Owen tweet blast for England flops

TWITT BETWEEN HIS TEETH ... Owen launched into a tweet rap on England's defeat

MICHAEL OWEN last night gave Stuart Pearce's England a Twitter bashing.

He insists they played badly against Holland and deserved to lose, tweeting: "Surprised at the reaction after last night's match.

"Experimental team or not, getting beat at Wembley is disappointing.

"I mean, it's hardly like we played brilliant and were unlucky to lose."

Many pundits were full of praise for the performance of caretaker-boss Psycho's rookie line-up, despite going down 3-2 to the Dutch.

But Manchester United striker and Three Lions legend Owen, 32, could not take any positives from the game.

He added: "No matter what team is out there, losing has to be frowned upon.

"Have we slipped that far behind other teams that people now accept getting beat so long as we 'show some pride'? I hope not."

QPR skipper Joey Barton also waded in on Twitter.

He moaned: "Does anyone remember when Wembley was a fortress? If England lost there, national pride would be wounded. Now we just accept that defeat as progress."