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Correct. Classic WWE wrestling approach.I think it actually benefits both. Neither "pundit" has any charisma whatsoever so this "feud" actually makes them somewhat interesting for a change.
Correct. Classic WWE wrestling approach.I think it actually benefits both. Neither "pundit" has any charisma whatsoever so this "feud" actually makes them somewhat interesting for a change.
Wasnt he always one?I'm actually on Shearer's side here, Owen has been a complete bell end since he left United.
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Become likeable when he was at United. I remember when I heard we were signing him, I was fuming.Wasnt he always one?
That was posted by someone on the twitter thread, I assumed from a book Owen had written. I can't find that post nor can I find any evidence of the quote existing elsewhere, looks like I've been had by fake news. Apologises, I'll edit my post.Owen really said that?
Yeah, me too. England was always his first priority. And I am sure England was also the reason he went to Newcastle after Real Madrid.When people ask who Owen played for I just say England. That’s how I see him as a footballer. No club affiliation at all.
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Owen really said that?
Liked him at United for a brief period, scoring the injury time winner against City probably had something to do with it.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.
Haha yeah, he definitely needed the publicity to get people talking about this. The book would be pretty lame without Shearer involved and has used the 2nd most boring guy to lace up his boots ever to spice his book up.How much do you reckon shearer is being paid by Owen for all this publicity?
I was surprised when he first went back to Liverpool and actually got booed by the Kop, can't remember him disrespecting the club after leaving. Guess he wouldn't have been that warmly greeted if he had actually come back in 2005?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.
What’s the worst thing Owen has done? I get why people dislike him but saying he’s an utterly revolting human being? for what exactly?Shearer is a boring twat, but Owen has always been an utterly revolting human. No contest.
Personalities aside though Shearer was twice the player and loyal to a fault.
Bound to be an interesting clash, with these two involved.
It had nothing to do with Fowler. Owen ran down his contract and spent his last year lying through his teeth about how he was going to extend any day now, just a few details to be sorted, nothing to worry about.I was surprised when he first went back to Liverpool and actually got booed by the Kop, can't remember him disrespecting the club after leaving. Guess he wouldn't have been that warmly greeted if he had actually come back in 2005?
It was always said Robbie Fowler was darling of the Kop so were you all blaming Owen for him leaving? That was November 2001 so quite a while before Owen actually left.
Revolting? It's only football mate!Shearer is a boring twat, but Owen has always been an utterly revolting human. No contest.
Personalities aside though Shearer was twice the player and loyal to a fault.
Doesn’t know how to make a cup of tea.What’s the worst thing Owen has done? I get why people dislike him but saying he’s an utterly revolting human being? for what exactly?
To be fair, how else would they be able to sell an 'update' of an autobiography if he didn't say bad some stuffWow, didn't know Owen had it in him to do something somewhat interesting.
What? You wouldn't get involved and take the piss if two friends were bitching at each other?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?
Owen: "All I can say is that, as I sit here now, knowing how lucky a player is to appear in one World Cup, never mind more than one, I’d be lying if I didn’t say that what David did that day (’98 vs Argentina) hadn’t let every single one of that England team down.”
Owen: “Did he (Beckham) deserve the abuse he got from the press afterwards? Certainly not. What human being needs to see his or her effigy being burned? But David let us down, and I still hold some resentment about it today."
In fairness though he joined when they just lost a league then the season after they finished 2nd again. The season after when they finished 13th he's not going to leave after 2 runners up finishes. The 1st "13th" season was 1998/1999. United had Ole, Yorke, Cole, Sheringham. 2 of them scored over 20 goals and Ole just missed out so there's no demand for Shearer at United at that point (for what you'd imagine would be a huge transfer fee.) Teams like Arsenal had Anelka and Bergkamp at the time and Shearer doesn't really seem an Arsenal of that era player. Maybe the ship had just sailed at that time of his career and teams weren't desperate for him on big money. It seems the link away to Liverpool came towards the end of his career.Hard to imagine many players of Shearer's quality sticking at a club with those finishes for that long in his prime. I think that's loyalty right there. They became a solid top end team but never a true contender.
Shearer is unquestionably a great player and the better player of the two (vs. Owen) but I do often wonder if he has any regrets about his career. He'd never admit it but surely a 3-4 year stint at one of the bigger clubs would have given his career the medals his goals deserved.
Yeah, played for Everton and Wales. Won a league, European trophy, PFA awards. Top goalie.Did that keeper ever make it?
Commentator:“Now you know him (Batty) better than anyone, probably. Do you back him to score? Quickly, yes or no?”What a twat. If he wants to blame anyone it’s more logical to look at David fecking Batty.