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Ex-Spurs Player Harry Kane
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Is that the same kind of feeling as when you score loads one season, can't replicate it, but have an army of apologists making up excuses for why you arent scoring, blaming everyone else before you?He's not tired, he's overtired. You know like when you suddenly feel full of energy again and everything's really funny
Can we ban the word apologists? Is it being an apologist to support a player? This is not to say he is immune to criticism, he is not.
But he is in his 2nd full season as the main man. He is 22 years old. He has snatched at some chances, but he is still integral to our forward pressing and creating space for others.
It's not the done thing to be seen to be supporting the club or players of the team you support, that's just so "1980's"
The truly modern fan slags off all of their players, denounces the manager for not motivating the team to play like 11 Christiano's and boo's the team when they are not 3 up at half time.
Unless you can at least dissect the team and its performance to gary Neville standards then you are obviously just a wank bag, happy clapper.
Works for me, I'm just pointing out the elephant in the room.....
Here's some stuff from FourFourTwo on HK's performance yesterday..........
attacking dashboard: | FourFourTwo
passes made: | FourFourTwo
passes received: | FourFourTwo
A lot of time spent out on the left flank, not really where you would prefer your striker to be in action.
Let's hope that this type of performance does not continue.
I'm going to call it again....HK needs help, both on & off the pitch.
His performance yesterday looks suspiciously like a player, not only short on confidence, but shirking his responsibilities as well.
attacking dashboard: | FourFourTwo
passes made: | FourFourTwo
passes received: | FourFourTwo
A lot of time spent out on the left flank, not really where you would prefer your striker to be in action.
Let's hope that this type of performance does not continue.
I'm going to call it again....HK needs help, both on & off the pitch.
His performance yesterday looks suspiciously like a player, not only short on confidence, but shirking his responsibilities as well.
I'm certain that's a coach's directive. Strikers under Poch, like Lambert at Southampton did, must work and press hard and become involved in build up play. If anything it shows that he is performing his responsibilities. It's no longer the classic no.9
Exactly the same positions he took up last year mate, everyone was talking about how he is not a typical number 9 because he goes out wide and comes deep for the ball.
Agree absolutely. Although we would love him to get out of the drought, his value is still outstanding from dragging 2 defenders with him everywhere, winning the Lloris kicks, holdup play, tackles, defense etc etc. if we get a bit of stability in AM those partnerships will start to deliver from quick 1-2 passes (that bizarrely seemed working better for England with woy's gooners, but I think just because of shite opposition)
Webbo, Guido...ok, yes I agree, I watched his heat maps last season and he played deeper than you would expect a striker to do for the most part.
That was ok coz he was scoring goals from the deeper & wider positions.
This season he's not (without going into the reasons why not)!
Now if HK is out wide or playing from deep who's in the box for us (where most goals are scored)?
Who's occupying the two oppo. centre halves?
It's certainly not Eriksen, perhaps Lamela if Poch plays him in the centre or maybe Chadli will creep in on the far post.
The point I'm trying to make is that 4-2-3-1 needs an out and out N°9 (think Lewandowski) for it to be a success, especially if the players around
him are not replacing him in the box.
That was ok coz he was scoring goals from the deeper & wider positions.
This season he's not (without going into the reasons why not)!
Now if HK is out wide or playing from deep who's in the box for us (where most goals are scored)?
Who's occupying the two oppo. centre halves?
It's certainly not Eriksen, perhaps Lamela if Poch plays him in the centre or maybe Chadli will creep in on the far post.
The point I'm trying to make is that 4-2-3-1 needs an out and out N°9 (think Lewandowski) for it to be a success, especially if the players around
him are not replacing him in the box.
Lamela-----Eriksen----Son
----------------Kane-----------
That's our strongest front line without doubt. With Lamela, Eriksen and Son being able to alternate positions and Son being able to play the striker position and let Kane drop deep it's a massive plus. I think Kane would be wasted in the no.10 role as his finish, hold up and his never give up attitude is one of the best I've seen.
I think the reason he's not scored as many is down to a few reasons.. Last year he didn't have the pressure he has this season, the media doesn't help. He seems to be thinking about it too much and rushing his chances, which he didn't do last year. But overall, this time year he wasn't in the first team and nowhere near the England senior team.. He has plenty of time to come good. I'm confident in him.
----------------Kane-----------
That's our strongest front line without doubt. With Lamela, Eriksen and Son being able to alternate positions and Son being able to play the striker position and let Kane drop deep it's a massive plus. I think Kane would be wasted in the no.10 role as his finish, hold up and his never give up attitude is one of the best I've seen.
I think the reason he's not scored as many is down to a few reasons.. Last year he didn't have the pressure he has this season, the media doesn't help. He seems to be thinking about it too much and rushing his chances, which he didn't do last year. But overall, this time year he wasn't in the first team and nowhere near the England senior team.. He has plenty of time to come good. I'm confident in him.
Hi Cherik,
I agree with your sentiments...of course we expect too much of him...same as Mason & Bentaleb...also first season starters...and 'therein lies the rub'.
The guy needs help, especially where it counts, in game time.
Each time Poch pencils him into the N°9 position is not helping and, if you add into the mix the rotating ATMs (which is great in principle, but not so easy in execution),
then it's not difficult to understand why we've only scored 11 goals, which, by the way, is the lowest total of the top 9 clubs.
Wouldn't mind a goal from this lad. My fantasy team is suffering and I refuse to take him out.
same, if he was from another team he was gone a long time ago. But i just can't take him out.
How's the trip going Yorkie?
He scored the week I took him out...maybe I should bring him back in and then drop him again...
Doesn't impress me at all.
Taking way too long on the ball, selfish, etc. Needs a kick up the arse and be dropped, but, thanks to cuntLevy we have no one to replace him with.
Taking way too long on the ball, selfish, etc. Needs a kick up the arse and be dropped, but, thanks to cuntLevy we have no one to replace him with.
