Heskey to be released at end of the season

[Mine]

I compare him to other older forwards who did the business in the Championship, particularly Teddy Sheringham and Dean Windass. He isn't close to their standard.

Thing about those two is that they changed the way they played as they aged. As the athleticism slowly departed, experience and guile took over and they evolved to maintain their reputation as dangerous players to confront.

Take a look at Heskey. He hasn't changed a bit in over a decade. The approach remains physical and dependent on athletic ability, ability that is passing away every season.

Let Leicester have him. They seem to have a fixation on players living off the fumes of reputations either well-past their sell-by date or severely over-inflated.

 

[Seagull on the wing]

Carew.....good call.....Heskey......Eew Haw.....pass the carrots please....a deffo No No in my book!

 

[Norman Baker suck my lozenge]

Would prefer Lukaku on loan fromChelsea,young and a real unit.

 

[B.W.]

Carew = a much better call...

 

[Marshy]

Would prefer Lukaku on loan fromChelsea,young and a real unit.

Exactly. Needs a season in English football also. We were talking about him last night

One of the main reasons I hope Di Matteo gets the job is so Gus can raid there squad of fringe players for season long loans.

 

[B.W.]

Exactly. Needs a season in English football also. We were talking about him last night

One of the main reasons I hope Di Matteo gets the job is so Gus can raid there squad of fringe players for season long loans.

Good point... here's hoping Chelski beat Bayern, Robbie gets Chelski job, and Gus leans on his m8 to bring in Lukaku et al...

 

[worthingseagull123]

Can we afford his wages?

 

[NMH]

What are we now, a bloody knackers' yard?

 

[GT49er]

Heskey would be a yes for me. He may not be quite the player he nearly was, but if his attitude is right, he could be pretty effective at Championship level.

 

[BHA Benny]

wages way too high

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

wages way too high

I have to say all these "wages too high" lot are missing the point. He will be earning ZERO after July the 1st. Do you lot think we're paying Vicente the same as he was on at Valencia

 

[clapham_gull]

I have to say all these "wages too high" lot are missing the point. He will be earning ZERO after July the 1st. Do you lot think we're paying Vicente the same as he was on at Valencia

Not sure that are warranted.

Vicente was somewhat of a one off last season.

Either player could earn much higher wages elsewhere, particularly abroad.

I'd love Heskey by the way.

 

[Oscar]

Anyone turning their nose up at even a remote chance of signing a player of the calibre of Heskey is mad. I'm sure Gus would sign him tomorrow if he could - even though he is getting on a bit. As a target man, a potential foil for CMS and that added physical aspect we lack we won't do better.

Just who do some on here think we are going to sign? We won't get Heskey anyway but we also won't be getting the like of Zamora or Carew.

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

Anyone turning their nose up at even a remote chance of signing a player of the calibre of Heskey is mad.

Stick me well and truly in that camp. Make me scout master. Brass my knobs, etc. Because he. Is. Shit.

 

[OSRGull]

Stick me well and truly in that camp. Make me scout master. Brass my knobs, etc. Because he. Is. Shit.

You're just someone who's jumping on the anti Heskey bandwagon. A player of Heskeys calibre would grace the Championship, anyone who fails to realize that has no clue about football.

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

You're just someone who's jumping on the anti Heskey bandwagon. A player of Heskeys calibre would grace the Championship, anyone who fails to realize that has no clue about football.

I would like to go on record as stating that A) I didn't know that there was a bandwagon, B) He couldn't grace a brothel and C) As I have said in previous Heskey thread, I think it's actually the people that say 'people don't get Heskey' that don't get football.

Yes, I know what he's used for, yes I know his strengths, yes I've seen him play. He is muscle, plain and simple. No pass, no shot, no vision, no pace, no clinical finish. AND if we played him, we'd be pinging long balls up to him all day long.

Also, for someone with that much physical strength, he doesn't half fall over.

 

[Reinelt12]

Ah - the Heskey conundrum... many a night I have spent in years gone by defending the big lump up front for England as everyone and his dog slag him off for being ****

I ask you Heskey bashers this...

1) If Heskey was so ****, why has he played so many games for England under so many different managers - are they all wrong?
2) Ask Michael Owen who his best strike partner was... he always played 100 times better with Heskey alongside him.
3) Heskey isn't about scoring goals, he is about bringing others into play - Gerrard's goal against USA in the last World Cup shows that

This is the man that prompted Argentina to take off their best defender who was absolute world class at the time (Sensini) after about 25 minutes because Heskey had completely ruined him.

And... he is in the top 20 top Premiership/Premier League scorers of all time... even though he isn't about scoring goals.

So, there I am defending why he should have been playing for England not that long ago... and we are discussing whether he is good enough for BRIGHTON?! Jesus wept people, are we really on such a high horse?!

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

And... he is in the top 20 top Premiership/Premier League scorers of all time... even though he isn't about scoring goals.

He has scored 108 goals in 544 Premier League appearances, 79 of which were between 1994 and 2004. In the last 8 years he has scored a total of 38 goals. Ashley Barnes has scored 14 this season.

 

[Reinelt12]

He has scored 108 goals in 544 Premier League appearances, 79 of which were between 1994 and 2004. In the last 8 years he has scored a total of 38 goals. Ashley Barnes has scored 14 this season.

So are you saying his best years were up to around 2004... hmm, I can think of another player who played for us this season which that would describe perfectly...

What has Ash scoring 14 in the Championship this season go to do with Heskey?

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

So are you saying his best years were up to around 2004... hmm, I can think of another player who played for us this season which that would describe perfectly

What has Ash scoring 14 in the Championship this season go to do with Heskey?

I'm pointing out that, as much stick as our Ashley gets week in, week out, he will still score. Heskey won't. He may get an assist or two, but to be honest any player that can stand up to a strong challenge can get those kinds of assist. Why don't we get someone as big as Heskey, but that is a little more agile and can actually use the ball? Becuase I have scoured the internet, and I cannot find a decent bit of football from Heskey that 100 other Championship players can do.

PS, if you're referring to Vicente in your first sentence, then you're a mentalist.