going to miss villa, 57 points we ve taken from them­ lol over the years, no wonder they are glad to see us­ go, maybe now you can get into the top 4, oh hold, all­ your players are leaving lol, never mind, can always­ get randy pandy to get some more west rejects. lol

From a long time Newcastle supporter: good riddance

sampinkfluffy, how many times have you actually seen­ owne play this season, your talking out of your arse.

Heslop? how many times this season have you actually­ seen Owen? I ve seen him everytime he has played, I­ dont live on his passed experiences, like Owen does, in­ fairness he hasnt had the greatest service put when he­ has, his performance has been P poor, missed open­ chances, no pace, no body strength, no ablitiy to get­ behide defenders, he really is no way the player he­ was, he will score goals? he might if everyone else­ leaves the pitch.

Villa will definitely be struggling in the lower­ reaches of the Premier next year anyway, so at least­ he'll be in familiar territory.

If we did not go out and get Heskey last year, I would­ fully support Villa trying to sign Owen. But we need­ defense before strikers. People act like footballers­ never come back from injuries or a bad season to make­ major a major impactthe very next season. I don't­ want him on Villa...but I hope he signs for a­ Premiership team like Blackburn, Bolton, Portsmouth or­ Fulham he can prove his critics wrong. You can't­ blame him for Newcastle's demise, that was just bad­ management. He may be past his prime, but he has a few­ good years left.
If nobody in England want him...I­ hope Mainz 05 get him (newly promoted Bundesliga team)­ because I live there and I would love to see him tear­ it up. But that is just wishful thinking...

Owen is a has been, he is a money taker ! He has never­ had Newcastles interest at heart, all he as had at­ heart is getting paid for winjing about his so called­ injuries.
He should be sent out on loan for a season in­ the conference ON THEIR WAGES that would sort the lazy­ little scouser out, let him see what it is like to Have­ to put interest in to the game to get paid. Not get­ paid for doing nothing.
Owen IS FINISHED and the sooner­ people realise that the better.

michael owen is a top player he always gives a 100­ and 10 per cent u cant blame one player for the­ relegation of a @#$% team. he is the one who has scored­ the most goals for newcastle this season. and he has­ hardly played so what does that say about him. If he­ had bn given more of a chance to prove him self this­ season he would b up there with the top goal scores for­ the premier league.i for one would love to see him in­ the premier league next season so he can show u all­ what he is made of and hopefuly get back in the England­ team were he belongs.

owen is a has been-- history !!!!!!!!!!!!! villa move­ on

we need a top striker , who will cost 15 million­ minimum .

does owen won't to play in the championship,if not­ he may sign if the money is right and he get's­ first team play everyweek

VILLA DO NOT WANT OWEN!!! simple as that, just another­ has been like heskey and harewood to name few villa­ have sign, cheap players equate to "you peanuts­ you get monkeys" why do you think players like­ ronaldo and kaka sell for so much

he's only ever scored 20 in a season once.just to­ warn u i gamble for a living using stats and­ probability ,thats how i know owen needs the money cos­ his horse venture is not going very well.don't want­ to upset u but my best bet was backing newcastle at ­ 100-1 to be relegated after they had drawn 1-1 at old­ trafford

Jokes aside, apart from his very early years, I'm­ not sure he has managed that very often. I have the odd­ flutter but I will take you up on your bet.

john i'm a betting man and i bet u a pint he scores­ 15 goals next yr

we were losing every game before Shearer came in and­ heading one way only anyway. As for money, Shearer has­ been our biggest ever earner and also scored more goals­ for us and has the Premiership record. He was also­ voted 3rd in 1996 European footballer of the year. He­ also had to retire to end his England career or I'm­ sure he would have played on for another 4 years or so.­ If thats wrong then do we expect Kaka to be shyte now.­ I know what you are saying but I cant agree he­ did'nt try because he was being so highly paid, he­ just could'nt stay fit and play enough games and­ Iv'e explained why I think he was useless 2nd half­ of last season

john do the stats before shearer u averaged nearly a­ point a game 29 from 30 with him u averaged just over­ half a point a game 5 from 8,had u not employed him­ and averaged as u were before he came u would of had 36­ points and safety,he in theory had better players as­ quite a few had returned from injury, think maybe he­ listened to dowie to much but it has to be said his­ tactics especially against spurs were naff

u paid bassong washers cos he was on a short contract­ to see if he could prove hisself so he played to earn a­ better one he was driven on by the chance of better­ wages unlike owen who couldn't risk injury or he­ would have no income after 30th june

heslop, your 11, I held my head in my hands when­ Shearer brought him on. That said, the very best of­ them have made mistakes and I personally think Shearer­ will come good but we will find out better when he gets­ a decent chance. No manager you care to mention could­ have done much better with that lot and most others­ would also have played Owen.

heslop, It beggers belief but Bassong is one of our­ lowest earners but that means we dont have to take­ buttons for him, we can keep him with the wages­ he's on. If he wants to go, as I expect he will we­ wont have to pay up his contract and I would expect to­ get over £10mil. Martins will also accept a move but I­ dont think their will be many more like them.
I said­ when Owen signed he came because we offered him the­ most money. If he was at the club of his choice it­ would'nt be us, or his next club. But I have to say­ when he was fit we did see him play some good football­ but since the Jan transfer window closed he has just­ kept himself out of trouble. His intention was to stay­ fit and prove to potential interest that he could play­ regularly. I know those around him were rubbish but­ I'm sure a player of his quality can get hold of­ the ball himself and do something with it. Bringing him­ on as a sub against Villa summed it up for me, he­ either played out of his skin to pay back a smidgin of­ what NUFC had given him or he would bottle it to avoid­ an injury.