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And that's a problem "why"? As we know, football is a simple game so the strikers job is to stick the ball in the net. Shame on them both for doing that then.

Don't just quote one part of what i said and ignore the rest. Had they linked together properly, they would have been unstoppable. They got some goals when playing together, but from what i remember, that wasn't often. Heskey often got the nod ahead of one of them (mainly Fowler), and he wasn't exactly a goal machine - but he linked up well with Owen, and that's why he got the nod ahead of Fowler. If Fowler & Owen was such a successful partnership as you seem to think it was, then they would have been starting together every week, and Emile Heskey may have never even been signed in the first place.

People underestimate the role heskey played for Liverpool He was never a prolific scorer at leicester. He was brought in as the perfect foil for Owen.

I agree. He had got that one season though where he bagged 23 goals, and Owen pipped him right at the end with 24. I think Fowler got 18 that year. That was a seriously great return from the group of strikers. That was when Litmanen was about aswell. What a strikeforce that was. I think we put 8 past Ipswich that season, and beat Arsenal 4-0

People undestimate Heskey full stop

Defenders hated playing agaimst him whereas strikers like Owem and Rooney saw him as the perfect strike partner. Moreover experienced managers would pick him

It's no coincidence that he was recalled into the England squad in his 30s and that he's been on the teamsheet in all of England's top performances over the lasat 10-15 years (not that there's been many)

Don't get me wrong - apart from the odd game i thought he was pretty awful during his last couple of seasons at Liverpool and was relieved when he was moved on, but credit where it's due

He is one striker whose effectiveness did not correlate with his goals scored

You're getting your seasons mixed up

We did put 4 against Arsenal that season - but it was the season after that we beat Ipswich 6-0 away and then 5-0 at home on the last day of the season

Maybe i am - ignore the part about Ipswich then. Wow Jim, not like you at all to ignore the positive aspects of a post and just focus on the negative?! :P