Why wasn´t Juve interested in Owen? (2 Viewers)

[Zlatan]

Owen was good at the start of his career, but he's lost a lot of pace because his injuries. He was just too fast for his won good, he got way too many muscle injuries just because of his pacey style, and the doctors told him he needs to sloww down if he wants to become injurey-free. He's still fast, but not as explosive as before, and TBH, that was his only special attribute. No heading, no extraordinary dribbling or finshing... it's all pure pace combined with decent control. Withouth his main attribute he'd get eaten alive in Italy.

 

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[#10]

he cant trap the ball, and as ian ruch found out, ur buggered.

 

[River]

++ [ originally posted by baggio ] ++


Owen has been a victim of the media, being the much hyped wonder kid ever since his world cup goal against Argentina in 98. He's done nothing before or after that. I might agree with the seriousness of the situation, though: It is indeed like dropping Dp from a Juve starting line up. But, i think you'd agree with me if i say, Fabio Capello will have no sentiment in his decision to pick or drop Dp, like Lippi did. The same goes with Rafael Benitez: he saw Owen for what he was, a victim of the media, a child wonder who dint really become the player he was expected to become. And Owen has had injury problems since i can remember. Hasnt been his best lately ? Yea, give or take a few years.
Owen would not walk in to Juve or any italian team for that matter, because the Serie A is not suited to his game. Personally, i dont see how he will be of any use to Madrid, because every striker on that team is better than him. Like i said earlier, its a marketing gimmick more than anything else.

Victim of the media . Im not talking about the media, im talking about watching him play. Im not a huge fan of him, but every single person here are saying he is useless. All im saying is he is probably better than every Juve forward except Trez. And im not worried about theories or any such crap, hes a proven player and he hasnt been as bad as you are making out.

 

[#10]

micco has the potnetial, but we dont kno how to use them

Owen will score goals, but he isnt a pressence....he is a ghost...but he will ALWAYS makea contribution in the big games...ie score.

hatrick agaisnt germay??

Scores against brazil...etc
etce
etc

he isnt a choker, but he isnt a allround match winner anymore.

 

[kweku]

++ [ originally posted by Padovano ] ++


No training ground? Since Juve moved into the Delle Alpi (built for 1990 World Cup) Juve trained at the Stadio Comunale, which was a fantastic training ground, albeit a quickly aging facade. But, what it lacked in beauty it made up for in the quality of its pitch.

Well, yes I know they were training at the stadio comunale, but do you actually called that a training ground? its an old stadium. Have you seen where teams like Man utd and bayern MUnchen etc etc train? There is a big difference.


And your all missing my point, the main focus wasn´t about Owen, the main topic was about how juve thinks on the transfer market and since most of you couldn´t understand what Real MAdrid was thinking I was trying to see if from thier point of view and from a business view. I only used this Owen deal as an example. I even clearly said we didn´t need his type of striker, he was overrated and that I didn´t even like him. But can you honestly say he doesn´t offer more than players like Cruz and S.Inzaghi and the rest of the strikers we are linked with? And we even need his type more than Mutu, but you all wanted Mutu didn´t you? And Owen has a greater market value aswell. The matter of how he would suit in the Serie A can surely be discussed as he is game isn´t actually made for tight defences. But according to this forum nobody can play in the Serie A, so....................................

But as I said the topic wasn´t really about Owen, its really about how Juve thinks, we allow players like Tacchinardi and Zalayeta to wear the JUve shirt but Owen is shit? Players like Tevez and D´ alessandro who most of you only have seen climpses of or bought while playing Championship manager are must buys for Juve. But you seem to forget this players are small aswell but they are suited for the Serie A or what? One of the most respected poster in this forum actually tried to tell me Riquelme was better than Zidane before he signed for Barca. Ooops the hype was bigger than the player, the same could be said about Saviola and since D´alessadro is still playing with Wolfsburg he cant actually been setting the bundesliga on fire. Dont get me wrong I dont want owen or do think he i suited for Serie A but at least he has proven himself in a good league by scoring 158 in 297 apps. Hopefully Juve will buy a new striker before 31/8 of August, and I want you to ask yourself then, hadn´t buying Owen been a smarter move, both from a football view and a business view?

 

[Zlatan]

It's still to expensive, 12 mil €, Moggi would never spend that much money on a sub.

 

[#10]

kweku...do u reckon owen is nearly as big as beck in the east....because imo thats the principle reason why.

 

[Arttk]

Well I am from Hong Kong, and all the people i know, even the liverpool chinese fans, don't like owen at all. We think he's useless so I don't see what marketing potential he has.

 

[#10]

well its seems in europe, owen is apparantly a MASSIVE name in the east...market exploitation tactics.

 

[Ramin]

++ [ originally posted by Zlatan ] ++
Because Owen is shite.

well said.

 

[Vinman]

I wonder how Owen will get into the starting lineup at Real with Raul, Ronaldo, and Morientes the better choices......

 

[#10]

or how they will create another revoloutionary system to "try" and fit them in.

 

[The Arif]

++ [ originally posted by River ] ++


Victim of the media . Im not talking about the media, im talking about watching him play. Im not a huge fan of him, but every single person here are saying he is useless. All im saying is he is probably better than every Juve forward except Trez. And im not worried about theories or any such crap, hes a proven player and he hasnt been as bad as you are making out.

Well, I was a great fan of him. But in the past years he was dissapointing. He never did what was asked from him. Just look at the last season, he sucked. Just to mention 10 lost penalties, which a player of the high calibre wouldn't do that. And he had very dissapointing euro. Okay, he scored a goal, but that's all. Nothing good to talk about him for the euro. And I don't agree that he's better than any Juve forward except Trez. DP might not be at his best form, but he is certainly better than Owen. Miccoli just doesn't get to play as much as Owen did at Liverpool, coz if Miccoli did, then he would be better than him.
I'm not saying that he's crap or useless, I'm just saying he's overrated.

 

[Zlatan]

++ [ originally posted by John #10 ] ++
or how they will create another revoloutionary system to "try" and fit them in.

Hmmm, maybe this:



- Owen Ronaldo Morientes -

Zidane ------ Raul ------- Figo

Carlos ----- Guti ----- Beckham

--------Samuel Helguera--------

------------Casillas----------------


The funny thing is that it's probably gonna be like this :undecide:

 

[Zlatan]

BTW, Cisse is much better than Owen is now.

 

[Arttk]

minus guti and thats what you will probably see

i always wonder what happens if you play two defenders

 

[The Arif]

++ [ originally posted by Zlatan ] ++



Hmmm, maybe this:



- Owen Ronaldo Morientes -

Zidane ------ Raul ------- Figo

Carlos ----- Guti ----- Beckham

--------Samuel Helguera--------

------------Casillas----------------


The funny thing is that it's probably gonna be like this :undecide:

:dielaugh:


p.s. and yes, cisse is better.

 

[Mike-e-y]

++ [ originally posted by Pendir_E65 ] ++


Very much so.

Furthermore, we have Trezeguet, Del Piero, Mutu and Miccoli.

???? We dont have Mutu, Dont u read the transfer news??

 

[Stu]

++ [ originally posted by Holdon ] ++
I'm in agreement with River on this, Owen is a great striker, small yes, but with a lot of pace, something we are missing in attack.

If you're looking for someone with pace look no further than Miccoli. We weren't interested in Owen because we don't need Owen. On his day he's a top player and all, but he isn't what we need.

 

[Stu]

++ [ originally posted by Zlatan ] ++



Hmmm, maybe this:



- Owen Ronaldo Morientes -

Zidane ------ Raul ------- Figo

Carlos ----- Guti ----- Beckham

--------Samuel Helguera--------

------------Casillas----------------


The funny thing is that it's probably gonna be like this :undecide:

12 players..