The Wembley stadium surface, which has been widely criticised, has claimed another victim.
Sir Alex Ferguson has today confirmed that Michael Owen will be out for the rest of the season.
Following last season’s FA Cup semi-finals, Arsene Wenger, David Moyes and Sir Alex Ferguson all criticised the playing surface. The FA confessed something had to be done about the poor playing conditions but clearly haven’t acted on their words.
Owen’s last action for United this season was the Carling Cup final in which he scored a crucial goal in our 2-1 win.
“It’s a bad blow for Michael and he’s out for the season,” Ferguson said. “It was more serious than we thought and he’ll have an operation on Monday. It’s a terrible blow for the lad and disappointing for us, too. He never missed a training session all season. The heavy pitch at Wembley played some part, but it’s also bad luck.”
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Ah well, scored a cup final goal and a winner in a derby. Good enough for me.
oh shit
dioufs time to shine!
NOOOOOOOOO.Why oh why.When i just read that hargreaves would be coming back,i see another bad news right after.WHY.Devastating.NO.NO.NO.
Gutted doesn’t even begin to describe it. And hopefully the same pile of crap they call the Wembley pitch won’t affect Wayne and his fitness for us.
gutted.
Gutted!
But He’s done fucking great considering he was a free: a cl hatrick, a winner in a deby, a cup final goal and a few others here and there.
some players only dream of stuff like that.. shows he was another gem for SAF.
but i bet the media will try make out he was a flop which is ridiculous cause i think he’s scored as many as some other clubs first choice second strikers
I guess we can’t have both Owens in the team at the same time.
He looked really good in the final aswell, looked really sharp and really fast and mobile, like the old Owen, so frustrating.
Terrible news, some journalists are already writing the obituarìes for his career at United. I hope he comes back to prove them ALL wrong. Still a terrific player.
That surface was disgraceful…!!
Its a massive blow to our chances….as a sub, with all his experience of big games and ability to take pressure, its a huge HUGE loss…
That Wembley pitch is a disgrace. Not sure I’d blame it for any casualties necessarily, but it’s really shit nonetheless. It’s yet another reason why I hate the FA/Ingurlaaaand set up, because having a decent pitch is day one stuff. The national stadium of the nation that invented football ought to be a shrine, it ought to be the finest playing surface in the world and something people want to play on. That it’s basically slumming it for a club to play there is shameful.
We still have Owen (goal, Anyway, he’s done good this season. That derby and the CC final goal. There’s also the Wolfsburg trashing that allowed us to avoid early matches against the Chavski or Barca. This is probably a blessing. Time for Diouf to step up?
Something has to be done about the Wembley turf. Its poor. Everyone knows it and considering how much cash they burned to build the new stadium it really should be better.
Owen was just hitting form. Two games last week and two goals. I trust him more than anyone else at the club to lead the line when Rooney needs a rest and now we don’t have him as an option.
It was always going to be touch and go with his injury record but it doesn’t make it any easier to swallow his loss with us needing to win every game to chase down Chelsea. No doubt he’d have come off of the bench to bag us a few in the run in or started against the lesser lights so that Wazza could star in the big ones.
Unwelcome news.
Gutted pretty much sums it up.
fuck! just when he was gettin in decent form.. sucks big time since it pretty much rules him out of WC
on other hand, all the best for Kiko and Hargo!
The national stadium, ripoff prices, and not improved on the crap turf that was there last seasons cup final against spurs and how much tax players money did it cost.. I’ve seen bad pitches but this tops them, by a long long way, there’s so much loose soil/sand under the grass from re-laying it from silly concerts that when players run and turn it ripps out massive chunks of grass, surely all the money they make on cup day they can at least get the playing surface right, they should be liable for injuries.. Poor Micheal will be back, and on the up Hargo back in training and playing game for reserves..
Think of it this way, he’s already on the UCL list and he’s already played more than 10 games in the EPL..
So if we do end up winning them (fingers crosses) he would still get the winners’ medal..
.. and therefore bring his total at United to 3 medals in 1 year
Just in case you’re asking, his total at Liverpool is 4 medals in 8 years.
Epic Win.
Owen’s done a pretty decent job for us on the scoring front and off the pitch has said the right things, which could be smart PRing himself, but he seems honest enough. So well done Michael and cheers for the goals and now United turn to youth, as we have done time and again over our history, let’s see if Diouf and the recovered Macheda can step up.
Rip in peace.
Owen out kiko back
Evans out rio back
Anderson out hargo back
it’s now march and finally united are having some good luck when it comes to there bad injury luck
Just when we are getting more fond of the guy… Aparently there can only be ONE Owen.
@GHTT
I wish it was that easy mate. The truth is that we’ve lost 3 first choice players and only one is coming back to make an immediate impact. Hargo has some way to go before he helps out the first team.
But hey, it’s not all doom and gloom. At least this time we DO have players returning!
I just wonder what’s the status of the twins and Sheasy.
And the dreaded hamstring resurfaces for Owen. If that’s the end of the season for him, might as well have a season review on how it’s been for Mickey at Old T. This is the view of one of my friends – http://bigfourza.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/man-uniteds-mickey-owen/
Wish u a speedy recovery will miss u mate!
Hi, gutted for the guy.
Some things just aren´t fair are they.
We have a cunt like Terry who claims all the guys were behind him midweek. And then we have a proper professional like Owen who have to take this sort of thing on the chin just when it looked like he was going to start getting used more often.
Crying shame.
COME ON YOU MIGHTY REDS UNITED UNITED UNITED
LUHG
“Owen out kiko back
Evans out rio back
Anderson out hargo back
it’s now march and finally united are having some good luck when it comes to there bad injury luck”
What tune, mate?
This was always the danger with signing owen im afraid, though that bloody pitch didn’t help.
Couldn’t have come at a worse time especially with Rooney having played too much football at Wembley in the last week and Milan coming up next Wednesday as Fergie pointed out. I would not be surprised to see Berbatov – Diouf on Saturday or even 4-5-1 with Berbatov on his own.
Very sad to hear, he had come to accept his limited role on the team with the utmost professionalism and was doing well to try and distance himself from the never-ending talk of England. Really wanted him to be there when we lift the PL trophy this year.
Is it just me or does it seem like the injuries have hit all the big clubs especially hard this year. Chelsea’s been the most fortunate, but even they’ve lost Bosingwa and Cashley
Scored the same number of goals as Bellamy and Carlton Cole and didnt really get many proper chances. Was unlucky not to get a run in the side after the Wolfsburg hat trick. Good first season and lets hope he’s back to 100% to help us out next season he’s shown he can get key goals in the big games
@shabadu84
I think your right, for the first time all the top 4 clubs have been hit hard by injury’s this season.
Looks like we’re only allowed one “Owen” at a time. Which is terrible news for Hargo’s chances in the reserves, since we’re already “owen” hundreds of millions of pounds.
SB
This is a big blow at the this stage of the season, I thought he was looking really sharp in the CC final and even seemed to have regained a yard of pace!
For me, even if the only thing he did all season was that last minute winner against city, he would be well worth every penny of the wages we have paid him. He has given me a moment I will treasure forever, get well soon Mickey!
Bishopville Red – that is a really terrible joke! I’m sorry, but it really is
Damn. If anything, I thought that Berbatov and Owen showed real promise together if Rooney needs the rest.
Damn you Wembley. It’s strange though. I am actually glad that we are not going back there this season, thanks to Leeds. I wouldn’t want any more of our players to suffer on that horrendous pitch.
Owen, speedy recovery. I now hope that if he retires, we recruit him as a coach for the strikers too. He can probably teach our youngsters a thing or 2.
Ah come on, I know he’s unlucky and as a footballer it’s obviously sad and it’s a bit of an inconvenience for your team, but some of you are going on like he would have made a massive difference. It’s not 2002, and when/if he wasn’t wearing a united shirt you would all be going on about how rubbish he is. And above all your boss clearly doesn’t rate him that highly.
@Marco
Get your facts straight before you open your mouth.
Marco – Piss off, as Costas says get your facts right. Why the fuck are you on here commenting anyway? God United really are big news aren’t they. Who do you support by the way? Gotta be a dipper or a bertie.
Come on son back up your comment of “your boss clearly doesn’t rate him highly” Whys that then? Cue the predictable answer of “well he never starts”.
When SAF announced this at his press conference Today on MUTV my mouth just fell open and I thought to myself WOW, utterly gobsmacked,speedy recovery Micheal from your operation,form is temporary CLASS permanent
RIP Michael Owen 7 . 2nd best striker gone
Awful awful news. I really do feel for him; he has never disappointed whenever playing this season and played his part wholeheartedly. He will be missed grearly especially at this stage of the season. I really hope his operation goes well and he comes back in great condition for next season.
Marco go eat shit u mug
this only proves that the FA is a C*NT
Step forward Signore Macheda …
can anyone provide the MO stats for us ? I searched on wiki, stated there 3 goals in 19 appearance. can’t be right isn’t it ?
Eleventh heaven: 11 starts, 20 on as substitute, 9 goals (3 Premier, 2 League Cup, 4 Champions League).
Source being club’s official stats site, which the Glazers haven’t started charging us for yet: http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/seasonmenu.html
There’s something beautiful about every Owen goal, and I don’t just mean the 9 he’s given us: the way he makes it look so simple, a sheer natural brilliance that cannot be learnt. But this sadly inevitable hamstring injury, the permanent legacy of Cesspool continually rushing him back into action after tears and pulls as a young player when he wasn’t properly healed, shows what a terrible risk it was to factor him as frontline cover for Rooney and Berbatov.
Nevertheless, Macheda vs Villa one of my absolute most treasured moments in 30+ years of supporting United. Federico & Mame: more of the same please.
OH NOWEN!
Owens injury was inevitable and none of us can deny it, with Berbatov playing with an injury we need to make sure all our players are fresh. Thank god no more pathetic friendlies.
£1 Billion on a stadium and they can’t even get the grass right. There’s an 82 year old man that lives next door to my parents his grass is immaculate and he does it himself. What is the FAs excuse? They buy the turf from Del-Boy?