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Harry Kane
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ToDarrenIsToDo
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Yeah, only a complete joke of a team would give away 9 or 10 goals in only a couple of matches
Bit of a difference giving away a mad amount of goals to the likes of Bayern than it is to a team like Salzburg though isn't it?
Haaland looks class but I'd be shocked to see if he can keep up that kind of form into the knockout stages of the competition. @Hakkz , 5 or 6 of Kane's games played have been at a stage Haaland is yet to play at, I'm facsimated to see how he can do when it comes to playing a team bang up for it and bang in form. Napoli are in turmoil, Genk the whipping boys so the only team he's faced with any real form as it stands is Liverpool and he has 1 in 1.
His next move will show us what he's made of but at the moment he looks a real talent and could easily threaten Kane's new record for sure.
Hakkz
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Yup. Again, I was just looking at the facts. Kane has the record. Haaland has set himself up to break it. That's it.
DJS
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Yeah lovely to see him scoring from actual crosses!
Mourinho has done what England have been doing recently and putting a natural wide player either side of him with Moura being played as an actual out and out wide right winger, which I don't think had happened before and resulted in them getting in the way of each other.
Plus Aurier has been bombing forward and showing his attacking side.
You just can't beat being able to whip crosses into the box, sometimes just keep it simple!
DJS
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Yeah agreed re: Son, he needs to learn how to pass more as his greed has cost us some potential goals recently.
It does look as though Jose is encouraging Kane to stay up top and central more though, which will only be to his benefit.
The Scarecrow
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Haha, no worries! It's an easy mistake to make, and I probably wouldn't know any better if I weren't Norwegian myself. He's clearly a big fish in a small pond right now, so he's the star man who gets on the end of everything, takes penalties etc. He won't be able to do the same at a big club with more egos imo.
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True but if he goes to Man U (as rumoured) he'll be waiting a while to beat it
True but if he goes to Man U (as rumoured) he'll be waiting a while to beat it
I hope he doesn't go to United as his Dad's career was almost ended by Roy Keane.
Anyway, when was Harry Kane's last long range goal? Was it the one against Wolves at Wembley last season?
Yiddo100
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Just sign him and bring him on in the last minute each CL game until the record is safe
Kingellesar
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He came off the bench last night and got a goal and assist! He's a machine.
Massive bidding war coming for him soon.
DJS
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Do they tend to whip balls in then?
Surpising as with their two wide boys being their main scorers and Firminio being a kinda false 9 and hold up / focal point they’d not be making as many crosses?
Although guess crosses tend to come from the full backs rather than the wingers.
You can’t beat getting the ball in the boss though, good to be able to thread through middle too but how many times in recent games had we been shut out as was far too narrow.
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spursfan77
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Regarding England, I wouldn’t be surprised in Mourinho has watched Southgate get more out of Kane playing like this and has pimped it up with his superior management skills to Southgate and will continue to do so.
He’ll be working on a plan B too as well I’d expect. He’s too long in the tooth to know that managers will be looking at how to exploit our tactics already. Especially because the media has been highlighting them so much over the last week.
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I’m not so sure they won’t qualify for the knockout stages. They played well away at Liverpool, and lost 4-3. That means that a 1-0, 2-1 or 3-2 victory home to ‘Pool gets them through.
Liverpool are looking more and more knackered, and injuries are finally hitting them. A Salzburg win is not that unlikely.
That one was a spectacular goal, wasn't it?
Depending on how you define long range, I believe that was indeed his last real 25-35 yarder. He has scored from outside the box since then but I'd tend to agree with your definition of "long range" if that Wolves special is the benchmark.
Personally, I do controversially count his no-look, first-time halfway line goal against Juve -- partly because it was against Juve and also because it would've gone in regardless of the stakes. It's such a shame that wasn't in a competitive match. If he does it in the CL, it's goal of the season for that tournament.
He just doesn't attempt low-percentage shots anymore (or at least he didn't towards the end under Poch, which I think is an issue of morale sucking out that streak of arrogance in his game). I hope he brings the long shots back. And when the team's already strolling or pegged into their own half, I hope he doesn't forget that he's got a halfway line lob up his sleeve (I know he almost pulled it off again already this season).
Time will tell us (a) how much freedom Jose gives him to attempt more worldies and (b) whether Kane's got his mojo back under Jose (which so far seems clearly to be the case). I suspect we'll be seeing a lot more worldies simply by dint of the fact that Jose's Spurs will provide Kane more shooting opportunities. It's a shame that Poch stopped being able to do that efficiently enough.
Yep, I'm happy with how Jose has the attack playing.
And yeah, although Son's selfishness hasn't cost much yet, it will eventually while we still have a crisis at the back combined with an attack with the potential to outscore opponents.
(I've noticed I'm saying "we" a lot these days in referring to Spurs here. Ha. I guess I'm an honorary fan too.)
