with 2 CL n 2 La Liga title under his name with Real, i think he made the 'best' decision.

I think Owen make a mistake by joining Real Madrid....He never be able to command a regular first team there & when he back to EPL, he got injured regularly...

im surprised anelka is not there
then it would be owen

woodgate got the best deal, good pay and no need to play

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Added on April 24, 2007, 10:26 ami would agree to that
veron did very well in CL games
i remember one of his contribution, with the outside of his boot he curled a shot/assist which ended in a great goal
i have never seen such a skill and it left my jaw dangling in awe of what i had witnessed

This post has been edited by lawsh: Apr 24 2007, 10:26 AM

Lulz. The irony of "You'll never walk alone" really hit Owen. Worshiped at Anfield but he left and after that he really 'walk alone' and the Reds goes on winning CL. I pity him.

This post has been edited by redart: Apr 25 2007, 01:22 AM

i'm liverpool fans and i do not have sympathy for owen, he choose what he is today

I WOULD SAY OWEN AND BAPTISTA....

EVENTOUGH OWEN WAS A FAILURE THERE BUT HE WAS A GOALSCORING MACHINE.....
HE WAS D SECOND TOP SCORER FOR RM AFTA RONALDO....BUT STILL HE MADE D WRONG DECISION OF LEAVING LFC CUZ HE DIDNT GT 1 TEAM GAME AND LOST HIS ENGLAND SQUAD PLACE....

AND BAPTISTA...IS BECAUSE...HE GOT VERY LIL GAME TO PLAY...AND WAS A TOTALY FAILURE ....BUT B4 HE MAE THE MOVE TO RM ARSENAL WAS HUNTING FORHIM ALREADY BUT HE WAS SEEKIN A SPANISH CITIZENSHIP...AND A A CALL FROM THE SPANISH TEAM....BUT THAT DINT HAPEN AND TOOO BAD FOR HIM....

IMHO

Beckham Woodgate all learned something from their stint in Real Madrid.

Beckham defensive positioning is so much better.
Woodgate, if you compared when he was in Leeds, and when he was playing in Real Madrid, he learned so much. Italians defenders are known for their tactical positioning and Woodgate has learned alot, albeit he still makes mistakes but he's much better. I tend to watch Boro game to see him play.

Owen is a mystery, he's been out injured too many times to see a difference but if you look at his first few games for Newcastle, you could see his improvement in how well he moves around, in support especially. 11 games played, 7 goals scored. Not bad ya?

Reyes? that cry baby deserves to be put in his place and be stuck in RM. He had a good thing going at Arsenal and if he waited for his chance, he would have been playing regularly and improving leaps and bounds. Instead he's going down the path of Baptista, Anelka.

Ronaldo? how the mighty has fallen.Remember his game vs Man U? that WAS class. Can you remember any game in RM when he played like that? neither can i.

Baptista? i was actually excited of him coming over to Arsenal. I was a fan of Seville FC and i loved seeing him play. He had the skill, the confidence and i believe if he stayed at Seville, he'll be what i would call a cross between Drogba and C.Ronaldo

He made a tremendous mistake, in football sense in choosing RM. If he wanted a Euro passport, he could have stayed in Seville, and he would hold his place and be a better play there.Alas, the fame of RM took away whatever skill he has and gave him a seriously ba attitude. He complains English game are too physical for him to do any stepovers or show off his skill. Bah hambug! He cant even control the ball.

(you can see by my rants im an Arsenal fan )

p/s: BTW u should put anelka in there. that is a classic story of what not to do when you're a good striker.

Therefore my choice would be:

Baptista
Anelka (if he was in your list)
Ronaldo

This post has been edited by guyfrmars: Apr 24 2007, 11:52 PM

Woodgate doing well for Boro.. Stubborn defender.. hard to get through

hope ronaldo wont go to r.madrid,he will ruin his career there like the others we have gone there,if he wants to leave,better go to barca

second that,he leave red for more glory that he thought he cant archieve in liverpool and not giving rafa a chance.

actually i voted for owen...
cuz he lack of first team after joining em...
and be the "Bench Warmer Award of the YEAR"....

but its good for him...
its his decision to leave liverpool at the first place...
and now he deserved them.....
he aint popular now...aint world class now.... playing for newcastle...hmm...

And Owen deserves the best benchwarmer award...an i hope that he is happy with that award.....

HE thought that he could be sumthing like Steve McMahon haha...but his decision was so stupid that made him lost his place in the england team..haha..

Injury cost Owen his place in the England team. You do remember he did go to the WC rite? Get your facts rite man.

I don't see how. Even the directors of the club confessed that they have been buying too many 'unnecessary' players.

best decision though? i would go for spice boy steve macca...

worst FOR THE CLUB: anelka
worst for the player: owen

What nonsense. Besides whatever the directors say has nothing to do with this thread. This thread is implying that players make bad decisions when they sign for RM. What the TS is so ignorant about is that all clubs have signed players that turned out to be bad decisions on their part, so to single out just one club is blatantly disrespectful.

Why don't u tell me what club u support? I'll gladly open a thread similar to this.

anelka...he only be good when Dennis Bergkamp partner with him....when the time he left arsenal for RM...i was glad by the move...

i chooses owen as well.. he perform well in madric.. but he didnt get back wat he deserved

The players made a bad decision for joining Real Madrid because Real Madrid bought too many unnecessary players (which the players and staff of Real Madrid knows themselves), resulting in putting these top players on the bench, which in turn results to the downfall of the players' futures. See the relevance?

I don't support any particular team by the way. I support the game called football.

Your point would be valid if all the players listed there were strikers and all of them were in the squad at the same time which clearly wasn't the case.

How is Woodgate considered unnecessary? Baptista and Beckham played quite a number of games so they weren't just sitting on the bench most of the time. Besides I'm sure u've heard of squad depth right? I can name many players in Man Utd or Chelsea for instance who spend most of their time on the bench. Is Baptista getting games in Arsenal? So why should RM be singled out?