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Ex Players - They used to play for us

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13 minutes ago, Manini said:

Big Emile’s birthday today. Still criminally under appreciated across the world of football for me. What a bloody player he was. 

Oh yeah. He became a parody of himself by folk too young to remember what he actually offered. 

 

So many players, great players, who were prepared to say how great a strike partner he was. 

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14 minutes ago, Manini said:

Big Emile’s birthday today. Still criminally under appreciated across the world of football for me. What a bloody player he was. 

From 1996 to, I reckon, 2002, he was a fine player. Not too prolific but quick, direct, powerful and unselfish. Cottee, Claridge, Owen all say what a fantastic strike partner he was.

 

Thankfully we had most of his best years.

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4 minutes ago, foxile5 said:

He became a parody of himself by folk too young to remember what he actually offered

There’s one man to blame for that, and he’s currently pretending he’s a boxer (unless he’s off doing something else). Basically a hatchet job. 

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Tbf, in his later years Heskey was really terrible. He turned into a complete parody of a player. Its strange because its not like injuries killed his career like it did to Owen. He just turned shit. But kids who are too young to remember Heskey from 1996 - 2004 think of him as just a funny meme. 

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21 minutes ago, Koke said:

Tbf, in his later years Heskey was really terrible. He turned into a complete parody of a player. Its strange because its not like injuries killed his career like it did to Owen. He just turned shit. But kids who are too young to remember Heskey from 1996 - 2004 think of him as just a funny meme. 

Heskey was a brilliant, sensational player for us, and he carried that into his first 2 years at Pool (in partnership with Owen), but then something changed and he slipped away quickly.  Not sure, but I think it was a change of manager that did it (Houllier to Benitez?), under-valuing him, undermining his confidence and changing the system.

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6 hours ago, deep blue said:

Heskey was a brilliant, sensational player for us, and he carried that into his first 2 years at Pool (in partnership with Owen), but then something changed and he slipped away quickly.  Not sure, but I think it was a change of manager that did it (Houllier to Benitez?), under-valuing him, undermining his confidence and changing the system.

He never played for Benitez, he went to Birmingham that year.

 

His regression started under Houllier. 

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22 minutes ago, UniFox21 said:

 

 

 

 

Just seen this after looking at his insta story and saying he's shocked by the statement. Reading in pure turmoil it seems.

 

Anyone for a Moore return to fill our CB issue?

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8 minutes ago, Daz93 said:

Just seen this after looking at his insta story and saying he's shocked by the statement. Reading in pure turmoil it seems.

 

Anyone for a Moore return to fill our CB issue?

Looks like a complete breakdown between club and player. Reading have really thrown him under the bus. 

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