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Michael Owen: Corporate Boy Scout Of A Footballer

Why does nobody but Michael Owen and various people at the FA/BBC love Michael Owen? Despite what the TV tells us, people really don't seem to like him...

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Pmcook99 says...

Michael Owen what a top quality player he was in his day. When injury free he would have walked into any prem team. Many highlights from his career, but my personal favorite was when he stripped down to his kit when he thought he had one a prem league winners medal at the end of last season....Priceless

Posted 12:54pm 11th April 2013

shaft_192 (Arsenal) says...

"Why did he bother retiring? He had a free season ticket to watch all the games, and a front row seat on the bench." - is it any wonder he retired? you really wanna have to watch Stoke play every week?

Posted 9:38am 22nd March 2013

minig11 (Tottenham Hotspur) says...

A really sad article. Try judging him on his football rather than his personality. I can only assume the journalist was busy playing with her Barbie dolls when he was wowing myself and friends with his World Cup exploits against Argentina et al. I for one like him for his footballing abilities and he was one of the first footballers to really engage with fans on Twitter so fair play to him or that

Posted 9:41am 21st March 2013

vertigo (Blackburn Rovers) says...

"Michael Who?? Good read. He is retired? Why did he bother retiring? He had a free season ticket to watch all the games, and a front row seat on the bench." Probably because he doesn't like football. Not that hard to believe

Posted 12:43am 21st March 2013

shea666 (Manchester United) says...

Didn't he effectively retire while still being paid by Manchester United? 15 years after he made a mark on football surely the presiding sentiment on Michael Owen is "what a waste of talent". He could have been a great, instead he retires a poor indictment of mercenary footballers, taking the money but doing f**k all to deserve it

Posted 9:36pm 20th March 2013

ninespuds (Newcastle United) says...

Becks7. Dont be thick. All of that achieved during a few short years at at Liverpool. Bench warming or injured for the MAJORITY of his career. Gullit, Zola, Figo, Zidane, Giggs, Maldini, Seedorf, Lampard, Scholes, hell even Rio and Becks himself. A random selection of ACTUAL great players who had great ACTUAL careers. Owen was great for the briefest of times.

Posted 8:03pm 20th March 2013

v. profane (Newcastle United) says...

@ak, dunno if you've noticed but most people who aren't Chelsea fans hate John Terry and not even all Man U fans are that keen on Rooney these days, so I think you chose rather poorly.

Posted 7:29pm 20th March 2013

TheGuru (Sunderland) says...

Never warmed to MO. Always seemed that he had more confidence than his ability backed up. Arrogant people tend not to be popular..

Posted 5:46pm 20th March 2013

drfredderf says...

im not a liverpool, man u or newcastle fan but i loved owen for one reason. he scored goals important goals for england. Please watch and remember where you were when this happened...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV7XxkqLjDE i was in a pub in bournemouth that just went mental... and anyone who thought he was crap or just quick please watch these finishes again in that game against germany...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWxjjMwYuN0

Posted 2:53pm 20th March 2013

shabtastic (Tottenham Hotspur) says...

Can we now expect a wonderfully informative brochure on why he would be an excellent pundit?

Posted 2:36pm 20th March 2013

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