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Post by ronniewallwork on Aug 7, 2012 9:19:56 GMT
That's what I'd do! Followed up by Cox out and Owen in.....Hee Hee I can dream
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Post by Jammin on Aug 7, 2012 9:22:39 GMT
Owen is a dream?
I couldn't think of a worse signing. Well I could but it's the internet and my hyperbole button is on.
He'd give me Andy Fucking Townsend flashbacks.
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Post by ronniewallwork on Aug 7, 2012 9:23:48 GMT
Owen is a dream? I couldn't think of a worse signing. Well I could but it's the internet and my hyperbole button is on. He'd give me Andy Fucking Townsend flashbacks. I don't think that at all....I'd like him...pay as you play etc
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Post by cAPTAIN_cHAOS on Aug 7, 2012 9:26:26 GMT
I'm another Owen naysayer. He is injury prone and i would question his hunger as well. Would he be more interested in the horses or the Albion?
I can't see us offering him an attractive enough basic on a PAYP deal. I wouldnt want us to neither, to be honest.
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Post by ronniewallwork on Aug 7, 2012 9:31:48 GMT
I'm another Owen naysayer. He is injury prone and i would question his hunger as well. Would he be more interested in the horses or the Albion? I can't see us offering him an attractive enough basic on a PAYP deal. I wouldnt want us to neither, to be honest. Tell me you wouldnt get goose bumps when on 69mins Michael Owen steps up off the bench to come on in the blue and white stripes of WBA....yes WBA.... If we could get 20+ games out of him...(look at reids record Pre WBA and compare to whilst at WBA-don't under estimate our medical team and reputation) he'd score 6-8 goals for us. Super Kev....maybe had a better fitness record but he worked!
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Post by cAPTAIN_cHAOS on Aug 7, 2012 9:36:00 GMT
Tell me you wouldnt get goose bumps when on 69mins Michael Owen steps up off the bench to come on in the blue and white stripes of WBA....yes WBA.... If we could get 20+ games out of him...(look at reids record Pre WBA and compare to whilst at WBA-don't under estimate our medical team and reputation) he'd score 6-8 goals for us. Super Kev....maybe had a better fitness record but he worked! I've been wrong before on players, and i'll be wrong again, but the only goosebumps Owen gives me is the fear of him spending six months in the Hydropool on c£35K a week. We'll agree to disagree on this one mate.
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Post by ronniewallwork on Aug 7, 2012 9:38:10 GMT
Tell me you wouldnt get goose bumps when on 69mins Michael Owen steps up off the bench to come on in the blue and white stripes of WBA....yes WBA.... If we could get 20+ games out of him...(look at reids record Pre WBA and compare to whilst at WBA-don't under estimate our medical team and reputation) he'd score 6-8 goals for us. Super Kev....maybe had a better fitness record but he worked! We'd never agree to 35k a week basic!!!! It would be centred around mins on pitch I've been wrong before on players, and i'll be wrong again, but the only goosebumps Owen gives me is the fear of him spending six months in the Hydropool on c£35K a week. We'll agree to disagree on this one mate.
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Post by Jammin on Aug 7, 2012 9:40:00 GMT
Super Kev....maybe had a better fitness record but he worked! Super Kev played regular football throughout his career. Owen has played 31 games in the last 3 years and scored 5 goals. Kev never relied on out and out pace. Owen did, and I'm pretty sure that's gone. I don;t think he's the sort of player that can extend his career by playing a different role. Just don't think he has that in his locker. Love to be proved wrong but I'd be proper sceptical.
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Post by cAPTAIN_cHAOS on Aug 7, 2012 9:42:53 GMT
We'd never agree to 35k a week basic!!!! It would be centred around mins on pitch Thats one of the big stumbling blocks for me, i really couldnt see Owen taking that kind of deal with us. He will want a 'competitive' basic with added extras. Someone else may well offer him that. I cant see him signing the kind of deal that we would, rightly IMO, offer. This seasons Owen Hargreaves for me.
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Post by chinawhite on Aug 7, 2012 9:45:01 GMT
Worth a punt on pay as you play
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Post by Camp Freddy on Aug 7, 2012 9:52:21 GMT
Owen would be a fucking disaster, not a single shred of doubt in my mind.
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Post by Totally Tropical Tiesto on Aug 7, 2012 9:52:38 GMT
I don't think he'd want a pay as you play, coupled with him no longer seeming too arsed about playing football i'd steer well clear.
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Post by Shep on Aug 7, 2012 9:53:52 GMT
Owen would be a fucking disaster, not a single shred of doubt in my mind. Indeed. Steer well clear.
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Post by Abelard Snazz on Aug 7, 2012 10:04:03 GMT
If we gave him a season ticket to Wolvo races he might be interested.
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Post by Astlebridge on Aug 7, 2012 10:29:43 GMT
He is a fantastic finisher who is slow due to his injuries and potential for further injuries. Why get rid of Cox and get him in. It's exactly like for like but Owen would cost more.
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Post by El Ghamidget on Aug 7, 2012 10:36:47 GMT
He is a fantastic finisher who is slow due to his injuries and potential for further injuries. Why get rid of Cox and get him in. It's exactly like for like but Owen would cost more. Nail on the fuggin head.
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Post by Totally Tropical Tiesto on Aug 7, 2012 11:08:59 GMT
Leave him to fade is osses.
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Post by chinawhite on Aug 7, 2012 12:18:11 GMT
The way people go on that they are paying the wages out of their own pocket. Give him a go what are losing in the process if it works great if not put it down to a loss as everyone says every signing is a gamble. Not such a big gamble on pay as you play imo.
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Post by Astlebridge on Aug 7, 2012 12:27:27 GMT
China, I'd fucking love a fit Michael Owen to play for us. However, if we're spending what little money we have and there's a more sensible target out there it makes more sense to do that. That's not gambling.
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Post by hungrydave on Aug 7, 2012 12:29:39 GMT
MAF OUT? ARE YOU BEING SERIOUS? OUR STAR PERFORMER IN THE 2ND HALF OF THE SEASON? He is such a unique player that brings plenty of physicality which our other strikers don't do so much. Admittedly he isn't the most prolific but his link up play is top class which is very rare these days. As back up when Pete, Shane or the Berg are injured or out of form, he is a very excellent option. -1 for this article I'm afraid.
P.S. Owen is too big a risk and wouldn't settle for a small basic pay which is what we would offer.
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Post by Zizou on Aug 7, 2012 12:30:03 GMT
Owen would be a massive disaster. He'd also not fit into a system other than 4-4-2. Owen was a late 90's, early 00's player. Football has evolved since then.
I'd have Fortune over Owen this season....
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Post by ronniewallwork on Aug 7, 2012 13:59:45 GMT
Owen would be a massive disaster. He'd also not fit into a system other than 4-4-2. Owen was a late 90's, early 00's player. Football has evolved since then. I'd have Fortune over Owen this season.... Mmmmm fortune won't figure imo
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