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LFC2007 wrote:Keane was never as mobile in his latter years as he had been in previous years, maybe the degeneration of his knee was part of the reason for this.


Cruciate ligament injuries don't always recur, but they do make the knee more prone to future injury - Pires for example.

I would suggest that was just as much to do with him getting older as it was the injury ?

And i will swop you Pires for Simon Jones, Lawrence Dallaglio and Herschelle Gibbs

For the sake of the thread i will agree to disagree and time will tell

LFC2007 wrote:I'm not disagreeing, it's a very simple fact that the RISK of injury is higher after such an horrendous injury. There's nothing to argue over, he could play just as well as he once did with us, but the risk of injury is higher, that's all.

Yes and too much to take a chance on!

The Grudge wrote:

destro wrote:

The Grudge wrote:Injuries aside Michael Owen will never be the player he was FACT!

Fact ? really and on what do you base that, lets look at the FACTS since the injury shall we, goals per games for Newcastle so far ? Does that suggest that he will never be the same, does it look like he has lost the knack of scoring goals ? NO 

The only FACT is that its your opinion that he wont be the same !

The facts are mate that 90% of players that suffer his type of injury are shadows of their former selves when they return!

The facts are that a very high percentage of people that suffer this injury suffer re occurances the rest of their playing days and are often playing with pain at the very least and if they are lucky!

The facts are that Michael Owen is a vey risky prospect for any team to take a chance on and that is why no one is chasing him...Newcastle are happy because they are clutching at straws as Obefemi Martins has been good but basically a flop and not the replacement for Shearer they hoped for in Owens absence.Michael Owen is their only hope.

The facts are that Michael Owen has had his days in the red shirt and those days are over.

He could have stayed on and been up there with Rush in the greats,sadly you can blame a certain Frenchman on the fact that he is not!

The FACTS are you have offered no proof of these so called 90% OR the 'High percentage" who suffer  a re-occurance  or who play in pain.

I on the other hand have gave the names of 4 who ( so far ) and one of them most definitely have NOT suffered any sort of re-occurance, they are FACTS ! 

dawson99 wrote:and come out august fighting

...only to exit September with a limp   

red37 wrote:

dawson99 wrote:and come out august fighting

...only to exit September with a limp   

Mystic Meg 

As Dawson said get him signed get him in and get him playin, we need him and a few more like him

bavlondon wrote:Well the players arrive for pe season tomorrow and not a single top class player to fill the positions we need.

bavlondon wrote:Well the players arrive for pe season tomorrow and not a single top class player to fill the positions we need.

We are doomed! Lets all cut our wrists!

FFS lighten up..things are on the up lad.

Wait and see...

dawson99 wrote:we'll all grow goatees and win the league!!!

As the 'what you look like thread' will attest, I've already got one!  Sort yourselves out some whiskers, lads, and away we go!

(Just out of curiosity, could Torres manage to grow a proper goatee, though? )