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Ex-Spurs Player Harry Kane
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He's also slow. Those are his two weaknesses.
He's an elite finisher, elite passer, elite headerer, elite defender (for an attacker)
To be fair he's still quicker than plenty of centre backs he comes up against. Not every CB is a Saliba or a Guehi.
Yeah, and I wouldn't even put Ronaldo in Messi's level. Ronaldo is above all a selfish player - he'll always take the shot even if there is a better placed player he could pass to. Now most of the time it works out because he's a great finisher, but Messi will nearly always pick the best option for the team.
I don't think I quite appreciated how good Messi was until I saw his performance in the flesh when we played Barca at Wembley back in 2018. He was so, so much better than anyone else on the pitch it was like watching a different sport.
He beat us up in that game. Different levels
Yeah, looked like nobody could get near him. Always seemed to be on his own in acres of space.
Not so sure he is slow - just that he doesn't really use pace in his game.
Players have said similar about how fast the likes of Dier are - but we never saw it in the same way that Berba could have been Usain Bolt, but never used speed/pace in his game
Yeh was at that game as well. We had Barca under control, nice technical players but not doing much against us until the ball got to Messi then it was panic stations. Panic stations even when he got the ball on the half way line, he could make a killer pass or dribble from anywhere on the pitch. Only player I can remember causing our players to shit themselves like that was Hazard at his peak when we would drop 10 yards.
His control at speed is unlike any other player I've seen.
Maradona was stronger on the ball, but Messi much faster
The fact he finished 13th in the BD is an absolute joke.
Should be top 5 at the least.
He should, but last season he wasn't quite as good as the previous season for Bayern. This season he looks sharper, and Bayern as a team look much stronger. If he stays fit and Bayern with the CL I can genuinely see him winning it next year.
It would be well deserved imo, his consistency over a decade and more now is remarkable. You won’t see another English player put his numbers up again, not in the near future anyway.
Not that much faster. The young Diego had a real burst of speed especially over 30 yards which is where it counts.
Messi had much longer at the top and was more consistent. But the Maradona of 86 is the best player of all time for me. I’ve never seen any other player reach that level, but Messi would be the closest.
I agree on 86. And offensive play was MUCH harder then. That is the best performance at a WC Finals by any player by a long way
Tottenham gunning to re-sign Harry Kane before Man Utd as two key advantages revealed - sources
Man Utd are hoping to finally make Harry Kane their new No 9 but Spurs can be considered frontrunners for the goal machine, TEAMtalk can reveal.
www.teamtalk.com
Need all of Fabio’s special mafia powers to pull this off.
His latest quotes don’t suggest he anywhere near ready to come back to the PL. Life in Munich is pretty good.
Only team he might leave for are Barca. They'll be looking to replace Lewandowski in the summer, and you dont really turn down Barcelona. Otherwise he will be at Bayern for another 2 or 3 seasons before moving to the US to wind down his career.
Even if he came back to break Shearer's record, it wouldn't last long with Haaland around.
Only got 22 last season.
At 94 goals, he's 172 behind. @ 22 a season that's almost 8 seasons. In his 3 full seasons he's averaged 28 a season. So at that rate, it's still 6 seasons to get to 266.
And that assumes Kane doesn't play until he's 38 and get 280+ PL goals.
And none of that accounts for the fact City have gotten worse in the last year. Not sure they're coming back any time toon either tbh.
Edit - Shearer is at 260, not 266
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