Villa striker Emile Heskey retires...

[Risso]

What's the technical term for a non goalscoring centre forward?

A "defensive striker".  I've only ever heard the term used to describe Emile though.

[Dr Butler]

What's the technical term for a non goalscoring centre forward?

used to be called "a Cascarino" or a "Heath"

[pablopicasso_10]

im sure that term was created purely to explain heskeys poor goalscoring record, and his uncanny ability to aimlessly wander around the centre circle...

[Rip Van We Go Again]

I suppose playing for England was getting in the way of those terrible Premier Inn adverts that he does.

[Concrete John]

I think he delibratrely played crap so they'd get knocked out early and he'd be able to make Wimbledon.

[Olneythelonely]

I suppose playing for England was getting in the way of those terrible Premier Inn adverts that he does.

I agree, they do all look the same.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

I suppose playing for England was getting in the way of those terrible Premier Inn adverts that he does.

I agree, they do all look the same.

That's a pretty racist comment actually, an awful stereo type.

Heskey reminds me of Lenny Henry due to his similar build, mugging to camera and painfully unfunny performances.

Colour doesn't come into it, you should be ashamed.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

I heard they have just started filming for The Green Mile 2.

[john e]

I suppose playing for England was getting in the way of those terrible Premier Inn adverts that he does.

I agree, they do all look the same.

That's a pretty racist comment actually, an awful stereo type.

Heskey reminds me of Lenny Henry due to his similar build, mugging to camera and painfully unfunny performances.

Colour doesn't come into it, you should be ashamed.

to be fair,  all the premier inn's i have stayed in look the same

[mshurst]

I suppose playing for England was getting in the way of those terrible Premier Inn adverts that he does.

I agree, they do all look the same.

That's a pretty racist comment actually, an awful stereo type.

Heskey reminds me of Lenny Henry due to his similar build, mugging to camera and painfully unfunny performances.

Colour doesn't come into it, you should be ashamed.

to be fair,  all the premier inn's i have stayed in look the same

I stayed in one with a purple wall once.

[Chico Hamilton III]

 
I stayed in one with a purple wall once.

Why would you take a purple wall on a dirty weekend?

[Olneythelonely]

 
I stayed in one with a purple wall once.

Why would you take a purple wall on a dirty weekend?

For sex, stupid.

[TheSandman]

Am I alone in actually thinking Shorey is a decent player?

Yes  Paulie, you are very alone !

Not actually. I'm sorry it took me so long to get to this thread but I think Shorey is quite good. He's not the greatest admittedly but he's good enough to get a chance. A few of his worse errors weren't really just his fault. See the game against Boro a while back where he ended up passing to Tuncay because he had and Luke Young had to cover for our two woefully out of position centre backs.

I also notice Warnock who gets nothing like the amount of stick Shorey did tends to make the same kind of mistakes.

That said I still think the number who think Shorey is decent is infinitesimal.

Worse Villa players than Heskey: I add Liam Ridgewell. I really didn't rate him. Similarly Samuel and Hughes were far from my favourites though I think some might rate him.

Surely if you are at least 5 years older than I am you could have Tony Cascarino who managed to combine Heskey's lack of goalscoring prowess to a lack of the work Hesk put in?

[Risso]

I'd argue that Harewood is a much worse player than Heskey, although at least he too is an honest tryer.  Two of the worst forwards I've seen, and both signed by O'Neill.

[pauliewalnuts]

Ridgwell was poor, but he scored more league goals for Aston Villa than Emile Heskey has done.