Heskey ready to face Chelsea after recovering from ankle injury

[Witton Warrior]

i am not a heskey fan, but we have looked a better team with him in it whilst houllier has been manager!
if he is fit then good
another string to our bow!

We are woefully short of strings!

[darren woolley]

I also think that Heskey has been one of our better players this season, at the moment we need bodies on board and if he puts the effort in and get's us wins that's all that matters.

[hawkeye]

i agree that Heskey when available has played well this season, the problem is that if you start with Heskey and set the team up with him and he limps off, which is sadly a common occurence we seem to have no fuckni idea what to do,

[old man villa fan]

Thats bad news about Heskey! We need to get rid of him asap. he does nothing to improve the side. Honestly i have no idea what some villa fans see in him. Hes slow, cumbersome, cant score, slow getting into the box, clumsy, dont even think about one on ones, does not unsettle opposing defenders, no tyhreat whatsoever, does not gell at all with Gabi or Ash, basically total shite! P**s off!

Rubbish. We look far less effective without him up front. He's been a revelation under Houllier. A transformed player compared to the dross he served up with O'Neill.

I agree, we do look less effective without him but the problem is that with him, we do not look effective enough.  My issue with Heskey has always been that he does not suit the set up of our team.

[hawkeye]

i guess that sums up where we are, the fact that we are debating wether to play Heskey

[achilles]

i guess that sums up where we are, the fact that we are debating wether to play Heskey

The sad fact is that at the moment he is essential to the team! (

[Legion]

Try here or here.