How many assists has he racked up in his time at Spurs?
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Once again, how is he not a great dribbler?
I just watch the 2-0 goal against Brentford.
- Son starts his run so early. It's incredible. I'm spoiled and expected him to finish with ease.
- Great work by Sissoko, Hojbjerg, Kane, and Ndombele in getting Son the ball.
- The little run by Reguilon as Hojbjerg works the ball along the boundary, forces the right back to respect his run - that gave Son -just- enough margin to receive the ball continuing directly to the goal.
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I really like the fact that it was Ndombele, not Kane that gave him the final pass.
It's not cos I hate Kane, but I'm glad that it's a step towards us not being just the Son and Kane team. If other players can contribute G/A then teams can't just mark Son/Kane. They can even afford to have a few bad games, which I feel Kane did have today.
Maybe as Ndombele develops his fitness, and other midfielders (or new signings) find their feet, Kane can start to play a little higher up the pitch and be more of a goal threat.
Nail. Head.
It's wonderful to watch the two of them combine.
I just hope both of them are around to earn trophies with us, and if they do leave at the end of their careers leave as Spurs legends.
Both on and off the park, they are class acts.
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When we won the CL semi, I was dreaming of us inviting Dembele back for the trophy celebrations and giving him one of the medals if we won the final (he did play in some group games). I still think about that sometimes.
I don't know how I'd cope if Son and Kane left empty handed. I want a trophy more for the sake of Son, Kane, Toby, Hugo than us fans. If we were to win the year after they left, it would be very bittersweet for me.
It seems I've inadvertently started a mini-spat here. Apologies for that, especially to . I'm no stats person, so I didn't realise that Son had such a good rep in this area. I was just going by what I seem to see every time I watch Spurs play. It strikes me that after he has scored, his assisting skills seem to desert him. Do you have any stats specifically for that? I dare say someone does.
I'd be happy to be proved wrong.
If you disagree with me, try to do it nicely - I'm only just waking up.
Edit: Just to make it clear, as in my initial post on the subject, I'm referring to AFTER he has scored, not in general.
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I don't mean to argue for anyone else nor to answer instead of him, but... come on guys. Try to understand perspectives behind numbers here.
Up to this season, Kane was used as ST. Someone who plays off the shoulder of last defender, someone who attacks the crosses and passes coming into the box.
And Son was playing as (inverted) winger. Who either cuts in and shoots OR crosses/passes to teammate in better position.
Literally written into the roles that Son should create more assists to others than Kane. And at the same time that Kane would score more goals than Son. So using this data from their whole EPL career does not say much.
As well you could look at their goalscoring numbers and then make a conclusion that Kane is more than 2x the finisher than Son is. Which is simply not accurate. Because they have fulfilled different positions.
Based on this seasons games I would say that Kane vision and pass execution is better than Son's, and that in setting up goals for others, Kane is bit better. And in some specific instances I'd like Son to execute few passes to teammates better. But they are both undoubtedly world class players. They are brilliant, brilliant attacking players and I am happy they both play for Spurs and can compliment each other!
Good post
Son and Kane are world class legends, there is no doubt. Their best attributes and weaknesses seem to perfectly compliment each other, which is why they're such a devastating duo.
Obviously if you could hybrid Kane and Son's strengths you would probably create one of the GOATs, but as we have both healthy right now, that shouldn't be an issue for any Spurs fan.
What is more concerning is we don't have a 3rd attacker to get goals and assists, so the pressure and man marking on them every game is too high. Bergwijn has good speed, and also good touch to get himself into scoring positions, but then he messes up the final shot/pass. Bale has just been a disappointment since he's joined. Lucas is a workhorse, but that's it.
Obviously if you could hybrid Kane and Son's strengths you would probably create one of the GOATs, but as we have both healthy right now, that shouldn't be an issue for any Spurs fan.
What is more concerning is we don't have a 3rd attacker to get goals and assists, so the pressure and man marking on them every game is too high. Bergwijn has good speed, and also good touch to get himself into scoring positions, but then he messes up the final shot/pass. Bale has just been a disappointment since he's joined. Lucas is a workhorse, but that's it.
He runs well with the ball and has on occasions dribbled past players really well but generally he ends up losing the ball when dribbling ergo he's not a great dribbler.
Tldr: done some great dribbles; often doesn't complete dribbles
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Is this not exactly what I've been saying the whole time?
You are a limited poster.
You used the word limited which triggered me. But yeah I don't think there's massive differences in any of our views.
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I've also called Kane slow, and selfish in the past, I don't see anyone trigger over that shit. Why do you guys only care about criticism of Son, Ndombele and Bale?
I would have if I had seen it.
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OK, Kane is a bit slow and sometimes selfish in front of goal, like when took the shot instead of passing to Vinicius yesterday.
Go wild.
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