Heskey to be offered new contract : Is mid-table totally exceptable now??

[Jod]

So basically he has cost more than £10 million in wages and transfer fee already, delivered the square root of squat and we are thinking of keeping him longer.

No wonder we are broke.

[markeeeebeeee2005]

Rigadon, so you're talking about a defence minded striker. Do we not have defenders to do that?

[Louzie0]

We should grab him and keep him.  Glad we have.  EH is gold.

[john2710]

I think what AM said was Heskey would have no problems getting a contract, he didn't say that it would be at the Villa. With the number of players who have left in an effort to reduce the wage bill, I'd be stunned if we offered a new contract to any of the players coming towards the end of their current contract.

[Pete3206]

I can't see Heskey getting a new deal at Villa at all. I think Eck is telling clubs like Leicester to come and sign him for a nominal fee.

[JUAN PABLO]

I have to say there are some pretty pathetic comments on this thread.

I know , Lou'zie even said   

Emile Heskey is a superb player.  We are lucky to have him. 

[Edvard Remberg]

What i dislike about Heskey, is how he has been the player put on the pitch when we 1. defend a 1-0 lead, and lose it.. 2. try to score when behind, and we don't.

Not purely his fault that he is seen as a saviour - just that rarely he has been that.

Remember once that Milner held the ball in the corner for 4 minutes, then he played heskey and 0.5 seconds later - goal kick. (or maybe someone else than Milner).

It is more apathy from me when he gets on late in the game  (has had some good games - but i think most have been from start).

[adrenachrome]

It seems most likely that a journo looking for a story has put a leading question to AM, who has answered in a diplomatic and quite neutral fashion about EM's future. You have to wonder what response would satisfy the critics on this thread, other than one along the lines of:

Get tay fuck, Emule can go and do Bambi on Ice, the radge cnut.

   

[Californian Villain]

Get tay fuck, Emule can go and do Bambi on Ice, the radge cnut.

That would be a good place to start.

[Gazza1982]

So basically he has cost more than £10 million in wages and transfer fee already, delivered the square root of squat and we are thinking of keeping him longer.

No wonder we are broke.

This, except I would add, when the vast majority agree he is generally shit and we should get rid, he goes and scores a winner and we are back to square 1. I refuse to accept he is the best we could do in that position.

[Rigadon]

Rigadon, so you're talking about a defence minded striker. Do we not have defenders to do that?

Know what your saying mate, he does 'a job' well though.  Managers always like him about.  I like him too, just not as a 1st or 2nd choice striker. Also agree the signing of him was a missed opportunity (we needed a Darren Bent) but that's another story.  If he's being re-signed on a much, much smaller contract then I see absolutely no problem wit hit.  If it's on anywhere  near the same, or even approaching half the money it's insanity.

[PeterWithe]

It seems most likely that a journo looking for a story has put a leading question to AM, who has answered in a diplomatic and quite neutral fashion about EM's future.

I disagree, it seems a bit of a strange thing to say if he's not going to be offered another contract here, McLeish seems a straight sort of bloke and I'd have thought that he'd have batted this one away more effectively if EH isn't part of his plans.

[markeeeebeeee2005]

I think my beef might be with the system. I can see why managers like him, because he does what he is told.

But any system where a striker that doesn't score is seen as what's required, I'm not sure I'm a fan of.

He has worked with our last 3 managers twice though so they must see something in him.

The only time I am interested in watching Emile play is the one game in thirty where he is mega pissed off. But even then its fifty fifty as to whether he will score or get sent off.

[not3bad]

Nobody's going to offer Heskey £60k per week now, why should Villa? 

As long as Villa strike the right deal pay wise then another year's contract is OK by me.  He can still come on and do a job.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Ok 3 years it just feels like a lot longer