Emile Heskey to reach a milestone today

Copper_pipe

Today is the day that Emile Heskey could make his 500th premier league appearance. Only the 6th player to achieve this

abouttobebanned

The mind boggles tbh.

mike65

Fair play to him.

antodeco

Aw, it'd be a ironic if he missed it :pac:

Copper_pipe

antodeco wrote: »

Aw, it'd be a ironic if he missed it :pac:

Only would happen to Heskey

abouttobebanned

Worth remembering that Gary Speed was the first player to do this.

Bounty Hunter

antodeco wrote: »

Aw, it'd be a ironic if he missed it :pac:

as a Villa fan id like that but have to agree with Mike gowan Ivanhoe

mike65 wrote: »

Fair play to him.

ricero

Do people think it's cool to insult heskey ? How sad

population

You have to have a grudging respect for heskey in his ability to play at the top level and collect big wages whilst being a striker who doesn't score goals

Amirani

He's a personification of what's wrong with English football. It's players like him that mean England will never be as good as Spain, Brazil, Argentina etc. In these countries footballing ability is more important than size and strength. England needs to change its mindset.

mosstin

antodeco wrote: »

Aw, it'd be ironic appropriate if he missed it :pac:

You're welcome.

1mcampo1

population wrote: »

You have to have a grudging respect for heskey in his ability to play at the top level and collect big wages whilst being a striker who doesn't score goals

Was McLeish not playing him as a center back recently? Or even in midfield?

Bounty Hunter

ricero wrote: »

Do people think it's cool to insult heskey ? How sad

Not cool but the Villa team would be better without him starting at the moment especially if he gets put out on the wing as can be the case. He as said is a striker who doesent score goals though so thats were some of the jokes come from obviously but he really puts a lot of work in (normally) and players like playing alongside him. He was linked to moving to Leicster during the summer and imo could have been a hit there but without Sven there I see that as being less likely especially without taking a big wage cut.

There will no doubt be a joke about him moving to Sunderland made soon i'd imagine

population

1mcampo1 wrote: »

Was McLeish not playing him as a center back recently? Or even in midfield?

Wouldn't make any difference to his scoring record

orourkeda

I wouldnt be the biggest fan if his as a player but he deserves a certain amount of credit

A Primal Nut

Never got how Heskey had such a successful career. People talk about his ability to hold the ball up as if its something unique. Other strikers can do all that and score goals. Anyway I don't think he holds the ball up that well. He gives the ball away a lot and is not good in the air. Last year's world cup was a good example. Despite this he has a reputation for holding the ball up and that has been enough to make 500+ appearances. No reason he can't score goals as well. He has a reputation for being unselfish but his assists record is poor as well. Plenty of strikers who are unselfish, set up more goals than him but still score a reasonable amount as well, but never got near the English team.

Kess73

How he played in Liverpool's 00/01 treble season will stay in my head for years. He was excellent that season. Got goals, got assists, and was full of confidence.

I was actually sorry that he was sold at the end of Ged's reign as I thought he was the kind of player that would have done well under Rafa's style of management.


A much maligned player in some quarters, but one that gave this footy fan some good memories.

ButcherOfNog

Yup, remember that goal in the European Super Cup? Heskey could definitely play, he just seemed to have serious confidence problems, when he was good he was really good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHU74O8pf5Y

Iang87

fair play to him.

When he first broke onto the scene i really thought things were going to be different with him

applehunter

Amazing that a striker that can't kick a ball property has managed to fool everyone for this long.

I'd compare him with Denis Behan but at least the "Hitman" has a decent shot.

eagle eye

applehunter wrote: »

Amazing that a striker that can't kick a ball property has managed to fool everyone for this long.

I'd compare him with Denis Behan but at least the "Hitman" has a decent shot.

I'd compare you to Britney Spears in terms of your soccer knowledge after your comments here.

Iang87

applehunter wrote: »

Amazing that a striker that can't kick a ball property has managed to fool everyone for this long.

I'd compare him with Denis Behan but at least the "Hitman" has a decent shot.

he's not gonna score you 30 goals a season but he does a job in fairness. 500 premier league games deserves a little respect

applehunter

eagle eye wrote: »

I'd compare you to Britney Spears in terms of your soccer knowledge after your comments here.

He swats the ball.

He's like Fultin Reed in the Might Ducks. 1 out of 5.

Neil3030

An Emile stone, you might say.

Dotrel

Copper_pipe wrote: »

Today is the day that Emile Heskey could make his 500th premier league appearance. Only the 6th player to achieve this

He made his 1000th shot/throw-in today as well.

CSF

eagle eye wrote: »

I'd compare you to Britney Spears in terms of your soccer knowledge after your comments here.

Pot.........kettle.........

Jimmy Iovine

Neil3030 wrote: »

An Emile stone, you might say.

So brutally bad that it's brilliant.

smokedeels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTac7AgyYmk

Dotrel

smokedeels wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTac7AgyYmk

or

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0McFPYTCnXI

Fowler87

Kess73 wrote: »

How he played in Liverpool's 00/01 treble season will stay in my head for years. He was excellent that season. Got goals, got assists, and was full of confidence.

I was actually sorry that he was sold at the end of Ged's reign as I thought he was the kind of player that would have done well under Rafa's style of management.


A much maligned player in some quarters, but one that gave this footy fan some good memories.

100% agreed that was his finest season in his career. Il never forget that hat trick he got against Derby away. Twas a super display.. on his day he was a beast of a striker

1mcampo1

Heskey could have stole the show in injury time yesterday vs Utd

But instead he done this...

Esse85

He's a joke of a player, falls down like a bag of coal if he's even touched.

He's a laughing stock, but good luck to him, he made his millions fooling people.

SantryRed

Yeah,

He's made millions fooling people. Even though he has 117 goals in his career.

There's alot worse out there then than Emile Heskey i think. true he is not the most technically gifted of players but can be useful and effective in my opinion. that said i think he is above his true level at the moment

the untitled user

NiallSparky wrote: »

He's a personification of what's wrong with English football. It's players like him that mean England will never be as good as Spain, Brazil, Argentina etc. In these countries footballing ability is more important than size and strength. England needs to change its mindset.

I remember on a football weekly episode a few months back with one of the older hacks on it (can't remember who unfortuantely). Anyway, he was saying he remembered seeing Heskey as a youngster. Said he said at that time Heskey was much slimmer and more of a pacy winger type player who was very good on the ball. But his coaches of the day thought he was too slim, told him to bulk up and over time he lost the agility and trickiness that had marked him as a result. In short he seemed to suggest Heskey had much more natural footballing ability than he's given credit for and that he would have been a better player had he been let develop as a winger type instead of a target man. Shame if true.

Dotrel

the untitled user wrote: »

I remember on a football weekly episode a few months back with one of the older hacks on it (can't remember who unfortuantely). Anyway, he was saying he remembered seeing Heskey as a youngster. Said he said at that time Heskey was much slimmer and more of a pacy winger type player who was very good on the ball. But his coaches of the day thought he was too slim, told him to bulk up and over time he lost the agility and trickiness that had marked him as a result. In short he seemed to suggest Heskey had much more natural footballing ability than he's given credit for and that he would have been a better player had he been let develop as a winger type instead of a target man. Shame if true.

I seem to clearly remember him being a winger when he came on the scene at Leicester and being highly thought of at the time.

monkey9

Kess73 wrote: »

How he played in Liverpool's 00/01 treble season will stay in my head for years. He was excellent that season. Got goals, got assists, and was full of confidence.

I was actually sorry that he was sold at the end of Ged's reign as I thought he was the kind of player that would have done well under Rafa's style of management.


A much maligned player in some quarters, but one that gave this footy fan some good memories.

He was absolutely brilliant that season. I think he got about 19 goals,

The thing that annoyed me about him was that he never really used his strength and power enough. He should have been bullying defenders.

Heskey's a decent player, in fairness. People here going on about him fooling everyone? You don't fool managers into giving you 500 PL appearances.

Brendan97

1mcampo1 wrote: »

Heskey could have stole the show in injury time yesterday vs Utd

But instead he done this...

narrow miss in heskey terms

ctrl-alt-delete

Esse85 wrote: »

He's a joke of a player, falls down like a bag of coal if he's even touched.

He's a laughing stock, but good luck to him, he made his millions fooling people.

Kick Racism out of football :pac:

Paparazzo

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

There will no doubt be a joke about him moving to Sunderland made soon i'd imagine

Way ahead of you:

Paparazzo wrote: »

Doesn't matter, he'll replace him with Heskey within the first month anyway

flahavaj

The most galling thing about Heskey is that he's the most physically imposing striker in the league but he carries himself like a soft chap on the pitch. He could and should have been as good as Drogba, instead he's become a bit of a joke.

Jesus Wept

smokedeels wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTac7AgyYmk

Some incredible goals there to be fair.

Beefy78

NiallSparky wrote: »

He's a personification of what's wrong with English football. It's players like him that mean England will never be as good as Spain, Brazil, Argentina etc. In these countries footballing ability is more important than size and strength. England needs to change its mindset.

I remember going to Wembley to watch England play Russia in the Euro 08 qualifying campaign. Heskey was upfront with Owen and the Russian defenders just couldn't get near Heskey, who was completely unplayable.

Heskey has made as good a career as he has at Club level precisely because defenders don't like playing against him. If that wasn't the case and he wasn't as effective as he obviously is then he wouldn't have played 500 games in the top flight.

mectavba

All of the above praise for previous good seasons doesn't take away from the fact that he is now completely sh** and has been ever since he put on a Villa jersey. The fact that McLeish has been playing him in centre midfield illustrates his incompetence.

Paparazzo

For the people that are standing up for Heskey here, would you like if your club signed him, or resigned him? Even a few years back?

Nuri Sahin

Kess73 wrote: »

How he played in Liverpool's 00/01 treble season will stay in my head for years. He was excellent that season. Got goals, got assists, and was full of confidence.

I was actually sorry that he was sold at the end of Ged's reign as I thought he was the kind of player that would have done well under Rafa's style of management.


A much maligned player in some quarters, but one that gave this footy fan some good memories.

He was unplayable for most of that season, scored some brilliant goals too.

Esse85

SantryRed wrote: »

Yeah,

He's made millions fooling people. Even though he has 117 goals in his career.

His goals to games ratio for an international striker is awful.

FFS if I played as many games as he did I'd score that many too.

Awful player, wouldn't even score goals in the championship, the most un-natural, over-rated footballer out there.

Beefy78

Weird how all of those top club and international managers disagree with you, isn't it?

Still, what do they know...

Guy:Incognito

Beefy78 wrote: »

Weird how all of those top club and international managers disagree with you, isn't it?

Still, what do they know...

Maybe Esse85 is Fergie?

Bounty Hunter

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Maybe Esse85 is Fergie?

Fergie is a Villa fan! actually makes sense hed like Villa he always gets 3 points from us

Esse85

Ferguson, Wenger, Guardiola and Mourinho all said this about Heskey???

I must of missed that.