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by **Ace Ventura** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:54 am

Looks like he will again be having surgery.

I really feel sorry for him to be honest, he has had a shocking few seasons injury wise.

FROM THE BBC

Michael Owen has been ruled out of England's two Euro 2008 qualifiers in October with a tear in his groin.
The 27-year-old will see a specialist on Thursday to determine whether he also needs a hernia operation.

"It will be three weeks out and he will miss England with his groin," said Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce.

"Michael would miss England anyway with his groin tear so we might as well check up to see whether he needs a hernia operation."

Owen, who has a 3cm tear in his abductor muscle, is understood to have seen a surgeon in Bradford earlier this week to determine the extent of his hernia problem.

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It has been suggested that as a result of the surgeon's findings Owen will have an operation in Germany on Friday carried out by Ulrike Muschaweck.

Allardyce added: "Owen will probably need another operation but the other specialist has not told us that yet.

"Whoever does the surgery cannot say whether he needs a hernia operation or not until they have seen him, unless they are magic and they can see over here from Germany."

OWEN'S INJURY RECORD AT NEWCASTLE
31 Dec 2005: Breaks metatarsal at Spurs, misses several months
24 Mar 2006: Foot has still not healed, Newcastle announce he has had minor surgery to tighten a screw in his foot
29 Apr 2006: Returns against Birmingham but is in pain afterwards and misses last game of season
20 Jun 2006: Injures knee playing for England, misses all but last three games of following season
20 Jul 2007: Injures thigh in pre-season, misses start of season
25 Sep 2007: Sam Allardyce reveals groin tear and hernia concern

England face crucial Euro 2008 qualifiers against Estonia and Russia on 13 and 17 October.

Owen netted three times in September's qualifying victories over Israel and Russia after missing the majority of the 2006-07 campaign because of a cruciate ligament injury suffered at the 2006 World Cup finals.

He limped out of Newcastle's match on Sunday and was also substituted during the Magpies previous game, a 1-0 defeat at Derby on Monday 17 September.

A hernia operation could rule him out of action for two months.

England boss Steve McClaren is already without Emile Heskey, who partnered Owen up front for both those wins, after the Wigan striker suffered a broken metatarsal on 15 September.

Joe Cole is also suspended for the Estonia game, although Wayne Rooney is available.

by **woof woof !** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 11:00 am

I was disappointed when we missed the chance to bring him back but can now only think thank christ we did. Injuries with Owen were always to be expected but his record since returning from spain would have put even harry kewell to shame.

by **Owzat** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:48 pm

He's at Newcastle, any decent players end up injured at st jim jams park. If he were at Anfield he'd have to be Harry Kewell to be constantly injured, either Newcastle are many times more unlucky than us or we get it right and they're useless

by **Lando_Griffin** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:39 pm

Owen goals for Newcastle this season: 2.

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Torres goals for Liverpool this season: 6.

Voronin goals for Liverpool: 3.

Kuyt goals for LFC this season: 3.

So why do we need him again?

by **dawson99** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:00 pm

well he had a great season last season

his last decent season was when he was...last with us

by **account deleted by request** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:10 pm

Owen was doing ok till he decided to try Kewells fitness schedule.

by **Owzat** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 1:32 pm

Do you reckon the barcodes would do a straight swap - Kewell for boy wonder?

by **zarababe** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:59 am

stmichael wrote:Im sure this thread will be bumped next time he breaks down injured

que

by **account deleted by request** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:18 am

If I was a Newcastle fan I would be fuming at the way Owen has been picked for the England squad while still recovering from surgery. FFS let the lad play a few games for his club this season rather than just using his club to get him fit for England games.

As I am not a Newcastle fan I find it a little bit funny

but slightly similar to our problems with Kewell

by **Reinas No.1 Fan** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:33 pm

Didnt he break again

by **europian-kings** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:21 pm

i loved it last year wen i thought owen was returning but now i dont think it is ever going to happen and nto sure if it is even for the best. with all the injuries he gets im not sure if it wuld be worth it anymore. i think we should firstly get a centre back and possibly a right/left back. and if crouch does leave come the end of the season then i think we will get a new striker, but i think it would be someone like voronin again, a team player not a world class one.

by **The Manhattan Project** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 1:55 am

According to the BBC, Michael Owen just sprained his wrist while playing Halo 3.

He'll miss 849 Newcastle games, but will be ready for England, he says.

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