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I agree with this. He coasted through his time up here.

I've got no problem criticising Owen for his time at Newcastle. He was a bad buy by the then chairman who bought him for his own ego. It was clear he didn't want to come but stupidly kept going and bought him. Owen looked reluctant from the beginning and never bought into the place. Ask any Toon fan, they'll tell you he was one of the biggest wastes of money, fee and wages, in the clubs history.

And how’s that his fault, he didn’t punt himself to go there, your critique should be solely aimed at your chairman.
 

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Good result for Watford, I think Palace are better than a couple of results show and won’t, or shouldn’t be in their usual relegation battle zone.

Big miss at the end, I think a draw was a fairer result but you’ve got to take those chances, especially right at the end of the game.
 

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It wasn’t Owens fault he got injured a lot at Newcastle which blighted his time up there and pretty much ruined 18 months of a season - It’s typical of Newcastle fans to point fingers at Owen , when fit he still scored goals for them - he had a number of serious injuries one I believe helped Newcastle get about 7/8 mil in compensation was it ?

Oh and didn't that injury happen whilst on England duty, what a surprise!
 
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Oh and didn't that injury happen whilst on England duty, what a surprise!

Again how is it his fault he suffered a serious injury at the World Cup ? Do you think he should have said - Nope I won’t go to the biggest football tournament because I might get injured

If Kane gets injured playing for England because he is exactly like Owen - will you point the finger at him
 

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And how’s that his fault, he didn’t punt himself to go there, your critique should be solely aimed at your chairman.

I'm not a Newcastle fan, I just live here. The chairman was poor, no question and he wasted pot loads. I do expect any player, particularly a record buy and on top wages, to give everything to the cause. He didn't do that at St James. It was clear at the time and this interview does nothing to help his cause. If he didn't feel capable of fully committing during a match then that is a huge issue. Do you think he told the chairman or manager that?
 
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I'm not a Newcastle fan, I just live here. The chairman was poor, no question and he wasted pot loads. I do expect any player, particularly a record buy and on top wages, to give everything to the cause. He didn't do that at St James. It was clear at the time and this interview does nothing to help his cause. If he didn't feel capable of fully committing during a match then that is a huge issue. Do you think he told the chairman or manager that?

Again have you seen the full interview to get the full context ? Suspect you haven’t - he didn’t feel like he could fully go at sprints from the age of 19 because of a major hamstring injury he got at Liverpool - not when he arrived at Newcastle - he had to adjust his game to become more of a poacher as opposed to running the channels but he still scored lots of goals. What really hit Owen was his ACL injury - that pretty much knocked him for six but still continued to play and score goals for Newcastle- it was at Stoke when he offered to retire and he was close to retiring a few times and spoke to Chairman’s and managers about it.
 

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What's wrong with Owen wanting to do his best for England? There was a time when it was (and should be) country before club.

He was driven by a desire to go down in history, i'm sure. With the England squads we had back then, i can see why he's have wanted to be in the mix too. But if club success wasn't over interest to him, he wouldn't of gone to UTD looking for a title.
 

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Newcastle set up 5-4-1, tough to breakdown, hopefully once that first goal goes in will become open, as with 10 behind the ball it’s obvious Newcastle are looking for a point.
 

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Newcastle set up 5-4-1, tough to breakdown, hopefully once that first goal goes in will become open, as with 10 behind the ball it’s obvious Newcastle are looking for a point.

Very good tactics if you after a point. Tough if you concede the 1st goal. Think Giroud would be a better option in these circumstances than Morata
 

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Very good tactics if you after a point. Tough if you concede the 1st goal. Think Giroud would be a better option in these circumstances than Morata

You play for a point when you’re desperate for them towards the end of the season, this is shocking imo, what will Newcastle learn from this.
 
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