Maybe, but surely if it's a good point it requires a better example than a goal he did score. How many occasions has he been guilty of missing cos he hit it too hard? I can think of the (frankly irrelevant, and given the spat with the keeper, I think irreverent) penalty miss against Everton last year. Any more?
It's instructive to watch the full highlight reel of his goals from last year. They're all 'authentic' goals. Nearly all of them require considerable effort and/or ability to 'finish' them. No taps ins, nothing banjoed off his arse. I just can't understand the 'not a natural striker' comments from Owen. I wonder if the word he was looking for was more akin to 'classic' than 'natural'.