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Jesus Christ. What have I just read?Having a difference of opinion on a young and highly rated player. As a comparison, Kane was 22 before he made his mark with us. Forget about the "we didn't pay £40M for Kane tosh, we're talking about the player here, he's only 20.
Kane showed so little for us at that same age, there were a high proportion of fans saying he was destined for a career in the lower leagues.
Fast forward to 2025 and we have another talented youngster being written off in the same way.
Spurs kept faith with Kane because they saw his intelligence and his desire to improve. I understand that Tel shows those same attributes.
I believe this kid is going to make a lot of people eat a lot of humble pie.
It's just wild.
Funnily enough, I don't think Hoijland is a bad shout. Whenever I've watched him play for Utd, I see a hard working striker who was set up to fail so much, it destroyed his self belief. He was basically starved of service and allowed to run around like a headless chicken as near to his own box as theirs. On those rare occasions he actually got fed up front, he was totally isolated and left with no choice but to try to beat 2-3 defenders.We need a striker. If Richarlison or Solanke get injured,need I spell it out.
Hjojlund on loan woupd be fine. Better than United have seen.
There arent special strikers, which should be patently obvious.
I don't disagree.If he'll be fine, then it's fine.
My position on this is if there's a suspected problem that's looking like it might be recurring, we need to get ahead of it and must act.
That's the responsible thing to do.
That's it? That's your response to a reasonable comparison?How dare you even mention Kane's name in the same breathe as this scrub.
You people are tripping balls. lol wtaf
Comparing Tel to Kane in ANY way is the antithesis of reason.That's it? That's your response to a reasonable comparison?
Lame.
Fans that can't look at the team without rose tinted glasses are the most annoying in sports.
I completely agree, but we won't. We spunked £65m on one last year, they'll not give up on him after a season. It'll be next season before that's corrected. Besides, the market is dry now. Sigh.Simply imperative we sign another forward. Unforgivable if we don't.
I completely agree, but we won't. We spunked £65m on one last year, they'll not give up on him after a season. It'll be next season before that's corrected. Besides, the market is dry now. Sigh.
Not really living up to your username here. You're comparing to what Kane became, not how he was viewed by a helluva lot of fans at the same age, he got dogs abuse.Comparing Tel to Kane in ANY way is the antithesis of reason.
And, really, you should be locked up for it.
Kane showed 5x+ the potential Tel has.Not really living up to your username here. You're comparing to what Kane became, not how he was viewed by a helluva lot of fans at the same age, he got dogs abuse.
You really aren't very good at this "reasoning" you keep spouting off about.
No he didn't, what the hell are you talking about?not how he was viewed by a helluva lot of fans at the same age, he got dogs abuse.