Wednesday 3 September 2008

Owen the need


How would feel if you take Joey out of friends? Dr Cox out of Scrubs? Peggy out of Eastenders? Pretty bummed I guess. Why take out an important element of anything successful and they do not come bigger than Michael Owen’s omission from the England squad. I do not know Fabio Capello’s thinking but it had better have something good.

To omit England’s only decent goal scorer is beyond me and the majority of the public. Yes Owen has been injured of late but if he is fit enough to play for Newcastle, well it is Newcastle, he is fit enough to represent his country. He has always come good in the time of need; he has saved our skins on numerous occasions.

I was left baffled. It is rather amusing that he is insistent on leaving him out in favour of Emile Heskey, Jermaine Defoe, and Wayne Rooney who can have barely shared twenty goals between them. The local and concept does not added up in any aspects. I am glad Theo Walcott has gained a place in the squad and he will grow with these experiences.

Owen and Peter Crouch seem rather bemusing. This is his team and he has his own ways and his own visions in seeing England play. Will David Bentley, Joe Cole, and Frank Lampard play a more offensive role with Rooney up front on his own, where he fades quicker than an ugly bird at a popular party?

40 goals in 89 games is a brilliant record in any form of football, especially at the highest level, is remarkable. It will be missed severely. No, we have to rely on Wes Brown popping up with an equaliser or something ridiculous like that.

I would not place money on any striker scoring over the two games. I do not have any confidence in those strikers to be our match winner. With Steven Gerrard all ready out injured, England have lost one of their prominent players and the match winner of the side. We have to hope with scalper through as we always do this early in a competition.

Owen and Heskey reunited for Israel and Russia last year in devastating effect; they worked brilliantly together even when Rooney was not in the side. Crouch put on a good sideshow but Owen has been the threat in attack.

Any way good luck England I am sure you are going to need it.

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