Top Tip for England's next game

[Guy Fawkes]

Top Tip for England's next game:

If you're watching on Sky+ press pause and wait a second before pressing play. Being a second or two behind the live play will give you that authentic Emile Heskey viewpoint.

 

[pishhead]

Top Tip for England's next game:

If you're watching on Sky+ press pause and wait a second before pressing play. Being a second or two behind the live play will give you that authentic Emile Heskey viewpoint.

The Emile Heskey who set up our goal? or maybe the same Emile Heskey who was far more effective than Wayne Rooney?

 

[Gazwag]

Its a shame you cant do it the other way round to be able to syncroise (sp) the tv and radio commentary

 

[skipper734]

The Emile Heskey who set up our goal? or maybe the same Emile Heskey who was far more effective than Wayne Rooney?

I thought Heskey was supposed to make Rooney more effective. If so, he failed at that to.

 

[Mellotron]

I thought Heskey was supposed to make Rooney more effective. If so, he failed at that to.

Amazing. People slag him off FOR playing well. It's beyond a joke now.

 

[skipper734]

Amazing. People slag him off FOR playing well. It's beyond a joke now.

Don't think I'm slagging him. Heskey is a luxury in the side as he doesn't score goals.
He's not a waste of space if he provides for other players to score, and as far as I understand the press, he is in the side because Rooney benefits from playing off him.
So there was something wrong with the balance the other night, as Rooney was invisible but Heskeys contribution was noticed.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Aside from the fact that along with Johnson, Heskey was the best player the other night, the joke itself is pretty funny. I can think of a good few players, to whom it could be applied very nicely...

 

[Mellotron]

That's because Rooney had an off day, not Heskey. Heskey is far from a luxury as his movement, passing and intelligence on the ball helps all the players around him.

3 of the best results/performances of last 10 years:

England 5 - 1 Germany - Heskey played
England 5 - 1 Croatia - Heskey played
England 4 - 1 Croatia - Heskey played

 

[Trigger]

Get off his back you CRETIN.

There were TEN other players who were miles worse than SUPER Emile, get off the bangwagon and try watching the game.

 

[skipper734]

Get off his back you CRETIN.

There were TEN other players who were miles worse than SUPER Emile, get off the bangwagon and try watching the game.

I agree, and the word is bandwagon if it's me that's the cretin!

 

[Marshy]

Amazing. People slag him off FOR playing well. It's beyond a joke now.

Its not that he didnt play well. I thought he did. But.....we play hoof ball too much with him in the side, it gets even worse when Crouch plays.

So its not so much Heskey i dont like, although i dont rate him, its the style of our play, and when we come up against better sides its so easy to defend against, decent sides push further up the pitch against us and we come unstuck.

Id rather we went with Rooney and Defoe if we dont use Gerrard behind Rooney.

 

[Mellotron]

Its not that he didnt play well. I thought he did. But.....we play hoof ball too much with him in the side, it gets even worse when Crouch plays.

So its not so much Heskey i dont like, although i dont rate him, its the style of our play, and when we come up against better sides its so easy to defend against, decent sides push further up the pitch against us and we come unstuck.

Id rather we went with Rooney and Defoe if we dont use Gerrard behind Rooney.

Rooney and Defoe has NEVER clicked. Rooney and Heskey has.

Also, in both Croatia games, we played loads of lovely passing moves on the deck, with Heskey involved. We CAN play passing football with him in the team.

 

[Marshy]

Rooney and Defoe has NEVER clicked. Rooney and Heskey has.

Also, in both Croatia games, we played loads of lovely passing moves on the deck, with Heskey involved. We CAN play passing football with him in the team.

Rooney and Defoe has never really been tried for anything more than 1 game if that !

Rooney and Heskey has worked but never against top quality opposition.
Hence it gets us so far then fails.

Im fed up with failing at the same stage everytime.

 

[Common as Mook]

His hold up play was brilliant.

However, I can't get the bodged one-on-one out of my head and that is the problem

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Amazing. People slag him off FOR playing well. It's beyond a joke now.

He did play well, But I think we need to up our goal threat somehow, we cant keep missing one on ones.

Algeria and Slovenia will hope we play hoof ball.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Rooney and Heskey has worked but never against top quality opposition.

Is that right? I honestly don't know. Have they even played together against top opposition?

I know that Heskey and Owen played well together against good teams on a number of occasions

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Funny how so many people on here know better than the last few England managers

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Unless you're going to change the formation completely, and have Rooney up-front on his own with Gerrard behind him (which I personally would like to see), then Emile is your man - he did well the other night, just because Rooney was marked out of it, wasn't his fault.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Quite, Rooney had two men on him at all times.

 

[Marshy]

Funny how so many people on here know better than the last few England managers

unless we ever try for example Gerrard behind Rooney we will never know.

Ive seen Heskey and Rooney and Heskey and Owen etc and it gets us to the Q Finals.