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wishkah

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HE'S ONE OF OUR OWN! HE'S ONE OF OUR OWN! HARRY KANE! HE'S ONE OF OUR OWN!
I was thinking about his chant today, great that he's got one, but we can do better.

I was thinking of the CocaCola adverts each year, "Holidays are coming, holidays are coming, always coca-cola" we could have
"HurriKane is coming, the Hurrikane is coming, HUUUURRRRiKANE IS COMING"
 

nightgoat

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It will be De Gea, unless he has a run of being shocking. But the love in for De Gea has been in overdrive all season, where as Lloris has been going about his business a little more under the radar. I think a lot of that has to do with no one else from Man Utd grabbing the limelight, where as all the focus when looking at Spurs has been on Kane.

It will be De Gea regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. No other Man Utd player has any chance of making Team of the Year. Like you say, the pundit De Gea cirle jerk led by Gary Neville has been going on all season. The MNF after the Man Utd Liverpool game was almost embarrassing - he'd made a couple of good saves that most keepers should expect to make, and stood up well in a one-on-one that Sterling made a complete balls up of, yet Neville was harping on like it was the best goalkeeping performance he'd ever seen.
 

IGSpur

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I was thinking about his chant today, great that he's got one, but we can do better.

I was thinking of the CocaCola adverts each year, "Holidays are coming, holidays are coming, always coca-cola" we could have
"HurriKane is coming, the Hurrikane is coming, HUUUURRRRiKANE IS COMING"

My favourite chant and it was the best sounding at the lane. Was when he got his hat trick and went on goal and everyone was singing ' I LOVE HARRY KAAAAANNNNEE, HARRY KANE LOVES MEEEEEE, I LOVE HARRY KAAAAANEE, HARRY KANE LOVES MEEE'
soundee, for lack of a better word's epic
 

kaz Hirai

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Haha why are Liverpool fans so ready salted about us.

God of love to hate them!
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stemark44

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I can't remember the match or the opponent but I do remember realising that this guy was definitely NOT a one season wonder.
Picture the scene...Harry gets the ball just outside the opponents box and drives into the box.......the defender shows him the outside and Harry follows his lead....Harry shoots and the defender blocks it.
10 minutes later and we have exactly the same scenario..Harry gets the ball in the same position on the same side.....drives into the box.........the same defender shows him to the outside...........Harry feints to shoot and leaves the defender on his arse.....Harry checks inside and shoots ..........he hits the post.
That's the moment I realised that the Hurricane had arrived.
When finding talented players ...its not about what they do..........its more about how they do it.
 
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IGSpur

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I can't remember the match or the opponent but I do remember realising that this guy was definitely NOT a one season wonder.
Picture the scene...Harry gets the ball just outside the opponents box and drives into the box.......the defender shows him the outside and Harry follows his lead....Harry shoots and the defender blocks it.
10 minutes later and we have exactly the same scenario..Harry gets the ball in the same position on the same side.....drives into the box.........the same defender shows him to the outside...........Harry feints to shoot and leaves the defender on his arse.....Harry checks inside and shoots ..........he hits the post.
That's the moment I realised that the Hurricane had arrived.
When finding talented players ...its not about what they do..........its more about how they do it.

The ability to figure out playes and strategise during a game
 

nailsy

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I was thinking about his chant today, great that he's got one, but we can do better.

I was thinking of the CocaCola adverts each year, "Holidays are coming, holidays are coming, always coca-cola" we could have
"HurriKane is coming, the Hurrikane is coming, HUUUURRRRiKANE IS COMING"

That chant could be epic if we added "In your face" at the end.
 

Mr Pink

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His biggest strength is his intelligent movement IMO. Far more important than splitting hairs over pace.
 

PMS

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Kane ain't vain. Like bain he uses his brain. I came. Then I used my brain for Kane. He came. White Hart Lane. Peace
 

Dan Yeats

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Oh it's so tempting to trawl back through this thread and pick out a few comments. I'm sure it wasn't just you @OmarsComing - just messing with you, because I've been a HurrriKane advocate since he was about 16. And now feel a wee bit smug lol. ;) :D
 

THFCSPURS19

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Oh it's so tempting to trawl back through this thread and pick out a few comments. I'm sure it wasn't just you @OmarsComing - just messing with you, because I've been a HurrriKane advocate since he was about 16. And now feel a wee bit smug lol. ;) :D
OmarsComing doesn't exist on here anymore.
 

kmk

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Good article from Henry Winter in The Telegraph.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/11472516/.html

Harry Kane shows clubs should not discard players too early

Many magic numbers are being thrown around about Harry Kane, adding up to why the Tottenham Hotspur striker is being feted as such a strong candidate for the players’ Player of the Year and the writers’ Footballer of the Year.

Numbers like four. Kane has just become only the fourth man to win back-to-back Premier League Player of the Month awards, joining such illustrious names as Robbie Fowler, Dennis Bergkamp and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Or 16. Used only as a substitute in the Premier League until November, Kane’s first league goal of the term arrived on Nov 2 (against Aston Villa) and he has since being ripping defences to shreds, taking his current league tally to 16 as he marches into Old Trafford on Sunday.

Or 26. Include his seven Europa League goals and three from the Capital One Cup and his season’s total is an impressive 26 from 41 games.

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With 10 fixtures remaining, Kane has already matched the figure that helped bring Gareth Bale joint PFA and FWA honours before heading to Real Madrid in 2013. Kane could also become the first Spurs player to get into the 30s since Gary Lineker's 35 in 1991-92.

Or 21. Kane is still young, still eligible for Gareth Southgate’s England juniors. The time will come in Kane’s nascent career when the goal rush slows, when injury could intervene, and when opposing managers plot more ruthlessly how to stifle Tottenham'sgreatest threat.

Facing Chelsea in the Capital One Cup final, Kane found that Jose Mourinho deployed Kurt Zouma to cut the supply-line usually flowing from Christian Eriksen.

The reason why genuine optimism can be so confidently expressed in Kane’s future came in his response to that Wembley frustration.

Within three days, Kane was taking on Swansea at the Lane and, although he did not enjoy his most fruitful evening, he still worked Garry Monk’s defence, having two shots blocked, one saved by Lukasz Fabianski and two headers sent narrowly wide.

Three days later, Kane was back in the scoring routine, vanquishing QPR at Loftus Road. Or two: the number of goals he put past Robert Green.

Even at only 21, Kane is a fine role model for youngsters aspiring to reach the top, remembering the old mantra that aptitude is nothing without attitude. Ravel Morrison take note. Kane’s levels of dedication have always been excellent.

There has been plenty of talk of Kane the Premier League defence-slayer being forged and sharpened by his experiences on loan in the Football League, making him hungrier, yet Spurs fans have long noted that desire.

Take a scroll back through the Harry Kane thread on one of the best fans’ forums on life at the Lane, Shelfsidespurs, dating back to Sep 12, 2010, when they began debating his first-team potential.

Seventeen. He was only just eligible for a driving licence - by seven weeks - and yet the supporters were singing his praises, posting comments like “the kid is quality” and “a leader”.

Woven through the discussion was the constant reminder that Kane had much to learn, and whether “he can play as a lone striker” rather than as in the Under-18s when he was often working off Kudus Oyenuga, the centre-forward currently at Cowdenbeath.

All who watched Kane back then, whether fans or coaches, remarked on his attitude.

“He’s a lovely lad, a terrific young player with a great work ethic and one who will keep on improving,’’ said Alex Inglethorpe, the then coach of Spurs Under-18s, when Kane was voted Scholar of the Year for the 2010-11 season.

That “great work ethic” is the engine driving Kane’s career. He has the right focus, the right discipline.

Or three. Of the many numbers increasingly associated with Kane is three, the amount of bookings in his 41 appearances this season. Such maturity is remarkable, a compliment to his equable temperament and refusal to be wound up by the physicality of centre-halves like Martin Skrtel or John Terry.

Analysis of those three moments when he earned a referee’s ire actually underlines further that Kane possesses the character to reach for the stars. Kane’s history of cautions is not a cautionary tale.

His first booking came in the 5-3 win over Chelsea, being punished for dissent in kicking the ball away in anger after Terry scored. It was late on, the game was won, but Spurs fans will reflect admiringly on a home-grown player’s hatred of giving a goal away.

Kane’s second was the worst offence, a nasty foul on Olivier Giroud, catching the Arsenal forward on the ankle at the Lane. His third came at Anfield for remonstrating with the prostrate Mamadou Sakho, believing the Liverpool centre-half was time-wasting. Again, Kane’s hunger to win shaped this minor misdemeanour.

Disciplined and determined, Kane’s strength of mind sees him scoring in pressurised situations, against Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool, being a leader through deed as well as pithy word, and having the confidence to take a late penalty to draw with West Ham.

He is versatile, drifting wide, playing with his back to goal, working the channels, powerful aerially, linking with Eriksen. Kane’s goal haul is a veritable variety act, the low shot and towering header against Arsenal highlighting his range.

He is earning plenty of praise with even Roy Hodgson eulogising that Kane “combines everything you are looking for in a centre-forward”.

Not yet. Deficiencies exist and are being addressed, such as improving his volleying. Again that attitude prevails, that desire to develop persists.

Kane also needs to work on the timing of his runs; he has been getting caught offside too often, five times in that success over Arsenal.

Nobody would claim that it was burning pace triggering the flags. Kane is not fast, a question-mark placed against him privately by England staff as he made his way up the age-group ladder.

It’s more down to experience, to dealing with more sophisticated defences. Again, Kane’s hunger for self-improvement will see him practice how to avoid offside traps.

Interestingly against QPR, he timed his run immaculately to reach Ryan Mason’s ball. Kane may not be quick but he’s a quick learner. Hodgson was watching that day.

It is Kane’s drive, as well as his technical strengths, that deserves to be rewarded when Hodgson announces at Wembley on Thursday his squad for the forthcoming internationals against Lithuania and Italy.

The sensible route would be to give Kane a taste of the senior world, knowing he will not get carried away by the hype and also that his rate of development demands his presence in the squad for the European Championships.

Harry Hotspur should then focus for the rest of the season on Spurs and then England Under-21s. He wants to play in that tournament in the Czech Republic.

It will help familiarise him with the different rhythms of international football, and how to deal with tournament down-time, the perennial problem with easily-bored English players.

Spurs are right to be concerned about burn-out, which is why he should not make the long haul to Australia for a friendly against Sydney FC on May 30 whatever the commercial imperatives. The sight of a smiling Kane holding up a shirt saying “Sydney 15” at Enfield was worrying.

When the Premier League concludes on May 24, Kane should really miss Sydney and the June internationals with the Republic of Ireland and Slovenia before reporting for duty with Southgate’s Under-21s.

Hodgson, Pochettino, Southgate and the FA’s technical director, Dan Ashworth, really need a meeting early this week to plan Kane’s international journey.

For all the inevitable club-v-country tensions, this is a situation that should be celebrated. Kane’s emergence is a joyous one.

A boon for Spurs and England, Kane’s prominence is also a reminder to all clubs that players develop at different rates but to keep faith and not discard them too early, especially if they boast the application levels of Spurs’ No18.
 
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