Michael Owen was a magnificent striker in his day.
Electric at Liverpool and perhaps underrated at Real Madrid, before injuries took their toll on his career he was one of the best finishers around, but all of this does not mean that he makes for a good football pundit.
Lets take Owen's former teammate Gary Neville as an example of a good pundit who actively seeks to enlighten viewers on aspects of the game that they may not be aware of, or something that they wouldn't have noticed from the TV camera angle, whereas Michael Owen says shite like this:
When they don't score.. They hardly ever win. That's their problem, Man City.
That is actually spectacular.
As expected, the reaction was ruthless:
So Michael Owen in his analysis after the City game said that 'When they don't score, they hardly ever win'. What a fucking knobhead.
— Sean O' Donovan (@henriksen1) December 5, 2015
'when they don't score, they hardly ever win'
Michael Owen ladies and gentleman... ?
— Conor Molyneaux (@CMoly7) December 5, 2015
Michael Owen talks so much shit it's actually laughable
— CART (@carter_langford) December 5, 2015
In my sheer frustration and disbelief I thought I'd perhaps heard wrong. Clearly not. Seriously???? @themichaelowen https://t.co/xkCk5eRfnn
— Tom Birtwistle (@tombirtwistle) December 5, 2015
Some more genius insight from Michael Owen then. So which games did City win when they haven't scored? #fuckingbellend
— Jim Fletcher (@jim_fletch) December 5, 2015
Thanks to @ThePuntersPage for the Vine.
