negative posts do not necessarily = fair weathered fans...if the shoe fits...the truth can sometimes be painful but better to see things for what they really r than continue living wif blinkers and relying on blind faith...true loyal fans sld be entitled to criticise the club they support provided it is done in good faith...
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wow... long time never log in here and then see such negative posts. haizz... how fair weather fans can be...
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owen's goal scoring record speaks for itself...whereever and whenever he has played and that is a fact...as for the comparison wif torres...to me i think this is apples and oranges...although on the pure class factor i wld hv to say that torres appears to come up trumps...
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people who are still hung up on owen and trying to compare him with fernando torres... fernando torres???!!! that is a no-brainer!!! let's put this clear, fernando torres is not the finished article yet. he still can be a better player. yes, he has a sunday kickabout style but it is effective bcos of his superior physique and ability to get past defenders with his sudden acceleration. owen??? he is too one-dimensional to the point that there will be no point to play wingers if he is in the team. gerrard houllier had to stick heskey up to win headers for owen and thus depriving the midfield of 1 more slot. the liverpool of houllier days had to resort to playing on the break, just to make sure they make use of owen's pace.
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u hv always reminded me of the local paul tomkins who appears to be the club's and in particular rafa's biggest apologist...but even tomkins in his book "Golden Past, Red Future: Liverpool FC - Champions of Europe 2005" was able to be objective & rational when it came to owen's transfer to madrid...the fault if any did not lie wif owen but wif the club's management, in particular rick parry for allowing owen's contract to run down to its last season...ironically parry failed to learn fm mcmanaman's bosman transfer to madrid afew yrs earlier...in fact owen sld be given credit for keeping to his word that he wld not pull off a bosman by seeing out his last yr at anfield...tomkins' analogy on this v issue is perhaps apt...it is v easy for fans like u to criticise owen when u do not hv to personally deal wif the consequences...bottom line, football is a job/profession just like any other job/profession...all these rants and raves abt loyalty and being a judas is utter rubbish...each worker/professional is entitled to choose what he thinks is best for him and his family...footballers r no different...moreover owen had already given 8 good yrs of service to the reds...before the 05' season the reds were at a cross roads...owen was not sure where the reds were headed and after he had an interview wif rafa he still appeard to hv his doubts and he was not the only one...gerrard & carra also appeared to hv their doubts...see carra's biography - "Carra:My Autobiography" where carra provides the inside lowdown...in fact gerrard wld hv probably gone to the bridge over that period but for his family's last minute intervention...carra also understood why owen left (same rational reasons as tomkins) and did not feel bitter although he was sad to see owen go both as a top player and a friend...
as for hull & manure...pls lah...it was a no brainer, which professional football player in his rt mind wld turn down the chance of playing at old toilet as opposed to the kc stadium particularly when he is trying to get back into the national team during a WC season?...in any event owen wld hv gone back to anfield at a drop of a hat but it appears that rafa was not interested notwithstanding gerrard, carra and even torres backing owen's return to anfield...
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but the ultimate insult was not to sign a contract extension, forcing rafa to sell him on the cheap. did anyone here know owen was the only player in recent history for real madrid to ever make a profit on his transfer to newcastle??? that was how cheap he was. and to join manure on the pretence that he would get to play more football??? did he get that??? nope. if he really wanted more football, he should have gone to hull. i can guarantee he will get into the 1st team without trying, well, whenever he is fit. judas. i would say. and it is a big insult to any liverpool player to be compared to michael owen.
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jose is not the only one...i doubt any other world class manager worth his salt like capello, hiddink etc wld consider going to anfield under such difficult circumstances...as for a smaller budget, like i told u before...jose won both the uefa cup and the CL wif porto and porto's budget is definitely smaller than the reds' budget...reds hv always been a bigger & more prestigious club compared to porto...
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jose mourinho??? he has already said he wont come unless the present owners are out and substantial funds are available before he comes to liverpool. damn, if that was the case, paul ince would have done the job as well. mourinho is never proven if he has to manage a smaller budget.
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