Nah I think the 96 team was better because of McManaman and Gascoigne. 98 was great because of the 3-5-2 with beckham and anderton but fuckin David Batty……
the england team was quite good in those days.
euro 96 was a great tournament for england, but personally glen hoddles england in 98 i thought was better…especially as it was away from home, and against better opposition. and glen hoddle was sacked or forced to quit wasn’t he??? since then england turned boring, and one demensional, except for the very very very odd match… they looked very good against ghana, mind. england just need a good defensive midfielder. Barry is shit
What a feeling he would have felt at that time. At such young age playing for his country. It was not his skill that led him to the goal but it was pure determination from Owen. He almost tripped after being tackled but he still went on and scored the goal. The celebration clearly proved that and I’m sure he knew it’s just an beginning !
why do brits hate Owen so much, he clearly was one of the best footballers they’ve ever produced and if it wasn’t for his knee injury arguably the greatest and most talented.
@SmashingMercury yeah, it must have been shit to win almost everything there is to win in the game, score 40 goals for your country and play for Real Madrid, Liverpool and Man United. I bet the poor cunt cant sleep at night thinking how he’d have turned out if he was as good as Defoe, Bent and Heskey.
@987costa My dear chap I know aht many “england” players are not in any ethnic sense English. However that does not mean that the “German” team is not in fact Turko Polish as much as “German”. In an era of mass migration national teams in sport are redundant and meaningless since in effect nations bound by blood and ethnicity no longer exist.
@BarriosGroupie .are you insane?it was a great goal but maradonnas was from in his own half and passed 5 people i think.lolmessis was also better than this ablbeit vs a very poor getafe side.
@Sponheimsquarepants
Nah I think the 96 team was better because of McManaman and Gascoigne. 98 was great because of the 3-5-2 with beckham and anderton but fuckin David Batty……
splendidagol
Miss the days when he was banging them in, it’s not fair that such a talent was destroyed by injuries and alex ferguson
Splendid
the england team was quite good in those days.
euro 96 was a great tournament for england, but personally glen hoddles england in 98 i thought was better…especially as it was away from home, and against better opposition. and glen hoddle was sacked or forced to quit wasn’t he??? since then england turned boring, and one demensional, except for the very very very odd match… they looked very good against ghana, mind. england just need a good defensive midfielder. Barry is shit
What a feeling he would have felt at that time. At such young age playing for his country. It was not his skill that led him to the goal but it was pure determination from Owen. He almost tripped after being tackled but he still went on and scored the goal. The celebration clearly proved that and I’m sure he knew it’s just an beginning !
splendeda goal
why do brits hate Owen so much, he clearly was one of the best footballers they’ve ever produced and if it wasn’t for his knee injury arguably the greatest and most talented.
good striker, but needed the ball played for him to run on to it and england of late just lob the ball up field like they’re scared of it…
He runs as if Bastardo wasn’t even there
@smileyTn7
i agree,he was the best striker.i will love him till i die
We are never going to have a player quite like Owen again
Fuck!! I’m getting old, i remember see that goal live
@SmashingMercury yeah, it must have been shit to win almost everything there is to win in the game, score 40 goals for your country and play for Real Madrid, Liverpool and Man United. I bet the poor cunt cant sleep at night thinking how he’d have turned out if he was as good as Defoe, Bent and Heskey.
@987costa lennon,etc have white dads
The Golden Boy…what a pity for the rest of career…
@resilienceman Because rooney is a greedy fat money grabbing granny shagger, A class of his own..
Wayne Rooney tried to take mastering lessons from Michael Owen but failed really badly
@987costa My dear chap I know aht many “england” players are not in any ethnic sense English. However that does not mean that the “German” team is not in fact Turko Polish as much as “German”. In an era of mass migration national teams in sport are redundant and meaningless since in effect nations bound by blood and ethnicity no longer exist.
@CodeTwo2 yep agree just like ronaldo, both suffered early chronic injuries which stuffed their careers.
even though they make more money than you and i in a week.
@tigerarmyrule .lol and what about enlgand you idiot? lennon,swp,johnson,etc are not ethic english.
@BarriosGroupie .are you insane?it was a great goal but maradonnas was from in his own half and passed 5 people i think.lolmessis was also better than this ablbeit vs a very poor getafe side.
I wouldn’t say he was the best but he was world class undoubtedly, really sharp.
But his game was all about quick feet and not silky skill, so once the injuries slowed him down he became average.
Was potentially one of the all-time greats, but sadly unlucky to be born with glass tendons, which killed his pace and skill from his early twenties.
@BarriosGroupie