Seeing Heskey score at the AMEX!!!

[Hornblower]

Liverpool legend! Of course, I would not be posting this if we'd lost. But, we didn't, and what could be better than three points and seeing the Hesk score, tidy.

 

[swindonseagull]

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

What a very strange post. And in any case, I'd expect a Liverpool legend to be a St John, Hansen, Souness, Keegan or Rush. Heskey? Are you taking the p*ss?

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Lets be fair, Emile was never really that gifted in the scoring department. He obviously had something about him to make it to the top level and consistently play for those teams. He looked like a beast today, very scary. But Dunky had him in his pocket for most of the game. But I will always love him for Germany 1 - 5 England and his scoring contribution. Good man Emile, good man.

 

[Hornblower]

Lets be fair, Emile was never really that gifted in the scoring department. He obviously had something about him to make it to the top level and consistently play for those teams. He looked like a beast today, very scary. But Dunky had him in his pocket for most of the game. But I will always love him for Germany 1 - 5 England and his scoring contribution. Good man Emile, good man.

Thank you.

 

[Bombadier Botty]

The Palace imbeciles are going to be all over this one when word gets out. INCOMING!

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

The Palace imbeciles are going to be all over this one when word gets out. INCOMING!

One poster, one idiotic post=all Albion fans tarred with the same brush. Hardly fair.

 

[Hornblower]

Perhaps I'm not quite so mean spirited as some on here. I'm not inhibited by having a blinkered, monocular view of the game and the players and I've always liked Heskey.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Perhaps I'm not quite so mean spirited as some on here. I'm not inhibited by having a blinkered, monocular view of the game and the players and I've always liked Heskey.

I think the words 'Liverpool legend' and 'the Hesk' are a little over the top as he isn't ours. And in answer to your question, what could have been better? It would have been even better had Heskey not scored. There.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

Strikes me more as a Liverpool bellend rather than legend....but each to their own

 

[Ninja Elephant]

I thought my chance to see Emile Heskey live was over, but happily I was wrong and today we got to see him score which is very special. He is a legend for people of my age, whether that's because he's any good or because he's terrible but relatable, I don't know. But I enjoyed watching him today and enjoyed seeing him score. That we won the game with our team of footballers all over the pitch, and no Heskey's to be seen, is even better.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

I think the words 'Liverpool legend' and 'the Hesk' are a little over the top as he isn't ours.

He was 'ours' on that heady night in Germany when we ripped them apart.

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

Lets be fair, Emile was never really that gifted in the scoring department. He obviously had something about him to make it to the top level and consistently play for those teams. He looked like a beast today, very scary. But Dunky had him in his pocket for most of the game. But I will always love him for Germany 1 - 5 England and his scoring contribution. Good man Emile, good man.

Lost me £100 on that game! Had us at 100/1 to win 4-1 (mental bet!). So we're 4-1 up and Heskey goes through 1 on 1 with the keeper. Bet's safe cos he'll put it in Row Z as usual. But, oh no, he flukes it past Kahn (?). Have hated him ever since!

 

[Sussex Nomad]

I thought my chance to see Emile Heskey live was over, ...

Ditto. Been to a fair few England games over the years but never saw this beast. Much derided, but he has learnt to play at a top level for nearly 20 years. I'm sure he couldn't care less what we think.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Ditto. Been to a fair few England games over the years but never saw this beast. Much derided, but he has learnt to play at a top level for nearly 20 years. I'm sure he couldn't care less what we think.

He used to be a joke, but I don't think he is that any more. Maybe now he's past it, but it was great to see a man who has been a significant player over the last 15 years. As someone who came up watching Match of the Day every week and whatever live football was on the TV, I've grown up watching him and it was nice to see him today. Playing for someone else! But nice all the same, and to see him score was so rare it can be classified an experience alone.

 

[Arkwright]

I thought he was a handful all afternoon. No pace but superb in the air and held it up well, that was always his game.

 

[Hornblower]

He used to be a joke, but I don't think he is that any more. Maybe now he's past it, but it was great to see a man who has been a significant player over the last 15 years. As someone who came up watching Match of the Day every week and whatever live football was on the TV, I've grown up watching him and it was nice to see him today. Playing for someone else! But nice all the same, and to see him score was so rare it can be classified an experience alone.

You said it better than I did.

 

[Seagull58]

When he joined Liverpool he scored for fun. In his first full season he scored 22 goals in 56 matches! Much like Zamora he was much more of a supplier than the scorer for the rest of his career, but never anything other than a premier league quality target man.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

When he joined Liverpool he scored for fun. In his first full season he scored 22 goals in 56 matches! Much like Zamora he was much more of a supplier than the scorer for the rest of his career, but never anything other than a premier league quality target man.

I'd have taken that and less, as plaudits, to earn what he has over the past two decades.

 

[Seagull58]

I thought he was a handful all afternoon. No pace but superb in the air and held it up well, that was always his game.

In his early career with Leicester, Liverpool and England he had plenty of pace. Very fast over 10 to 20 metres.