Harry Kane

[spursville]

Did he injure his ankle again?

 

[kaz Hirai]

Alot of goals already for usually a slow starter

 

[dagraham]

Did he injure his ankle again?

Looked like he stayed down longer deliberately to waste time to me.

 

[bubble07]

Got kicked twice on his ankles

 

[markiespurs]

Got kicked twice on his ankles

It’s his obvious weak spot, so not surprising opposition players are going to target his ankles.

Thought he had a good game today and took his goal really well.

 

[Yiddo100]

Looked like he stayed down longer deliberately to waste time to me.

Was hobbling a little bit after the game, but didn’t seem bothered

 

[muppetman]

I thought he was world class today - his hold up play and winning of fouls was absolutely top class and obviously his goal scoring talks for itself. He's also probably the best crosser of a football in the club which is a bit upsetting!

 

[dagraham]

I thought he was world class today - his hold up play and winning of fouls was absolutely top class and obviously his goal scoring talks for itself. He's also probably the best crosser of a football in the club which is a bit upsetting!

Top strikers are often also great at crossing the ball. Probably because they instinctively know exactly how they’d like them delivered to them.

 

[stevespurs]

His best game this season so far. He’s warming up nicely.

His headed pass to start the move for his goal was so good. And his finish was top drawer.

we love you Harry!

 

[thelak]

Yesterday looked a bit like the old Harry in terms
of movement

Cushioning the ball back to goal, pivoting and then a little burst to take it past the player and get an angle on goal - that type of move was his signature for a bit a couple of years ago

 

[matthew.absurdum]

Yesterday looked a bit like the old Harry in terms
of movement

Cushioning the ball back to goal, pivoting and then a little burst to take it past the player and get an angle on goal - that type of move was his signature for a bit a couple of years ago

Some decent movements in 2nd half too. That's the old Harry

 

[dagraham]

Like I said earlier, he was playing like a proper number 9 again.

 

[Shadydan]

He's quietly hitting form

 

[wooderz]

He's quietly hitting form

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[Shadydan]

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Does this work?

 

[wooderz]

Does this work?

That's the one!

 

[stevespurs]

Just read the first page of this thread. Quite funny knowing what we know now know about Harry. This thread basically charts his career for 8yrs, through the eyes of SC.

 

[Lumiere]

looks average to me, havent even seen a hint of something in the 5 times I've seen him.

Championship at best unfortunately

Good call

 

[Spurger King]

Good call

That’s unfair. Nobody could have predicted how good he would become back then.

*though feel free to look at my early comments

 

[BringBack_leGin]

That’s unfair. Nobody could have predicted how good he would become back then.

*though feel free to look at my early comments

Great goal last night and looked very good when he came on. Sheringhamesque is a decent description, not going to pin it to him just yet though as Sheringham is the most intelligent English footballer of the past 2 decades (well, him and Le Tissier). I think the boy has a future with us, he could well become a genuine competition to Soldado/ a different type of option to Soldado if he pushed on from this as last night he showed three great finishes with his three shots, great awareness and a lot of fight too when others were flagging. He also has a touch more pace than I'd every previously accredited to him.

I remember seeing a video of him, long before Harry started involving him on EL benches, absolutely demolishing the Utd youth team when he was just a nipper and I made the Sheringham comparison from that, last night and v Cardiff he really showed that he's beginning to apply that to the speed and power of top level football. Would be great if he and Andros become regulars for us over the next few years and after our youth system being a baron wasteland for so long, we suddenly produce two absolute gems.

The most encouraging thing about Kane is that he is improving all the time as he gains experience. Last night was his best performance for us and, even if they are the worst side in the league, against the best side he's had a start against.

More pro's than cons as far as I'm concerned.

He's good in the air, has good ball control, is creative (did anybody notice the beautiful slide through pass to Lennon to assist one of our goals v WBA?), knows when to drop off and when to make a run, has a thunderous long shot (remember his goal in the Carling Cup this season?), can beat a man with the ball at his feet and hold onto it under pressure. He also works bloody hard. He is 20, so is only going to improve, how much is up to him really. His movement means that as long as crosses come in, he will always have chances, so if he becomes better from close up he is capable of being at least a good goalscorer if not a great one, and he's shown that he is able to make chances for himself too.

What holds him back is his lack of pace, but that can be compensated for if the rest of his game is up to scratch. Much depends on where he ends up, right now it's not overly clear whether he should lead the line or play off a main striker. I would suggest that he'll end up playing as a main striker and will be best served with quicker, more nimble players around him. So far, in his fledgeling days, he is doing well in a side that has little direction or style. I would love to see him in a well drilled side with three creative types behind him (Eriksen, Lamela and A.n.other). Players, especially young ones, improve by playing with high quality players. It would also be interesting to see him as one of those three behind the forward with Soldado leading the line but I'd be slightly worried that having both of Kane and Soldado in a front four would lack pace, it would need to be a very in tune and well coached attack. He has much less experience, and is a couple of years younger, than Danny Wellbeck for instance, who last season in his second season as a semi-regular for the evenutual runaway Champions scored just one league goal.

Kane is improving every time he plays, he's looking more confident and if he finishes the season strongly with another 2/3 goals then whoever is hired in the summer will have no choice but to consider him ahead of the new season, while we may well be saved having to find a new striker in the summer too (as Adebayor, Soldado and Kane (if he takes this chance) would read very well as striker options considering they'll be fighting for one place). Especially as a homegrown boy (god forbid we have a player with whom we can develop an affinity), he has time on his side and I for one am willing to be patient and see if he can build on a promising start an improve to the level needed. He has the tools, the right attitude and management and he may well be able to use them.

He has his chance now. Soldado is injured, Adebayor is off form, we have a favourable run of fixtures. He'll probably never get a better chance than this to show his worth, or at least not for a long time, so it's up to him to take it. I'm pretty confident that he will.

All pre Pochettino...