Ok so where do we play Kane when he comes back?
If you say striker then we're going to lose the type of dynamism/pace/unpredictability we had against City and we likely repeat what we did last season, top 6-8.
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If you say striker then we're going to lose the type of dynamism/pace/unpredictability we had against City and we likely repeat what we did last season, top 6-8.
The question is do you honestly expect him to be able to chase hard and get kicked about for 90mins like PEH & Dele did on Sunday?
When you're done you can explain why, if Kane plays as a #9, can't the players around him run beyond him and feed off of the same assists as he was providing last season?
To your first point - That's what we need from him plus his distribution ability. He may be a liability on the defensive end but he's going to provide immeasurable benefits as a distributor.
To your second point - I presume you agree that we looked VERY good this past weekend against City? As good as I think we've played in a long time against a top side. Lets keep what we had there and add a player (Kane) with top distribution abilities. Lets not have Kane play up top and clog the middle of the pitch up top where our runners like Berg/Son/Lucas are forced off wide because this is what inevitably happens.
Kane's not physically built to play like PEH & Dele did. To pretend otherwise to indulge your Football Manager (tm) tendencies is silly.
Similarly when teams sit in against us (which is roughly 70% of our games!) the pace you're marveling at isn't gonna be what gets the job done.
As for players being forced wide; they're not if they're quick enough to run beyond Kane.... Does Lewandowski ruin BM in the same way you're describing?
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I’m sure you’ve seen our record without Kane so long as Son is playing. It’s very good. Doesn’t matter if the team sits back or not, we have gotten results. We were also phenomenal against City. Best I’ve seen us play in a long time.
Given that we can win and score goals without Kane, and given Kane can play a creative MF role (a position we are lacking in), why wouldn’t we use him there and keep everything the same?
Why would we try to force Kane to be the focal point up front when e we’ve seen limited team results over the past two seasons?
You're back to square-1 again....
- You're condoning playing Kane as a CAM (#10) when a 433 as per vs City doesn't contain one.
- You're in denial pretending that Kane has the physical ability/athleticism to play as a #8 in a high energy MF system.
Perhaps we should just resume when the window is closed.
I think we should force Kane to play at right-back.
Suck on that, Aurier.
Suck on that, Aurier.
Creativity yes, but not with the lack of effort displayed in ECL and not with injury record he has and/or loss of form (and last season as I have made clear 10 and a half games equivalent from starts and off bench with no 90 minutes completed) out of 38 games is clearly not sustainable.
In crude terms with that playing record we need 3 players to cover one position - also no doubt the combined wages of 3 players putting them in the top rungs of Spurs player wages without commensurate performances.
I'm not sure we have been linked with any creative players I would like, Aouar for example comes with the warning that like his mate Ndombele he chooses when to put an effort into the game and seems to have a recurring thighinjury problem (both issues precisely replicating problems in our existing squad), so a compromise midfield player might be Marcel Sabitzer who puts in effort, can tackle but also creative/scores goals - he put 2 past us playing for Leipzig. Perfect, no, but available (although Bayern covert him without having the squad place to buy him) and ticks lots of boxes with his versatility to both aid attack and defence. And a big improvement if he replaces Sissoko who helps neither defence or attack
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Looked good today, hopefully this is the start of him getting into form
Showed far more urgency, ability on the ball and passing accuracy than previous outings, much improved around their box too. Keep up the good work Gio!
Gio looking world class against Tacos today
We don't need to bring on any more midfielders
We don't need to bring on any more midfielders
He still has a load to do. If we can get Sissoko out Perhaps Kessie becomes possible we need some options Locelso and Ndombele have really failed to make par.
Good hard working box-to-box option - not sure if Nuno will do it this week so far it's been 4-2-1-3 and two wins with two clean sheets would say why change - however when we are the possesion side we will need more creative options
3-4-1-2 is possible but three CB's, two Wing Backs and two DM's leaves only room for one from Dele/Moura/Bergwijn/LoCelso with Kane and Son upfront.
4-1-2-2-1 with just one DM leaves more room for Dele and LoCelso behind three from Son/Kane/Bergwijn/Moura.
Interesting to see if Nuno goes more attacking on Sunday or sticks with what's been working.
3-4-1-2 is possible but three CB's, two Wing Backs and two DM's leaves only room for one from Dele/Moura/Bergwijn/LoCelso with Kane and Son upfront.
4-1-2-2-1 with just one DM leaves more room for Dele and LoCelso behind three from Son/Kane/Bergwijn/Moura.
Interesting to see if Nuno goes more attacking on Sunday or sticks with what's been working.
Too me it's ridiculous however good he is doing someone is always better than him
Individually he is better than Mbappe but just remember Mbappe has 90 speed on Fifa so the kids won't agree
Individually he is better than Lewandowski, just remember the league he plays in gets dominated by young players from the championship/youth team players, put him in this league he doesn't get as many
Individually he is better than Mbappe but just remember Mbappe has 90 speed on Fifa so the kids won't agree
Individually he is better than Lewandowski, just remember the league he plays in gets dominated by young players from the championship/youth team players, put him in this league he doesn't get as many
Yet again he turns up a bit against a pretty shit side in Europe.
Another terrible value for money signing that was supposed to be some kind of coup.
Why didn't we give the money Sporting wanted for Bruno again?
Another terrible value for money signing that was supposed to be some kind of coup.
Why didn't we give the money Sporting wanted for Bruno again?