I'd echo what Joby's put.
If the ball was to fall to a player in the box in the last minute of the match, you didn't want that player to be Heskey. However, his presence on the pitch massively increased the chance that the ball would get into the box and fall to Michael Owen instead.
I saw him make his debut at queens park rangers in an evening game.they had to print his name on his shirt before the journey down. remember the back heel pass to Claridge who volleyed it in against some team I cant remember.a quality player.
Top player. His biggest problem was inconsistency. He’d have 1 really bad game in 5 which people who didn’t watch him week in week out would think was the norm.
They’d somehow forget the 4 games before where he scored 2 and created 3 goals, one of which would often be a driving run past 3 defenders before banging it in.
Natural finisher he was not, but effective striker he most certainly was. Not sure how he’d get on in the modern game though where it’s unpopular to play with 2 up top.
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posted on 27/8/19
I'd echo what Joby's put.
If the ball was to fall to a player in the box in the last minute of the match, you didn't want that player to be Heskey. However, his presence on the pitch massively increased the chance that the ball would get into the box and fall to Michael Owen instead.
posted on 27/8/19
I saw him make his debut at queens park rangers in an evening game.they had to print his name on his shirt before the journey down. remember the back heel pass to Claridge who volleyed it in against some team I cant remember.a quality player.
posted on 27/8/19
Top player. His biggest problem was inconsistency. He’d have 1 really bad game in 5 which people who didn’t watch him week in week out would think was the norm.
They’d somehow forget the 4 games before where he scored 2 and created 3 goals, one of which would often be a driving run past 3 defenders before banging it in.
Natural finisher he was not, but effective striker he most certainly was. Not sure how he’d get on in the modern game though where it’s unpopular to play with 2 up top.
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