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by **Stackman** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 12:37 am

It's totally unfair to blame Owen. He is a world class player who we have to hold on to if success of some sort is to be achieved in the near future. All strikers go through bad patches, not helped when the team generally goes through a bad patch too.

I would say one of the main problems goals wise, is that we rely almost totally on him to score the goals. That's fine, it was the same with Rushie. But then again, you need 2, 3 or 4 others to wade in with 10+ goals a season (particularly the striker's partner) to back the main striker. We don't have that.

As for penalty takers, it seems to be the norm these days for the main striker to take them. No doubt to get the goals to game ratio up, and to try to win the top goalscorer accolades (Van Nistelrooy scored 12 Prem penalties in winning last season's Golden Boot! With a total of 25 goals I think). It's fine if they can put them in the net, but you need somebody with confidence taking them. At the moment, you'd go with Gerrard who is playing his heart out. If Owen is taken off penalties, surely that will knock his confidence further.

by **Owzat** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 2:31 pm

I believe 8 of rvn's 25 league goals last season were penalties (I think the rest were relative tap-ins) Owen scored 19 league goals last season, not sure how many of them were penalties

by **stmichael** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 3:46 pm

RVN is completely overrated. he misses more chances than owen mainly because he gets more chances. rumours today link him with real madrid for £25m. hope it's true so that we can keep owen.

by **HOMELEIGHKOP** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 8:31 pm

boll##ks owen had the chance to make it 1-1 drop him to the bench till he wants to play in the red shirt and make steve take the pens

by **XSD** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 9:29 pm

I'm not saying Owen is a bad player but I am saying that:
(vs southampton) a year or two ago he would have dribbled that ball round the keeper and scored or chipped it over the keeper when he had that opportunity.
He shouldn't have hit the cross bar, although that was a close call and it's hard to blame him.
NO excuse for missing so many penalties with his pay package.

Owen is a good player, one of the best, but we need consistancy please.

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