Michael Owen

[Ombudsam]

Are we gonna buy him back then. We bloody should.

[Dominus Maximus]

should we really? 18m?

[Spion kop]

yes along with kevin nolan.

[eskton]

Never been a Owen fan myself.

 

But you can see how much we miss a goalscorer.

 

YES, go and pay the £18m

[Kvarme Ate My Food]

I suspect that Benitez will look for someone taller and stronger, who can hold the ball up - and score goals

 

not easy to find such a player, granted, and I'd be tempted to pay the money for a guaranteed goalscorer alone. But Rafa might think that £18m (or whatever) is too much for someone who isn't exactly what he's looking for

[Ombudsam]

should we really? 18m?

 

It's not gonna be that much and even if it is i don't care. You can't win trophies without goals and we don't have many goals. And yes i know what we won last season.

[Kathy]

Oh god here we go again

[Ombudsam]

I suspect that Benitez will look for someone taller and stronger, who can hold the ball up - and score goals

 

not easy to find such a player, granted, and I'd be tempted to pay the money for a guaranteed goalscorer alone. But Rafa might think that £18m (or whatever) is too much for someone who isn't exactly what he's looking for

 

it won't be 18mill and like you i can't think of this ideal player. He wanted him in the summer

[Kvarme Ate My Food]

it won't be 18mill and like you i can't think of this ideal player. He wanted him in the summer

 

how much will it be? Why would the Barcodes sell for less than he's worth? Is there any truth in the release clause rimours and if so, how much is specified? And even if we did invoke the clause, would we be censured for 'tapping-up' as we were with Ziege when he told us about his clause?

 

Benitez would have taken Owen at the right price - but once again he's not likely to be available at the right price

[kop205]

Apparently the release clause is 12m if they don't qualify for Europe, though I can't swear to the truth of that.

[Kvarme Ate My Food]

Apparently the release clause is 12m if they don't qualify for Europe, though I can't swear to the truth of that.

 

that's the figure that gets bandied about, but no-one knows if it's true

[CarraLegend]

that's the figure that gets bandied about, but no-one knows if it's true

 

Dave Usher, Bascombe and Elisha have all said its true so i'd say its got some mileage. Even Rushie was in the Echo saying we should get Owen for £12m

[Kvarme Ate My Food]

Dave Usher, Bascombe and Elisha have all said its true so i'd say its got some mileage. Even Rushie was in the Echo saying we should get Owen for £12m

 

fair enough on the first 3 ... I doubt Rushie knows any more than you or I though

[CarraLegend]

I doubt Rushie knows any more than you or I though

 

Yep, not like he'd know anyone connected with the club or even Michael Owen personally or anything.

[Dominus Maximus]

Its so stupid, then the Barcodes will lose 6 m in one year?

[Kvarme Ate My Food]

Yep, not like he'd know anyone connected with the club or even Michael Owen personally or anything.

 

by 'the club' do you mean Newcastle or LFC?

 

as for Michael, I'm sure he'd divulge intimate details of his contract so that Rush could blurt them out all over the press

[CarraLegend]

by 'the club' do you mean Newcastle or LFC?

 

as for Michael, I'm sure he'd divulge intimate details of his contract so that Rush could blurt them out all over the press

 

 

Good grief, I give up.

[Kvarme Ate My Food]

Good grief, I give up.

 

well in, blert

[vish]

I'd rather have Yakubu for £12m.

[Guest hagis]

I wonder if we could temp Ade Akinbiyi away from Sheffield Utd for £10 million...

[Hugh]

My initial thoughts on the striker situation would be to get shot of Cisse and Nando (Obviously at a loss), bring back Pongolle and Owen so as that our strikeforce reads: Owen, Crouch, Fowler, Pongolle. All a bit too ideal I know but I think there's goals in that.

[AnfieldWestGaffer]

I wonder if we could temp Ade Akinbiyi away from Sheffield Utd for £10 million...

 

How about Karl Fletcher, scored a hatful for Harchester United. He might be on the cheap. Bit of a distraction in the dressing room but we've got Carra to sort that out.

[XabisBadFoot]

I'm still gunning for Darren Bent. D'u reckon Charlton would let him go...? If so - how much for..? £8-£9m..??

 

And Kevin Nolan is a must. He's a great player and a top guy too..!

[lawrie]

My initial thoughts on the striker situation would be to get shot of Cisse and Nando (Obviously at a loss), bring back Pongolle and Owen so as that our strikeforce reads: Owen, Crouch, Fowler, Pongolle. All a bit too ideal I know but I think there's goals in that.

 

That list doesn't fill me with optimism to be honest. I think 12 million for someone who is prone to injury isn't really that good a piece of business. Robbie may get us a few goals but he is unlikely to improve significantly over the next season or so. I see Crouch as nothing more than a squad player, being able to offer something different in the last 20 minutes of a game and Pongolle may come back to be a really useful player but would you at this stage of our development pin all your hopes on him?

[CaptainXabi]

My initial thoughts on the striker situation would be to get shot of Cisse and Nando (Obviously at a loss), bring back Pongolle and Owen so as that our strikeforce reads: Owen, Crouch, Fowler, Pongolle. All a bit too ideal I know but I think there's goals in that.

I don't think it's unrealistic at all. The only problem with Owen coming back (in footballing terms) is that he's injured a lot when he's the regular starting striker. So for a good 3 months of the season, we'd be limited to Crouch, Fowler, and Pongolle. There's some considerable uncertainty in the strike rate of our strikers in that scenario. Granted they can't do any worse than this year.