No idea Sammy!Is replying to the wrong person the new thing around here?
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No idea Sammy!Is replying to the wrong person the new thing around here?
I didn’t realise that I was supposed to provide the tactical approach for Spurs this season.You said this last summer as well. How's that working out for us? Harry will be turning 28 come summer. Any rebuild will take 2-3 seasons to bear fruit and at that time he will be 30-31 (ie essentially his whole career with the latter part based in rebuild with no guarantee of success). And at that time we will have an even slower, more broken down player than the one we already have. Signs of decline have been evident for the last 2 seasons (watch how many shots of his are right into the legs of defenders because he is no longer able to get a half-yard of clearance).
You must learn from your mistaken perspective last year. We need so much and cannot do it without selling some big players to fund it. And beyond that a club cannot go chasing immediate success to appease a star player. Extended mediocrity is what you will find at the end of that road.
Thankfully, Harry will have smart people advising him and he will be off this summer but we should have taken the initiative and done it previously while building out our complete squad. We might have avoided these last 2+ years of shit.
You sure about that? I think we'd find a way to pull through like we always have. Not saying we'd do better but I'd bet that we wouldn't do materially worse. Remember, we managed to find success without him over the past 2 years for extended periods of time.Without him, this team would be 15th or something.
You know what's unacceptable - 6 shots, 1 on target from your star striker in a 2-1 loss to West Ham when we have 70% possession. He's as responsible as anyone for our string of poor performances. We are counting on him to pull though but he has not, like everyone else.But to say "Enough excuses for Kane already" - that is unacceptable. Literally google the word "respect" and try to learn what it means.
LolYou sure about that? I think we'd find a way to pull through like we always have. Not saying we'd do better but I'd bet that we wouldn't do materially worse. Remember, we managed to find success without him over the past 2 years for extended periods of time.
He had a bad game, but that happens to everyone. If he has a run of 4 or 5 bad ones, then it would be concerning.You know what's unacceptable - 6 shots, 1 on target from your star striker in a 2-1 loss to West Ham when we have 70% possession. He's as responsible as anyone for our string of poor performances. We are counting on him to pull though but he has not, like everyone else.
Yeah and we'd find a way to play without him just as we have in the past. Remember when Bale left us? We had our best five year run shortly thereafter.Lol
He scored or asisted on 30 occassions or something like that.
The point is that he has had a poor string of games. He's been off for a while now. His goal conversion rate this year is below 20% which is average or slightly below average for a PL forward. We should not put this fact/stat under the rug and continue to call him "clinical." He's been anything but clinical this season.He had a bad game, but that happens to everyone. If he has a run of 4 or 5 bad ones, then it would be concerning.
You cannot be seriousYeah and we'd find a way to play without him just as we have in the past. Remember when Bale left us? We had our best five year run shortly thereafter.
all players have a price, but selling kane and son would show a serious lack of ambition.
I'll agree that he's missed a few I expected him to score, but he is also having to drop extra deep in Jose's system. There are a lot of games he essentially operates as a 10. I think its just made him adjust to being a different player. He's made 543 passes this season and in all of last season he made 553.The point is that he has had a poor string of games. He's been off for a while now. His goal conversion rate this year is below 20% which is average or slightly below average for a PL forward. We should not put this fact/stat under the rug and continue to call him "clinical." He's been anything but clinical this season.
You sure about that? I think we'd find a way to pull through like we always have. Not saying we'd do better but I'd bet that we wouldn't do materially worse. Remember, we managed to find success without him over the past 2 years for extended periods of time.
The point is that he has had a poor string of games. He's been off for a while now. His goal conversion rate this year is below 20% which is average or slightly below average for a PL forward. We should not put this fact/stat under the rug and continue to call him "clinical." He's been anything but clinical this season.
People ignored all those games we posted and just say the same stuff based on absolutely nothing over and over and over again.You sure about that? I think we'd find a way to pull through like we always have. Not saying we'd do better but I'd bet that we wouldn't do materially worse. Remember, we managed to find success without him over the past 2 years for extended periods of time.
That’s what concerns me. He’s having a lot of bad games. When was the last time Harry really played well? Three goals from open play from his last 10 league starts all three of those goals against the relegation placed teams - Sheffield United, West Brom and Fulham.He had a bad game, but that happens to everyone. If he has a run of 4 or 5 bad ones, then it would be concerning.
Total non sequitur Sammy but it served the purpose of addressing my point.So I won’t see you in the summer transfer thread
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And as long as we have that crutch, which isn't much of a crutch at all actually since he can be taken out of the game relatively easily with a simple 1 man mark, we will never progress. Cut the cord, I say, and actually get a midfield and backline. And as we have seen this year he actually doesn't allow us to do what you are suggesting. Once teams cottoned on to Jose's 1 trick it has been hard sledding (even opted for a metaphor you could appreciate).I know my buddy todd1882 @todd1882 will have a heart attack when I say that about Kane, but what he allows us to do, and Son to a lesser extent, is that we don't need to have a properly functioning attack, we don't need to move the ball through the middle of the pitch like successful teams do, we don't need to have quick ball movement because Kane can create goals out of nothing.
And as long as we have that crutch, which is much of a crutch at all actually since he can be taken out of the game relatively easily with a simple 1 man mark, we will never progress. Cut the cord, I say, and actually get a midfield and backline. And as we have seen this year he actually doesn't allow us to do what you are suggesting. Once teams cottoned on to Jose's 1 trick it has been hard sledding (even opted for a metaphor you could appreciate).
And can you name me the last goal Kane scored 'out of nothing'? Genuine question. Perhaps I'm overlooking it but I can't remember a recent one. I ask because I actually believe him to be hampered by having no attacking 3rd control/possession because he needs more time to get places.
He's had a couple of great goals this year to be fair. But yes, I'd agree with you... I don't think he's as good a goal scorer as people tend to think he is. He has needed world class service most of the time this season to score.And can you name me the last goal Kane scored 'out of nothing'? Genuine question. Perhaps I'm overlooking it but I can't remember a recent one. I ask because I actually believe him to be hampered by having no attacking 3rd control/possession because he needs more time to get places.