Chris Finch
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I put £30 on him to be top scorer this season when he was 12/1 just before Burnley
Harry Kane
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Teemu
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Ah! No, sadly not. Just have the glory of not being wildly incorrect with my prediction.
Good call. I did the same at start of season and the odds were not that great! COYS
I like the below article on Kane from Oliver Holt in the Daily Mail, link for full article below and have cut and pasted the main bits.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...-leader-dont-realise-weve-got-Harry-Kane.html
Harry Kane had a bad World Cup, apparently. That’s what I keep hearing anyway. He must be the first player to win the Golden Boot with a host of caveats attached. Old habits die hard in England: we have been imprisoned in a state of disappointment for so long, we are still learning how to applaud again. Sometimes, it still feels as if we don’t quite realise what we’ve got in our centre forward.
Maybe it is because he came up through the ranks with Spurs and was farmed out on loan to the back of beyond. Maybe it is because a lot of observers thought back then that he would never make it at the top level. Maybe it is because he has stayed loyal to Tottenham and lacks the kind of ego that needs to be served by seeking interest from elsewhere.
But amid the optimism that surged through Wembley on Friday night during and after England’s 5-0 demolition of the Czech Republic, it was hard to watch Kane’s performance and think anything other than that Gareth Southgate is fortunate to have at his disposal one of the most complete centre forwards in the world.
Sure, he was a support act to the dazzling brilliance of Raheem Sterling and Jadon Sancho, who tormented the Czech defence with their speed of thought and speed of foot and who made us dream that, at the European Championship next year, we really can improve on reaching the last four at the World Cup in Russia last summer.
But that is another of Kane’s qualities. He does not mind being the support act. He is happy to be a team player as well as a relentless goalscorer. If Sterling and Sancho are to be our future, Kane is the kind of player who will help them thrive. That is one of the things that makes him so good. He does not just score goals. He leads the line and he makes goals for others.
Kane has the vision of a playmaker as well as the deadliness of a goalpoacher. It was his superb pass inside the visitors’ overworked left back Filip Novak midway through the first half that unlocked the Czech defence. It was cleverly conceived and perfectly weighted, Sancho ran on to it and drilled the ball across goal for Sterling to slide it in. Kane prompted like that all evening.
He has the accomplished technique we associate with players raised outside the hurly burly of our league and the way he linked play with Sancho, Sterling and Ross Barkley exuded class. When Sterling won a first-half penalty, Kane buried it. That made it six successful penalties on the trot for him for England.
After the match, Southgate was, naturally, effusive about the contributions of Sancho and Sterling, whose increasing maturity and influence on the side has been recognised by including him in the squad’s leadership group. But he did not overlook Kane’s contribution to England’s ongoing improvement.
‘To have such a top striker who has such humility and such a low ego has a huge impression on the whole group,’ said Southgate. ‘Because at the moment he is the star player. You wouldn’t know it from the way he conducts himself, you wouldn’t know it from his application to training.
‘All you would say is that you can see why he is and the way he is disciplined with his food and the way he is disciplined with his preparation and his focus.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...-leader-dont-realise-weve-got-Harry-Kane.html
Harry Kane had a bad World Cup, apparently. That’s what I keep hearing anyway. He must be the first player to win the Golden Boot with a host of caveats attached. Old habits die hard in England: we have been imprisoned in a state of disappointment for so long, we are still learning how to applaud again. Sometimes, it still feels as if we don’t quite realise what we’ve got in our centre forward.
Maybe it is because he came up through the ranks with Spurs and was farmed out on loan to the back of beyond. Maybe it is because a lot of observers thought back then that he would never make it at the top level. Maybe it is because he has stayed loyal to Tottenham and lacks the kind of ego that needs to be served by seeking interest from elsewhere.
But amid the optimism that surged through Wembley on Friday night during and after England’s 5-0 demolition of the Czech Republic, it was hard to watch Kane’s performance and think anything other than that Gareth Southgate is fortunate to have at his disposal one of the most complete centre forwards in the world.
Sure, he was a support act to the dazzling brilliance of Raheem Sterling and Jadon Sancho, who tormented the Czech defence with their speed of thought and speed of foot and who made us dream that, at the European Championship next year, we really can improve on reaching the last four at the World Cup in Russia last summer.
But that is another of Kane’s qualities. He does not mind being the support act. He is happy to be a team player as well as a relentless goalscorer. If Sterling and Sancho are to be our future, Kane is the kind of player who will help them thrive. That is one of the things that makes him so good. He does not just score goals. He leads the line and he makes goals for others.
Kane has the vision of a playmaker as well as the deadliness of a goalpoacher. It was his superb pass inside the visitors’ overworked left back Filip Novak midway through the first half that unlocked the Czech defence. It was cleverly conceived and perfectly weighted, Sancho ran on to it and drilled the ball across goal for Sterling to slide it in. Kane prompted like that all evening.
He has the accomplished technique we associate with players raised outside the hurly burly of our league and the way he linked play with Sancho, Sterling and Ross Barkley exuded class. When Sterling won a first-half penalty, Kane buried it. That made it six successful penalties on the trot for him for England.
After the match, Southgate was, naturally, effusive about the contributions of Sancho and Sterling, whose increasing maturity and influence on the side has been recognised by including him in the squad’s leadership group. But he did not overlook Kane’s contribution to England’s ongoing improvement.
‘To have such a top striker who has such humility and such a low ego has a huge impression on the whole group,’ said Southgate. ‘Because at the moment he is the star player. You wouldn’t know it from the way he conducts himself, you wouldn’t know it from his application to training.
‘All you would say is that you can see why he is and the way he is disciplined with his food and the way he is disciplined with his preparation and his focus.
Spurger King
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He’s almost too good to be true. A natural goal scorer with a superb footballing brain, and the desire to improve his weaknesses through disciplined regimes. He’s the most complete forward I’ve seen at Spurs. He should definitely be captain when Hugo leaves.
Kane’s range of goals is also stunning. Tap-ins, headers, clinical strikes, long-range worldies...the only thing that surprises me is the lack of goals from free-kicks. With the power and accuracy he has, you’d expect more than just a deflected goal against Villa from several years ago.
ComfortablyNumb
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His corners are rubbish, too.
I’ve said before, if he didn’t want to be a striker, he’d have a very good career at CM. He’s as two-footed as Eriksen, a better tackler, and obviously has bigger physical presence. Not as quick or nimble, but he’d more than ‘do a job’ for us.
Spurger King
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It’s almost detrimental. He’s so good as a 10 or 8 that he ends up dropping deep quite a lot. Virtually a box to box striker. A 10/9/8 hybrid.
Personally I’d prefer to see him staying in the final third where he’s absolutely lethal. I’m sure he’ll end up as a 10 later in his career. Wouldn’t surprise me if his best years are when he’s 34-35, a bit like Forlan.
ComfortablyNumb
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Like it!
I think he gets the balance right for us, most of the time. For England, his teammates need to get to know how best to play to his strengths.
Spurger King
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He's definitely someone you'd build a team around.
Lilbaz
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He's got a bit of a way to go yet.
Shadydan
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Why?
ComfortablyNumb
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Why would that question ever even occur to you? What purpose does it serve?
Lilbaz
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Award for the most pointless speculation goes to....
ComfortablyNumb
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Actually I don’t think it is pointless, it seems very pointed. It comes across as criticism of Harry for not being loyal enough, or our club for not being as important as an entire fucking nation.
Sandros Shiny Head
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Lifting the World Cup as captain should be the greatest moment of any players career ever
Lilbaz
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It's pointless as it is a scenario that will never happen. A genie isn't going to appear and offer kane a choice of one or the other. I'm sure kane will try his hardest to win both. He's not going to give less effort in one hoping that means he will win the other.
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