Heskey

[sdb]

and who did they play?

Kazakhstan, Andorra, Belarus, Croatia, Ukraine.

Kazakhsan and andorra are championship relegation zone standard at most, Belarus aren't that much better (Lower midtable at most). The only sides they played in qualification with any ability were Croatia and Ukraine.

yeah...and he played well against them.

should I call up Sept Blatter and make sure all our potential signings have only played against teams in the FIFA top 10 rankings?

[Asha]

Andorra = Championship standard?

Most of those boys just play it for a joke amidst their full time jobs.

[The Doctor]

yeah...and he played well against them.

should I call up Sept Blatter and make sure all our potential signings have only played against teams in the FIFA top 10 rankings?

what i meant was that although he played well in WC2010 qualifying only 2 teams are really anywhere near the standard of teams we face in this league (ranking them (Kazakhstan,Andorra,Belarus) at lower championship may have actually been overcrediting them too much).

[Manwell Pablo]

what i meant was that although he played well in WC2010 qualifying only 2 teams are really anywhere near the standard of teams we face in this league (ranking them (Kazakhstan,Andorra,Belarus) at lower championship may have actually been overcrediting them too much).

Andorra are techincally not even Conference level. They are just orgainsed and good at keeping scores down to save face, when I say organised I actually mean they employ the most negative tactics I have ever seen and they kick lumps out of the opposition.

[sdb]

what i meant was that although he played well in WC2010 qualifying only 2 teams are really anywhere near the standard of teams we face in this league (ranking them (Kazakhstan,Andorra,Belarus) at lower championship may have actually been overcrediting them too much).

yeah fair do's but that can't really go against him. he plays prem teams week in week out which should be evidence enough that he'd do well at this level. I'm not claiming he'd pull up trees, i don't think he would at all, but he'd be a real asset, and probably get a fair few extra fans coming each week too. BTW I do not see this happening at all so it's all speculative.

[Bettsj2]

Andorra are techincally not even Conference level. They are just orgainsed and good at keeping scores down to save face, when I say organised I actually mean they employ the most negative tactics I have ever seen and they kick lumps out of the opposition.

So basically whoever Heskey has played well against is a crap team. The seasons where Heskey has scored goals dont count because he's gone more seasons not scoring. Howard offers more than Heskey because he tries really hard and at 32, Heskey is knocking on the door of a retirement village.

I think we should look to the lower leagues for cheap options with 'potential' and try and bring them on.

Forget Heskey. He's apparantly not played well since 1995.

[body102]

I think Heskey would be a good addition to the squad , he still has pace and power , plus the extra height when defending corners would not be a bad thing . The only problem like mentioned before would be , if he didn't do that well the doom mongers would be on his back .

[SirBlueFoxington]

I think Heskey would be a good addition to the squad , he still has pace and power , plus the extra height when defending corners would not be a bad thing . The only problem like mentioned before would be , if he didn't do that well the doom mongers would be on his back .

[WeAreCardiffCity]

We sign bellamy and you sign englands greatest goal threat ever...what was it 7 or 8?

Save your money guys, seriously he's not worth it.

[General Smuts]

You people are idiots. Emile Heskey at this level will be unreal. IMO he was definately one of the better players for England at the World Cup and arguably MoTM for us against the US. For him to drop down a level and play for the club he supports and the club he helped out from his own back pocket when we were staring at administration, is a massive positive for Leicester.

Granted he doesn't score 20+ goals a season but he will lay on that for his team mates. His strength and hold up play is top quality and is a massive improvement on Steve Howard. As Flynny said there is a complete no contest in my eyes - 33 year old Scotland 'B' international (years ago) Vs 32 year old retired from full international football for England barely a month ago after playing well at the World Cup. Its the equivalent of me barrelling up to David Haye and clocking him one. Its a no contest. I'm down the Royal with 2 black eyes and my dick hanging off and Bruno's tearing Doncasters defence apart.

TBH it's all hyperbole and speculation at the moment but fook it, its caught me up in it.

COME ON BRUNO!!!

[Thracian]

Old timers on here will grin but in the unlikely event that Heskey signs for Leicester I seriously hope it'll be as a centre-back not a centre-forward.

Heskey has always impressed me with the defensive responsibility he takes as set pieces and we are desperate for fast but strong and effective defenders.

So why not convert the guy?

He would almost certainly guarantee a few goals coming forward for our own set pieces (another vital need) but there's no real evidence now that he'll ever be a natural or prolific marksman.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Heskey

But as a defender and supplementary attacker at set-pieces, yes.

[SirBlueFoxington]

Didn't Sousa say Howard was his first choice striker, so obviously he wants that big man upfront. Heskey is just the same player as Howard, but better, so it makes sense to bring him in.

[fleckneymike]

Old timers on here will grin but in the unlikely event that Heskey signs for Leicester I seriously hope it'll be as a centre-back not a centre-forward.

Heskey has always impressed me with the defensive responsibility he takes as set pieces and we are desperate for fast but strong and effective defenders.

So why not convert the guy?

He would almost certainly guarantee a few goals coming forward for our own set pieces (another vital need) but there's no real evidence now that he'll ever be a natural or prolific marksman.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Heskey

But as a defender and supplementary attacker at set-pieces, yes.

I dispair sometimes I really do.

On the basis that he's played well defensively at corners you think we should convert him to a centre back so he could also pose a threat when we have a corner, this is one of the more foolish things I have read. Why not just buy a centre back who can actually play there rather than a 32 year old centre forward who has never played centre back (excluding 40 odd minutes for Wigan v Sheff Utd)?

[markbsac]

never have a player back on sentiment...leave his superb city career where it was ..god i will alwaya remember that glimpse of success when he played alongside collymoore ....the sunderland game being the high light...leave bruno as a good memory ..look to the future sign younger players !

[orangecity23]

If you did really want to play a striker at centre back, then it would be better to use Steve Howard, apparently he played quite a bit of his first championship season at Luton playing centre back. I think it's too late in his career to change Heskey's position now.

Overall though, I think I'd rather see the likes of Hobbs, Tunchev, Morrison, Vitor or Moreno playing centre back than a converted striker any day of the week.

[Stand UP...]

would love to have him back

[Edmund]

Convert him to centre back. Oh my days.

[MPH]

Old timers on here will grin but in the unlikely event that Heskey signs for Leicester I seriously hope it'll be as a centre-back not a centre-forward.

Heskey has always impressed me with the defensive responsibility he takes as set pieces and we are desperate for fast but strong and effective defenders.

So why not convert the guy?

He would almost certainly guarantee a few goals coming forward for our own set pieces (another vital need) but there's no real evidence now that he'll ever be a natural or prolific marksman.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Heskey

But as a defender and supplementary attacker at set-pieces, yes.

You tit.

[Bryn]

Old timers on here will grin but in the unlikely event that Heskey signs for Leicester I seriously hope it'll be as a centre-back not a centre-forward.

Heskey has always impressed me with the defensive responsibility he takes as set pieces and we are desperate for fast but strong and effective defenders.

So why not convert the guy?

He would almost certainly guarantee a few goals coming forward for our own set pieces (another vital need) but there's no real evidence now that he'll ever be a natural or prolific marksman.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Heskey

But as a defender and supplementary attacker at set-pieces, yes.

You are such a troll.

[martyn]

What surprises me, is that for someone who employs empirical evidence (when it suits, mind), he is advocating signing Emile to play Centre Half when this rationale is based around championing a similar skill set to what Patrick Kisnorbo enjoys. I can't quite remember what Thracian thought about Kisnorbo...........

[Alexikokopops]

He'll do a job in this league and our other strikers will cerainly benefit from him being here but take the piss and score a hat full of goals I can't see

This is my view. I like to think of myself as in the middle of dandanneildanok on one side and pretty much everyone else on the other. Either way though, I do struggle to stop my heart over ruling my head and end up getting ridiculously excited about the prospect, no matter how shit he could be. I bet we'd sell a few more tickets and a few more shirts too, at least initially. I know I'd probably end up buying a Heskey shirt just for shits and giggles, plus I'd even be tempted to make the trip up to the Walkers once in a while

Old timers on here will grin but in the unlikely event that Heskey signs for Leicester I seriously hope it'll be as a centre-back not a centre-forward.

Heskey has always impressed me with the defensive responsibility he takes as set pieces and we are desperate for fast but strong and effective defenders.

So why not convert the guy?

He would almost certainly guarantee a few goals coming forward for our own set pieces (another vital need) but there's no real evidence now that he'll ever be a natural or prolific marksman.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Heskey

But as a defender and supplementary attacker at set-pieces, yes.

Thracian strikes again

[LoughboroughFox]

Why on earth would we want someone who spends more time on his arse than his feet????

[Karljohn]

never have a player back on sentiment...leave his superb city career where it was ..god i will alwaya remember that glimpse of success when he played alongside collymoore ....the sunderland game being the high light...leave bruno as a good memory ..look to the future sign younger players !

They never come back as good either, take Steve Guppy, a shadow of the player that he was under MON.

Even back in 96/97 Emile divided the city support, I remember him getting some stick off the kop and a few shouting "10 grand a week for him to sit on his arse on a saturday afternoon"

Might aswell chuck the money at Waghorn and develop the lad, Heskey at 32 with a goal ratio of 1 in 5 isnt the answer

[Thracian]

If you did really want to play a striker at centre back, then it would be better to use Steve Howard, apparently he played quite a bit of his first championship season at Luton playing centre back. I think it's too late in his career to change Heskey's position now.

Overall though, I think I'd rather see the likes of Hobbs, Tunchev, Morrison, Vitor or Moreno playing centre back than a converted striker any day of the week.

I'm not yet convinced that Tunchev will ever re-establish himself in the City team and have yet to see Vitor play either cos he's forever injured.

Of the other three I don't see Morerno being as good as Heskey as a centre-back depite his fairly cultured control and, despite Hobbs's excellence against Middlesbrough I see both him and Morrison as slow-turning and ulnerable, particularly on the floor and against pace.

It is, of course, easy for dissenters to enjoy their name-calling given that Heskey is not here to prove whether he can play centre-back or not. But he's never been what I'd call a natural centre-forward and at 32 I cannot see that changing despite all and sundry presumably believing that he's suddenly going to change.

[Father Ted]

Old timers on here will grin but in the unlikely event that Heskey signs for Leicester I seriously hope it'll be as a centre-back not a centre-forward.

Heskey has always impressed me with the defensive responsibility he takes as set pieces and we are desperate for fast but strong and effective defenders.

So why not convert the guy?

He would almost certainly guarantee a few goals coming forward for our own set pieces (another vital need) but there's no real evidence now that he'll ever be a natural or prolific marksman.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Heskey

But as a defender and supplementary attacker at set-pieces, yes.

Am I the only person who's going to back Thracian up here?

I totally agree, does anybody remember Dion Dublin, he converted with ease and was much more effective at centre-half than centre-forward in the latter stages of his career - and still scared the crap out of people!!

Heskey started out as a centre-half and I reckon that it would be a move that whether it be at Leicester or elsewhere the odds are quite likely that he could be converted to centre-half.