by Starbridge42 » Sun Apr 25, 2004 1:11 pm
The perfect partner isn't there. The perfect partner for Owen would be Bergkamp. The way I see it Owen's current problem has nothing to do with Houllier, other than that he never signed the right player for the job, but that Owen is spending too much time having to hold the ball up. With the ball at his feet running at goal Owen is as dangerous as anyone out there so what he needs is his fellow striker to be able to hold the ball up and make (and this is what Bergkamp does best) a quick short turn and lay it off. Sounds simple but other than Gerrard there isn't really anyone in the current Liverpool squad who can do it properly. Heskey can't, Baros can't, pongalle, le tallec, cheryou, can't do it. Kewell can do it but not all the time and anyway he's better off wide on the left. Plus he's out of contract with Arsenal next season. But of the people up there, I'd say Viduka can do that best and is still a very potent striker by himself.
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