dorsetboy Posted 11 July 2014 Posted 11 July 2014 LMAO GOOD OLD HESKEY http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2687556/Emile-Heskey-Striker-looking-new-club-England-spell-Australia.html looking for a new club well im sorry emile you had a chance a few years ago but turned us down and now your just to old
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 11 July 2014 Posted 11 July 2014 Was crap for the Jets too, utterly useless most times i saw him play.
VLC86 Posted 11 July 2014 Posted 11 July 2014 Only scored once last season didn't he? Most prolific season in years.
gregdj Posted 11 July 2014 Posted 11 July 2014 slag him off all you like, 10 years ago he put his hand in his pocket and helped save us. will always be a legend for that alone
Rich Fox Posted 11 July 2014 Posted 11 July 2014 Was crap for the Jets too, utterly useless most times i saw him play.Maybe he was but have some respect for a true LCFC legend who don't need shit of our own.Don't blame him for getting a pay day of some no Mark Aussie team
Guest Col city fan Posted 11 July 2014 Posted 11 July 2014 The forum gets worse. Now people are having a go at Emile. You should have seen him in his prime. Fookin unplayable. Show some respect.
suffolk fox Posted 11 July 2014 Posted 11 July 2014 The forum gets worse. Now people are having a go at Emile. You should have seen him in his prime. Fookin unplayable. Show some respect. Agree 100% bloke put his hand in his pocket too to help save our club when we were in administration. Great player in his prime.
Sampson Posted 11 July 2014 Posted 11 July 2014 Heskey is not a "true legend" and neither was he "unplayable" back in the day. He was an erratic target man who frustrated as much as he pulled off something well. Have a lot of time for him for putting his hand in his pocket and he was a good player when his day did come. But no way is on the same level as Worthington, Lineker and Smith as Leicester strikers go. A good but erratic and inconstant player who should be well remembered , but never a "legend" unless this is more cheapening of the word "legend".
teblin Posted 11 July 2014 Posted 11 July 2014 Heskey is not a "true legend" and neither was he "unplayable" back in the day. He was an erratic target man who frustrated as much as he pulled off something well. Have a lot of time for him for putting his hand in his pocket and he was a good player when his day did come. But no way is on the same level as Worthington, Lineker and Smith as Leicester strikers go. A good but erratic and inconstant player who should be well remembered , but never a "legend" unless this is more cheapening of the word "legend". Main striker in our most successful period? How can he not be a legend.
Fox92 Posted 11 July 2014 Posted 11 July 2014 Will always be a hero. Even more so, as pointed out above, for helping the club along with Lineker in 2002. As for his ability, not the greatest of finishers but could hold the ball up and bring other players into play. Ask Owen, ask Rooney. It's just a shame that certain people don't see this and just look at his goalscoring record.
Guest Col city fan Posted 11 July 2014 Posted 11 July 2014 Heskey is not a "true legend" and neither was he "unplayable" back in the day. He was an erratic target man who frustrated as much as he pulled off something well. Have a lot of time for him for putting his hand in his pocket and he was a good player when his day did come. But no way is on the same level as Worthington, Lineker and Smith as Leicester strikers go. A good but erratic and inconstant player who should be well remembered , but never a "legend" unless this is more cheapening of the word "legend". I attended many many games of the era, home and away. Without a doubt, there were games when Emile Heskey was 'unplayable'. He could not be stopped if his head was on it.
lcfc278 Posted 11 July 2014 Posted 11 July 2014 Heskey is not a "true legend" and neither was he "unplayable" back in the day. He was an erratic target man who frustrated as much as he pulled off something well. Have a lot of time for him for putting his hand in his pocket and he was a good player when his day did come. But no way is on the same level as Worthington, Lineker and Smith as Leicester strikers go. A good but erratic and inconstant player who should be well remembered , but never a "legend" unless this is more cheapening of the word "legend". Bore off cvnto! Heskey is a legend for the club - he was amazing in his prime and will never forget when he came into the team at 17, absolute beast. May not have scored that many through his career but as a target man who could hold the ball up - one of our best ever. Don't let the media jokes about Heskey over the past few years due to lack of England goals shroud your judgement of someone who was a Leicester legend and loved the club. Heskey = He's Key!
Jon the Hat Posted 11 July 2014 Posted 11 July 2014 Show some respect you *****. Emile was a class act.
Sampson Posted 11 July 2014 Posted 11 July 2014 Will always be a hero. Even more so, as pointed out above, for helping the club along with Lineker in 2002. As for his ability, not the greatest of finishers but could hold the ball up and bring other players into play. Ask Owen, ask Rooney. It's just a shame that certain people don't see this and just look at his goalscoring record. It's not about just looking at his goalscorubg record. He was good in the air but wasn't that good at holding the ball up. For such a physically imposing player he was pushed off the ball ridiculously easy by much weaker players and he really lacked bravery for a player of his ilk. I can't recall another Leicester player who spent so much time on the ground having lost a physical battle as Heskey did. It's what made him so frustrating to watch when he wasn't on his game. You knew he had all the strength and power but so often he'd lose out in physical battles to far weaker players. Nothing to do with simply looking at his goalscoring record. I'm not doubting he had fantastic games for us but I think time has made people forget just how equally frustrating he could be at times and that's a reference to his all round play and not just his goalscoring before people say it. And being the target man in a relatively successful era does not instantly make you a "legend", being a great player in any era makes you a legend. Gary Lineker and Alan Smith were in a much weaker team than Heskey but were much better players for us for example.
Nickfosse Posted 11 July 2014 Posted 11 July 2014 I attended many many games of the era, home and away. Without a doubt, there were games when Emile Heskey was 'unplayable'. He could not be stopped if his head was on it. My experience too Col. I saw him tear Sol Campbell and Gareth Southgate to shreds who were both England internationals at the time. So much so that after the Villa game at Filbert Street Gareth Southgate walked over shaking his head and exchanged shirts with Emile. Just knew he'd been torn to pieces and acknowledged it. The negativity from some on here about all kinds of things is a little overwhelming at times. I'm waiting for someone to post that Neil Lennon wasn't all that.
Jon the Hat Posted 11 July 2014 Posted 11 July 2014 62 senior Enlgand caps after playing for England at every level 500+ appearances in Prem and Championship £11M record transfer for Liverpool at the time 22 goals in his first season for Liverpool - what a season that was! Sadly after that, he rather lost his fearlessness, and the constant media criticism must have dented his fairth in himself.
john ridley Posted 11 July 2014 Posted 11 July 2014 A good player on his day , fell over or knocked off the ball too easy for me , this legend thing gets banded about to easily , Lloyd was the last some were saying a legend . But can't knock Heskey though for helping us out .
davieG Posted 11 July 2014 Posted 11 July 2014 Being a club Legend is personal and subjective, there's many that consider Ian Marshall a legend based mostly on his euro goal and he strange demeanor, like wise Man city consider Dickov a legend reinforced for his play-off winning goal. Heskey could be considered a legend purely for the financial support he gave in our hour of need. Yes it can be used rather loosely but Heskey obviously fits the bill in so many peoples minds be it for his football or his Leicester roots and financial support.
john ridley Posted 11 July 2014 Posted 11 July 2014 Being a club Legend is personal and subjective, there's many that consider Ian Marshall a legend based mostly on his euro goal and he strange demeanor, like wise Man city consider Dickov a legend reinforced for his play-off winning goal. Heskey could be considered a legend purely for the financial support he gave in our hour of need. Yes it can be used rather loosely but Heskey obviously fits the bill in so many peoples minds be it for his football or his Leicester roots and financial support.
john ridley Posted 11 July 2014 Posted 11 July 2014 Yeah I can see your point DG , mean there was a time I thought Youngy was a legend , but looking back he was just a player who got stuck in and fitted the Jock Wallace era team but even looking back now those few years were fantastic , probably only bettered by last season .
davieG Posted 11 July 2014 Posted 11 July 2014 Yeah I can see your point DG , mean there was a time I thought Youngy was a legend , but looking back he was just a player who got stuck in and fitted the Jock Wallace era team but even looking back now those few years were fantastic , probably only bettered by last season . He was my sons favorite player when you first start watching football you can make legends of players for the most obscure reasons. I think also we run out of superlatives for players and sometimes 'great' 'superb' 'excellent' aren't enough/over used as well and putting '****ing' in front of the word is generally not accepted, Magnificent has sort of lost it's meaning on here so people resort to Legend for their favorite players
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