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But Kane can hold the ball up, we are talking about an out and out striker. His performances have been ok, it's the lack of goals that have been the issue and last night he very unlucky.
Son has played as a second striker apparently but not an out and out and Nije is a winger. We are going to have to be fucking lucky for either Nije, Son or Chadli to pick up Kane's role as well as he can play it.
Look at Stoke, Kane went off the pitch and our shape when to shit. It's a big ask for any of our players to do what Kane does for us.
From what I've seen of Son so far, ball retention is not one of his strengths..
Agree and that's a minimum of an out and out striker playing on their own. Chadli has the closest skill set IMO to cover Kane.
Unfortunately, he's never looked good there either. Remember when we were all "melters" on deadline day. Now look... don't think Kane playing every match has been optimal for him or the squad.
On what planet does trippier get the nod in front of walkerLloris
Trippier - Toby - Verts - Rose
Dier - Alli (if Dembele, Mason, Bentaleb all out)
Son - Eriksen - Chadli
Kane
COYS
So really you're saying we play for a draw?I'll be honest. This will be a tough and brutal match. If Poch is smart, he will play his best defensive minded players to counter some of the massive threats that are coming our way.
While Kane has had a hard time this season he has still done all the donkey work, pressing, holding the ball up, linking etc. we don't have anyone else who can do that, the reason I thought of Chadli was because when he is up for it he can be very strong and physical and ain't a bad finisher.
Everyone calling for Kane to be dropped obviously doesn't see the tremendous amount of work he does each and every game. Berahino would have provided something of an alternative but alas we have none.
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While Kane has had a hard time this season he has still done all the donkey work, pressing, holding the ball up, linking etc. we don't have anyone else who can do that
Everyone calling for Kane to be dropped obviously doesn't see the tremendous amount of work he does each and every game. Berahino would have provided something of an alternative but alas we have none.
I'm sure that's what the Spammers supporters thought before the match last week. Get down The Lane, sing as loud as you can and back the team and I guarantee that even if we don't end up victors they'll fucking know they've been in a match.we have naff all chance in this game regardless of the team we put out, which makes tonights selection even more unforgivable, everything aguero ever touches against us turns to goals
Whilst he very clearly isn't the hardest working player in the squad. I agree that it's comical we drop him. His drought and his willingness to want to show people he isn't a one season wonder should be more than enough for him wanting to succeed as opposed to dropping him for not scoring.Agreed. It's comical that folks are suggesting we drop the hardest working player in the squad.