Oh for fu..
I have put down my ice cream to argue this.
The reason that i'd pick Heskey along side Owen EVERY time (ahead of say Owen and Rooney) is because they know each other on the pitch. If Heskey didn't play for Liverpool, i'd not play him ever. Owen can play off him though, he can't play off Rooney or anyone else, they are too similar players. That's why if Owen is injured, i'd start with Rooney and Heskey.
And while we're on the topic of goalscoring, how can you expect Heskey to get goal after goal when Eriksson plays him EVERYWHERE? You don't ask Owen Hargreaves to score when he plays on the left side of midfield, so why ask that of Heskey?
Please, as a Derby fan, there's not a lot of players i dislike more than Heskey, but as an England fan, i want the best chance of success, and Phillips, Rooney, Smith, whoever, just wont fit up front with Owen.
They all will fit with Heskey however.