bristolseagull
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Have I missed something?
I understand we're looking at these two....
I understand we're looking at these two....
Heskey and Trotter.....
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HawkTheSeagull
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If it were true, getting Heskey would prove something of a coup for us i would have thought.
Trotter would come to us in exchange for Vincelot and some cash. Both are only reported on NSC though.
Trotter would come to us in exchange for Vincelot and some cash. Both are only reported on NSC though.
ees complicated no?
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God I hope we aint after Heskey, he is a player who should of never played at the teams he has in the prem, he is also one of the most over rated English players.
as for trotter I hope so.
as for trotter I hope so.
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Lots of people think, wrongly, that Heskey is shit. I'd say that makes him one of the most UNDER-rated English players of recent years.
This.
The Premiership is a massive step up from the Championship, and he's spent his entire career there. He'd be a class act for us.
5mins-from-amex
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this, hes one of the best forwards for holding onto the ball and linking up play.
Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
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The problem is a lot of people like strikers to score the occaisonal goal. Not sure why people would want that from their strikers, but bizarrely, people judge him on his goals ratio. Which is pathetic. A few years ago it was possible to argue that his work for the team justified his lack of goals, but that was years ago. Now he offers nothing to Aston Villa in the Premier League and rightly can't get into the team.
In the Championship he would probably still be able to do a job but you would need to have goalscoring midfielders around him, especially if you have a manager who favours 1 striker formations. I'm not convinced that he would be a good signing for us, but I'm sure a Championship club will get some use out of him. The way it's going, he may not have to move clubs in order to find a Championship club.
Gritt23
New member
Maybe that's true (although I don't agree) but he would absolutely rip a new one for defences at this level. As a Championship striker he would be virtually unplayable, and does regularly bring out the best in those around him.
Saw yesterday that Aston Villa players have an average wage of £47k a week 
eek And Heskey must be one of the highest earners there, can't begin to imagine him stepping down to the Championship and lowering his wage by such a vast amount.
Selections from said list:
Rank (last year) – Team – League – Ave player pay, £ per year (week) - Ave player pay $ per year (week)
1 (1) Barcelona * La Liga £5,260,313 (£101,160) $8,680,569 ($166,934)
2 (2) Real Madrid La Liga £4,724,662 (£90,859) $7,796,637 ($149,935)
3 (10) Manchester City * EPL £4,486,580 (£86,280) $7,403,754 ($142,380)
4 (6) Chelsea EPL £4,118,227 (£79,197) $6,795,899 ($130,690)
5 (4) LA Lakers * NBA £3,804,441 (£73,162) $6,278,088 ($120,732)
6 (3) New York Yankees * MLB £3,748,831 (£72,093) $6,186,322 ($118,968)
7 (14) Milan * Serie A £3,699,411 (£71,143) $6,104,769 ($117,399)
8 (12) Bayern Munich * Bundesliga £3,579,961 (£68,845) $5,907,652 ($113,609)
9 (13) Philadelphia Phillies MLB £3,525,612 (£67,800) $5,817,965 ($111,884)
10 (7) Internazionale Serie A £3,454,681 (£66,436) $5,700,915 ($109,633)
11 (16) Manchester United EPL £3,345,911 (£64,344) $5,521,423 ($106,181)
16 (22) Arsenal EPL £3,199,678 (£61,532) $5,280,108 ($101,541)
18 (20) Liverpool EPL £3,169,631 (£60,954) $5,230,525 ($100,587)
21 (21) Dallas Mavericks NBA £2,989,371 (£57,488) $4,933,060 ($94,867)
25 (38) Juventus Serie A £2,845,701 (£54,725) $4,695,976 ($90,307)
31 (39) Phoenix Suns NBA £2,608,333 (£50,160) $4,304,271 ($82,774)
41 (51) Aston Villa EPL £2,464,831 (£47,401) $4,067,464 ($78,220)
eek And Heskey must be one of the highest earners there, can't begin to imagine him stepping down to the Championship and lowering his wage by such a vast amount.Selections from said list:
Rank (last year) – Team – League – Ave player pay, £ per year (week) - Ave player pay $ per year (week)
1 (1) Barcelona * La Liga £5,260,313 (£101,160) $8,680,569 ($166,934)
2 (2) Real Madrid La Liga £4,724,662 (£90,859) $7,796,637 ($149,935)
3 (10) Manchester City * EPL £4,486,580 (£86,280) $7,403,754 ($142,380)
4 (6) Chelsea EPL £4,118,227 (£79,197) $6,795,899 ($130,690)
5 (4) LA Lakers * NBA £3,804,441 (£73,162) $6,278,088 ($120,732)
6 (3) New York Yankees * MLB £3,748,831 (£72,093) $6,186,322 ($118,968)
7 (14) Milan * Serie A £3,699,411 (£71,143) $6,104,769 ($117,399)
8 (12) Bayern Munich * Bundesliga £3,579,961 (£68,845) $5,907,652 ($113,609)
9 (13) Philadelphia Phillies MLB £3,525,612 (£67,800) $5,817,965 ($111,884)
10 (7) Internazionale Serie A £3,454,681 (£66,436) $5,700,915 ($109,633)
11 (16) Manchester United EPL £3,345,911 (£64,344) $5,521,423 ($106,181)
16 (22) Arsenal EPL £3,199,678 (£61,532) $5,280,108 ($101,541)
18 (20) Liverpool EPL £3,169,631 (£60,954) $5,230,525 ($100,587)
21 (21) Dallas Mavericks NBA £2,989,371 (£57,488) $4,933,060 ($94,867)
25 (38) Juventus Serie A £2,845,701 (£54,725) $4,695,976 ($90,307)
31 (39) Phoenix Suns NBA £2,608,333 (£50,160) $4,304,271 ($82,774)
41 (51) Aston Villa EPL £2,464,831 (£47,401) $4,067,464 ($78,220)
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banjo
GOSBTS
Looks like he's packed he's bags and is on he's way to Brighton already.
thony
Active member
Do you think Vicente and Buckley would fill that role? Calderon would probably want to chip in as well.
It really pisses me off how everyone thinks Heskey is shit. Yes he doesn't score goals galore but a player of his quality would grace the Championship, one of the best link up strikers I've seen. He holds the ball up so well, he's a very effective player on the pitch and I'd be over the moon if we could bring him in to play upfront with Macca.
Basil Fawlty
Don't Mention The War
If we were interested in Heskey, wouldn't his wages be a huge problem?!
thony
Active member
...as long as we're confident that he's good enough to help us to promotion even with a 10-point deduction for going into administration after trying to pay his wages, of course!
Basil Fawlty
Don't Mention The War
So we are all agreed, Heskey would be perfect? Go get him Gus. Decent forward problem solved, now let's move on to the goalkeeper and carry on building a side that can maintain a top 2 position
Wages would be a huge problem, don't you think?!
Where've you heard this?
Quagmire
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What he gives to a team is fantastic, he's a great outlet going forward and does not get enough credit for what he does simply because he doesn't score enough goals.