[andy_m]

I must admit I'm a secret Michael Owen fan. I think he was a genuine World class player who's played at three of the world's most famous clubs and at international level, is almost uniquely placed to offer insight and actually isn't frightened to say what he thinks. But he does sound boring. A lot of people I know don't watch BT Sport because of him. I think he's potentially a bar to future growth and, since they've shown that they're prepared to make tough decisions with the reaction to the failed Halsey experiment, I've come round to the argument that they need to get rid of Owen (Michael and Hargreaves) now.