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I Think it's Fair to say that a player on (Capello's England) Radar and a fix on Villa's roster is a quality player..
 

MikelsGoat said:
Emile Heskey is an awful, awful player, IMO.

Football hey, onions.
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I dont like him, I woulde'nt say he was awful.. I mean lets be real.. England have the best players in the world, and this guy is on the National team fighting for a spot..
 
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I question whether England have the best players in the World.

We have 1 World Class player in Wayne Rooney and some darn good ones.

The only reason he still gets picked for England is this :

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It amazes me everytime he makes the squad.
 
jdeezy said:
To be fair, spike, he was pretty good as a 16 year old in MLS. Think about that big man. 16. So basically, within the next year could you see yourself competing w/ grown men, professionals in a very physical league?

He scored 1 goal in 6 cameo appearances as an 18 yr old, in a new country where he doesn't speak the language, on a team which reached the quarterfinals of the champions league.

And then there was Hull. Not sure how many games you caught, I watched almost all of them. He had ups & downs, but overall the stats are very misleading. He was consistently 1 of their most dangerous & effective players. He was an absolute handful for defenders (ask john terry & his chelsea mates), drew a ridiculous amount of fouls & penalties, & likely created more oppourtunities for teammates than anybody else on that team. And on the lack of goals, it's not like he missed a bunch of chances. There WERE NO CHANCES!

More importantly, he went there to improve, specifically on:
-adjust to higher level of defending
-1st touch
-holdup/link play
-vision/awareness
-off the ball movement

And on all of these, he made MAJOR improvements. So, I think it's unfair to say he basically "stinks" at club level. He's now scored 9 goals in 24 full international appearances. Heskey/Cole combined have 7 in 64 appearances. And he's 20 years old.

Sorry, I'm all about objective analysis & fair criticism, but let's try to put this kid's career in something that resembles appropriate perspective.
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I agree. It's hard to argue with that.
 

MikelsGoat said:
I question whether England have the best players in the World.

We have 1 World Class player in Wayne Rooney and some darn good ones.

The only reason he still gets picked for England is this :

england5.gif


It amazes me everytime he makes the squad.
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Regardless, the High and mighty Diety Fabio Capello figured he is worthy for a spot
 

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