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Ex-Spurs Player Harry Kane
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Played a lot more like a CF today.
If you're implying that he played better because of Nunos formation/tactics, I'd say no, doesn't have much to do with it. He plays as an out and out striker for England and I think it's fair to say that he hasn't been very sharp for both club and country for quite some time now. That said, he had a good game and looked much better
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Not if Kane can keep playing like he did yesterday, even without scoring his performance was solid
I don’t believe the mantra either.
Kane was better because he was better. You don’t lose the ability to trap a ball, run, battle, jump for headers and shoot because you played a few meters deeper.
He was up for it, plain and simple.
Otherwise I guess we can all just thank Nuno and the midfield for Kane’s performance right. Like it’s “their fault” when he’s shit…
When you say “from there” you’re talking about the penalty. That was 30 seconds in.
So the whole game they controlled and were comfortable,
Can you explain how we were tactically spot on?
You can scream LIAR! all you want, and talk shit about every single player underperforming and not creating a thing, and us not getting into any situations etc, but none of that makes sense if you are saying the set up and balance was all correct.
You mean it was good for 30 seconds?
Or not changing anything to deal with the scoreline and ineffectiveness of our attack was a good tactical approach?
I don’t get it. What was right tactically if nothing worked?
Was the tactical set up good if Liverpool controlled the game and were comfortable for 90 minutes?
And well… it was against Newcastle which I’m sure had something to do with it. Maybe more time and space? He looked great against Mura and Pacos as well.
Playing further up forward is not in the top 5 list of reasons why he played better.
It’s a nonsense really, people said the same about Dele, so why isn’t anyone demanding Dele start in a front three then?
Oh yeah, because he’s shit, not because he played deep.
Spot on. He literally just went from a striker dropping back a bit more than he’s accustomed to, to a striker playing further forward.
If that was the 200 million pound secret all along, then my god, we have more issues to worry about.
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God it’s quiet in here…..almost as if people are gutted that a couple of us have praised him, and given them nothing to talk about
A much better performance from him yesterday. Aside from the goal and assist, he generally looked sharper which is great to see.
Played a lot more like a CF today.
That image is incredibly satisfying for many reasons.
Take Dier the donkey away for Tanganga and that's our best 11 on paper
He just needs to stay up there and the goals will come. We are creating chances now at last.
It's not a comment upon formation/tactics.
A few games ago his heat map showed him stuck out on the left wing for the bulk of the game.
For England and Spurs he's regularly caught (and criticised for being) too deep to be in and around the box to be an option for the final ball.
Whether these things were managerially directed or not, these are just facts.
......And no he didn't magically become sharp/fit since last Tuesday's England game. He hasn't got the legs to play like a box 2 box MF (albeit with another 18 yards bolted onto the remit!) - rare that a player of his size would - but he ought to be able to run within the confines of a more traditional CF positioning and he showed yesterday that he is still capable of doing so.
Was there also a mental shift from where his head has been at the last couple of months too? Hopefully so....
When he misses chances, we also create chances. He just misses them.
How many open chances did we create for him yesterday? I don’t remember him shooting an awful lot, the difference was this time he was clinical with the one big through on goal chance he had.
Had he out that wide, people would be saying today that he had nothing to work with
It’s a myth that when Kane doesn’t score it’s because he didn’t have a chance to
It was only Newcastle but Kane was much, much better yesterday and so were we as a team. Even the best players around suffer with a lack of confidence at times and I believe with Harry it's just been about that as much as anything else. I've said for a while now that as soon as he gets his first Premier League goal, a lot will follow, so we'll see how that plays out.
But it was very nice to see both Kane and Ndombele play well at the same time. Along with Son of course, there just might be a bit of hope left yet in regards to having a half decent season.
But it was very nice to see both Kane and Ndombele play well at the same time. Along with Son of course, there just might be a bit of hope left yet in regards to having a half decent season.
Thought he did really well yesterday with not that much decent service.
Get Son, Kane, Lucas & Ndombele all ticking they'll be a handful for most teams tbh.... Eclectic mix of styles to cope with there.