One of the best games I ever saw Emile have was playing as a centre-back for Wigan a few years back on the last day of the season. He was brilliant, and they escaped relegation on the final day. Given his size and the fact he often couldn't hit the preverbial barn door, you have to wonder why he never moved to the back at some point. Could have been a better centre half than a forward in the last 5 years.
For a time under Houllier he did look quite decent though, playing as the lone striker. I remember he had a little purple patch scoring something like 5 in 9 games which was positively prolific for Emile. His hold up play was good. The trouble was, for all his good work, we still weren't scoring enough and then of course we bought Bent, and Heskey then flitted in and out the team
