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Snubbed by Owen again?
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As I type, Sky is breaking the news that Owen has passed a medical and will be signing for Manure.
First point... it can't have been much of a medical if he managed to sail through! Second, and more salient point... if the rumours are true, and we did make an official "bid" for him this week, it would appear he has snubbed us yet again. To be honest, I am glad, as can be witnessed from my comments to previous threads about this exact scenario.
What does piss me off is the way Everton persist in trying to bag this mercenary twat and the way said mercenary twat uses his boyhood club to lever more dosh out of the deluded bastards who eventually sign him.
In many ways, I don't blame him; he is simply getting the best price he can. What I do think he should have had the decency to do was make it clear to Everton a long time ago that they would never be able to pay him the sort of coin he wants and therefore stop them from entering into futile chases and becoming a laughing stock time after time.
This will surely be his final significant move and we can take comfort in the fact that we won't have to worry about chasing him again, nor fear actually landing him and ending up with another table-warmer.
Tom Edwards, Posted 03/07/2009 at 15:32:05
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Michael Kenrick
What pisses me off is why so many still take any of this shit seriously. Did you really truly honestly learn nothing from last summer? It's all Bullshit Bollocks!!!
Can anyone who has ever written anywhere (newsprint, blog - anywhere) please put their virtual hand in the air now if they ever said that boyyo Owen was going to Old Trafford next season??? And can you please supply me with six numbers for next Saturday if you did.
From the BBC - "In four years at Newcastle, Michael Owen started 65 games and scored 30 goals. He is reported to have cost the relegated club an eye-watering £41m in fees and wages." Nuff said.
Jeez, that Man Ure home strip is just about as bad as our offering!
Henry Winter is saying we made a bid for him. Where is he getting this information from? There has certainly been no news from the club and not from Owen as far as I can see. When EFC have bid for players (Naughton), they have stated as such.
I’m personally glad the rumours never came true. I would rather give Vaughan a chance up front than sign Owen. I don’t know if anyone had a chance to read excerpts from the ’brochure’ his management company put out, but the guy is one seriously deluded money grubber!
Henry Winter is saying we made a bid for him. Where is he getting this information from? There has certainly been no news from the club and not from Owen as far as I can see. When EFC have bid for players (Naughton), they have stated as such.
I’m personally glad the rumours never came true. I would rather give Vaughan a chance up front than sign Owen. I don’t know if anyone had a chance to read excerpts from the ’brochure’ his management company put out, but the guy is one seriously deluded money grubber!
Thanks Paul - so I called up my abacus and it says about £1.4m per goal from the lad (as was).
Now, our record signing, plus wages, I reckon at about £15m this year. So, 9 goals = about £1.6m each - from midfield. If he does the same next year his goals per cash quotient will come down to less than £1m. And he does a few other things to help out at the same time.
Let us hope this is the last we ever hear of the gold machine.
Now, our record signing, plus wages, I reckon at about £15m this year. So, 9 goals = about £1.6m each - from midfield. If he does the same next year his goals per cash quotient will come down to less than £1m. And he does a few other things to help out at the same time.
Let us hope this is the last we ever hear of the gold machine.
We didn’t put a bid in for him, so end of story. If Moyes really wanted him, we would've heard something on the official site or from the man himself. I think that he was too much of a gamble for Moyes to go for. The rumoured £50k a week is a huge amount for us, making him one of the top earners. £50k a week for Man U isn’t a big deal compared to players who are earning 2 or 3 times more who are already at the club. They say it's a huge gamble for Ferguson but in reality it's not.
Try this for size...
Seems quite clear from that report that we tried to get him in the January sales.
Our miss will prove to be our mercy here, for all the reasons repeated ad infinitum on this site and others.
Michael...........I really did learn from last year.
What I was trying to convey, not very clearly by the look of your reply, was the mercenary nature of the beast Owen. He truly is a repugnant little money-grabbing twat, in my own humble opinion.
Not wishing to blow my own trumpet, but I must be doing my typing correctly as I see you published my piece without any need for editing. At least I am getting that right!
Keep up the good work and my congratulations on the ever-topical site.
What I was trying to convey, not very clearly by the look of your reply, was the mercenary nature of the beast Owen. He truly is a repugnant little money-grabbing twat, in my own humble opinion.
Not wishing to blow my own trumpet, but I must be doing my typing correctly as I see you published my piece without any need for editing. At least I am getting that right!
Keep up the good work and my congratulations on the ever-topical site.
I think if we wanted Owen we surely could have had him. I believe it is a missed opportunity. If he passed a medical we would have a proven goalscorer the right side of 30 with something to prove. He would have been worth a gamble. Remenber Andy Gray and Peter Reid.
The truth is that Michael Owen has done the right thing for Michael Owen — where’s the problem with that?
If Owen had signed for pretty much any other club, that club would have needed Owen to be fit enough to play 30+ games a season playing for most of each match. There is probably only a couple of clubs in the Premier League who could afford to have Owen as an impact sub playing a bit-part role.
Owen will play the same sort of role as Tevez did, ie, home games against the weaker sides or coming on for 20 mins against the bigger sides.
Owen will also earn far more at Utd than at Everton and also won't have the stress on his body of playing or being asked to play 60 games.
Utd have a more creative side than most and will give Owen more goal scoring opportunities.
I am glad he didn’t come to Everton as he was too much of a gamble for us but I also think he has made exactly the right move and if it all works out, don't be surprised if he gets a recall to the England squad for the World Cup.
If Owen had signed for pretty much any other club, that club would have needed Owen to be fit enough to play 30+ games a season playing for most of each match. There is probably only a couple of clubs in the Premier League who could afford to have Owen as an impact sub playing a bit-part role.
Owen will play the same sort of role as Tevez did, ie, home games against the weaker sides or coming on for 20 mins against the bigger sides.
Owen will also earn far more at Utd than at Everton and also won't have the stress on his body of playing or being asked to play 60 games.
Utd have a more creative side than most and will give Owen more goal scoring opportunities.
I am glad he didn’t come to Everton as he was too much of a gamble for us but I also think he has made exactly the right move and if it all works out, don't be surprised if he gets a recall to the England squad for the World Cup.
Fergie is cracking up.
Don’t worry, if he get’s crocked, Fergie will ship him our way!
Is anyone that arsed? I breathed a huge sigh of relief when I heard Owen had signed for that lot.
For all the praise Moyes gets, I think actually he is just very lucky in the transfer market. Sure, it’s a bit of a dent to our pride when someone rejects a move to Everton but look at who Moyes has tried to sign but failed with:
- Alan Smith, Scott Parker, Craig Bellamy, Sean Davies, M’Bia off the top of my head and now Owen. Apart from M’Bia they’re all injury prone and they’re all shithouses.
I think we should just be thankful the little Welsh twat didn’t sign for us whether Everton were actually in for him or not.
For all the praise Moyes gets, I think actually he is just very lucky in the transfer market. Sure, it’s a bit of a dent to our pride when someone rejects a move to Everton but look at who Moyes has tried to sign but failed with:
- Alan Smith, Scott Parker, Craig Bellamy, Sean Davies, M’Bia off the top of my head and now Owen. Apart from M’Bia they’re all injury prone and they’re all shithouses.
I think we should just be thankful the little Welsh twat didn’t sign for us whether Everton were actually in for him or not.
Matt Bone - Spot on , Tom - If we didn’t ask we couldn’t get snubbed.
I am relieved that at least this story has finished, for good.
I am relieved that at least this story has finished, for good.
From the OS: "Moyes is yet to secure his first signing ahead of the 2009/10 season, however Sir Philip believes the return of the likes of Yakubu and Mikel Arteta will be like new additions to the squad."
Do I win something?
Do I win something?
"What does piss me off is the way Everton persist in trying to bag this mercenary twat and the way said mercenary twat uses his boyhood club to lever more dosh out of the deluded bastards who eventually sign him.
In many ways, I don’t blame him; he is simply getting the best price he can. What I do think he should have had the decency to do was make it clear to Everton a long time ago that they would never be able to pay him the sort of coin he wants and therefore stop them from entering into futile chases and becoming a laughing stock time after time."
This is obsessional, and I’m being kind. What is clear, Tom, is that you have far too much time on your hands to be so concerned about a player who has never played for Everton and likely never will. Who gives a toss one way or the other? I’m concerned about Everton players, end of.
Read Alan Clarke on same topic.
It’s like the guy in last couple of days who was frothing at the keyboard due to the lack of a complete and unequivocal dismissal by Jolean Lescott of his transfer rumour. Come again?!! What is needed is for supporters to focus their energy somewhere productive and not descend into tabloid-inspired madness.
I’ve heard of the silly season but were already into the stark raving mad season. Time for a holiday & a rest boys, avoid tabloids completely and take several good books instead. Works wonders.
In many ways, I don’t blame him; he is simply getting the best price he can. What I do think he should have had the decency to do was make it clear to Everton a long time ago that they would never be able to pay him the sort of coin he wants and therefore stop them from entering into futile chases and becoming a laughing stock time after time."
This is obsessional, and I’m being kind. What is clear, Tom, is that you have far too much time on your hands to be so concerned about a player who has never played for Everton and likely never will. Who gives a toss one way or the other? I’m concerned about Everton players, end of.
Read Alan Clarke on same topic.
It’s like the guy in last couple of days who was frothing at the keyboard due to the lack of a complete and unequivocal dismissal by Jolean Lescott of his transfer rumour. Come again?!! What is needed is for supporters to focus their energy somewhere productive and not descend into tabloid-inspired madness.
I’ve heard of the silly season but were already into the stark raving mad season. Time for a holiday & a rest boys, avoid tabloids completely and take several good books instead. Works wonders.
I'm glad he isn't signing for us. I don't think we could have motivated him enough to get the best out of him. I don't even think a move to Liverpool could have neither.
I think Utd is the only place he could have went that is capable of resurrecting his career, the only place capable of motivating him.
I think the move will be a dramatic success and he will be as good as he was at Liverpool. Fergie will get the best out of him.
I think Utd is the only place he could have went that is capable of resurrecting his career, the only place capable of motivating him.
I think the move will be a dramatic success and he will be as good as he was at Liverpool. Fergie will get the best out of him.
Michael Kenrick - you really are on form at the moment. You need to stop all this ’me me me’ bollocks and try listening to what other people are saying for a change. Unless of course you know exactly what goes in the boardroom at Everton. which I’m guessing you don’t.
Terry, what part of: "Did you really truly honestly learn nothing from last summer?" do you not understand?
It’s all Bullshit Bollocks!!! Stop fighting it and just go with the flow. Que sera, sera!
It’s all Bullshit Bollocks!!! Stop fighting it and just go with the flow. Que sera, sera!
Michael. Yet again you’ve come out with the usual ’it’s all bollocks blah blah blah’ without having anything to back it up with.
Feel free to prove me wrong though.
Feel free to prove me wrong though.
Mark Wynne - YES you’re a winner, so well spotted & very well done.
Apparently you’ve won a bag of Everton Mints BUT you’ll have to wait for the Sky TV money to clear before the club can afford to buy them for you !!!
Apparently you’ve won a bag of Everton Mints BUT you’ll have to wait for the Sky TV money to clear before the club can afford to buy them for you !!!
Terry Owen
Why does Michael have to back up "It’s all bollocks" when referring to EFC and players linked with us every summer?
The meaning he conveys and the way he has phrased it is exactly the right wording for the situation.
Until you see pictures of them in an EFC shirt, holding a scarf with Moysies arm round them.....well, it’s all bollocks!!
Why does Michael have to back up "It’s all bollocks" when referring to EFC and players linked with us every summer?
The meaning he conveys and the way he has phrased it is exactly the right wording for the situation.
Until you see pictures of them in an EFC shirt, holding a scarf with Moysies arm round them.....well, it’s all bollocks!!
I think we dropped our interest in Owen when we signed Jo. Maybe the same thing happened again this time.
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