Puro wrote:Taking into account that Owen didn't play much last season, I consider him like a new signing. Furthermore, base on what Newcastle spent to get him, his salary and what the team got in performances, he, by far has given a team the worst returns of them all. Someone (forgot what newspaper) wrote that Newcastle have wasted all in all over 35 million pounds on his ass. And, we hear that Newcastle want to reward him with a new contract.
Imagine if Michael Owen were a Johnny Foreigner pulling the same stunt or a black Englishman like say Defoe. His ass would've been shipped out a long time ago. Must be nice being Owen in England. I'd ride that too to the last cent if I were Owen, AND had imbeciles running a football club.
Marcus Bent from Wigan, Dave Kitson from Reading, Boro's Tuncay, West Ham's Ashton, B'gham's Forsell... give you comparable results AND you won't have to waste "Owen" cash on them.
Owen BY FAR, BY A COUNTRY MILE the worst signing. True story!
Puro wrote:Taking into account that Owen didn't play much last season, I consider him like a new signing. Furthermore, base on what Newcastle spent to get him, his salary and what the team got in performances, he, by far has given a team the worst returns of them all. Someone (forgot what newspaper) wrote that Newcastle have wasted all in all over 35 million pounds on his ass. And, we hear that Newcastle want to reward him with a new contract.
Imagine if Michael Owen were a Johnny Foreigner pulling the same stunt or a black Englishman like say Defoe. His ass would've been shipped out a long time ago. Must be nice being Owen in England. I'd ride that too to the last cent if I were Owen, AND had imbeciles running a football club.
Marcus Bent from Wigan, Dave Kitson from Reading, Boro's Tuncay, West Ham's Ashton, B'gham's Forsell... give you comparable results AND you won't have to waste "Owen" cash on them.
Owen BY FAR, BY A COUNTRY MILE the worst signing. True story!
toon h wrote:Henry - by a mile.
Axeslammer wrote:toon h wrote:Henry - by a mile.
How can he be a disappointment if he was never any good on a big pitch to begin with...
DD wrote:Possible contenders: 'Ghetto Kid' Prince Boateng, Pizarro, Nugent, Bianchi
Axeslammer wrote:toon h wrote:Henry - by a mile.
How can he be a disappointment if he was never any good to begin with...
debaser wrote:Bent and Malouda the 2 most expensive failures, but there's a fair few contenders for this crown:
Nugent at £6m was pretty horrendous, considering they wanted to sell him within a month of signing him.
Bianchi didn't pay off, either (8 or 9m, I think)
Then in the Sunderland department, they signed a plethora of players in the 2-3m bracket that seem completely wasteful. Greg Halford, my particular favourite.
And finally....Alan 'play me and you lose, drop me and you win' Smith is in a £6m world of his own.
okay, he wasn't an out-and-out flop like Nugent. I was meaning more in the 'return-compared-to-outlay' sense, he was a disappointment, albeit more for personal reasons than footballing ones.Sgoater1 wrote:The thing is with Bianchi is that he actually did well for us he just didnt settle in England. His record was 5 goals from 7 starts so tbh its a bit unfair to call him a flop. Also at the end of the season we will sell him and make a £1m profit.
debaser wrote:okay, he wasn't an out-and-out flop like Nugent. I was meaning more in the 'return-compared-to-outlay' sense, he was a disappointment, albeit more for personal reasons than footballing ones.Sgoater1 wrote:The thing is with Bianchi is that he actually did well for us he just didnt settle in England. His record was 5 goals from 7 starts so tbh its a bit unfair to call him a flop. Also at the end of the season we will sell him and make a £1m profit.
if you make profit, you'll have done pretty well on that deal..
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