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Originally Posted by sh10
His teammates took 20 mins to realise he wasn't there
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Originally Posted by sh10
His teammates took 20 mins to realise he wasn't there
pretty sure he played. he did score the winner!
BTW how good were Heskey's crazy eyes early on in the match. Anyone else catch that on the coverage?
Hahahah yeah, arguing with the ref about a foul he got pulled up on?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
Yeah that was it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bon
If i was a ref I wouldnt be pulling him up for anything after that! ha ha
He has the best crazy-eyes, and also a pretty decent "clap-the-hands-after-missing-an-easy-header" move..Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
Emile will continue to give all he can for the club, but, in the last couple of years we have only had two players that can give him the type of service that he is needing and accustomed to, those being Jeffers and Bridges. Frannie is sadly gone but as I've said before Bridgey can be the difference.
Please enlighten us all as to what it is that Bridges would bring suddenly to the Jets that he hasn't in the last 2 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by My2BobsWorth
Pace?? Good Pass Completion Ratio?? Workrate?? Good Forward runs?? Regular and repeated quality inventitve play??
Bloke is an over rated hack who puts on one fancy move that leads to NOTHING and then gives the ball away 5 times.
Lets all tug off over a bloke who does a party trick that leads to NOTHING.
Bloke should consider himself lucky that some idiot in NEwy keeps employing him as a Pro Footballer cause not many other places would.
As for all the flogs who want him to be our coach. Spare me the BULLSHIT. What would make him a great coach because he use to play in the EPL?? Coz I can show you a hundred blokes who played EPL who are coaching hacks
Do you even believe the rubbish you come out with. He was injured for 1 year, ****wit won't give him a fair go this year, ffs.
You don't need to write that whole statement to make MFKS lose his shit. Just say bridges name and the poor fella has a heart attack! Oops sorry, theres that name again!Quote:
Originally Posted by My2BobsWorth
ready for it? Here it comes.....
BSQuote:
Originally Posted by My2BobsWorth
Mate, I'm a big fan of Bridges, but he doesn't have the legs for 90 minutes. Bring him on as a sub sure, but I don't think he has the legs to last 90 minutes. Also if Bridges was starting, where would Brown play? Or Riberio? Or Goodwin/ Virgilli? Mate, there's only 11 allowed on the field at any one time, 12 have to miss out.Quote:
Originally Posted by My2BobsWorth
Or would you prefer GvE have a rotation policy ala Australian Cricket team? But then you have people whinging about chopping and changing. Either way, doesn't seem like GvE can win
Yep I do. :rof:Quote:
Originally Posted by My2BobsWorth
For a start Bridges come back last season it was the year before that he "RETIRED" that is where I am counting the 2 years. The Bulk of last season where he contributed SFA and the bulk of this season where he has contributed SFA
Can you enlighten me as to how it is that"****WIT" your words not mine (and I assume you are referring to our Manager in the Egg) hasn't given Bridges a fair go??
Selection is a merit based thing and enlighten me as to what it is that Bridges has been doing in training/ Games that has been ignored by the Manager?? By a fair go I assume you have some proof that Bridges has been victimised by GVE.
Basically all you are doing is speculating as to why he isn't picked.
Maybe the Egg sees what a lot of others do. Bridges is a one trick party piece pony who offers us little
:hijack:
hesk is one of the best things we have atm
What a load of rubbish member when you mention selection is merit based, how many times have players this season got a start week after week after playing like busted assholes inc Mitchell.
How many players have found themselves on the pine or out of the squad completely after the muppet came out said they went great. How the hell did Neville get a start in front of Hoole just this past weekend.
As for saying BRIDGES would not make it as a coach who the hell knows til given the opportunity, maybe not here or maybe even his experience would be helpful with developing talented youth.
As for a rotation policy, what planet were you on Thomas as this is exactly what was happening. The muppet didn't get branded the " tinker man " for no good reason. You could not watch an away game on Fox without Gary's selections and the amount of tinkering he was doing getting a mention.
As for the thread title i think Emile's ability with the ball at his feet is terribly underestimated, seems we just want to use him as some sort of ariel battering ram target man. The big fella is quite handy with the ball on the ground.
Earth mate. We kept losing. I would much rather see him change the squad rather then keep the same players each week and lose each week. Expecting GvE to keep the same XI each week when players are injured and suspended is ludicrous.Quote:
Originally Posted by 380
Agree with your second point though :P
+1,000Quote:
Originally Posted by 380
time to leave this thread when member for KFC is makin good points...i'm outta here
Just a thousand?Quote:
Originally Posted by WolfMan
Been like watching grass grow lately, and if he fvcks off what do we have, Gold Coast.
Is Heskey the right fit for this team, for this club? I am not convinced that at $700,000 a season that we are getting our monies worth. Early on he was scoring goals but they have dryed up the last 2 months and to me (and I say this with the utmost respect for a player who has played at the highest level) he is just too one-dimensional. Fantastic poacher in and around the six-yard box but just too predictable in his general play. I hope he proves me wrong for the rest of the season but at the moment I just have mixed feelings about him and whether we should re-sign him for next season.
when just about every ball to him is a 60 yard bomb to his head (if lucky, most seem to just miss), what can he do?
not saying he's perfect (his touch yesterday was a bit ordinary in my opinion), but he's not a one man team.
also, i think HSGNPNJFC would argue his off-field value is worth the $700K
Heard in the car-park after yesterday's game.. "$700k and he can't even kick a ball"....
Shook my head at the utter ignorance on display. Not like he had gilt-edged chances that were spurned. He did a job (as per the norm) and fed team-mates around him. Never has been, and never will be a goal-pig.
I will admit, upon hearing of Heskey's signing, I was underwhelmed. Never really rated him from what I had seen on the TV. But it's the stuff he does off the ball and the little flick-ons into space that make him such a valuable player IMO. You lose sight of that on highlight reels etc. He could go the rest of the season without troubling the scorer, and he will have already exceeded my expectations.
Agree with the sentiments above RE: his total worth (on and off-field) being at least the $700k he is taking home.
anyone who hates Heskey can **** off.
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Originally Posted by Buddha
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700k is a lot of money for a lay off player. For alot less you could get players to do the job at a similar levelQuote:
Originally Posted by WolfMan
target manQuote:
Originally Posted by joel31
he's a target man
it's exactly what we've needed for years, exactly what we've been given & exactly what most hal teams are missing out on (and minus sibon @ heart, i've not really seen anyone even remotely go close to being good at it at hal level from memory).Quote:
Definition:
A striker who is the target of passes from his teammates. A good target man will possess the strength to hold up the ball, hold off opponents and bring teammates into play. Target men are often tall, physical players who operate with their back to goal.
viduka, crouch, drogba, toni, gomez, van nistelrooy, muller, vieiri, higuain, huntelaar, ibra (:cool:), etc are all rough examples of players who do exactly (class-comparable) what heskey does brilliantly for us
How good was Viduka? I remember having a drink many years ago with some Brit friends who were here for the Ashes and they all agreed that he was probably the best back to goal striker in the premiership at the time. Probably my favourite Australian player :wub:
I agree.. Always loved Dukes.. Poor bugger always copped so much criticism off brain-dead morons who didn't understand the role he played, the presence he brougth and exactly what he was doing there..Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
Note that neither he nor HK have retired....should get them together with Bridgey like an old band reunion !Quote:
Originally Posted by Bon
those same dudes are now blasting heskey at the jetsQuote:
Originally Posted by Bon
dukes, grella & ljubes - how good were the mid 2000's socceroos :cool:
Remember watching a highlights reel of Dukes back when he just retired. Some of the goals during his Celtic/EPL years he scored were of the highest calibre and just sheer class. He was a one in a generation player who we may not reproduce for who knows another 10-20 years in this country. Played a similar role to Heskey but Dukes is technically much better while Heskey is more direct in his play.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
I cannot remember another striker that does as much defensive work as Heskey. At times he drops back to help out in defence or to pick the ball up. And yet it's rare that he's ever out of position when we are on the counter.
His team mates must dead set love the bloke for what he contributes both on and off the ball.
But he hasn't scored a million goals… deadset hopeless...
put your money where your mouth isQuote:
Originally Posted by joel31
Heskey is probably the best target man in the world, standard. I guarantee if you put him into a barcelona or similar squad he would probably grab as many goals as the others, he's not just a blunt instrument used to assault opponents, he's very technically gifted, and is worth 700k more then you
Viduka is a legend. God I miss him and his Eastern European good looks.
#nohomoQuote:
Originally Posted by hauss
babalj is the next dukes btw (sup parksey & militia) - and probably a person i forgot in the heskey-and-sibon-are-the-only-ones-to-do-target-man-in-hal rant.
Viuduka was one of my favourite socceroos players. He was better than HeskeyQuote:
Originally Posted by pv4
Most of those players can make stuff happen, not just with service. Heskey's passing and dribbling aren't that great. So all he adds is holding up, winning headers laying off and getting onto crosses (which he doesn't get onto enough of them). Ryan Griffiths adds just as much on average to us for a lot less wage. Also in the last few games Heskey has been playing poorQuote:
Originally Posted by pv4