Harry Kane
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Ron Burgundy
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Fair. It’s still a risk though.
An alternative would be selling, better backing a new manager and having the value in those players even if we don’t get CL. If spent well (big IF) we could get two or three really good players.
It’s a tough call but I think I’d sell for the right price. Losing him for free would be a disaster. We had the same with Eriksen (sort of) and Campbell. Can’t happen for a club like us
ukdy
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Moneyball it... if we lose Kane, we somehow need to replace what he gives. So far this season in a terrible/terribly set up team that's 24 goals and 3 assists. Ideally we do that with an exact replacement, or a couple of replacements. Not as easy as it sounds given our recent recruitment woes.
So keep him, roll the dice with a new manager bounce, improve the team and make very very sure we finish top 5 next year to get CL. Negotiate a HUGE new deal, LOTS of money still living locally and adored by all, club legend, win the individual awards, set the individual records, get a greater say/input in the club activities, have a statue, get appointed club captain.. that should all be as a bare minimum.
So keep him, roll the dice with a new manager bounce, improve the team and make very very sure we finish top 5 next year to get CL. Negotiate a HUGE new deal, LOTS of money still living locally and adored by all, club legend, win the individual awards, set the individual records, get a greater say/input in the club activities, have a statue, get appointed club captain.. that should all be as a bare minimum.
All the dislikes and all the wtf , you will realise what I’m talking about and how this club is what it is when he goes
DenverSpur
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Hate them with a vengeance.
DenverSpur
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He’s our all time top goal scorer but he’s definitely not out greatest ever player m.
I can go back to Mackay, White, Greaves etc and I would say Kane is our greatest ever player. He has carried this club almost on his own for so many seasons.
DenverSpur
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You don’t know that that’s just sensationalism. We might not have a 20 goal a season striker but If we didn’t have Kane we would have someone( or more than one) else in his place. The chemistry of the team would be different, maybe goals would be spread out more among more players.. There’s nothing to say it wouldn’t be successful.
DenverSpur
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Sorry, no offense, but I think you’re out of your mind. He’s scored goals for us, lots of them, but he’s not single handedly carried the club.
kannanmothalali
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How can someone watch us this season and say this with a straight face. Lmao.
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Frozen_Waffles
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I'd actually say he's improved and we have the best version of Harry Kane at the moment. The fact even Haaland who is an absoloute machine is still not as good as Kane tells all.
He's given us everything here and if he goes in the Summer or in a year, good luck to him.
Truly world class, when he goes we are going to be right up shit creek. I like Richarlison and he's had a bit of bad luck in front of goal, but it's like replacing Berbatov with Frazier Campbell.
He's given us everything here and if he goes in the Summer or in a year, good luck to him.
Truly world class, when he goes we are going to be right up shit creek. I like Richarlison and he's had a bit of bad luck in front of goal, but it's like replacing Berbatov with Frazier Campbell.
DenverSpur
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No he hasn’t. I was replying to a poster who said
“He has carried this club almost on his own for so many seasons”
That statement is blatantly untrue.
It’s true that if this season he’d been unavailable through injury we would have struggled because few others were contributing goals but let’s not stretch it for all the preceding seasons he’s been here.
jolsnogross
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There's an awful lot to say it wouldn't be successful. He has 24 league goals and 8 assists in this league season. That covers more than half our goals. It's easy to imagine something filling that gap in his absence, but that's the bigger leap than thinking we'd be in the shit. The next 6 highest scorers get to 24 goals, and most of those have 2 each. So we'd be looking for a lot for an current player or players to fill the gap. And you've seen how we spend money on new players...I don't think anyone would be confident in that working out well.
He'll have to be replaced at some point. But the idea we'd be in a similar position, and not miles worse off, without our most consistently high performing player for many years now is nonsense. Especially this horrible season.
DenverSpur
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Pretty easy. I’ve been watching Tottenham for 60 odd years so I’ve learned to put things in perspective.
Harry Kane is a great goal scorer and we’ve been lucky to have him come through our academy but I don’t think he’s even close to being our greatest ever player. I don’t even think he’s our greatest goal scorer. I still give that honor to Jimmy Greaves. Greaves scored in the big games(1962 FA Cup Final, 1963 European Cup Winners Final) whereas Harry unfortunately for all his goals has failed to score in the big games he’s been part of.
That’s not me slagging him off just being realistic. I get tired of so many people putting him on a pedestal like some superhero or god who has done no wrong. He’s been cursed that the club, during his time here, has been run badly at the top which is a huge factor in our lack of trophies but that does change the fact that he has also been a contributing factor in our lack of success. It can’t just be everybody else’s fault but not his that we’ve not won anything while he’s been here.
If and when he goes it will leave a big hole to be filled but we’ve lost important players before and survived and even prospered.
Like I said I’ve learned to put things concerning Spurs in perspective. But you don’t have to agree.
DenverSpur
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Don’t disagree with you to be honest but I think what your last line says is what is clouding all our thinking.
cliff jones
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His goals and to a much smaller extent (due to many opponents stifling our only attacking ploy) his link up play has indeed carried us this season, and it might not be far off to say it largely has since Jose.
Under peak Poch however he was an amazing, more energetic part of a multi-pronged attacking machine.
We would easily be bottom half now had he suffered a Bents-type injury.
Under peak Poch however he was an amazing, more energetic part of a multi-pronged attacking machine.
We would easily be bottom half now had he suffered a Bents-type injury.
You are plainly wrong. Without him he would most likely be in a relegation dog fight.
EastUpperDK82
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Big Harry Kane interview:
www.skysports.com
Harry Kane exclusive: Tottenham have lost some of the values we had under Mauricio Pochettino
Tottenham striker Harry Kane reflects on a tough season for Spurs and admits the club has lost some of their values over the last few years; watch Liverpool vs Tottenham on Super Sunday, live on Sky Sports Premier League, from 4pm; kick-off 4.30pm
