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Wigan; Blues in disguise
Topic Started: May 7 2007, 01:30 PM (505 Views)
jersey lester
Geoff Horsfield
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I was doing some work at Wigan v Mboro looked just like us when we went down
ball from the back and hoof it in the general direction of Heskey
Ball straight back and under the pressure-i hate to say it but when wigan came up first season they played some decent stuff but its been heskyed out of them- sad but true

Baines & Scharner did ok- the rest including wor emile were pants!!!
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arunbcfc
Geoff Horsfield
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jersey lester
May 7 2007, 01:30 PM
I was doing some work at Wigan v Mboro  looked just like us when we went down
ball from the back and hoof it in the general direction of Heskey
Ball straight back and under the pressure-i hate to say it but when wigan came up first season they played some decent stuff but its been heskyed out of them- sad but true

Baines & Scharner  did ok- the rest including wor emile were pants!!!

teams work out how u play in ur 2nd season and they learn how to stop you playing.
then wen u are in a bad run u look and see a big guy and give it to him to get pressure off yourself.

and u get wigan

Please abide by the board rules and not use text speak. It is 'you' not 'u', 'your' nor 'ur' and 'when' not 'wen'.
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blueblood
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Its the Heskey effect
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blueboy19
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It's easy to blame Heskey, but he doesn't ask Paul Jewell to play that style of game and take all the responsibility of winning all the area battles and at the same time the responsibility to get onto his own flick ons and score goals, it just doesn't work like that. Heskey is paid to do his job, which is a strong target man, so its unfair to blame him for the team basing their whole style of play on him! :copno:
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arunbcfc
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blueboy19
May 7 2007, 02:45 PM
It's easy to blame Heskey, but he doesn't ask Paul Jewell to play that style of game and take all the responsibility of winning all the area battles and at the same time the responsibility to get onto his own flick ons and score goals, it just doesn't work like that. Heskey is paid to do his job, which is a strong target man, so its unfair to blame him for the team basing their whole style of play on him! :copno:

:P :) yeah but lets blame it on him anyway!
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Lucky
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if you play heskey in your team ,then any manager or coach worth their salt should know the best way to make him effective,its beyond me how managers dont play to his strenghts,
and i dont mean banging balls up to his head.
thats a last resort.
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Sam Tyler
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blueboy19
May 7 2007, 02:45 PM
It's easy to blame Heskey

Easy to absolve him of responsibility too.

How many times do you see Heskey...

- make intelligent runs ?

- chase lost causes ?

- drop back to pick up the ball in deeper positions ?

- run at defenders ?

- make things happen ?

He is a highly paid, experienced, international stiker who prefers to stay in his comfort zone rather than taking responsibility for leading the attack.

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Lucky
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and was he played to his strenghts at blues,honest answer.
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blueboy19
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Plenty of times ... It whether you 'want' to see it or turn a blind eye really, but he works very hard for the team, as he did for us, moreso in his first season with the club, but he gives his all, no one can argue about that.
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Steve
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Malcom Page
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You could almost say.. They paid £5.5 million to get relegated :LOL:
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jersey lester
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west spam got off lightly :D
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Wisel
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azainblack
May 7 2007, 03:03 PM
jersey lester
May 7 2007, 01:30 PM
I was doing some work at Wigan v Mboro  looked just like us when we went down
ball from the back and hoof it in the general direction of Heskey
Ball straight back and under the pressure-i hate to say it but when wigan came up first season they played some decent stuff but its been heskyed out of them- sad but true

Baines & Scharner  did ok- the rest including wor emile were pants!!!

teams work out how u play in ur 2nd season and they learn how to stop you playing.
then wen u are in a bad run u look and see a big guy and give it to him to get pressure off yourself.

and u get wigan
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good point
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blueboy19
May 7 2007, 02:45 PM
It's easy to blame Heskey, but he doesn't ask Paul Jewell to play that style of game and take all the responsibility of winning all the area battles and at the same time the responsibility to get onto his own flick ons and score goals, it just doesn't work like that. Heskey is paid to do his job, which is a strong target man, so its unfair to blame him for the team basing their whole style of play on him! :copno:

So this weekend, did Paul Jewell ask Heskey to receive the ball on the edge of the box, run on goal and blast the ball wide when there was just the keeper to beat?

If so, he certanly is earning his money :applause:

Hee haw! Hee haw! Hee haw! (there's no 'donkey' smiley, sorry!)
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pgmayhew
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Anyone notice a few paralells here?

Wigan get up, stay up, consolidate their position then spend big. Heskey, Landzaat along with paying their existing players more to keep them from being poached by others. And low and behold it backfires.

So if they go down Paul Jewell will have to learn the smae lesson Brucie and co did and the only way he will get back up (if they do go down) is to rebuild a la blues!!! The point is that ambition is one thing but its all too easy to make mistakes and they are much more glaring when it happens in the top flight.

The point in life is that you make mistakes, hold your hands up, learn where you went wrong, move on and try to improve. This what Blues have done from board to manager all the way down. New players and a new era. Its inevitable that some people will never be pleased. But surely before going down the time old road of Bruce Out etc etc, we should maybe wait and see what happens in the next few months, especially if we get some good signings in. :)
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Wisel
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It does indicate that there are other factors to consider rather than just 'Bruce is useless' scenario as some would have simplistically had us all believe. Added to which Wigan have no-where near the injury levels that Blues had under the same circumstances.
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bornblues64
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Dont think its Heskeys fault Wigan may be relegated just as it wasnt his fault Blues were, hes just and easy target for the booboys, good strikers hunt in pairs and he must feel like the loneliest forward on the planet at then moment, no striker alone is going to save a team and there are ten others playing who should equally take the blame and the manager.

Although i know to blame the manager is considered radical in some quarters they have a hell of a lot to do with it, Jewell bought Heskey and expected him to be the saviour instead of getting someone in decent alongside to feed off him.
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