Both points are correct though.
Owen vs Shearer
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How does it relevant where those clubs are now? Blackburn competed for a title, winning one, Newcastle also came second before settling for a mid-table place.
Owen has managed a unique feat of being unloved at every club he has ever played for. Real Madrid fans are probably the ones who think of him the fondest if they can summon up more than indifference.
His only relevance here is probably going to be hos much he can drag shearer down in the mud with him.
His only relevance here is probably going to be hos much he can drag shearer down in the mud with him.
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I know, but Arsenal was certainly bigger in 1991 than Blackburn and Man Utd certainly bigger than Newcastle in 1996. It's almost as if Shearer didn't trust/like huge clubs.
Well, I kind of like him. He scored a last minute winner against our local rivals and won a title with us.
You had one of the best english strikers of modern football and you didn't win the PL with him. Owen, not the saviour of Liverpool.
Owen went from Real Madrid to Newcastle. Only the most delusional Geordie would believe that was a forward career move.
It was hardly Owens fault he was finished around 25. It was all due to the constant injuries he picked up when younger. He was still a great player even if his career went downhill in his peak years. What is interesting is how much Owen achieved in that time, & yet he was finished a year younger than our ever youthful Lingard, who people say give him a chance as he is still a youngster.
Not one word relevant to the post you quoted. Well done.
Michael Owen refused to play for Newcastle at the end of the 08/09 season, in order to make sure he got a contract that summer.
I don't think he has a defence for his behaviour tbh. Can you imagine if this was Pogba? Souness and co would be going mental.
I don't think he has a defence for his behaviour tbh. Can you imagine if this was Pogba? Souness and co would be going mental.
This says everything. He has had long career and is not loved anywhere nor do you hear any ex team mates ever say anything good about him
Always a pleasure to pour salt on Liverpool's open wounds.
Not disputing that. My point was that it was always going to rub him up the wrong way. His comments have left Newcastle at the centre of ridicule.
But that's Newcastle's default position.
Yeah we don't love him as we know he's a prick but we like the City goal and we like the title he won with us versus the zero titles he won with the scousers.
If he only does that, I'd say his life has been well spent. Shearer was a very good 'traditional' no.9 but a twat as a player and absolutely useless as a pundit.
(Note Lineker can't fecking help himself tweeting. Tool)
Owen was fantastic in his prime. One of the best England strikers of the last quarter century.
Obviously his injury problems were not his fault, I do question his mentality though.
Yeah so fecking weird him getting involved like that in a spat between two people he has known and worked with for the vest part of two decades. What right does he have?
10%? Blind delusion? You played for fecking Liverpool mate! 10%...
He probably thinks 10% is a lot, mind.
He's a Twitter junky.... thinks people are interested in his opinion on everything (I'm not) and he's cool because he uses Twitter (he's not).
(PS. Watched Star Wars yet? New one in Dec so 9 to watch)
I don’t think you understand Twitter mateHe's a Twitter junky.... thinks people are interested in his opinion on everything (I'm not) and he's cool because he uses Twitter (he's not).
(PS. Watched Star Wars yet? New one in Dec so 9 to watch)
Nope, still not seen any of them and I don’t think I ever will. I’m a Computer Science Student and Software Developer. That makes me the only one of those to have never seen Star Wars in the entire universe.
And probably the only one to have seen someone of the opposite sex naked.I don’t think you understand Twitter mate
Nope, still not seen any of them and I don’t think I ever will. I’m a Computer Science Student and Software Developer. That makes me the only one of those to have never seen Star Wars in the entire universe.
Shearer was a top top goalscorer. Give Shearer half a chance and he'll slot it in. He was more of a goal poacher. He had heart, strength, work rate. If Alan Shearer played today then he would be the EPL's best striker by far. Van Basten was of another level though. He had Shearer's finishing skills but technically he was of another level. Its really like comparing Cole to RVN, Gerrard to Zidane or Giggs to Ronaldo.
The uninspiring personality versus the unstoppable bore.
Shearer always struck me as someone the fans could identify with. Fans appreciated Owen's goal scoring brilliance but I'm not quite sure they ever connected with him on an emotional level. Fowler is revered by Liverpool fans. Owen struck me as someone who knew he was brilliant put played without emotion. He doesn't strike me as the most comfortable person in a social sense. Whereas Shearer is someone you could have a chat with down the pub.
Slagging off Newcastle is a bit rich considering how little he contributed in his time there and how much money he trousered.
Slagging off Newcastle is a bit rich considering how little he contributed in his time there and how much money he trousered.
Don't forget that Blackburn was the 'Man City project' of the early 90s. For a couple of years, they were throwing really big money after players - much, much more than Arsenal, for example. As for the 1996 transfer, didn't Fergie say that everything was agreed with Shearer (wages, no.9 shirt, taking penalties), before Jack Walker intervened and refused to sell him to United? Shearer's club choices weren't that illogical at the time.
A cnut.
Good analogy.
I don’t even know which is which.
If your'e not interested, don't follow him. It's that easy.He's a Twitter junky.... thinks people are interested in his opinion on everything (I'm not) and he's cool because he uses Twitter (he's not).
(PS. Watched Star Wars yet? New one in Dec so 9 to watch)
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No he didn’t. Biggest myth in football. He and Fergie were well into discussions about joining United. It was only when Jack Walker made his “over my dead body will he go to United” statement, that Shearer suddenly declared his undying love for Newcastle.
No he didn’t. Biggest myth in football. He and Fergie were well into discussions about joining United. It was only when Jack Walker made his “over my dead body will he go to United” statement, that Shearer suddenly declared his undying love for Newcastle.
Didn't SAF mention in his book that Shearer rejected us twice?
Throwback to the time Owen got riled up by a nobody and called him a peasant
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If he did, he’s missing the bit out that Shearer only “rejected” United after Blackburn’s owner publicly forbade the move to. United. Made a better story though.
Since when did Henry Winter become the fecking United Nations of football
Owen is just trying to sell his book
They’re all mates and we’re all falling for it all the way to their bank accounts
They’re all mates and we’re all falling for it all the way to their bank accounts
Likeable, intelligent individuals really?