Emile Heskey

[Mendoza]

needs one more goal to equal the international goals scored by











Rene Higuita and Jose Luis Chilavert, but does have a better goals per game ratio, just.

Come on Emile, put in another cracking performance like the one in The Green Mile. The England fans need a new chant!!!


Rene Higuita - 68 caps, 8 goals
Jose Luis Chilavert - 74 caps, 8 goals
Emile Heskey - 58 caps, 7 goals

 

[scooter1]

Wasn't Rene Higuita a goalie?
That doesn't say an awful lot about one of our potentially World Cup bound strikers......

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Someone has been reading the BBC website!

 

[strings]

Wasn't Rene Higuita a goalie?
That doesn't say an awful lot about one of our potentially World Cup bound strikers......

I'm pretty sure Higuita was the goalie that did the 'scorpion kick' against England a few years back.

 

[Mendoza]

I'm pretty sure Higuita was the goalie that did the 'scorpion kick' against England a few years back.

correct. Chilavert is also a goal keeper with a DEMOND free kick!

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

it still pains me that we could be 1-0 down, and in the last minute the ball falls to EMILE HESKEY 5 yards from goal.

i dont doubt for a MINUTE that he does a good job for the team. but i would be MUCH HAPPIER with Crouchie playing instead.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

i don't HALF love big emile ivanhoe, but as mejona said........last minute, world cup semi final, 1-0 down.......chance falls to heskey........

 

[bristolseagull]

His miss against Japan was painful, would much rather see Bob in SA

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

my favourite HIGUITA moments are when he absolutely RAMPAGES up the pitch with the ball, only to play a simple 5 yard pass to a team-mate/opponent, before having to bomb it shit-quick back to his goal, rendering the entire excercise completely redundant

 

[sir danny cullip]

His miss against Japan was painful, would much rather see Bob in SA

Should have scored it but Rooney in front of him (who should have put it away first) probably distracted him. No excuses, he should have anticipated Rooney missing it but I thought it was more Rooney's missed chance with Heskey trying to salvage something.

 

[Mellotron]

England's best 3 performances of the last TEN years:

England 5 - 1 Germany
England 4 - 1 Croatia
England 5 - 1 Croatia

Anyone here who thinks it's a co-incidence Heskey played in all 3 is a f***ing idiot. Seriously, stop watching football. How can so many people STILL not understand what he does for a team? It's actually ridiculous.

Oh and also:

Stephane Guivarch (striker) - 14 caps, ONE goal, ONE WORLD CUP WINNERS MEDAL.

 

[Foolg]

my favourite HIGUITA moments are when he absolutely RAMPAGES up the pitch with the ball, only to play a simple 5 yard pass to a team-mate/opponent, before having to bomb it shit-quick back to his goal, rendering the entire excercise completely redundant

Higuita, Valderramma, Asprilla and co. all in the same team.
Wow

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

England's best 3 performances of the last TEN years:

England 5 - 1 Germany
England 4 - 1 Croatia
England 5 - 1 Croatia

Anyone here who thinks it's a co-incidence Heskey played in all 3 is a f***ing idiot. Seriously, stop watching football. How can so many people STILL not understand what he does for a team? It's actually ridiculous.

Oh and also:

Stephane Guivarch (striker) - 14 caps, ONE goal, ONE WORLD CUP WINNERS MEDAL.

No-one's doubting that, it's just his goalscoring record IS woeful, there's no getting away from it.

 

[dingobruce]

 

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BTW he also played in the Argentina win and the 3-0 Russia

 

[Rookie]

Doubt Rooney would enjoy playing or get as much out of playing with the two mentioned goal keepers though. As a team player Heskey is the best 'big' striker we have and allows Rooney to get involved in the game a lot more.

 

[Mellotron]

No-one's doubting that, it's just his goalscoring record IS woeful, there's no getting away from it.

So what though? He's not in the team to score goals. We might as well talk about Ashley Cole's scoring record.

 

[Scampi]

it still pains me that we could be 1-0 down, and in the last minute the ball falls to EMILE HESKEY 5 yards from goal.

i dont doubt for a MINUTE that he does a good job for the team. but i would be MUCH HAPPIER with Crouchie playing instead.

The point you're missing though is that with Emile in the team we are less likely to find ourselves in that situation cos someone else in the team will have already scored by then.

 

[Acker79]

http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/tactics.pdf

I think that's from September, so may not be entirely up to date, but it gives a very good indication of why Heskey should be in the team.

 

[Mellotron]

The point you're missing though is that with Emile in the team we are less likely to find ourselves in that situation cos someone else in the team will have already scored by then.

Quite. If Crouch was playing instead of Heskey it's more likely we would be struggling. Regardless of whether HE scores more goals, WE score more goals with Heskey in the team. Simple really.