Michael Owen surprised television viewers and pundits alike by completely dismissing Charlie Adam 's 66-yard strike against Chelsea as a potential Goal of the Season contender . Revealing his controversial standpoint on BT Sport 's Fletch and Sav show on Saturday , the former England international striker sparked a debate between his colleagues in the studio . ' I think if you asked a hundred footballers in general to go and try to re-enact them [ each of the four superb goals from Adam , Bobby Zamora , Wayne Rooney and Jermain Defoe last weekend ] the next day , I think more people would be able to kick the ball far and straight . ' Michael Owen sparked a debate whilst speaking alongside former Liverpool team-mate Steve McManaman . The former England striker said he did n't believe Charlie Adam 's strike was worthy of Goal of the Season . Owen 's comments surprised his colleagues on BT Sport 's Fletch and Sav show on Saturday . Owen , who scored 163 career goals in 362 appearances for Liverpool , Real Madrid , Newcastle , Manchester United and Stoke , appreciated a degree of expertise to execute such a shot but was minimally impressed . 'Just one long kick . There 's a lot of skill in it , but Goal of the Season ? Do me a favour ! ' Co-anchor and ex-player Robbie Savage waded in following Owen 's outburst , and former Liverpool star and fellow pundit Steve McManaman was not far behind . 'You [ Owen ] scored a thousand goals and you could n't do it , ' former Leicester midfielder Savage added . 'You 're talking about 100 footballers , ' McManaman highlighted , 'and we could n't do what Charlie Adam did ( pointing to Savage , Owen and himself ) . ' Charlie Adam ( centre ) lets fly from inside his own half as he scores one of the goals of his career at Chelsea . Adam 's audacious effort was clocked at more than 45 miles per hour and came from inside his own half . Refusing to back down 35-year-old Owen remained resolute : 'The only reason you could n't and potentially could n't [ score a goal like Adam ] is because you could n't reach [ the goal ] . You could kick the ball hard and far ... it 's just whether you could do it that far . ' 'So we could n't do it ! ' McManaman confirmed . Clearly feeling backed into a corner by his cohorts Owen pointed at Savage : 'He could n't score Rooney 's [ turn and volley against Aston Villa ] . ' ' I could , ' Savage barked . ' I could score Defoe 's [ long range volley against Newcastle ] . I 've scored Defoe 's for Wales . Twice . Two worldies . ' QPR 's Bobby Zamora ( left ) gets in front of Joleon Lescott to score against West Brom last Saturday . Jermain Defoe ( centre ) smashes home to seal a vital derby win for Sunderland at the Stadium of Light . Wayne Rooney swivels to blast a right-footed shot into the top corner of Aston Villa 's net on Saturday . Responding to the comments about his strike at Stamford Bridge , Scotland international Adam hit back at his skeptic . Taking to his personal Twitter account the 29-year-old wrote : ' @ themichaelowen was a great player in his day but if he even thought about it his hamstring would go.. ' Upon finding out , Owen 's claws were still well and truly out . 'He could n't run fast enough to pull his hamstring could Charlie ' . We await Adam 's response with bated breath .
ben Owen says Charlie Adam 's performance at home was not that impressive . Owen said the fact Adam kicked the ball ' hard and straight ' made it easier . Adam responded by saying Owen would have saved himself if he attempted the shot .