Owen out for 5 months!

[7even]

The worst fears of Michael Owen and England have been realised after a scan revealed the striker will be out for five months with cruciate ligament damage to his right knee.

Owen collapsed in the opening exchanges of England's 2-2 draw with Sweden on Tuesday and initial fears that the knee injury was a serious one have now been confirmed.

The news is a massive blow not only to England's World Cup bid but also Newcastle United, who now appear to be facing up to the prospect of being without Owen for virtually the whole of 2006.

Owen's tale of woe began on New Year's Eve last year, when the former Liverpool frontman suffered a broken metatarsal in an innocuous-looking challenge with England team-mate Paul Robinson at Tottenham's White Hart Lane.

After a lengthy period of rehabilitation, Owen was declared fit for the World Cup finals and the 26-year-old started England's two group games prior to the clash with Sweden but appeared still to be feeling his way back after injury.

Misfortune has now befallen Owen once more and the player admits he feared the worst almost immediately.

Full story;
home.skysports.com/worldcup/article.aspx?hlid=396979&CPID=4&clid=114&lid=4161&title=Owen+ruled+out+for+five+months
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Great, that’s all we need. Now we have an unfit Rooney, useless Crouch and never been used Walcott. Sven you silly bastard!

[devilsneighbour668]

Great! Knew it looked bad when he went down. Thats us buggered! That'll teach sven to take 2 unfit players, someone who's never even played in the prem,and a scouser to the world cup!

[7even]

Lol. But I was thinking, shouldn’t we get the option to call up another striker? I mean, when Djibril Cisse broke his leg, France called up another striker.

[onenedkelly]

Maybe a blessing in disguise

Pack the Midfield out now for the knockout stages


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Cole-----------------------------------------------------------Lennon

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It works for me

[roonaldo]

7even said:

Lol. But I was thinking, shouldn’t we get the option to call up another striker? I mean, when Djibril Cisse broke his leg, France called up another striker.

France were only allowed to call up another striker because it was before their first game, the same way we were allowed to replace Rooney up to 24 hours before our first game.

I'm absolutely gutted for Owen and England because now there is no chance of winning the World Cup unless Gerrard and Rooney play up front and Rooney finds his Euro 2004 form.

Although in a way I'm glad this happened because I've always thought Sven was a shocking manager and this just makes him look as bad as he is. I mean does anyone remember his interview before the World Cup when he was asked about only taking 4 strikers he said 'I am not worried about losing Michael.' This now makes Sven looks like an idiot, which sort of makes me happy. If he doesn't play Walcott now I think everyone will lose all respect for him. Imagine what Defoe must be thinking.

Final word: Sven is an idiot and lets hope Rooney and Gerrard can carry us through.

[Chris]

Walcott won't play and Sven along with arsene should be deported