Harry Kane

[hellava_tough]

He still looks a little rough-edged at times, particularly with his shooting (watch last night's game again and you'll see what I mean)

But I'm sure he'll continue to develop

He's on the verge of being the best striker in the world (or in the top 3 or 4 anyway) and given a few years, he'll be smashing in 30+ league goals a season

 

[MkYid]

I remember his debut against Hearts in the Europa, when he controlled a hoofed ball, it was Berbatovesq and I thought he had something special about him.. then he hit a penalty straight at the keeper and I thought, hmm maybe more Neale Fenn than Berbatov lol

What a player though, his understanding with Alli, Eriksen & Lamela is second to none, and the intelligence he displays on the pitch hasnt been seen in a Spurs shirt since Sheringham or to a lesser extent Van Der Vaart imo. We've got an incredible player here, and hopefully he means it when he says he wants to spend his career at Spurs

 

[thinktank]

Symbolic of who we now are...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BC-4-i_nboF/?taken-by=harrykane&hl=en

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

He has found this "thing", Kane has. Similar to Bale's trademark move in the last months before he left (cutting in outside and across the box and firing off a shot), Kane now cuts into the box from the left hand corner and fires off a shot. (as vs. Liverpool, Stoke).

 

[HildoSpur]

If he can continue this form into the Euro's (which I am very confident he will) he will become a household name around Europe and a real star of the game. Alli is another one who I think is going to have a big tournament and is about to burst into the big time.

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

I agree, even though people will say he needs to do it in the CL and for England, you just know that the guys is either world class or on the verge, had the same feeling about Bale when he entered the CL season.

He has clearly got the ability but until he's proven it in the CL and an International tournament he can't truly be considered up there with a player like Zlatan or even Lewandowski. I fully expect him to tear it up in the Euros and CL next season though.

 

[mpickard2087]

League One player, remember...

 

[zepstar]

Who...Who's name? Is Harry Kane?

 

[Dharmabum]

http://www.theguardian.com/football...e-is-englands-best-forward-since-alan-shearer

Harry Kane showing why he is England’s best forward since Alan Shearer

Harry Kane scored another two goals against Stoke and now has more than 20 in the Premier League for a second consecutive season, something not achieved by Wayne Rooney or Michael Owen

It took quite a while for people to fully believe in Harry Kane. At the start of last season he was barely an afterthought, a squad player who might provide back-up for Roberto Soldado once he started scoring some goals (for which we are still waiting). He was little more than a homegrown youngster with plenty of goodwill, but who had displayed rather limited potential during assorted loan spells at Leyton Orient, Millwall, Norwich City and Leicester City. In 65 games with those clubs, he scored 16 goals – not an embarrassing total but equally not one that suggested this was the best English centre-forward since Alan Shearer.

Because that is what he is. Wayne Rooney, of course, has a decade of sporadic excellence and the England goalscoring record, but classing him as a centre-forward is a tricky business. Michael Owen was too injury-prone and in any case does not have Kane’s all-round game, Daniel Sturridge is a similar story, Jamie Vardy is catching lightning in a bottle but we’ll see what he turns out to be.

Kane scored his 23rd and 24th league goals of the season against Stoke City on Monday night, meaning he has now scored more goals than Aston Villa this season. He is also the first Englishman to break the 20-goal mark in two consecutive seasons since Shearer, nearly 20 years ago. Les Ferdinand scored 20 league goals three times, Robbie Fowler did so twice, as has Rooney, Teddy Sheringham and Andy Cole once, and Owen not at all. He is on course to be the first Englishman to win the Golden Boot since Kevin Phillips in 2000.

All of which is perhaps made even more remarkable when his early-season form is considered. For the first few months, Kane looked like a player some feared he was: a one-season wonder, possibly tired from a summer with the England Under-21s, fumbling and lacking the certainty that made him so exceptional last term. He scored once in his first nine league games (a mis-hit rebound against Manchester City), but since a hat-trick against Bournemouth in October he has been a merciless machine, bagging the remaining 23 in 25 games.


Kane was not necessarily a player who immediately caught the eye in the way that Owen did or even now Dele Alli does, someone who pulses with the electricity of youth and looks like an obvious, instant prodigy. He does not have a single, eye-catching and identifiable brilliant quality like some of his predecessors – Owen’s pace, Shearer’s traction-engine right foot, Ferdinand’s sledgehammer forehead – but does have the rather more advantageous quality of being excellent at more or less everything.

It is probably his movement that is the most impressive, being able to find half a yard of space like Fernando Torres did in his pomp, incorporating a similar sense of anticipation that made Gary Lineker such a brilliant poacher, and that is also what makes him so perfect for this Tottenham side. Kane does not just stand up top and wait for the ball, but tends to drop deep and pull out to the left wing, which in turn lessens the effect of Christian Eriksen not being a natural wide-man. Eriksen, Alli and Érik Lamela then have space to attack and press in that relentless, faintly demented manner demanded of them by Mauricio Pochettino, and it does not even lessen the chances of Kane scoring goals: his brilliant curling shot having cut in from the flank against Stoke on Monday night was by no means an accident, given that he has done it before this season, most notably against Arsenal. In that respect Kane has similarities with Thierry Henry, scoring goals while shifting to make room for the other attacking talent behind him.


That quartet (helped by Mousa Dembélé’s leggy and elegant forays) might not be at the level of Barcelona’s front three, but they are clearly the best attacking unit in the Premier League at the moment. Manchester City might have the better collection of individuals, and maybe even more so next season depending on who Pep Guardiola recruits to augment Sergio Agüero, Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling and David Silva. Any internet poll would probably have Arsenal fans electing Mesut Özil and Alexis Sánchez among the toppest of the top, while obviously Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez have done extraordinary things with Leicester City.

But nothing beats those four from Spurs, all with their own individual capabilities that complement each other perfectly, hounding down the opposition then blowing them away. Stoke did not exactly put up a ferocious fight on Monday, but the way Spurs casually sliced through them, like an explorer making short work of some foliage with a machete, was utterly joyous. Leicester mat turn out to be the Premier League champions but even Claudio Ranieri would struggle to argue against the idea that Spurs have been the most entertaining – and probably since around November the best – team in the division.

Their defence is strong and just as important to their success, but it is the attacking four, with Kane leading them, that makes this Spurs team such a thrill to watch, both now and hopefully for some years to come.

 

[Chris12]

Mis-hit rebound?

 

[KILLA_SIN]

Symbolic of who we now are...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BC-4-i_nboF/?taken-by=harrykane&hl=en

I saw that on Twitter and didn't know how to link. Goes to show what a great coaching system we have.

 

[slartibartfast]

My Dad, 71 now , reckons Kane Is like Gilzean. He's been saying that since early last season and few days ago there was a big spread in The Sun comparing the 2 (apparently, I dont buy that shite but its habit with the old man so what can you do? You know years ago it had pictures of tits in it!! ... anyway).
Just wondered if there is anyone on here who've seen both (Gilzean and Kane, not both tits) and Id be interested to know what your thoughts are on the similarities.

 

[yankspurs]

World. Class.

 

[littlewilly]

My Dad, 71 now , reckons Kane Is like Gilzean. He's been saying that since early last season and few days ago there was a big spread in The Sun comparing the 2 (apparently, I dont buy that shite but its habit with the old man so what can you do? You know years ago it had pictures of tits in it!! ... anyway).
Just wondered if there is anyone on here who've seen both (Gilzean and Kane, not both tits) and Id be interested to know what your thoughts are on the similarities.

With all due respect to your Dad, I can't see any similarities at all. Gilly was brilliant in the air, languid, and all flicks and tricks. Had he said big Martin Chivers, I would have said he was getting closer.

Many of those who remember Gilly quite rightly compared him with Berbatov and, as much as I rated both of them, think they would both struggle in a Poch side. Great skills, great entertainers but could never envisage them enduring double training sessions and running about a bit.

 

[ajspurs]

I thought at Stoke he was a little bit different, for the better but he seemed to drop deeper more which I think helped a lot. Of course we want him to be on the end of things but what people who don't watch him week in and week out like we do won't know is that he's actually a great passer of the ball too, not just technically but on the mental side also, as in he picks out clever passes and can see passes that you'd normally only accustom to a playmaker.

 

[Shadydan]

I saw that on Twitter and didn't know how to link. Goes to show what a great coaching system we have.

Because he's boxing?

 

[KILLA_SIN]

Because he's boxing?

Yeah because hes boxing

 

[yido_number1]

The comparison to Shearer and Sheringham is so apt! Strength, power and directness of Shearer with the guile and brain of Sheringham. I hope he does what Ledley did and stays with us for ever.

 

[Database]

Morning coffee spilled on my laptop when I was reading BBC Gossip column.

Napoli legend Diego Maradona believes the club will sell striker Gonzalo Higuain, 28, in the summer - and has urged them to replace him with 22-year-old Spurs forward Harry Kane.

 

[Ironskullll]

My Dad, 71 now , reckons Kane Is like Gilzean. He's been saying that since early last season and few days ago there was a big spread in The Sun comparing the 2 (apparently, I dont buy that shite but its habit with the old man so what can you do? You know years ago it had pictures of tits in it!! ... anyway).
Just wondered if there is anyone on here who've seen both (Gilzean and Kane, not both tits) and Id be interested to know what your thoughts are on the similarities.

I always used to compare Gillie with Berbatov, though Gillie was much harder. I think it shows what a rounded player Kane is that such comparisons can be made. I even see a bit of Greaves in him sometimes when he snaps up half chances in the box, using deftness as much as power. Shame he seemed to wobble a little under the pressure earlier in the season - thinking of the Everton miss in particular, but he's come through that well and shown he has the steel needed.