Jazzybmzoo Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls maniac Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Every goal brilliantly taken, especially his third. Look at the pace. Kop looks rammed too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danblakemore Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 I just described him to my son as "think, Shearer, but faster" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Wednesday Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Yeah but tbh if I did then I would have missed his scissor kick (with a broken ankle) which was £ucking quality He actually continued playing after the tackle and finally broke down after scoring from said scissor kick. Awful ground for us Highbury, am I right in thinking that we last won there in the '60s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamnedOwl Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Arsenal really did for us that season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReginaldD Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 My favourite quote by Sir Bobby Robson said that, “It’s not a question of who will replace Lineker, but who will partner David Hirst†in his days before that tackle so glad I saw him play and hope we find the next David hirst one day. Like that quote. Only been 24 myself (born 87) can't remember ever watching him so have asked the same questions as the OP asked to older Wednesdayites before. Was discussing him recently with the two 40 yr olds who sit next to me on The Kop they described him as better than Rooney all the talent and he was big headed with it. Could've been as good if not better than Shearer apparently. Wish he'd never had this injury and scary to think what he could have been and how he could havbe changed our last fifteen years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millomowl Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Hirsty was absolutely amazing, had all the attributes plus tax, I would love to know what a pre steve bould tackle price for Hirsty would be in today's market. If a georgie donkey is worth 35m then I would dread to think. Im fortunate enough to have plenty of memories growing up, seeing him strip Michel Vonk of Man city for pace then score! ( who was stating in the media in the week before the game he would have him in his pocket if i remember right? ) Put the shits up the Mancs on frequent basis, getting up from flu to grab a point at QPR. Also remember being at the dell when he had just signed for Southampton being in the pub singing his name, needless to say the Southampton fans were a little bemused to say the least! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taximark Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 90/91 season will always stay with me, went to nearly all the matches home and away - Hirst was superb, best in the country! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hack-Abusi Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 personally i think David Hirst was one of the best strikers of his generation he had everything, pace, power, agression, right foot, left foot, head ... sigh* if only he never grew up and we still had him now a true wednesday legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash60s Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 The only guy to benefit from THAT tackle on Hirsty was..................Shearer. FACT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horny owl Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 The only guy to benefit from THAT tackle on Hirsty was..................Shearer. FACT Shearer wasn't fit to lace Hirstys boots............FACT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigthinrob Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 I remember it vividly. Bould and Adams doubled up on him, Adams had the first pop and Bould finished the job. Hirsty had a couple of ops to fuse his achilles back which initially didn't work. When finally the op did work, it cost him that cutting edge pace which he never recovered. It makes my blood boil when fvckin Wenger goes on about people targeting his purist footballers. At that time they were the dirtiest most cynical team on the planet. I hate Bould and i hate George Graham with a vengeance, i would happily put a baseball bat across both their knees and smile while i was doing it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minton Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 but then we signed Darko Kovechevic, Giles De-build and the lanky chap (what is name) all of em forgetable. Aparently we got £7m for him, but then subsequently moved to Juventus for £15m, Lazio for £13m and Sociedad for £8m. Some serious patience from Pleat there, moving to a new country, learning a new language and playing a new style of football and gives him half a season. What a *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scilly owl Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Petr Rudi? I think he meens Sibon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wad93 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Alan Hansen said it best after Gary Lineker retired from international football, "the question isn't who is going to replace Gary Lineker, the question is who will partner David Hirst up front." Hirst was prolific, better than Shearer, in todays money he would be worth £50m+ PS, wish I was at the Arsenal game that day, I would have run down Steve Bould in the car park! C**t! UTO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimstrummer Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 the best striker we ever had a true legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OWO Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Hirst = Wednesday God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S26UTO Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Hirst was world class. He pi$$es all over the likes of Rooney nowadays. Alex Ferguson was desperate to sign him at Man U at one point. Was a privilege to see him play, and in hindsight we probably didnt realise how lucky we were to have a team with the likes of Hirst, Sheridan, Waddle, Roland Nilsson, Harkes, Pearson Wilson, Warhurst etc etc ............. it reads like a dream team! David Hirst. Lest we Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aj_owl Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Better than Shearer at the time no doubt. Would have been a World Class player bar injury. My favourite player of my lifetime and was my idol as a youngster. Felt quite glad to have seen him play so many times for us and i pity those that never saw him live. The guy really did have everything left foot, right foot, strength, pace and accuracy. Like Drogba and Van Persie rolled into one in modern day terms. Just a shame he liked going out on the rat too much and OFC Steve the 2@ Bould. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Briscoe Inferno Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Total striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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