Emile Heskey

[JUAN PABLO]

It will be worse against Manure as I think N'zogbia will be dropped as he probably won't track back much against Evra/Nani/Young and I think Heskey will play wide.

And as for why he's playing every week, didn't McLeish say a while ago he was speaking to Warnock after a game and they both agreed playing Heskey helped the team play better?!

whos team  , the opposition ?

[SoccerHQ]

Emile is a versatile player, a good team player. I know that every single player loves him,” said McLeish. “I was speaking to Stephen Warnock and telling him he had a great game against Sunderland and he said ‘it’s just dead easy to play with Emile’ and I thought that summed it up.  He was in a 4-4-1-1 as the one behind the main striker against Sunderland which he is very good at. And we changed it because maybe he is a little bit better at filling the space between the full-back and winger which is why he changed things around a bit.”

Read more: http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/aston-villa-fc/2011/11/03/alex-mcleish-we-all-love-emile-heskey/#ixzz1f0gnn9RU

Nearly wants to make me throw up reading it!

[London Villan]

They all love him because no matter how bad they play they know the non-goalscoring centre-forward/Midfield Maestro will be there to take the flak.

[UsualSuspect]

Comments like that from Mcleish along with the "Heskey would be a great cente half and could be our Franz Beckenbaur" make me realise how much of a clueless wanker he really is

[Hookeysmith]

Comments like that from Mcleish along with the "Heskey would be a great cente half and could be our Franz Beckenbaur" make me realise how much of a clueless wanker he really is

Comments like that from Mcleish along with the "Heskey would be a great cente half and could be our Franz Beckenbaur" make me realise how much of a clueless wanker he really is

Sums it up fully for me

[PaulWinch again]

I'm not sure how him being a great centre means we should be playing him as a creative midfielder. Fabio Cannavaro was a great centre half but I wouldn't play him right wing.

[richard moore]

I never even think of Heskey as really being one of our players - when he is gone, hopefully soon, I shall wonder if he ever joined us at all...

[Iago]

I have no desire to see Heskey playing in an attacking midfield position for us again.

[gervilla]

I have no desire to see Heskey playing in an attacking Midfield position for us again.

I have no desire to see Heskey play in any position for us ever again and this is not a recent development.
He was crap when we bought him and for a long time before that.
Every bloody week when I see our starting line up and he is in it I shake my head, mumble a few expletives and wonder why ?

[Iago]

I have no desire to see Heskey playing in an attacking Midfield position for us again.

I have no desire to see Heskey play in any position for us ever again and this is not a recent development.
He was crap when we bought him and for a long time before that.
Every bloody week when I see our starting line up and he is in it I shake my head, mumble a few expletives and wonder why ?

GH actually got him playing well as a striker, but I agree with your view he has failed to deliver since his arrival. My only fear is McLeish/the board handing him a new deal.

[gervilla]

Signing him in the first place was stupid enough, giving him a new contract would be idiotic.

[Monty]

Even putting aside the footballing reasons, giving a contract to him would be throwing money down the drain. Such a lack of prudence would be unforgiveable, as the strategy of the club may be frustrating enough, but to not even do it well would be desperate.

[Fergal]

Even putting aside the footballing reasons, giving a contract to him would be throwing money down the drain. Such a lack of prudence would be unforgiveable, as the strategy of the club may be frustrating enough, but to not even do it well would be desperate.

The money would be better spent on a footballer.

[eric woolban woolban]

I thought all Premier Leage clubs utilise the Prozone data analysis of each game.

Obviously when the Villa get the results, they are fed through a BBC Micro Computer.

[pauliewalnuts]

Even putting aside the footballing reasons, giving a contract to him would be throwing money down the drain. Such a lack of prudence would be unforgiveable, as the strategy of the club may be frustrating enough, but to not even do it well would be desperate.

It would be utter madness to tell us how skint we are, then give a new contract to a 35 year old player - especially one so utterly mediocre.