Comments on: Liverpool fans spit venom at Michael Owen

By: Red Barron

Red Barron — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:03:58 +0000

Idiots who spout foul-mouthed bile at players, opposition fans, clubs or whoever are the bane of our footballing culture and sadly we will never be rid of them. They don’t have the brain cells to put two coherent thoughts together so we should expect nothing better. This is not a Liverpool problem, it is a football-wide problem.

Do I respect Owen? Do I hell! He knew as a former Liverpool player exactly what it meant to sign for United. But wish evil on his kids? That is sick! I simply wish Owen a lack of footballing success with our arch rivals – nothing more. I don’t wish him dead or injured, if I did that would say far more about me as an uncivilised human being than about him. Suffice that he will never receive the warm welcome at Anfield normally reserved for former players. He’ll only ever hear a chorus of derision from the Kop that once idolised him. As a true Red, that surely must be the worst anyone could endure anyway!

Wise up guys, this is football not a war. Intelligent banter is always far better than moronic abuse.

By: RedScot

RedScot — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:56:21 +0000

@Frank your point at 12.29 am thats the point, well the last few lines.
Some people on the net just dont care to read and digest the facts.
Micheal is class and he is ours, think the great winner he provided for the Reds over Man shitty and his fabulous hatrick against Wolfsburg.
I sorta think and know Micheal is gonna make you Scousers think another reason to hate Benitez, we could have signed him for zilch from the Nuclear Broons.

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:36:33 +0000

Let’s not go overboard please. Liverpool is suffering in the same way as the rest of the UK mainly due to the heartless economic policies of successive governments. There are some wonderful people in Liverpool as there are in the rest of Britain so we need to be careful not to tar everyone with the same brush.

By: poor little scousers

poor little scousers — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:18:20 +0000

I am sorry to say that this is true and the behaviour of scousers these days is border line disgusting,and i honestly believe its down to upbringing

living in the 3rd world ghetto known as liverpool ,the scousers do terrible things just to survive and the natives can often be found in skips or diving in bins looking for new clothes or a evening meal

i know this upbringing is very harsh and the rest of the country must feel sorry for them ,but is this really a excuse for this thug like envious behaviour ?

By: albey the red

albey the red — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 08:36:37 +0000

owen has and always been a selfish person that has been proved by the way he tried to run his contract down on the club that gave him his big chance in football then when he went to spain he was found out and was asking lfc to take him back which rafa refused the first decisions rafa got right by the way he then goes to newcastle and is injured most of the season then when they get relegated he toutes him self throu the press to get a move back to lfc rafas second good decision he goes to man u and sits on the bench most of the season gets his big chance in the carling cup and low and behold he gets injured so what am saying is he has been injury prone since mark leather the then phisyio stated when he was 18 he would be injury prone all his playing career so to cover this he has said nice things about every club he has been to because they are going to be paying his sick money owen sufers with little man syndrome he is arogant selfish hyprecrite he was never a liverpool favaourite they put up with him because he scored goals the only thing he has in common with gigss is there both welsh and he should of played for wales but he jumped on the england band wagon more money more sponserships more press coverage the boy is a tosser he should of been a jockey because he has took all his clubs for a ride

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 07:16:34 +0000

Very kind of you to put so much effort on LFC, clearly something close to your heart and thoughts.

As a red I am delighted that Owen is a Manc now as he was never a Scouser. Good luck to him rubbing your bench warm and smooth.

PS Owen is not a legend nor he ever to be one and that’s not to do with him playing for the Mancs, but rather because he has never been one of us and never will be. His is one of yous and that says much about the lad. I do enjoy a Manc telling us what is and what isn’t, its a real treat, thank you all.

By: siggi from Iceland

siggi from Iceland — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:51:19 +0000

Please, don’t be stupit. Owen has always been one of Liverfools best players EVER. So, he really wanted to be at a club who was playing for honors, not the middle of the table club.
I´m a Manchester United fan, always have been, always will be. We need Liverfools to be up there, so please get a grip and put your act totether.
may you proser, but not as much as us.
Regards,
siggi from Iceland

By: bazza76

bazza76 — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:42:47 +0000

This is the kind of article that incites hatred amongst fans.
When I read Owens comments, I thought nothing of it to be honest, actually, truth be known, I am not surprised he thinks that given the success the likes of Giggs, Scholes and Fergie are used to.
I am of course a Liverpool fan.
I see articles like this from the Liverpool side too, and again I would say the same thing.
It is almost like, they call us this so we are going to call them that.
It is a vicious circle that needs to be completely ignored if possible.

By: Gobsmacked

Gobsmacked — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:31:04 +0000

There are many truly idiotic comments on that facebbok site. I dont really give a sh*t about Michael Owen and dont care where he plays his football whether it is M** U** or Bromsgrove Rovers. The lad is just trying to continue his playing career and he takes the offers he get just like us who hold normal jobs. This just shows us how some fans are really sick!

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:29:19 +0000

There’s certainly some interesting comments here. First of all, I’m well aware that Manchester United has it’s fair share of bigots and imbeciles among it’s supporters as was pointed out at the end of the article “It has to be admitted that every club has it’s share of mindless bigots”

Yes, many of those disgusting comments would have been written by juveniles BUT the person who runs that group and his blog, AND allows such comments to be posted without deleting them, is a mature man who should know better. One particular comment which said “I hope his kid get fuckin aids d c**t” was so obscene that it instigated this article to be written in order to show what is being allowed to appear in such groups.

I cannot agree more with Rob A. Yes, Both Liverpool and United ARE great clubs which I respect and the reason why I created the Manchester Liverpool United Facebook Group a few months ago – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=101879430420 – you may need to copy and paste the link in your browser if you want to have a look at it. THERE SIMPLY IS NO NEED FOR HATRED IN FOOTBALL.

Sorry Nathan, this article is NOT simply to make this blog more popular but for the reasons mentioned above.

Finally, this may sound like a naive opinion but Michael Owen has been a wonderful football professional throughout his whole career and irrespective of which club we support, should be afforded the respect he deserves.