Ashley Posted 21 January 2011 Posted 21 January 2011 Its not all about scoring goals though is it? The amount of chances he creates for people are crazy. He'd rip this division apart.
richardsfoxes Posted 21 January 2011 Posted 21 January 2011 Well uve only got to look at the stats that say we've had like 280 odd shots on goal, our problem is scoring goals its as simple as that....
LCFC_15 Posted 21 January 2011 Posted 21 January 2011 I will love Heskey to return back to LCFC with Michael Owen tagging along. Emile Heskey + Michael Owen = GOALS GOALS GOALS It would be incredible if it happens!
leicesterisme Posted 21 January 2011 Posted 21 January 2011 I will love Heskey to return back to LCFC with Michael Owen tagging along. Emile Heskey + Michael Owen = GOALS GOALS GOALS It would be incredible if it happens! I'd Prefer Yakubu And Heskey to Owen and Heskey.
Thracian Posted 22 January 2011 Posted 22 January 2011 I still want Heskey - as a centre-back. He's never been anything special as a striker and is well past his prime for that position. Yakubu and CVassell are just fine. But Heskey and La Bamba at centre-back and coming forward for set-pieces....yes please. We badly need someone with strength and a bit of pace in the heart of our backline and it was never emphasised more than today and at Manchester.
sdb Posted 22 January 2011 Posted 22 January 2011 you can't just ask someone who's been a forward for 15 years to become a CB. And to say he was never something special as a striker, FA/Leauge/UEFA Cup medals, 2 World Cups, etc say different. Maybe not as a goalscorer, but as an intelligent forward, he was and can still be incredible. For someone who usually identifies everything every player does throughout a game, i'd expect you to notice that.
Guest BlueBrett Posted 22 January 2011 Posted 22 January 2011 you can't just ask someone who's been a forward for 15 years to become a CB. Dion didn't mind! I love Heskey. Watching him play always makes me smile and when he scores I almost piss myself. OK so he is a bit bumbling but there is just something about his game that I can't help but like. Like others have said though we would obviously have to change our system. 442 with Vassell down the right? We should have signed Parker to do that so we could rotate Vassell Yak and Heskey up top.
Babylon Posted 22 January 2011 Posted 22 January 2011 I still want Heskey - as a centre-back. The Thracian Heskey / O'Grady centre back dream team.
sdb Posted 22 January 2011 Posted 22 January 2011 Dion didn't mind! I love Heskey. Watching him play always makes me smile and when he scores I almost piss myself. OK so he is a bit bumbling but there is just something about his game that I can't help but like. Like others have said though we would obviously have to change our system. 442 with Vassell down the right? We should have signed Parker to do that so we could rotate Vassell Yak and Heskey up top. Dion did it occasionally in his prime as well though. Just because Heskey is strong, fairly quick and decent in the air doesn't mean his reading of the game, positional sense, tackling, marking, starting moves from the back, etc will also be good. It might work, but it'd be a complete gamble. One that I doubt he'd fancy!
ajthefox Posted 23 January 2011 Posted 23 January 2011 here's an idea, bit out there but bear with me..... ....buy a centre back who has pace and is strong. If we were to ever get heskey back, even though this source is no doubt bullshit as were the rest, then he isn't gonna be playing as our fupping centre back. jeez.
Guest Mee-9 Posted 23 January 2011 Posted 23 January 2011 If this is bullshit. Lets play run the Mayor, (If he still is) out of the city.
leicester4life Posted 23 January 2011 Posted 23 January 2011 Even if this is complete bollocks, I'd still prefer Emile to Steve Howard, and you'd have to be mad not too.
Guest Mee-9 Posted 23 January 2011 Posted 23 January 2011 Even if this is complete bollocks, I'd still prefer Emile to Steve Howard, and you'd have to be mad not too. Agree with this, but with the football we're playing. Would Emile fit the system? Howard certainly doesnt.
Edmund Posted 23 January 2011 Posted 23 January 2011 I still want Heskey - as a centre-back. He's never been anything special as a striker and is well past his prime for that position. Yakubu and CVassell are just fine. But Heskey and La Bamba at centre-back and coming forward for set-pieces....yes please. We badly need someone with strength and a bit of pace in the heart of our backline and it was never emphasised more than today and at Manchester. The old Heskey at centre back chestnut you can't just ask someone who's been a forward for 15 years to become a CB. And to say he was never something special as a striker, FA/Leauge/UEFA Cup medals, 2 World Cups, etc say different. Maybe not as a goalscorer, but as an intelligent forward, he was and can still be incredible. For someone who usually identifies everything every player does throughout a game, i'd expect you to notice that. Spot on It's barking mad. It takes more than just being tall and strong to become a centre back. Being good at tackling would be a start
onekeithweller Posted 23 January 2011 Posted 23 January 2011 Emile tries but hits it into the stands, ah ooh.
Thracian Posted 23 January 2011 Posted 23 January 2011 The old Heskey at centre back chestnut Spot on It's barking mad. It takes more than just being tall and strong to become a centre back. Being good at tackling would be a start Perhaps we'll get the chance to see it happen and discover if I'm so barking mad. . Heskey never scored enough goals for a striker and is not going to score more at this stage of his career. Even in his heyday at Leicester he was a valuable defender, particularly from set pieces so the idea he knows nothing about the job is misleading. We've got some decent forwards already now - another quick, mobile, winger wouldn't go amiss - but our desperate need is for a strong, mobile centre-back and a left-back. People always resist change but if Heskey wants to really extend his career - and play again in the Premiership - then centre-back is where he'll be most comfortable and most effective. We'd still have his attacking input at corners and free-kicks. Look at his record since 2004. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Heskey. Just 37 goals in over 200 matches. It's nowhere near enough and he wasn't prolific at Liverpool either. But we do need an effective centre-back who can add to the goalscoring contribution of Bamba. Steve Walsh did both jobs well enough in his time and Heskey is a more accomplished player than Walsh ever was, for all that Walsh is a cult figure here. People talk about tackling but, despite his memorable moment today, I don't see Mee, or Hobbs as great tacklers, nor anyone else we might play at centre-back. So what is there to lose in using Heskey there if he comes. He'd probably spend less time injured if he moved back as well.
Sly Posted 23 January 2011 Posted 23 January 2011 He was originally a centre back He played well as a centre back for Wigan a few seasons ago against Sheffield United. Emile Heskey is an underrated player and anyone that says they wouldn't want him to return to Leicester needs to get their head showered. The couple of Villa fans who I work with, who detested the bloke and were overly happy when O'Neill left would now be unhappy to see him leave, as he is now playing the best football in a long, long time. When we played Brazil in 2002, Rivaldo mentioned that Heskey was the player Brazil feared the most, even claming that he believed he was good enough for Brazil. Source : http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/rivaldo-heskey-is-good-enough-for-brazil
Thracian Posted 23 January 2011 Posted 23 January 2011 He was originally a centre back He played well as a centre back for Wigan a few seasons ago against Sheffield United. Emile Heskey is an underrated player and anyone that says they wouldn't want him to return to Leicester needs to get their head showered. == Thanks Sly. Couldn't agree more about him being underrated. The guy is so versatile.
Edmund Posted 23 January 2011 Posted 23 January 2011 Perhaps we'll get the chance to see it happen and discover if I'm so barking mad. . Heskey never scored enough goals for a striker and is not going to score more at this stage of his career. Even in his heyday at Leicester he was a valuable defender, particularly from set pieces so the idea he knows nothing about the job is misleading. We've got some decent forwards already now - another quick, mobile, winger wouldn't go amiss - but our desperate need is for a strong, mobile centre-back and a left-back. People always resist change but if Heskey wants to really extend his career - and play again in the Premiership - then centre-back is where he'll be most comfortable and most effective. We'd still have his attacking input at corners and free-kicks. Look at his record since 2004. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Heskey. Just 37 goals in over 200 matches. It's nowhere near enough and he wasn't prolific at Liverpool either. But we do need an effective centre-back who can add to the goalscoring contribution of Bamba. Steve Walsh did both jobs well enough in his time and Heskey is a more accomplished player than Walsh ever was, for all that Walsh is a cult figure here. People talk about tackling but, despite his memorable moment today, I don't see Mee, or Hobbs as great tacklers, nor anyone else we might play at centre-back. So what is there to lose in using Heskey there if he comes. He'd probably spend less time injured if he moved back as well. Using your logic, Howard would also make a great centre back. Rooney's not scoring at the moment, maybe Sir Alex should start using him as a CB. Why not just buy a proven centre back who's played in that position throughout their career? He was originally a centre back He played well as a centre back for Wigan a few seasons ago against Sheffield United. Emile Heskey is an underrated player and anyone that says they wouldn't want him to return to Leicester needs to get their head showered. The couple of Villa fans who I work with, who detested the bloke and were overly happy when O'Neill left would now be unhappy to see him leave, as he is now playing the best football in a long, long time. When we played Brazil in 2002, Rivaldo mentioned that Heskey was the player Brazil feared the most, even claming that he believed he was good enough for Brazil. Source : http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/rivaldo-heskey-is-good-enough-for-brazil Heskey has been a forward since he was in the Leicester u-18's so you must be referring back to when he was just a kid. Plenty of players start off in positions when their younger to never play there again in their career. Just because he played at centre back 14 to 15 years ago doesn't automatically mean he'll slip back into the position as if he'd never left. The only reason why he played at centre back for Wigan in ONE game was because of massive injury problems. It wasn't out of choice. Funny how he's never played in that position again. You'd of thought MON the master tactician who saw that Steve Walsh could fill more than one role would've noticed that Heskey could be an ideal CB. I'd rather trust MON's judgement than Thracian. For your information I'd love Heskey back at Leicester but as a forward.
sdb Posted 23 January 2011 Posted 23 January 2011 Using your logic, Howard would also make a great centre back. Rooney's not scoring at the moment, maybe Sir Alex should start using him as a CB. Why not just buy a proven centre back who's played in that position throughout their career? Heskey has been a forward since he was in the Leicester u-18's so you must be referring back to when he was just a kid. Plenty of players start off in positions when their younger to never play there again in their career. Just because he played at centre back 14 to 15 years ago doesn't automatically mean he'll slip back into the position as if he'd never left. The only reason why he played at centre back for Wigan in ONE game was because of massive injury problems. It wasn't out of choice. Funny how he's never played in that position again. You'd of thought MON the master tactician who saw that Steve Walsh could fill more than one role would've noticed that Heskey could be an ideal CB. I'd rather trust MON's judgement than Thracian. For your information I'd love Heskey back at Leicester but as a forward.
Sly Posted 23 January 2011 Posted 23 January 2011 I was mearly adding my two pence on the Heskey as a centre back and forward overall. Players that are strong and powerful are a nightmare to play against. On another debate, just because you play as a forward for 90 minutes a week in a match, doesn't mean you can't adopt a different position in training. He's a professional footballer and as such I'm sure he'd slot in anywhere you'd play him and adopt given time. Heskey has the attributes for a good centre back. It doesn't mean I'd advocate buying him as one. First and foremost, he's a forward.
leicester4life Posted 23 January 2011 Posted 23 January 2011 To all those saying "he's always been a forward" No actually, he was a left winger at the start of his city career. Wouldn't mind seeing Emile on the left when Lloyd is knackered.
Webbo Posted 23 January 2011 Posted 23 January 2011 Just for the record I think Heskey could play at CB, he's done it on occasions in the past, Dion Dublin did it and our own Walshy did both jobs with success. Whether we'd want him to play there especially on the wages he's on is another matter. As for wanting Heskey because he creates a load of chances, we already create loads of chances we need someone who can put them away. As I said earlier we don't need him now we have Yakubu.
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