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The 27-year-old arrived at the club in December and hit the post on his debut as we crashed 3-0 at home to Wimbledon. Fans blasted Steve Coppell for signing a player who was struggling to get into Sheffield Wednesday's team; making the ex-Slough Town man's first few games at the club difficult to say the least.
However, after more than two months in Berkshire Owusu enjoys a much better relationship with the Reading fans. Indeed, he is getting on so well at the club that he is confident enough to have a go at goal from 205 yards. (Yes, thats two hundred and five yards). Or so readingfc.co.uk will have us believe...
Happy supporters who dashed home from the game to log onto the official site can be forgiven for thinking that they were watching a different game this afternoon.
For their match reporters tell us that mid-way through the first half Owusu: "showed good strength to shrug off his marker and try his luck from 205 yards".
An audacious attempt it must have been. Sadly Reading MAD missed the incident as they were queuing for their pre-half time pies.
Marcus Hahnemann has taken some stick this season for a series of goalkeeping blunders, and we ourselves have lambasted the big American after some of his gaffes. His opposite number this afternoon Paddy Kenny has seemingly not received the same criticism as he seems a competent although slightly large chap.
The official site confirm that he was behind Owusu's 205-yard shot "all the way". It's a good thing though as from that distance he could hardly of said that he didn't see it coming...