Source: Daily_Mail
HATCHET MAN: We only really have two games to save ourselves - Toon striker Owen surrenders six poin
Michael Owen has not scored since January and it is easy to see whythe Newcastle striker may not be too confident about his team'sprospects against decent teams.[LNB]But concentrating on only two of the club's remaining four gameswould surely be sporting suicide when they are fast becoming favouritesfor relegation.[LNB]Owen seems to have almost given up on getting anything fromLiverpool or Aston Villa. 'Being realistic, it's the home games thatare our major focus,' Owen said, as if Newcastle have the luxury ofchoosing their battles at this stage of the season.[LNB] [LNB]On his knees: Michael Owen has written off two of Newcastle's last four matches[LNB]However, they have not been much better at St James' Park than theyhave on the road this season and facing teams with nothing to play forhas got to be to their advantage.[LNB]Villa can barely remember how to win these days and when upwardlymobile Fulham and relegation-threatened Middlesbrough are the twoopponents in their sights it is like Owen hasn't even bothered to lookat the form book.[LNB] More from Hatchet Man... HATCHET MAN: Even Benitez wouldn't try and replace Alonso with Barry a second time - he's not that mad29/04/09 HATCHET MAN: Forward thinking? Not a chance as Chelsea chess match sets the agenda for Fergie v Wenger29/04/09 HATCHET MAN: Here's Benitez's biggest test - proving us wrong over his record in the transfer market28/04/09 HATCHET MAN: Forget Messi v Bosingwa, it is Gibbs who is being thrown to the lions28/04/09 HATCHET MAN: Eto'o to quit Barca for Man City? We're back in fantasy land28/04/09 HATCHET MAN: Zokora becomes the latest paid-up member of the Tottenham whine society28/04/09 HATCHET MAN: Harry must scrap Cisse swoop as Tottenham boss draws up his summer hitlist27/04/09 HATCHET MAN: Expect the worst as Chelsea deploy Bosingwa to shackle Messi27/04/09 VIEW FULL ARCHIVE A team in Newcastle's position have to defy the odds and pull offthe unlikely, so giving the impression that the players have writtenoff their chances of doing that in two matches already is indicative ofa bad attitude.[LNB]Owen's spell at the club has been little short of a disaster and heprobably cannot wait for it to end in the summer, but wishing awaymatches in a relegation scrap is taking things too far.[LNB][LNB] [LNB]
