By Tyne-Talk
July 14 2009
Former Newcastle United striker Michael Owen has finally admitted he could have done more to keep the club from relegation. Owen who is still being paid a fee by Newcastle, despite signing for Manchester United a week or so ago told The Shields Gazette, that whilst "he didn't set the world alight" last season, he isn't injury prone despite only played 79 games in 4 seasons.
The 29 year old said;
"In certain parts, people do have a justification to have a go at me. I didn't set the world alight in the last year at Newcastle. That is no one's fault but mine.
We were not playing well as a team, and I wasn't doing my bit either. There is no doubt I have had injuries in my career. But there is a long list of players that have had a broken metatarsal.
I was foolish trying to rush back for the World Cup and my leg had just come out of plaster. But I played 33 and 32 games in the last two years in a team that was not in Europe and did not go on a decent cup run.
Still I was continually labelled injury prone, which gets up my nose."
Quote:Sawed-off D-bag
I was foolish trying to rush back for the World Cup and my leg had just come out of plaster.
