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Watkins > Kane
It's truly time to bench Harry for the good of the team.
It's truly time to bench Harry for the good of the team.
Good result for Ireland B this.
0 - 3 against Finland is like us beating Coventry. Meaningless sh!t.
I think Kane's time is up against the best teams, but anyone who thinks Watkins is the answer does not know the question.
England are bereft of a world class striker. Full stop.
Game on
Watkins is top quality. Most International sides would love him and start him every game.
Yep, those 4 goals in 17 games are Hall of Fame stuff.
How many of those were starts? When has he had a run of games?
Genius
I was going to ask how many in the top 20 but there’s a good chance France would
Rubbish, but he is forcing a question.
I was going to ask how many in the top 20 but there’s a good chance France would
He would walk in the Germany, Netherlands and Croatia teams for a start.
Germany is not so sure but Netherlands and Croatia for sure.
Looking at the top 20, he’d get I to more than half of those teams.
So, having been one of the early folks re-considering HK's perma-place in Spurs' XI...and then being more than happy for him to leave in 2019, I get this sentiment. Neither team is setup to service an oldschool, English target man (folks, save the "HK does more than that" nonsense) and would be better served with a more modern striker...just look at Solanke's positive effects on us.
but I 'm having a hard time reconciling this very recent sentiment...
...with this previous one from the other day. I expect this level of vacillation with
Deuterz
but had higher hopes with you...
So, having been one of the early folks re-considering HK's perma-place in Spurs' XI...and then being more than happy for him to leave in 2019, I get this sentiment. Neither team is setup to service an oldschool, English target man (folks, save the "HK does more than that" nonsense) and would be better served with a more modern striker...just look at Solanke's positive effects on us.
but I 'm having a hard time reconciling this very recent sentiment...
...with this previous one from the other day. I expect this level of vacillation with
That was said knowing that Watkins is never going to get a start if Kane is available. But obviously I would take Kane over any false 9. Guardiola can do something like that because he's good enough to implement it, and club managers train with these players daily. You don't have that luxury at International level, and the likes of Carsley obviously aren't Guardiola. I've been saying for a long while than Kane and Watkins could play together considering each others strengths and weaknesses.
He's better than Fülkrug, albeit he has a good record for them. And he's too different to Havertz to compare. But it it wasn't for Harry Kane, Watkins would have plenty of caps.
But bringing in his goalscoring record for England is lunacy. He's only started a handful of games and has never started two games in succession.
Going back to the game, I thought it was a pretty ordinary performance against a very limited side only looking to spoil.
Palmer was average at best but he had Walker behind him who offers absolutely nothing in a game like this. Bellingham ball hogged too much again albeit still looked a threat at times.
Thought Grealish and Gomes were the standouts, despite not being anything special.
Palmer was average at best but he had Walker behind him who offers absolutely nothing in a game like this. Bellingham ball hogged too much again albeit still looked a threat at times.
Thought Grealish and Gomes were the standouts, despite not being anything special.
For me that is the problem with International Football. At least 75% of Englands games are against poor teams & mean nothing !!