Michael Owen says playing for Manchester United is his priority and he wants to score goals so we win, not so he gets picked for England.
“England is something I don’t really think about,” said Owen. “It is probably something people talk about a lot more than I think about really. The last squad I was in was over a year ago now. I have played for England 89 times and would love to play for them again. But I am concentrating on playing for United. I genuinely go to bed thinking I have got to play well the next day and win games for Manchester United, not that if I score or play well I might get picked for England. One of the draws of coming to a club like Manchester United was the chance to play on big Champions League nights and to play in top Premier League games. It has to be everyone’s dream to play in games like that. It is difficult to win these competitions but it’s our aim to do it and it’s exciting to be part of it.”
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But I am concentrating on playing for United
Michael Owen > England
Something Id never taught id type
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-e7qYEwth4
well said michael hope he gets his call though as it will mean sucsess at united!
Have a good sleep Scott. Good night.
Don’t think Owen is going to get into Capello’s squad no matter how hard he tries. If he is to force his way in he had better start banging a few in as soon as possible
I just hope he really mean it
well said mickey owen.
United>Ingerlund
glad to hear we have another club over country player at our club after fletcher and park.:-)
i would like to see what he could do in the starting xi vs chelsea, though with wayne being a new father and probably missing the cska match, owen will probably start in his place, and not against chelsea.
anyone got opinions on tuesday’s starting xi? is anybody fit enough to play!?
lastly, can anyone please tell me when was the last time united won at stamford bridge? can’t remember it at all! i think it was this decade!!!
michael owen is a red and he hates scousers!!!!
HARGREAVES’ CURLY HAIR
What about the lord of the republik of mancunia
Paul Scholes
hmm i remember fletcher scoring a header against chelsea at stamford bridge for a 1- nil victory a couple of seasons ago- not that long really.
@dickson
That header was at OT, i guess.
@dickson
That header was at OT, i guess.
rooninho – April 2002 mate. 0-3 Been a hell of a lot of draws there since.
wasn’t it 2-1 the year 07/08?? remember ballack scoring a dodgey pen that hit carrick, that was the game when the fa bummed evra after the chelsea steward was racist and got fuck all.
Berba’s a doubt for tuesday too, so looks like owen will get a start with welbck also injured.
I reckon he’ll give fletch half an hour to get a wee bit of fitness back before chelsea.
I think obertan might start as he wont start a big game like sunday.
Good to hear he’s focusing on utd only, but I still think that if capello called him up to play in a friendly he’d be too tempted to say no.
Reckon he’ll start tomorow, as berba is out and rooney is unlikely to play. I think he’ll play as a lone striker up front in a 4-5-1 formation.
Capello is a wise man and knows that a player of Owen’s class and experience can only be an asset at a World Cup. I reckon if Owen hits 15 goals through cameo appearances he will be included in the final squad.
I will also stick my neck out and say that Scholes WILL make an International return and it will be in South Africa.
The reason I think they will be involved is not for their playing ability as we will all admit that they are past their best, but for their general calming influence and vast experience.
In a media fuelled environment of testosterone and ego’s, these two plus Beckham and Wes Brown would give the squad something that the younger player’s don’t contribute.
I would love to see Walcott, Lennon or SWP skinning defenders down the wing but I still feel that they lack the ‘massive game’ mentality. Likewise Glenn Johnson is a great attacking full back but makes basic errors in defence, that’s where Wes Brown comes in.
I am not a big England fan and am not in the slightest bit patriotic but I would love to see these four in an England squad for the World Cup because I feel that although it would realistically mean that Capello has only 19 other players to pick who could genuinely deserved to be picked on age,form and class that would be more than enough for a four week tournament. I hope that Hargreaves will be in contention but I don’t want to tempt fate and fear that he may never return as the player he was.
P.S. would love my prediction to come true just to piss off the ‘Stand up if you hate Man U’ wankers from a few years ago
Well said Owen. With regards to Sunday, this might sound bold, but I would be happy with Brown and Evans as a pairing for the Chelsea game. Evans for me has dealt ok with Drogba and with Wes you know that it’s safety first with him. Rio has looked a bit shakey and Vida has been uncharateristically off form, athough, he is still world class. I would go with Evans/Brown or Evans/Vida for Sunday. Remember, when we went on that record run of 14 successive Premiership clean sheets, it was the Evans/Vida axis that contributed to that.
I hope Fletch gets just about a 20 min run out tomorrow, and I would go with Fabio at LB just to give Project Pat a rest as well. I think it would be too soon for Obertan to start a match, just give him another 25 min run out. I would like to see Nani on the right wing once though, so maybe give Antonio a rest as well. I don’t see this match as being that important, I think we can rest quite a few and still get at the very least a draw, and then hopefully come out firing on sunday.
As for the chelski game, I would go with Evans and Vidic in the center and Wes at RB.
I fucking hate united been called man u
vds
wes,vida,evans,evra
valencia,fletcher,carrick,anderson
rooney owen
thats my team for chelsea
Owen is saying all the right things in his interviews. Honest lad, hope he starts tomorrow against CSKA.
I think we might rest some of the big guns for tomorrow, maybe even VDS
And I agree with Drew Vader, Nani needs to start on the right wing. But
VDS/Foster
Neville-Rio-Vidic-Fabio
Nani-Scholes-Rafael-Obertan
—–Owen-Macheda——
I am backing an Obertan start simply because I can’t see SAF playing Valencia OR Giggs midweek with Chelsea coming up. Same goes for Rafael at midfield. Carrick had his best game against Blackburn this season, and Ando is definitely going to start. So unless some unknown youth product is being lined up by Fergie, I think he might give Rafael another run in the first team midfield, considering Gibson is injured!
*Ando is definitely going to start against Chelsea
I m glad that Ando is finally playing well.
i was wacthing skysports ther and weve only lost 1 game in 42 or something that fletch has played in! the loss was the one at fulham when we went down to ten men! shocking stastic, he def is our top 3 important players
^statistic
If we win the CSKA game by 1 goal, scored by Valencia, that will be good for me. Although I wouldn’t mind a thrashing aka Wigan.
Mostly though I want to see those pensioners crash and burn, to be honest. 2-0, one goal scored by Berbatov and another og by Drogba as he deflects Owen’s goalbound effort, causing Petr Cech to epic fail. I wouldn’t mind Drogba getting a red either.
He’s talking crap! Of course he’s bothered about England, but it’s good for us if he doesn’t get picked
owen, carrick, hargo, fletch, scholes, neville – all players who have said united come before their countries. legends!
Ulster Red
can you explain this how can people say we are unbeaten away in europe since we lost to milan does the defeat against barca in may count has an away defeat. the record that some have not picked up on is our home record that we have not lost in europe at OT since we lost 1 0 to milan in 2005.
So if we think Antonio should be rested, and Giggs is still hurt/questionable, and Obertan is still finding his feet, does this mean a possible start for Tosic at left mid tomorrow? Who the hell knows with SAF’s line ups…
Kai Wayne Rooney! Fergie sign him up!!!!
@ rooninho
2002 mate. long time ago
@king eric
cheers mate! manchester united’s last stamford bridge win was april 2002, was it!? fck’n hell! that has to be their longest away win drought in the prem. i hope that streak ends this weekend. come on fletch!!!
just wanted 2 ask, do more utd fans want rafa to stay than liverpool fans? cuz personally i think the bloke is a class A fukin clown, n what better place for such a pleb to be at than the bin dippers??? we should get a vote goin sumhow
@hurdy gurdy man
last win at stamford bridge in 2002! i’m sick over it!
There is a flute band in Northern Ireland called the Rathcoole KAI (u-tube it)! They are called the KAI because it means Kill All Irish! They have since named it after a Glasgow Rangers player called KAI! Random i know!!!! just info!
also i know this is going to be an unpopular choice of midfield for chelski
ando flech giggs(if fit)
antonio rooney
Any takers? Think we should go not to be beaten. fat frank ballack and malouda couldnt handle that trio in the centre.
ah i had that set out nicely are it was fucked up automatically
antonio ando flech giggs(if fit) rooney
U drunk hurdy gurdy?
a tad yes. we dont win at the bridge. this would ware them down though this can also be switched to a more conventional 4-4-2 with giggs on the left and rooney up front if things arent going as planned
Only a matter of time before Nani goes on the market! How much would he go for? and Who would buy him! He is our Lucas!!!! Silly because he is a really talented lad but hasnt understood the English for pass the ball yet! Obe-tan Kenobi looks like a good prospect and should have sticky boots quaking in his size 2 boots!
6 million to espanol or athletico or someone like that. Nani = Micheal Jackson
He is not worth as much as michael jackson!!! Although i would like to see Berba score a goal with a moonwalk!!!
All of us think about united before we sleep………
i dont sleep!
What was micheal jackson worth to us?
nani are you ok?
are you ok?
are you ok nani?
obviously something wrong with him. Pass the fucking ball to someone who can cross it. I think were all agreed on how frustrating a player nani is to watch. Imagine your patrice evra and every time you do something good, you give it to sir wastes-a-lot who will inevitably either cross and not clear the first man or have a shot which will either clear the stadium, go out for a throw – in, roll timidly into the waiting keepers hands or (very very very rarely) hit the back of the net. How frustrating would that be?
Nani is a dead man walking unless he feels the full force of fergies big toe! Surely fergie must of told him how to pass!!! Anyway, cant wait for Fletcher to come back and put in a few tasty tackles to warm him up for what will probably be our hardest game of the season at the bridge. Owen will shine int the next few days!
@besher
actually there are a couple of things i think about other than manchester united before i sleep in my bed! got 2 beautiful kids and a happy wife out of those thoughts so far!
however, i do think about manchester united the night before match days!!!
Did your wife type that? Utd, Kids,Wife…. in that order!
@supermanc
fair enough! cheers mate!
The thing that sucks about Nani is that I really thought he was gonna turn it up this year. He played really well in the Community Shield in Aug (before he got injured) and I thought that we were going to that star come out of him this season. Who knows now… I still haven’t given up though
I think nani just needs to know what to do best when he has the ball . He knows how to cross ,shoot,dribble but he seems always to take the wrong decisions which is frustraiting as hell when we are winning and it kills when we are losing.
Everybody sleeps by the way and yeah it” unoted who comes first for me i guess
Im sorry that this is off topic but this is exactly why i love this site. I was on red issue and found this post. RoM is a god send if this is what united fans are talkin about. its the first comment
http://www.forums.redissue.co.uk/showthread.php?t=204911
Did anyone hear some rumors in the sun torres is out for 2 months. another thing people need to really have a closer look at uniteds teams since 2002 at Stamford bridge. in aug 2002 we were robbed that night on Friday oh yea we pioneered the Friday night kick offs and I think we set a record number of the amount of live games we had god I loved the 02/03 season, on a poll people were so sick of man utd being on live tv which shows we run the damn show. united have only put out 2 quality sides out at Stamford bridge in 7 years that was based to win the game. September 2008 the last time hargreaves played and the teams in 2002 when we won 3 0 and drew 2 2. Look at november 2003 we were defensive, in 2004 we had a depleted side. 2005 we decided to play defensive not even looked to score a goal, april 2006 we had no CM and lost 3 0 the last time someone else lifted the prem other than us, in april 2008 we went defensive again with a half fit Rooney. Here are the teams since aug 2002.
November 2003
Howard, Gary Neville,Ferdinand, Silvestre, O’Shea, Giggs, Keane, Phil Neville Fortune Forlan, van Nistelrooy. Subs (Kleberson 77), (Ronaldo 72),
August 2004
Howard, Gary Neville, Keane, Silvestre O’Shea, Djemba-Djemba Fortune Miller Giggs, Scholes, Smith
subs (Forlan 73), (Richardson 84 (Bellion 84),
January 2005
Howard, Phil Neville, Silvestre, O’Shea, Heinze, Ronaldo, Fletcher, Djemba-Djemba Fortune, Saha, Rooney. Subs (Smith 90) (Scholes 61)
April 2006
Van der Sar, Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Silvestre, Ronaldo O’Shea, Giggs, Park, Rooney, Saha
Subs (Richardson 73) (van Nistelrooy 64), (Evra 82)
May 2007
Kuszczak, Lee, Brown, O’Shea, Heinze, Eagles, Smith, Fletcher, Richardson, Solskjaer, Dong
subs (Rooney 73) (Carrick 65),
april 2008
Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Silvestre, Fletcher, Carrick, Anderson, Nani, Rooney Giggs
subs (Ronaldo 63), (O’Shea 65), (Hargreaves 14),
anyone notice during these games we have hardly set up any side when Chelsea have fielded their strongest and more deeper squads during these different time frames bar 2007 and 2008 sides when we were better, we had no chance of winning when we were at times severely under strengthe and when we have put out stronger sides we have come close to winning like the screw job in 002 when scholes should have had a pen and September 2008 when we were by far the better side. yes it was a hile since we won there but people need to take into context the sides we faced has one of the reasons why we have not won there often, its not been chelsea been hard its been united under strength. oh yea ronaldo twice appeared in the starting 11.
Ahhh Djemba-djemba
@only one keano
that explains alot, thanks for the team sheets.
i could not believe the may 2007 team! must be a carling cup match, i thought…
ha!!! now i remember!
mourniho, are ya listenin’, you better keep the trophy glistenin’….
job already done. champions! champions! champions! too bad that squad was too small and knackered to do the double that season, but united got their revenge the next year in moscow if i remember correctly.
2004 lists only ten players instead of eleven. ruud missing perhaps?
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2711018/Fernando-Torres-in-Kop-op-blow.html
it clearly shows how this wankers rely on this tranny..how can your best player be injured and facing a two months layoff and yet you force him to play in a rugged league in france?????….exetuce me!!!!
@ theres only one Keano
you are God ! )) and you’ve done Scott’s bit )) tnx bro.
@Drew Vader – Tosic can’t start because he’s not in the Champion’s League 25. Same with most of the youngsters that are up and coming. Macheda and Obertan are good, from what I remember.
Can’t wait for tonight though, hopefully will be seeing a totally changed side (from Saturday) in the North Stand.
Dong fangzou. What happened to him?
@GHTT
Actually in Asia a lot of people like saying man united as man u. It’s not a form of disgrace for the club but it’s like easier to say. What to matter most is the club they had in mind.
@Hurdy Gurdy Man
I think he is sold. Not sure why didn’t see him anymore.
kel…
no way in hell its fine in Asia. we dont use that term. only clueless n ‘bandwagoners’ use it.
Corea
HAHA flatered there, but scot to the build up to the chelsea game I hope he highlights this huge misleading stat has the reason why we have not won there much is because we have put out weakened sides. only once have united put out a strong out fit in 7 years, you could say 3 if we count the 2002 outfits. but since then only once in 7 years and we almost won that game but I am repeating myself.
sam the kenyan red
if torres moved to united in summer 2007 I think he would be in far better physical shape, benitez has burnt out this outstanding striker who at times looks a shadow echo of his former self of the player that was brilliant in his first season. he has relied on him far too much and not signed another striker and now the chickens have come home to roost for the fat waiter.
theres only one Keano – Absolutely bang on about Torres. It will come out in the next few days that he will be on the sidelines for a few weeks. Mark my words.
King Eric
I don’t hate Torres that belongs to diouf and Barton, but for me it’s a crying shame that this fantastic striker never played with Rooney and ronaldo what a pairing and trio they would have been, and trained and shown the ways and the quality of the greatest manager ever in Ferguson but went too one of the worse managers in Europe and played at a club who are on a decline and a manager who knows has much has a player has Stevie wonder, benitez for me ruins players careers that’s a fact. fergie who could have showed torres the ways of becoming a great player and more just has much as benitez has done who has had very little impact on torres career oh he has burnt out Torres and more.
Torres deep down must be kicking himself he moved to Liverpool and not united because like Rooney you do not rely on Torres because they are part of a team not the team because Torres has not got the physical endurance of a 50 game season now unlike 2 or 3 years ago, or has he got the variety of play and fitness of cristiano ronaldo who fergie like Rooney has eased them into the team and now they are on top of their game physicaly has well has the teqnical quality’s. I think torres would be playing week in week out now at united because one thing fergie will never do is rely on a player to the point where he is willing to cripple a player to get a result.
benitez and real madrid go hand in hand they ruin players careers and for me benitez has almost ruined Fernando Torres career or has already which is a shame because I hate potential great players get ruined well not so much when they are at Liverpool because we get to laugh at them even more. Yes Torres has become a top goal scorer since moving to Liverpool but at what price plus what has he won nothing.
Lol@ hurdy gurdy mannani are you ok?are you ok?are you ok nani?
Redhot Concepts…
obviously for those who knw the meaning behind “man u” would find it pissing off if any of us use the term to refer it to man united… but we cant really blame em’ if they dont know… trust me my friend, im from an asian country and i can assure you that many of us are starting to know and being aware bout it…
King eric and keano
I actually like torres. Think he a fantastic player. Some of the goals hesscored this season are borderline ridiculous. It seems that he not content with just scoring anymore, wants to make a complete arse out of the opposition. i can only resemble them to 5-a-side astro turf goals. Agree completely that he would have been far better off at united. Said the exact same thing of Micheal Owen 10 years ago. Imagine ronaldo rooney and torres. that would have rivaled charlton law and best.
Hurdy Gurdy Man
I disagree on torres this season he is nowhere near the player of 2 years ago and like I said benitez is real madrid in the flesh he ruins players career how many top players has he found exactly.