10 years old when he scored the two against Arsenal at the Millennium stadium and I cried. The day he left was very difficult for me, when he signed for United, it was like being stabbed in the heart. I can't help but admire his quialities as a player, one whom I am sure wouldn't ahve had the same injury issues if he stayed at Anfield. Over the years, I have grown to almost despise him. especially regarding his transfer to United.

      Despite all this, I don't necessarily agree with all those saying that his transfer fee was down to him. I believe sometimes things happen for a reason, why wasn't his contract longer or why was it allowed to go down without being renewed? This isn't me sticking up for him, just thought I would add that point.

      Anyone have a link to the interview? I refused to watch it when aired but want to see it now. I know it will e on LFCTV tomorrow at 5pm but wouldn't mind seeing it now.
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      Reply #38: Aug 16, 2014 07:56:52 am
      He promised Houllier and the board for about a year that he would sign a new contract and was committed to Liverpool.

      Then, at the end of his final season for us, when he should have been honouring that commitment, he said he wanted to go to RM.  With one year left on his contract, he knew we would have to sell for whatever we could get or lose him for F**k all (like Mcmananaman, earlier*) so we took what we could - including a F***ing useless c**t in Nunoz in the deal.

      Going to RM on the cheap meant that they would be willing to pay him more.  Has happened plenty of times.



      * At least Macca was honest bout it and told us in advance that he would see out his contract and leave.
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      Re: Owen Pleaded To Return in 2009
      Reply #39: Aug 16, 2014 08:47:06 am
      As much as everyone likes to stick the boot in that is a pretty blinkered view IF what he says is true in that he had offers from united, Everton or Hull when he left Newcastle. It's no wonder he picked united.
      A couple of things Scotty.

      Owen made about two and a half dozen games for the mancs - they were never the best option for someone who genuinely wanted to "play at the best level possible". Best payers maybe but not best option.

      He would have got more game time with either Hull or Everton (his 'boyhood club' ffs) but less publicity. The lad couldn't accept that he was done and that he fu**ed his footballing life up with bad choices... "Michael Owen - Man U player" just looked better on his C.V. and massaged his ego more.

      Choosing the Mancs gave him, what he saw, as one last 'creditable' chapter in the 'Michael Owen Story'... the only story he cares about. The wee turd is fooling no-one.
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      Reply #40: Aug 16, 2014 09:02:45 am
      "Michael Owen - Man U player" just looked better on his C.V.

      Exactly. The CV reads Liverpool, Man Utd, Real Madrid, but he's only really memorable for his
      early Liverpool career. He burnt his bridges with that fan base a long time ago. Did nothing of
      note for either of the other clubs.
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      Reply #41: Aug 16, 2014 09:08:40 am
      Exactly. The CV reads Liverpool, Man Utd, Real Madrid, but he's only really memorable for his
      early Liverpool career. He burnt his bridges with that fan base a long time ago. Did nothing of
      note for either of the other clubs.

      He just trying to build a bridge. He's played for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle United and Manchester United yet not one set of supporters or club gives two shits about the little gimp.

      He wants to be loved but he forgets we've got long memories.
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      Reply #42: Aug 16, 2014 09:10:52 am
      The problem for Mikey is that he's finally realised about 11 years too late that he'll always be referred to as the "ex Liverpool star".......shame he p#ssed in the well.

      No interest in what he says.
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      Reply #43: Aug 16, 2014 09:25:12 am
      He just trying to build a bridge. He's played for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle United and Manchester United yet not one set of supporters or club gives two shits about the little gimp.

      He wants to be loved but he forgets we've got long memories.


      He probably sees Fowler getting an ambassador role and knows it wont happen for him.
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      Reply #44: Aug 16, 2014 12:37:20 pm
      Desperate in 2004? We'd just hired one of, it not the best manager in Europe. 2004 for me remains the most exciting summer I have ever experienced supporting the club just because of the stature of the man put in place to take the club forward. When Owen left I was very disappointed but I knew there was so much to look forward to. What happened at the end of that season more than justified those thoughts in my opinion. I struggle to believe that it was 10 years ago now.

      Ok, I don't keep track of what happened 10 years ago, but did we have a 2nd striker at that time? I can't recall we have one. If that's the case, we were desperate no matter how we look at it.

      More interestingly, what made MO moved on, could it be that he was not on Rafa's plans as stipulated? Or that it was something else?

      Ok, I'm not here to defend MO and I reiterate MO by going to the mancs has turned himself from hero to zero. But, in all fairness to MO if we could wind back the clock and look at the last season he was with the club MO was leading the front line all by himself and he was a workhorse as much as in Suarez but I could see the frustration in his face. And in all honesty, I was asking myself a question, how much more he can take and will he leave if we don't get another striker in?

      Then, he could have known that another striker will not be coming in soon plus money and the relationship with Rafa became the push factors. All said and done, if he truly loves the club he could have found a way to overcome those issues, but, he chose money and glory over the club. He could easily have been a legend.
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      Re: Owen Pleaded To Return in 2009
      Reply #45: Aug 16, 2014 12:40:00 pm
      He probably sees Fowler getting an ambassador role and knows it wont happen for him.

      If he had not gone to the mancs he could have been one as well. He has forgotten that a footballer could serve a club to the age of 35 or a little more but still needs the club to take care of them in next 35 or more. Sadly MO didn't think that far and only realise that now but the bridge was burnt long ago.

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