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Michael Owen NOT coming to Brighton Shocker!
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Medwayseagull
JCB
Where did he get the idea from that he had been playing ?
Eric Potts
Well-known member
Well , that's a career which is ending , not with a bang , but a whimper.
Daffy Duck
Stop bloody moaning!
Can't say I'm surprised. At least we won't get the usual silly stuff about him coming here in the next transfer window.
My thought too. Owen announcing his retirement is the same as the FL announcing they're punishing Watford
albion534
Well-known member
Must of had an awesome Cheltenham festival
Greg Bobkin
Silver Seagull
- May 22, 2012
- 14,834
Cheeky loan deal until May?
Doc Lynam
I hate the Daily Mail
- Jun 19, 2011
- 7,195
In his prime injury free, what a player. Thanks for the great memories. 
BBC Sport - Michael Owen retires: Striker to stop playing at end of season
BBC Sport - Michael Owen retires: Striker to stop playing at end of season
TWOCHOICEStom
Well-known member
Poyet announces a striker is imminent. Owen declares this is his last season.
OWEN WILL BE HERE FOR THE RUN IN!
Blackadder
Brighton Bhuna Boy
His last season was about 4 years ago wasn't it? He has still be drawing wages that most of us can only dream about.
Tooting Gull
Well-known member
- Jul 5, 2003
- 11,033
Seen this? Paddy Power don't seem to like him...and this behaviour is a bit odd.
[video]http://blog.paddypower.com/2013/03/19/how-twitter-reacted-to-michael-owens-retirement/?AFF_ID=16562[/video]
[video]http://blog.paddypower.com/2013/03/19/how-twitter-reacted-to-michael-owens-retirement/?AFF_ID=16562[/video]
That's how I read it.
JTR938
New member
- Nov 24, 2012
- 631
Why would even want him?? he has no interest in football now! We could do a lot better....
Owen left Liverpool in 2004, with the attitude of being bigger than the club. Look what happened to them the following season and most would say his career has been on a downward spiral since. It's always a shame to see a supremely talented player peak at 24 and his attitude to our league last year, when he was clearly desperate to play at a decent level of football, kind of sums him up. He would never come here to end his career and I wouldn't want him here either. Should have broken Bobby Charlton's record years ago, but ego and injury got the better of him.
joeinbrighton
New member
Michael Owen's career didn't go downhill because he left Liverpool, it went downhill because he kept getting injured. People laugh at him because he left Liverpool and a year later they won the Champions League, but who seriously would envisaged that would happen back in 2004 and it wasn't as though he left Liverpool to go some no-hopers, he joined Real Madrid who at the time were inundated with top quality players. Many footballers would have made exactly the same move at that time.
joeinbrighton
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I think you get some players that love football, others that love winning and others love the monetary reward. I'd say Michael Owen ticks the last two boxes, but less so the first one. He has other interests outside the game now, business interests and also his horse breeding and seemingly his passion for those is greater than his desire to drop down the divisions in the way that some players have done in the past, say Peter Beardsley at Hartlepool for example. I think his last move to Stoke was partly motivated by the fact that he would be 30 minutes drive from his stables and with it becoming increasingly clear he was only a bit-part player for them, he's decided to call it quits.
Puppet Master
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- Aug 14, 2012
- 4,055
Such a shame about all the injuries. I was certain he'd break Bobby Charlton's record.
That goal against Argentina will live long in the memory!
That goal against Argentina will live long in the memory!