Comments on: The Owen Dilemma

By: Olly

Olly — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:53:04 +0000

The worlds best striker Fernando Torres

By: bobby

bobby — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:31:16 +0000

we won the champions league when he left for madrid so this yeah we will win the league now hes joined the scum.

By: Paul Sutton

Paul Sutton — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:37:37 +0000

Fair point. I too can’t boo one I once knew. I hope Owen has a blinding season but United get relegated.

By: John

John — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:23:31 +0000

god bless owen .
this decision he has made could win us the league.
who would u rather up against us villa, ibraimovic or owen i know who i would pick.
Thank you owen and may your season end trophyless.

By: Calvin

Calvin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:43:21 +0000

He was loved by most of us when he played for us. He turned his back on us when he went to Real Madrid and now he wants to stab us in the back. I still enjoy watching the goals he scored for us but wanna throw up seeing him in the Manu jersey. Yes, i feel betrayed

By: nandoooooo

nandoooooo — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:25:56 +0000

exactly! well said!

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:38:24 +0000

Owen let his contract run down to next to nothing so that Rafa was forced to try and get the best deal possible before he walked out on a free. £8 million and Nunez (who turned out to be more of a negative to the deal than a plus..) for arguably one of the worlds best forwards (at the time). That shows how much respect he had for Liverpool. When he realised he wasnt first choice at Real he wanted to move again and Rafa was in for him but we were not willing to pay the £18m that Newcastle were. Owen could have refused to go to Newcastle and force Reals hand to accept the lower offer from Liverpool but Owen plays for Owen and he knew that he would not be an automatic starter for Rafa. This time round Rafa got it right and did not bother as we want players who WANT to play for Liverpool not players who want to come to Anfield to put themselves in the shop window for their national squad like Owen.

He is not the player he was. Dont get me wrong, he is a natural goal scorer and will always get the odd goal but he has lost any pace he had and that was all he ever really had – Pace and Natural eye for goal. He can’t take defenders on and he doesnt bust a gut to win balls or get back etc. Utd have replaced Tevez a player very much in the mould of Kuyt with a little guy who can’t run. Owen may score a couple but overall he’s going to be woeful at the Mancs and he might as well forget the national squad as he wont ever get back in there.

Should we boo him at Anfield??? DEFINATELY! He is a mercenary and has never cared about Liverpool FC other than for what status it gave him.

By: Owenisapenis

Owenisapenis — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:07:46 +0000

Owen is a tw*t

By: Robbie

Robbie — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:43:08 +0000

no one can blame him for signing for real madrid or man united..no one can blame him for wanting to play alongside the like of zidane, figo, casillas, ronaldo, beckham, raul and carlos. real madrid was one the best team in europe at that time, if not the best, and owen wanted to be part of that time. what’s wrong in that?? even torres left atletico for liverpool and many other players have done so.
No one can blame him for his commitemnt for liverpool at that time. He gave us some great moment that should be remembered. He knew it was a gamble goin to real but still he took that decision. Unfortunately this didnt work for him, and of course he wanted to return to liverpool, we all know about that. But rafa didnt sign him. He kept waiting for liverpool to sign him each and every season since leaving liverpool and even this season he still wanted to sign for us.
This time he was a free player, and still rafa didnt want to sign him and everybody was saying that his career is over! and even owen knew that he was in really bad situation. His career was at stake and here comes Man United and Alex Ferguson! Owen would have been a fool for not signing for them. Yes he was a liverpool player, but he also had a career to save. We all know how he is deperate to get back back in the national team. United will give me that chance and he knows it. Of course if liverpool made a offer he wud have accepted but we didnt. Most of the fans didnt even care about him, whether he stops his career or not. So wots the problem now when is sign for united? he didnt refuse liverpool for united, did he? he only signed for united because he didnt hav any other choice! Even rush did say that he would have signed for man united when he was about to leave juventus, but liverpool wanting him to come back, so he retun back. it’s the same for owen.

By: boowen

boowen — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:27:14 +0000

This guy has no loyalties, no substance or respect for the liverpool jersey. Sorry to say but Owen will always be remembered for his back-stabbing skills.

Wish him luck…but I know everytime he enters Anfield, I will make him know just how disgusted as a fan I am…BOOOOOOOOOOOO!

By: bola

bola — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:18:58 +0000

I wouldn’t really call this a dilemma but rather ….. a great blessing. Imagine how the fans’ reaction would be when Owen waves back to the KOP!!!!

By: bola

bola — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:15:07 +0000

It just makes me sick that someone who was born and bred out of Liverpool’s Soccer school would have elected to move to our greatest rivals. No need to question about his loyalty if he measures it in $, not once but twice. Eveyone, remember how Red Nose reacted to Heinze coming over to Anfield? He had betrayed his own trust and priciple in picking a rival’s player to join his team, not that he cannot afford a better player with the money from Ronaldo’s sale.

Let’s boo him!!!!

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:45:09 +0000

He’s just a player for the opposition. I don’t think he deserves any particular respect or sentiment.

Players come and go. Many who leave return wearing other colours and are given a warm welcome. The welcome is given in appreciation of their service to the Club and in recognition that in this world, players’ leaving the Club are a fact of life.

Owen however is different. Yes, I agree with Tupman that he was sold. But I don’t agree that he didn’t want to leave. If I recall, the Club was chasing for his signature on an extension for a good year. If I recall, Owen kept putting it off citing various reasons (i.e. my agent is on holiday etc…). All the while, there was speculation saying that Real wanted him and that Owen wanted to go. Owen denied this and told the fans and the public that he would sign the extension. He didn’t.

As a result, his contract ran down. With little time left on his contract, Real could come in an tender a small offer in the knowledge that if the Club refused, they could pick up Owen on a free a few months later. Little wonder then why the Club sold him.

So in summary. I would not cheer or applaud Owen. I would not give him a warm welcome. Not because he left. No. But because If feel that he put his interest above the Club’s. He could have made his intention to leave clear and said that he would not sign the extension. The Club could then have sold him for a decent price and used the funds to rebuild. As we all know, he didn’t do this.

To me, Owen the LFC player is dead. He had a promising start but failed to reach his potential and failed to become one of the greats. When Owen returns to play, he’ll just be another player for the team.

By: Anfield Online

Anfield Online — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:37:39 +0000

He said for about 18 months he was ‘going’ to sign a new Liverpool contract. Never did despite Houllier constantly asking him to. Eventually left for Madrid for a paltry amount for the club and a big sign on bonus for himself.

You mentioned Voronin and N’gog but you elected to not mention that we have the Premier League’s best striker – Fernando Torres.

Personally, I won’t boo Owen – but if someone else in The Kop starts a witty chant then I’ll happily join in.

By: red army

red army — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:13:52 +0000

We should definitely boo him when he returns. As much as I understand why he joined the scums but anyone who moves from Liverpool to Man U gets no respect from me. Remember Fergie won’t even let us have Henize just cos he hates us? I hope Owen becomes the forgotten man in Man U and end up playing for the lower leagues..

I am just glad that we didn’t take him back…. phew

By: A.finnigan

A.finnigan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:41:53 +0000

No pace no power he was outshone by martins against boro.so lets av it right valencia for ronaldo,and owen for tevez old sock nose has lost the plot he might swap rooney next for raul

By: Max

Max — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:23:40 +0000

Well done Nick

That was a fair and balanced blog and I agree with everything you have said. I am new to the Liverpool blogs and I have just read the This is Anfield blog regarding Xabi Alonso which sounds little fabricated, you sound like an honest man and have assessed the situation well.

I could not agree with you more, but more than that you have put things into perspective regarding Micheal playing for Man you this season.

Well done you have been Liverpool fans Life Coach.

Regards

Max

By: Hussein

Hussein — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:20:01 +0000

Hahhaa…..lool…Albert ur well funny…i love yur post more than the article itself lol..!!
as yu correctly said, aftter moving on from liverpool, he hasnt won anything major, and yeh lets hope the mancs do get related coz of him, just like the magpies did we pray, we pray and we pray
YNWA

By: Tupman

Tupman — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:13:37 +0000

Some amazing comments from some, they sound like bluenoses. When did Owen ever say he wanted to leave Liverpool, he never did Benitez sold him. When Benitez could have bought him back from Madrid and Newcastle he did not. For what ever reason Benitez does not want him but he lets our biggest rivals get a proven Premiership goalscorer for basically nothing, good business by Benitez but never mind we have Voronin and Ngog!

By: Albert

Albert — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:34:40 +0000

I always felt that Owen was desperate for GLory when he left for Real (and won nothing). Then when he had the chance to comeback to Liverpool, he couldn’t wait a little longer so that Liverpool could get him on cheap but when to the Magpie because he was Desperate to be in the English Squad for the Euro(and won nothing…got relegated). Now of all places ManU because he is desperate for glory and a place for the WC squad…..he will win nothing again…maybe even get relegated Lol…….maybe its a good thing after all.