Based on ur view, who is the player make a worst decision move to Real Madrid ?

I choose Owen ... feel like his future all is down .... so poor man

me 2. Agreed. 2nd wan is Beckham. without a trophy after 4 years

i vote owen too...not enuff 1st team action after leaving liverpool

This post has been edited by underworld: Apr 17 2007, 10:09 AM

His life is in misery after he left Liverpool. I thought of a Owen's comeback at St. James but he caught up with all those injuries and now the England-Newcastle conflict...

His life just belongs to the Reds...

Micheal oven

This kind of thread isn't necessary. It just smacks of lack of respect. I could open a similar thread for any other club but i'm not a coward.

hmm...i guess should be Owen and Woodgate
and i wondering why RM still risk to buy Woodgate with a high price

Juz a discussion ... i'm Real Madrid fan too

no la verx, think positive

antonio cassano..

simple , after they got LOADS of merchandise money from Beckham , they say ... hey buy mroe english man and get more merchandise money ...

but actually ... woodgate is a very very good player ... just that he is injury prone

Beckham is boost popularity and sales of merchandise....at least beckham play his ROLE in Real madrid....

the worst i wil go for michael owen....woodgate and most of all Anelka...

no cassano..!!??

why ronaldo's name is in the list? i think he's doing just great there. just a couple of season b4 his performance kinda down and this season with RVN inclusion, he cant get enuf play time.

for me, the worst signing is:
1.Anelka
2.Baptista
3.Owen

i second that ^^ Anelka..........wasted

Finally someone remember anelka....indeed a waste.....but his personality which self destruct his own career

One more is walter samuel

Owen went to RM then Liverpool won the UCL.

No way Anelka is wasted. Maybe he didn't play well, but he scored goals that mattered. Anybody who is a Real fan will remember the last time he scored the winning goals in crucial Champions League ties. What majestic goals were they.

Owen's case ? He scored more than 15 goals in the season, and his goals single handedly carried Real into clinching the Champions League spot. Can't say that he's wasted.

IMO, from the list, it was Jonathan Woodgate that didn't worth the money paid. Getting sent off and scored an own goal on your debut ? Must be joke stuff man.

LOL yeah like anyone would believe that
A RM fan wouldn't open a thread like this. Period.

Fine. You want to know what i think? That Veron wasted his career at Man Utd more than any of those players listed there. At least when Woodgate was fit (which was rare i know), he played well for us despite his forgettable debut. We had more clean sheets with him in the side last season. Happy?

check the title back, it state who make the worst decision move to real madrid
owen came and scores, but benched all the time, summore in the same season liverpool win the UCL, worst decision by him rite?

CL is such a 1 off thing. Where did Liverpool finish in the league that year? Nuff said

i choose baptista.

Maybe he wasted his carrier at ManUtd , however ... contrary to 99% of ManUtd fans here , I still think Veron is a superb player and ManUtd benifited ALOT especially in the 2002-2003 season. So its definately not a waste for ManUtd , even with the 28mill pounds price tag.
Its the media that depecited Veron as such a flop , when infact ... he isnt a flop at all.
*hint* ask van Nistelrooy , behind Beckham , almost all the other assist especially in UCL comes from Veron

This post has been edited by befitozi: Apr 17 2007, 05:54 PM

owen no doubt... what a waste of time for him... un-appreciate by the manager...

It all comes down to the buying policy of Real Madrid..they just bought too many players that they don't need...

Michael Owen and Woodgates.

Both injured and never got a chance to start consistently.

Haiyo, Becks la...

Indeed a Madrilenos will never open such a thread.

Oh Real fan here btw. Witnessed how Mijatovic smashed his winner and started our European Cup roll in the modern age and the rise of Raul at the age of 17. And i still think money wasted on Woodgate.

Well beckham may have a bad decision moving to real but i think real profited from him a lot. His shirt sales in couple of months enough to repay his price tag ^^
And yeah...money really wasted on Woodgate.. He start less and when he start he didnt perform dat well upon money paid on him. Owen is a good buy actually as he score whenever he play..jus RM have too many strikers to choose from so resulted him on the bench ~

how isit a bad dicision for Beckham if he enjoys it there. He would not have been better off staying at ManUtd coz Ferguson totaly duwan him already ....

i choose owen & baptista .... kesian this 2 ...

I would say Woodgate. After recovered from his injuries, he get an own goal and a red card for himself. He had a bad spell at RM.

I find this thread very very disrespectful to all LYN Madridistas.

For me Beckham and Owen..both players didn't even get any cup while playing there..

How about Cicinho, Cassano??

Voted for owen,his time was wasted there..

where is steve mcmanamon?i think he make worst decision cause he became hero to zero after he move to real from liverpool...

As far as i'm concerned he went from zero to hero

Michael Owen

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?

it shud be Cassano... wasted talent sitting on the bench

I think the problem with RM is the directors interfere, and the coaches not powerful enough to demand things done their way.

On their day, RM can really play well. Barca vs RM game few weeks back was a good example.

hang in there!

btw Baptista stats: GP 30 Goals 9 Assits: 3 - i still feel he's a good player ( i love to watch him play in Seville but you cant deny lack of games at RM really affected him)

cassano would be sitting on the roma bench as well..everyone dislikes him

He wasted his qualities himself... being as a top footballer doesn't mean you can have what you want... basic social skills are still needed... I don't pity him though...

yeah he use to have discipline prob there to..

why most of u all vote owen wan ????? i tot he is ok ma.... but at some times he maybe kinda boo-ing

i Vote owen..sad when he left Liverpool..

always injured..Looking to see him play for England..

Owen is leading the poll, as expected

i think shud add anelka to the list...

yeap...after owen left, liverpool won the UCL...so disheartening to see!!!and Real won rubbish...for coach, it should be quieroz!!!tried to be on the hot seat but fallback down to earth...

for me,woodgate... always watch his team mate play from the bench and he always go to madrid hospital

Owen gets my vote. He had a bright future in Liverpool but wasted it for RM.

for sure is owen ...

if he still in liverpool, he already have 2 CL finals to play with

owen 4 sure!!!why he go to madrid ??maybe he will panjat pokok kelapa laaaa after this...wakakaka

couldnt agree more. and when he was back frm hospital, he went and score a goal against his own club, then got sent off. for the 2 seasons he was there, i think he only got a handful of games.

another one that comes to mind was mcmanaman. he went there, never made any impact and just wasted his life there partying. mind u, when he went, he was at the prime of his game and a hotshot player back in merseyside, destined for greater things. probably blinded by 'all that glitters is goal'.... dumba$$

owen for me.....anfield betrayer.....i wonder wat he was thinking after watching liverpool win the CL after he just left.......

btw this thread should be close coz really disrespect to all the madrid fans....becoz it was the player themselves who choose to join real at first...they all willing to come n not madrid who force them.....

FAT RON....just look how he serve MILAN now...

GTG

owen n becks

All from above.

Michael Owen wasted his time

and wasted 2 CL final apperance....

owen and baptista...

michael owen.. even when he's on scoring form, still, he'll start from the bench.. well, serves u right..

poor owen, at least Becks got his La Liga medal.

Thomas Gravesen!

In your face to all of you who voted for Beckham.

Er..Thomas Gravesen kua...but at least he went to Celtic..

cassano and gravesen

ya..think positive..some of the player juz cant suit real madrid style and system..I am owen and liverpool fan but I do think he also make a wrong decision to join RM...if for me the player who make worrst decision move to liverpool i would say Josemi,bruno cheyrou..

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Added on July 9, 2007, 1:03 amlolz..cant say like tat .. they juz no have luck in their place..somemore got internal prob tat we dunno and also spanish league is not easy with sevilla,barca and valencia all around..

This post has been edited by lolz_5167: Jul 9 2007, 01:03 AM

huh??? this thread..? i find it insulting....

no one knows what is going to happen in the future...so it is imposible to predict whether you made the right choice or not..

and owen did have his moment in real madrid...and he was never really better when he was in liverpool at that time...

Woodgate. For me, he went there for a long-period holidays than work is as player.

actually nope...even he stay in england, he also wont play because of massive injury...

is real madrid sochai in this transfer deal...

My pick will be Owen. He moved there, but was behind in the striking line-up. After that, he moved from R.Madrid and got injuries... Nothing won since his move. Ironically, his previous club won glamour after he left...

Anyway, it's his choice and decisions.

Owen wasted his prime time there. Now he's in newcastle, no european football for him, probably have to fight hard to get into the top eight of epl as well. sigh..

i would say Woodgate .. he went there to be soaked in injuries .. didn't really play good football there .. the worst buy i would say ..

Let's see how good ah sam is

lol...who revived this thread...
I see alot of ppl say it's Owen..
The fact is Owen was never really gonna be good enough to start for RM.
Can anyone who voted for Owen honestly say that Owen deserved to start ahead of Ronaldo?
He might have been good enough to start for Liverpool but he was just a squad player for us. And a good one at that; he did score more goals coming off the bench than as a starter for us anyway.

In my opinion, I thought DBeckham had his worst time ever at Madrid. The way he has been playing for United was sensational. No matter what oppositions he come againts are always afraid of his dangerous free kicks and top notch crosses. With his departure came the cocky Ronaldo which I feel as an insult to football.

Beckham has been consistently scoring averagely 15 to 20 goals a season and has served as one of the biggest icons to lift the football status to greater heights and with his move to Madrid just made a 3-goal-a-season average player. If Beckham was still at United I think he would be captain and continuing his services as the best right midfielder ever in the UK if NOT in the world. Also, would cement his status as England's first choice midfielder with regular outings and getting 30 or 40 games a season unlike the MLS with like what? 20?