Emile Heskey

[SallyAnne]

The man is a genius.

My mate used to go out* with him.



* Shag regularly

[sasguru]

My mate used to go out* with him.



* Shag regularly

Was he good at "holding up" then?

[Doggy Styles]

Can't agree with the not falling over part. I remeber reading some fooball manager complaining about Heskey saying that he can't understand how such a big bloke can spend so much time on his arse

You are right Tony, but not so much recently. I think the skipper has had a word. He stopped Drogba for one season as well (06/07 when he scored 30 goals), although Drogba reverted back to type after that.

[EternalOptimist]

My mate used to go out* with him.



* Shag regularly

is it true , what they say ?

[Doggy Styles]

The man is a genius. Not only has he invented a new position, the non-scoring centre-forward, but his mere presence allows England to score goals freely. Can't figure it out but the stats don't lie.

Think of him as the hub of a catherine wheel.

Several teams often play like that, including my lot. Two years ago we won League Two and were the division's top scorers, but the centre forward who played half our games didn't score any!

His job was to go for everything, rough up the oppo defenders and allow midfield players space to score. And once the defence was knackered, he usually went off and a fresh forward would come on and score late on.

[The Lone Gunman]

Can't agree with the not falling over part. I remeber reading some fooball manager complaining about Heskey saying that he can't understand how such a big bloke can spend so much time on his arse

He used to be like that when he played for the top clubs. Since he has moved down a bit he seems to have grown a back bone and is a much better player for it.
Lesson to be learned there!
I believe Brian Clough used to say "you cant score if you are sitting on your arse".

[TinTrump]

I've actually been at a match where he scored; Birmingham 1 Man City 0. Despite this rare as rocking horse sh!t event, wasn't worth £40