It's 2017, and people *still* aren't being kind to Michael Owen on Twitter.
Since hanging up his boots, the former striker has taken more than his fair share of stick for his work in the media. It even reached the stage where actual news outlets were circulating false quotes that had been wrongly attributed to him.
On Wednesday, Owen was back on punditry duty with BT Sport, covering Manchester United's Europa League second leg tie against St Etienne.
Of course, Owen was returning to the scene of one of his most famous goals, so you can't blame the bloke for dropping the odd tweet or two about it. For those not quite old enough to remember - it was in St Etienne that an 18-year-old Owen truly announced himself on the international stage by scoring a magnificent (but ultimately meaningless) solo effort against Argentina.
https://twitter.com/themichaelowen/status/834395217985929217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/themichaelowen/status/834433840676470785
Naturally, there were always going to be a few people who pretended not to know about said goal.
https://twitter.com/wookey76/status/834395390371823619
https://twitter.com/MichaelJBrown73/status/834465620318158848
While others reminded him that despite his 'great memories', England were sent packing after losing the game on penalties.
https://twitter.com/hazza765/status/834473890348941312
https://twitter.com/bigbeef10/status/834403024730779649
And then there were those that accused Owen of 'making things about himself'.
https://twitter.com/Devil_Red_1878/status/834395683159470082
https://twitter.com/danieldfowkes/status/834411043837341700
And of course, it wouldn't be a Michael Owen tweet without someone saying something about him being boring.
https://twitter.com/Maceinthegame/status/834397313204367361
Or someone saying that he didn't do much with the rest of his career...
https://twitter.com/JonnyShaw1/status/834395410382934016
Still, at least nobody was giving the former Liverpool man any stick for later moving to Manchester United. Nope. Not around here. Oh wait...
https://twitter.com/JacksonJasolla/status/834422910764929024
