Rio Ferdinand - "My Thoughts on Michael Owen." 

Fowler was a beast. So natural

Fowler was a coke head!!!

You can’t compare Owen’s finishing to Fowler’s. There are levels to finishing and Fowler was miles ahead.

@@StrafuzzOwen had pace tho

@@reeceh8048 a coke head? 🤣

Think he didn’t manage the injuries well enough… think about those explosive pacey players, like giggs with an imbalance between quads and hamstrings - difference is giggs managed it to prolong his career at the highest level… .

Houllier killed him bringing him back too early from injuries.

​@@bomberbee8236desperation that's why. Liverpool relied on him too much and you can see why, but yes your right no question

Owen in his prime was England’s best striker and he’s definitely in the conversation as one of the premier league’s best strikers!

@@jaysparrow6631 no question

In England. In Italy if del piero didn't do his cruciate he would have been better than anyone.

For fuck's sake,@@Micfri300 . Go troll somewhere else.

Rooney at 18 was as good imo

​@@bhew7409no he wasn't Owen ripped up Argentina

​@@bhew7409Not at all. What you smokin ?

I could say the same about Adriano and especially del piero who although was a legend did his cruciate at 19..

17-24 was brilliant he was even good at Real Madrid

I remember thinking that the worst joke of all time in the sport was Raul starting ahead of Owen. No lies, I could have stopped Raul 1v1 99/100 times. Raul was never anything but a poacher and target player. Owen could beat a squad of elite pros between him and goal with the same chances that a Messi or Maradona had, maybe with better chances.

Respect. YNWA.

My start era aswel, Sami Hyypia, one of the prems most underrated CBs 😂

Thanks for the history lesson.

Spot on about his positioning and his heading - no one ever really mentions that Owen was a pretty good header of the ball. But the potential to be as good as R9? Not quite. Owen was exceptional and in his peak had similar speed to R9, but R9 was a different beast from a technical pov which Owen probably would never had reached. There were certain similarities but they were quite different stylistically. From a physical pov was Michael would often wriggle away from defender challenges, then no one could catch him, where as R9 could just run through defenders because he was 6ft, strong as an Ox and then no one could catch him. R9 dribbling ability was well ahead of Owen's, if R9 couldn't use his raw power and pace he would use faints, stepovers and unbelievable close control to beat defenders, then use his speed to get clear of them where as Michael could dribble at speed, often just beating defenders because he would run with the ball into space so quickly but it wasn't necessarily his dribbling and close control that got him past players in small areas, but rather slowing them down, bursting past them or changing direction which he did fantastically. Also from a finishing pov Owen wasn't as good with his weaker foot as R9 was. But both 2 of the scariest players to watch in their prime.

Better than Rooney?

Good point. I would put both at the same level.@@rayman1861

@@rayman1861better than Rooney!!

1998 to 2005, Owen was magical. After his 2006 world cup injury, he was never the same, physically and mentally.

@@rayman1861 Owen scored goals against all the top international sides of his time and made world-class defenders look like mugs.

Knee aswell

You're so right - I remember it was a beautiful saturday and I was watching it an Arsenal fans house (friend of a friend) and he was laughing at us as Liverpool were that bad in the final. Arsenal deserved to win it (and missed some chances to go 2 up) but Owen was a sub and came on and destroyed Arsenal single handed in like 10 min? When he equalised you just knew if we got the ball to him again - which we did it was over and guess what....

I was a young Liverpool fan he was my hero until he left nd broke my heart i stayed a Liverpool supporter and watched my heroes career end with that injury!!!

Get him on here

Henry? Raul?

​@thf3038 In 98 Owen was above Henry that's how mad he was, Henry went on to be the king but yh 98 Owen was the guy

​​@@thf3038you weren't born

@@user-fz7qs4uo9l was not second only to r 9 between 98 and 03 though. Guy never got 20 pl goals in a season

@@anfeariontach Was born in 1990 so saw owen play throughout his prime.

You think a ballon dor winner is world class 😂😂😂 how brave

Yes. His sharpness was his biggest asset.

That’s a disrespect to Michael Owen. Mbappe still hasn’t gotten to the level of Owen.

Just a World Cup and more goals in the Champion's league and in the World Cup for Mbappe... Mbappe far better.

Mbappe is better

@@cholachilufya7072 at what? Running?

Just appreciate both for what they are. World-class players. This endless issue of having to compare them is tiresome.

I think he did reach his potential, he just did it very young and relatively briefly.

Fowler was better than them all.

He had too many muscle injuries which apparently his other family members have suffered from, genetics and bad luck

Fowler was a joke. So good

*Any striker, ever. The only scorers as reliable as he was against great defenses in big games were the Ronaldos, Messi, Romario, Zidane and Maradona.

He scored against in Argentina, Brazil in the World Cup.

Wtf are you talking about? Where do you know him from? Fool

I'm a United fan, and prime Michael Owen is the player who I hope get injured or suspended when liverpool play against Man United, not because I hate him, but because he's a player who makes me uncomfortable and nervous when he play again Man united

Rooney too

Also got 31 goals in 70 games for newcastle which isn't bad at all as a strike rate.

He had the best strike rate per minutes that season at Madrid.Julio Baptista was bought and he decided to leave after one season. Owen one on one with a keeper was one of the most composed and clinical strikers I’ve ever seen in 25 years.

@@Hassykay3 😂Torres was good for 1 season and yes Suarez is a genius .