Harry Kane

[tiger666]

Deserves his place in the team for saturday.

Is he still Hodor though?

 

[TheGreenLily]

He is not my cup of tea....doesn't mean i am right or he his shit....but he is not in anyway shape or form a player i would look forward to watching....and sorry i don't.

Each to there own i suppose, and to play him away to WBA with ADE is a big mistake imo...

Would you expect any of the teams above us to have a player like Kane playing?

Chadli ---------- Ade ---------- Kane

Eriksen ---------- Paulinho
Sandro
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It think that team will go down well against WB, IMO. But I shudder to think of the line up we will actually get.

 

[talkshowhost86]

Yeah like Drogba, who did absolutely nothing of note until he was 26, or Teddy Sheringham, who until the age of 25 was still playing at Millwall...

There are certainly exceptions and I hope Kane can be one of them.

But they are exceptions not the rule.

 

[BringBack_leGin]

The most encouraging thing about Kane is that he is improving all the time as he gains experience. Last night was his best performance for us and, even if they are the worst side in the league, against the best side he's had a start against.

 

[Bobbins]

There are certainly exceptions and I hope Kane can be one of them.

But they are exceptions not the rule.

Indeed, but there are just as many young players who appear on the scene, look great, and then turn out to be shite - Connor Wickham for example.

There are also plenty of players written off early in their careers like Rickie Lambert who are actually very capable players in the right environment.

I'd rather have Kane, who shows all the skillsets necessary to be a success, is improving practically every time we see him play, and most importantly of all clearly has a good footballing brain and reads the game very well, beyond his years, than waste £9m on Wickham like Sunderland did...

 

[Spurger King]

Kane visibly grew in confidence as the game went on. He's got good positional awareness, and showed at Millwall that he's got one hell of a shot on him. Very difficult to say at this stage whether he has what it takes to become a regular starter for us, but I think he's showing real quality at times...certainly enough to suggest he could have a decent career in the Prem.

 

[SargeantMeatCurtains]

Is he still Hodor though?

Without question, yes

 

[SpursDave88]

Kane visibly grew in confidence as the game went on. He's got good positional awareness, and showed at Millwall that he's got one hell of a shot on him. Very difficult to say at this stage whether he has what it takes to become a regular starter for us, but I think he's showing real quality at times...certainly enough to suggest he could have a decent career in the Prem.

]I think we should try and get him a Prem loan move for next year, would a team like Palace take him?Swwansea? Leicester?

 

[SlickMongoose]

]I think we should try and get him a Prem loan move for next year, would a team like Palace take him?Swwansea? Leicester?

But he's clearly good enough for us at the moment, if we loaned him out we'll have to buy another 3rd striker to replace him.

 

[Sir Henry]

Kane needs to play, so if he is loaned out, it should not be to a championship team. He strikes me as a lad that needs confidence, and his goal last night will help him greatly. What I don't like is that when someone scores they could sit on the bench next game. Reward him for what he did, give him that confidence he needs and play him next match.

 

[Ribble]

Indeed, but there are just as many young players who appear on the scene, look great, and then turn out to be shite - Connor Wickham for example.

There are also plenty of players written off early in their careers like Rickie Lambert who are actually very capable players in the right environment.

I'd rather have Kane, who shows all the skillsets necessary to be a success, is improving practically every time we see him play, and most importantly of all clearly has a good footballing brain and reads the game very well, beyond his years, than waste £9m on Wickham like Sunderland did...

Also a great bonus of a player never having any massive pace is that they can can have a much longer career, they have to rely on their brains from the start and never have the crazy levels of physical strain on their muscles to cause constant injuries.

I would definitely keep him, could get Sheringham to take a break from the Masters' football to give him some pointers.

 

[TheGreenLily]

Kane needs to play for us and in the first team, last night was a great performance and he has been very good in all of his showings this year.

He is a rare thing this season, good news, lets not shit on it hey

 

[Shea]

Yeah like Drogba, who did absolutely nothing of note until he was 26, or Teddy Sheringham, who until the age of 25 was still playing at Millwall...

With Teddy we're also talking about a different era of football where there was far more opportunity for young English talent to break in to first teams

A player like Kane who doesn't have the obvious natural advantages of blistering pace or bullish strength is always likely to be something of a late bloomer as they have to develop their footballing brain before they can really compete at the top level

Being at a club like ours where its relatively difficult for youngsters to gain first team football makes it even more difficult for him to show what he can do at a younger age

I don't think the fact he's not been a superstar from a young age is reason enough to write him off all together

 

[chavkev]

I am quite happy to see Harry Kane playing. The only way that young former Academy players are going to adapt to the Premier League is by playing in it.

Every position on the pitch takes time to learn. Lets encourage the kid and not write him off too early.

 

[newbie]

No disrespect to Robbie the soldier but he had a better game than a lot of RS's and it's not like our 26 mil man has pace.

 

[Shea]

No disrespect to Robbie the soldier but he had a better game than a lot of RS's and it's not like our 26 mil man has pace.

The ironic thing is yesterday might even have been a game that allowed Soldado to shine

You of course have to take your chances when they're presented to you though and I am pleased Kane took his well

 

[Dundalk_Spur]

One thing in particular that pleased me that I have been harping that our players should do - Take an incoming pass on the turn. No looking for an immediate pass sideways or backwards but looking to move towards goal.

Even the positive mentality of that puts us on the front foot and our opponents on their back foot.

 

[newbie]

Yes agreed Saldado might have had a great game but you could have argued would Kane have offerer more than Robbie on some occasions ?

 

[Mr Pink]

Kane visibly grew in confidence as the game went on. He's got good positional awareness, and showed at Millwall that he's got one hell of a shot on him. Very difficult to say at this stage whether he has what it takes to become a regular starter for us, but I think he's showing real quality at times...certainly enough to suggest he could have a decent career in the Prem.

Looks a lot better than Connor Wickam, for example.

I hope Kane gets plenty of opportunity between now and the end of the season.

 

[remember91]

Personally I thought that Harry did a good one for the team yesterday. Always acting like a pest in the number 9 position allowed Ade to just roam and do his job in a number 10 position.

Soldado doesn't always make himself a nuisance, but Kane does and that tied up defenders and gave time and space for Adebayor to drift around like number 10 running the game.

Sometimes it isn't about looking good yourself, but doing the grift to allow other players to look good and to do what is best for the team.