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SUIYHA

SUIYHA

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BringBack_leGin said:
And Wright had 7 seasons playing in the Premier League, was already very experienced and Arsenal's main man when it started, and his first three seasons were in a 22 team league.
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Hmmm....doesn't quite tell the whole story though. Wright was almost 30 when the Premier League started and so a lot of his appearances made were during the twilight of his career when he wasn't as good as he used to be. And whilst he did spend a couple of years alongside Bergkamp in Wenger's more free-flowing attacking side, he spent the early PL years in Graham's "Boring Boring Arsenal" where he was pretty much their only real attacking threat.

Kane's numbers are better than Wright's - both in terms of goals per game and the best goalscoring seasons of his career. But the gap isn't as big as some are making out. The more interesting comparison IMO is Kane's last four seasons Vs Shearer's four years at Blackburn. Kane has 135 from 187 in all competitions, Shearer got 130 from 171. Very similar. Then the following summer both won golden boots while reaching international semi-finals. Shearer then joined Newcastle and got 28 goals from 40 games. Kane so far has 5 from 8 at the start of this year. For the mathematicians amongst you, the figures quoted give Shearer 0.749 goals per game and Kane 0.745 goals per game which is almost identical.
 
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SUIYHA said:
Hmmm....doesn't quite tell the whole story though. Wright was almost 30 when the Premier League started and so a lot of his appearances made were during the twilight of his career when he wasn't as good as he used to be. And whilst he did spend a couple of years alongside Bergkamp in Wenger's more free-flowing attacking side, he spent the early PL years in Graham's "Boring Boring Arsenal" where he was pretty much their only real attacking threat.

Kane's numbers are better than Wright's - both in terms of goals per game and the best goalscoring seasons of his career. But the gap isn't as big as some are making out. The more interesting comparison IMO is Kane's last four seasons Vs Shearer's four years at Blackburn. Kane has 135 from 187 in all competitions, Shearer got 130 from 171. Very similar. Then the following summer both won golden boots while reaching international semi-finals. Shearer then joined Newcastle and got 28 goals from 40 games. Kane so far has 5 from 8 at the start of this year. For the mathematicians amongst you, the figures quoted give Shearer 0.749 goals per game and Kane 0.745 goals per game which is almost identical.
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Remember that Shearer had already played in the top flight for Southampton before the 1st division became the Premier League.

Shearer scored 23 goals in 118 appearances for the Saints in Division 1.
 
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SUIYHA said:
Hmmm....doesn't quite tell the whole story though. Wright was almost 30 when the Premier League started and so a lot of his appearances made were during the twilight of his career when he wasn't as good as he used to be. And whilst he did spend a couple of years alongside Bergkamp in Wenger's more free-flowing attacking side, he spent the early PL years in Graham's "Boring Boring Arsenal" where he was pretty much their only real attacking threat.

Kane's numbers are better than Wright's - both in terms of goals per game and the best goalscoring seasons of his career. But the gap isn't as big as some are making out. The more interesting comparison IMO is Kane's last four seasons Vs Shearer's four years at Blackburn. Kane has 135 from 187 in all competitions, Shearer got 130 from 171. Very similar. Then the following summer both won golden boots while reaching international semi-finals. Shearer then joined Newcastle and got 28 goals from 40 games. Kane so far has 5 from 8 at the start of this year. For the mathematicians amongst you, the figures quoted give Shearer 0.749 goals per game and Kane 0.745 goals per game which is almost identical.
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I’m not saying there’s a big gap (though Kane’s all round game is clearly superior), only that Kane is on track to outdo Wright. The argument that Wright was nearing 30 can also be used to say that in the premier league era Wright had a running start as he was already experienced.
 
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Last 110 games(110 as goes back to start 16/17 for Kane). Goals for club and country.

Kane 95

Messi 92

Pretty extraordinary

Meh miscounted messi is 96 lol.
 
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Paolo10 said:
"He's too tired, he's out of form, he needs a rest."

Up at the top of the goalscorers chart again already.
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I do still fee like he needs to be managed carefully and be given as much rest as possible but it's testament to him how fucking good he is that he still gets the goals.
 
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He’s warming up nicely for Barcelona.

If busquets doesn’t get him sent off I reckon he’ll score.
 
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Couldn't help but feel watching him that this type of game would make him realise that one day he'll have to move on. Such a long way for us to really compete with these clubs
 
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Can see Barcamadrid calling next summer and I don’t blame the guy, the guys efforts and skills deserve better. Levy must invest heavily start of next summer otherwise Kane won’t see Next August at this rate ??
 
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