Michael Owen's Season Is Over

such a shame, a great player with a totally blighted career due to injuries.

Im not too worried. I feel bad for Owen but we'll cope without him. It remains to be seen whether Fergie was just having a dig at the england camp by claiming Rooney is a doubt. Also, I really want Mame to get 90mins and wolves would be a good opportunity. We also have Berba, Macheda and Obertan who can all play up top so we arent short of strikers, especially as we seem to be playing 1 up top these days anyway.

My real concern is with Owen Hargreaves. Im desperate for him to play and feel comfortable with his knee on thursday. Even if he gets fit and only comes back with 50% of his tenacity he's a better holding player than anyone else in the england squad - and if we beat milan - we could do with him too.

I still believe that with a few games under their belts, a 4-3-3 of VDS, Brown, Rio, Vidic, Evra, Hargreaves, Fletcher, Carrick, Valencia, Park and Rooney would be impenetrable - even against barcelona!

Why is he having a knee operation on the hamstring injury he picked up in the CC Final?!?!?!?!

i like michael owen and wished he would have made the WC squad but sadly he wont be going now

Its funny how City fans had nothing to say on the matter up until december. Despite their predictions about how permanently crocked he'd be and how we'd end up no where this season, the truth is he's maintained an excellent level of fitness, scored a brilliant winner against city in the league, scored a hattrick in a champions league game (which with the defense we put out - had no right to win), scored an equaliser in the carling cup final and has only really been out of the team because of how well we have done this season. He has had major impact on 3 results which have set us on our way to winning a treble. He's only scored one goal less than Bellamy (who most people would agree has had a good season) and has an almost identical strike rate to carlos tevez (both around 1 goal every 120mins). As much as he isnt my favourite player, considering his cost in terms of transfer fee and wages compared to a player like carlos tevez, I dont see how anyone could consider him a bad signing. As well as Tevez has done for city over the last few months, he doesnt have any medals so far this season, nor does he appear to have realistic prospects of getting any. Michael Owen does. I dont really see why fifthcolumnblue would possibly think he has anything to gloat about, but then City fans are used to inventing their own measures of success.

Btw i didnt make much of that Diouf today and that comment from tuscan3000 about the 433 and playing hargreaves carrick and fletcher + valencia giggs/park and rooney WOW id back you for the league if you get every1 fit enough.