Eurofoot 2010 - Youth Tournament

[BringBack_leGin]

Without being a giant, he looks pretty tall from the very little I've seen of him. Good in the air, good with his feet, good passer and is able both to play with his back to goal outside the box, and attack crosses into the box. All round striker. Reminds me a touch of Sheringham.

 

[jondesouza]

Anyone got any idea what kind of striker is Kane? Also what sort of build is he?

He's Mason Mark II in terms of how he plays but probably with better upper body strangth for his age.

 

[PT]

How many minutes per half?

 

[chrissivad]

not sure, but im sure it 30mins per half last year

 

[mill]

That Harry Kane does seem to be quite something, he's always bloody scoring. Screw Connor Wickham, let's make our own!

Anyone got any idea what kind of striker is Kane? Also what sort of build is he?

Wouldn't Kane be the no10 to Wickham's no9? the new Sheringham and Shearer lol

 

[whitelightwhiteheat]

From what little I've seen of Kane he seems to definitely have something about him and worth getting excited about. Is he 17 yet? Last time I checked he was still just 16 and doing the biz against an older age group (and captaining the team in the process!)

He's completely different to Wickham though (who's 6'3) - more slender and no where near as tall. I'd guess Kane is less than 6 foot but maybe not far off.

Exciting prospect though, look forward to seeing how he develops this year, and wonder if he's worth a loan spell in January? Might be worth waiting for the 2011/12 season for that though.

 

[chrissivad]

Brondby 0-1 Tottenham (Oyenuga)

GROUP B points
Tottenham 15
Brondby 12
Anderlecht 9
Standard 4
Cercle Brugge 3
NAC 1

 

[Spursidol]

Full house, Spurs have 5 wins in a row, the only side in the competition to do that.

Spurs now play Celtic in the semi final tomorrow morning at 11 am (10 am in UK). Celtic finished second in the other group with 11 points

 

[Marty]

From what little I've seen of Kane he seems to definitely have something about him and worth getting excited about. Is he 17 yet? Last time I checked he was still just 16 and doing the biz against an older age group (and captaining the team in the process!)

Kane turned 17 three days ago.

 

[BringBack_leGin]

He's Mason Mark II in terms of how he plays but probably with better upper body strangth for his age.

Disagree, I still see Mason, despite the goals, as very much an attacking midfielder, a free roller perhaps, whereas Kane is a creative forward. Subtly different perhaps, but (to compare it to two of our greatest players, not saying either is this good), Mason is more Hoddle, you wouldn't play him as an out and out target man, while you could with Kane as he is more Sheringham, but you'd never play him as a central midfielder.

Could be a wonderful combo one day, both have that combination of creativity and finishing that would make them the perfect midfielder/ striker combo.

 

[THFC6061]

Spurs have participated in every EUROFOOT tournament since 2001...

2001 13th
2002 5th
2003 5th
2004 9th
2005 3rd
2006 Withdrew after player suffered a heart attack
2007 Winners
2008 Runners-Up
2009 5th
2010

The 2007 winning squad contained players who are still with us like Townsend, Mason, Parrett, Livermore and Obika.

Those who have since moved-on inclued Pekhart, Asajile, Olsen and Casey.

Tottenham Hotspur's overall record in the EUROFOOT competition from 2001 to today's semi-final:


P56 W30-D13-L13 F87-A45 GD:+42
Points Won: 103 from 168

 

[THFC6061]

Our Academy squad completed a clean sweep in the group stages of the Eurofoot tournament in Belgium on Saturday.

After beating Cercle Brugge and NAC on Friday, the lads toppled Anderlecht, Standard Liege and Brondby to make it five wins in five, top Group A and set-up a semi-final clash against Celtic on Sunday.

"It's the first time we've won five straight games in a six-team group," said a naturally delighted coach Alex Inglethorpe. "Fair play to the lads, they've been outstanding."

They kicked-off the day with an impressive 4-1 win against Anderlecht with goals from Harry Kane, Kudus Oyenuga, Alex Pritchard and Massimo Luongo.

"That was the best performance so far, as good as anything I've seen," beamed Alex.

Standard Liege were then put to the sword with Pritchard on target from the penalty spot after a foul on Kane and further goals from Jack Munns and then Kane again in a 3-1 win.

The final group match was against Brondby of Denmark and Oyenuga scored the only goal of the game to make it five out of five.

FRIDAY'S ACTION

The lads kicked-off with two wins out of two on the first day of the prestigious event in Oostduinkerke on Friday.

Cameron Lancaster, Kudus Oyenuga and Harry Kane scored the goals in a 3-2 win against Cercle Brugge in the first game.

Kane then struck again, outjumping the goalkeeper to score the only goal of the game against NAC of Holland.

"We got caught a couple of times defensively in the first game but played very well in the second match, dominated possession and deserved to win," reported Alex.

Squad:

Archer, Byrne, Nicholson, Ekong, Lancaster, Luongo, Coulthirst, Kane, Pritchard, Ranieri, Oyenuga, Durojaiye, Munns, Tapping, Francis-Angol, Ward, Carroll.

 

[Kendall]

So our kids have once against gone abroad and played well against other academies.

This poses a few questions....

Why have we been so successful as an adacemy against teams abroad? is it because in England we're taught to be more physical, so we therefore boss other teams out of it?

If so, what happens between the ages of the academy and the early 20s? does the fact that the players we beat put on more bulk and can deal with our physical presence better in addition to maintaining their superior technique?

 

[JustDoggy]

I see we've just won the Semi Final. 2-0 Kane with both goals.

 

[THFC6061]

Spurs beat Celtic 2-0 in this morning's EUROFOOT Semi-Final, which was played over 60 minutes (30 mins per half).

Both goals were scored by Harry Kane, who has now scored 7 goals in the 6 matches played so far.

In the second Semi-Final Botafogo beat Brondby on penalties 4-3 after the game finished in a 0-0 draw.

Spurs will now play Botafogo in the Final at 16:30 CET.

 

[SlickMongoose]

Come on, Harry, please make it.

 

[BringBack_leGin]

Televised anywhere?

 

[spurs2986]

Harry Kane seems to be really setting the tournament alight, hope he can go on to bigger and better things.

 

[gavspur]

http://www.footballfancast.com/2010/02/football-blogs/a-star-in-the-making-–-tottenham’s-harry-kane

 

[Ron Burgundy]

anyone know how we're getting on?