As a liverpool fan I used to idolise Michael Owen but­ as soon as he said he was leaving Liverpool for Real­ Madrid it showed what a money grabbing mercenary he­ really is, he never intended signing a new contract­ with us waited until he had 12 months remaining and­ left us for less than half of what he was worth at the­ time in order to get a massive signing on fee. Since­ then he has only played a handfull of England games,­ played less than 60% of Newcastles games, helped get­ them relegated, lost his place in the England squad and­ now has the giants of Hull looking at him and the­ giants of Wigan saying they're not interested,­ Liverpool on the other hand have won the Champions­ league and been to another final, won the Fa.cup signed­ world class players like Mascherano, Alonso, Torres and­ Reina and last season finished with their highest ever­ premiership points total.......grass aint always­ greener is it???

comment from m/owen. iv'e had four enjoyable years­ there,id have a enjoyable week on 120k cheeky little­ $**t

pr_davies comment 109:
You are correct in this­ statement. On the same token, I feel that if there­ would a UK national side created, the pick would be 95%­ English anyway. I think that this has always been the­ argument against a UK side. It is unfortunate that the­ English are so anti everything else that is not­ English. This is their undoing and they are they have­ proven to be their own worst enemiies.
On the broader­ scale, Scottish also have had many inventors too and­ this was never recognised by the arrogant English. So­ if the English are nothing but a bunch of brainless­ separatists, why are the Scots, Welsh and the Northern­ Irish not independant from them. As far as the United­ Kingdom goes, where would the toffy nosed, arrogant­ English be without the rest....they'd be even less­ then they already are.

Sappercommando - It's because England think they­ are too good to have to join forces with the likes of­ Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Until they realise­ they've won nowt for longer than Newcastle,­ they'll continue to be nothing more than­ "pretty good".

I addition to my earlier comment hopefully he will go­ to Hull because the alternative is a lucrative BBC deal­ and yet another moron commentating on next years world­ cup (aka Gary Linnecor)

how the mighty have fallen :D good luck with the horses­ Michael ;)

hull are going down

I Know How - Can I borrow your Crystal Ball mate? I­ lost my keys last night and love to know where they­ are.

At the end of the day, Michael Owen is just another one­ in long list of English players, never reaching their­ mark and for this reason, England as a national side­ shall only ever be pretty good and nothing more. What­ is the use of being pretty good if the national side­ has not achieved anything since 1966? Why do the­ idiotic British not join forces and make a UK national­ team? Wouldn't that solve the problem with their­ trophy drought?

He can share a sick bay with Jimmy Bullard. Bye bye­ Mickey, thans for keeping us up the season before last,­ but good riddance to the limp performance of the season­ just gone. Hope you're enjoying your cash.

Money grabbing back stabbing un-loyal muppet would not­ wish him on anyone that has to pay his wages through­ turnstile reciepts as he'll bankrupt you and show­ no remorse. Everyone stated as he helped Newcastle go­ down stand up and be counted in giving them a season in­ return (DOH)!!! No I did not want to move in January­ when people had to pay for my services now i'm a­ free agent i'm going to screw some other team.

"I know now" needs a job!

If owen can see past the greed that so far has blighted­ his career than there is every chance this will be a­ perfect move for the club and player.

If he cant then­ he wont be going to Hull and we'll see him­ disappoint yet again!

hahahahahahahahahaha - owen at hull....­ hahahahahahahahahaha

I think the insurance company paid most of he's­ wages....

So sick note is off to Hull tokeep the backroom staff­ in a job.
Makes sense.

Probaly score five goals for­ you, all from the spot when he is brought on with the­ crutches.
What a joke for any Prem club to buy an­ overated has been who has always been proteced.
He is­ finished Hull, get a grip a past big name is now a­ poacher that is why He will sign for Hull, no one else­ wants to know.

The Boro would have give him a chance­ at around 800, 000 just to show on the training ground­ how not to get injured when someone has the cheek to­ get the ball from him.
Totaly overated bally­ dancer.

Looks like NUFC are very clued up on how to­ get back up, makes me smile.
Hull down next season,­ Boro up and NUFC further down the shoot.
Should I say­ this because I keep hearing what a great club they are,­ massive and so on.
What a laugh eh.
No owner, no­ Manager, no real want to stay players.
Yup a great­ club.
The great hero has played the press, running­ scared now in case he is asked to do the job.
Your only­ saviour is Keegan, AGAIN but that is waht to expect­ from such a great club who are down and won­ nothing.
Yup a great club.

Play the kids, or have you­ got any to play???????

Come on NUFC you are starting­ to think you are the best in the Champ already, truth­ is you are the worst.
Where is investment coming from,­ dream on.

How I hope you go up with the Boro next time­ out, for some reason I do not see it.
We at Boro are­ the great North East team, you will learn from this as­ we have done it a few times already.

As for the­ Sunderland, I only wish they put on a good show for the­ North East with the majors.
Owen leaving, I have tears­ now, for the CLUB that will take him on.

As for you­ lot at NUFC get the boots polished for a hard­ season.
It is not that easy and a great club will pull­ out on the first attempt, BORO.

at least owen knows how to score when fit and trough­ his whole career not like some kid who impressed in two­ or three games

Michael Owen is too injury prone now , and should have­ a pay as you play contract.That would be fair to club­ and player. Give him incentives to play ,ie, goal­ bonus, so many consecutive games, goal assists­ etc.Istill think he is a capable striker, but NUFC left­ him out on a limb at times I think

Poor Michael Owen...

From the Golden Boy of English­ Football, to the bench at Real Madrid, to relegation at­ Newcastle, to struggling for Premiership survival and­ on the pitch bollockings from your manager...

Where­ did it all go wrong eh?