Now Van Nistelrooy would be a better signing Owen's style of play suits counter attacking and since he doesn't have the pace he once had anymore, I simply don't rate him that much. He is still a good player no doubt if he can get back from the injuries, but not a great one anymore in my opinion. I had the same opinion in his last year at LFC as well and nothing I've seen since has changed my mind for the better anyway. You do have a point and for instance Rooney is exactly the same when it comes to scoring in bursts. However, I think when Owen hit a bad run, he really missed sitter after sitter including penalties and at the same time didn't contribute much otherwise either.
So I can't have an opinion of Owen as a player in 2007, as he hasn't played this year In that case, I don't think it's very wise to advocate us to be signing him either, if there can be no assessment about his capabilities as a player these days. Oh and f*** off you t*** an all
Or he gets injured, comes back scores a hat-trick, then scores two in the next match, then doesn't score for 5 matches, scores 1, misses a penalty, gets injured etc... ad nauseaum.
I was surprised to be honest. I just don't rate Owen anywhere as high as many on here do. I haven't since about 2004, as he is such a predictable player without the burst of pace he once had. This notion that he is somehow meant to be good in the build-up play as well doesn't wash with me at all either. As a player in 2007, I'd say he's about on the same level as Andy Johnson. And that doesn't count in the fact that we don't know how he will come back from the latest serious injury.
Once we've completed the signing of Owen, we can move on to the 2 main targets: Heskey and Litmanen. Hopefully by the end of the summer we'll have Ged back in charge and we can start discussing whether Robbie should be higher up in the picking order. Move on ffs.