Now who’s going to take the responsibility for Michael Owen’s latest injury in a “friendly” match against Austria? Michael Owen will be out for the next “important” match for England against Croatia on Wednesday and Newcastle United Premiership match against Liverpool on Saturday.

“Injuries are part of football and unfortunately we need to win on Wednesday and I do believe we are going to be without two centre halves and our two centre forwards.” McClaren said “There is spirit in there and they want to do it as much for the fans as anybody. Who could get 4,000 fans to a friendly in Austria? Only England.”

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Well, if someone coming out with that kind of expression to see how St. George Cross suffering an awfully defeat in Moscow last Wednesday is totally mad.

Although Big Sam is relieves that Michael Owen is coming home safe, he must be feel sorry to see how Steve McClaren side is in danger at the moment.”He should be allowed to see it through to the end. We are not out of it. We have still got the opportunity to get there - I know we have to rely on somebody else first, but that’s football.”

The England team now will depends on the result of Russia match against Israel, where the win for Guus Hiddink side will dumpped England out from Euro 2008.Owen in fact did well to give an assist for Wayne Rooney to score the goal for England in first-half.

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Newcastle United star Michael Owen has declared himself fit and ready for the England duties this week-end against Estonia at Wembley and next Wednesday’s crucial tie with Russia in Moscow.

Some newspaper writting today about a collision between Owen and Sam Allardyce for Newcastle striker decision to play for two England games in four days. Sam is said that Owen still need some rest after his operation last week.Although he was on as substition and scores for United in 3-2 win against Everton, it is clearly that Allardyce is not pushing him to play for full 90 minutes.

“I don’t know whether two games in such a short space of time is right,” Allardyce complained as quoted from the FOXSports.

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