Harry Kane

[whitechina]

0-0 with 2 minutes to go
Send on Harry
Pen to England Harry scores it
One touch , one goal. England win
Job done

 

[tommo84]

That statement by Southgate actually makes me feel more strongly about it - if he’s been struggling since Wednesday then quite simply he’s not fit so he should be sent back to Spurs with Wednesday’s game out of the question.

 

[Rosco1984]

this all feels to me like Gareth and Jose have come to an agreement after Southgate invited him to call him. They've all come up with a convenient way to rest him whilst still being around as the captain and in case of emergency without anyone looking to have backed down and lost face in the press. If southgate just hadn't have picked him he would have been called weak but the slight cramp/muscle fatigue in training story gives him a way out.

 

[Mr Pink]

I'd be building the side around Grealish.

 

[spursfan77]

That statement by Southgate actually makes me feel more strongly about it - if he’s been struggling since Wednesday then quite simply he’s not fit so he should be sent back to Spurs with Wednesday’s game out of the question.

Southgate is even more stupid than I think he is if Kane is played today. It’s a fucking friendly. If it was us with a competitive game today and he hadn’t trained all week we probably wouldn’t even play him.

 

[Dov67]

We'd play him at 60% fit too, I don't see why it should be any different.

because he's contracted to us. We developed him, we trained, we pay him £200k/week, we suffer potentially tens of millions of losses in forfeited champions league money should he get injured playing a bullshit nothing friendly against Wales, and be unavailable to us for several weeks or months.

Are you saying Southgate's attitude should be that that THFC can go f**k themselves, I'll do what I want? If that is his attitude, then our club and every other major Prem club will not cooperate and look to pull players at every opportunity.

 

[allpaths]

Not enough rightbacks for my liking.

 

[EQP]

We'd play him at 60% fit too, I don't see why it should be any different.

The risk isn't equal though. If Spurs lose Kane to long term injury, we have to rely on Vinicius and maybe go into the January market to find a replacement. If England lose Kane to injury, they get to choose from the best English players in the world, at no significant cost to themselves, to come in and try and replace him.

 

[BringBack_leGin]

Not enough rightbacks for my liking.

Of only he had options we had when Harry was at club. Walker Naughton Hutton Corluka all specialist there while Kahoot and Livermore both got minutes there too, and under the previous lunatic manager even Huddlestone and Bentley had a go at right back.

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

Do we know how bad his injury is? Or indeed if it was more of a knock than an injury?

 

[BringBack_leGin]

Do we know how bad his injury is? Or indeed if it was more of a knock than an injury?

Seemed fine when he came on so probably just in the red zone after playing too much football in too short a space of time.

 

[tiger666]

Do we know how bad his injury is? Or indeed if it was more of a knock than an injury?

It was a muscle cramp. I was more injured the last time I cut my toenails.

 

[BringBack_leGin]

It was a muscle cramp. I was more injured the last time I cut my toenails.

And that’s why you don’t use a bread knife.

 

[dagraham]

It was a muscle cramp. I was more injured the last time I cut my toenails.

I pulled a muscle in my sleep a few months ago. Got to love middle age .

 

[easley91]

Looked absolutely fine chasing after balls, so nothing it. You lot love to worry over nothing.

 

[Rosco1984]

And that’s why you don’t use a bread knife.

Frank Reynolds would argue.

 

[dagraham]

Looked absolutely fine chasing after balls, so nothing it. You lot love to worry over nothing.

He didn’t exactly bust a gut after coming on. Think he sprinted twice.

 

[easley91]

He didn’t exactly bust a gut after coming on. Think he sprinted twice.

He chased after a couple defenders and held it up well in the corner. At the very least not as injured as several made him out to be.

 

[EQP]

He chased after a couple defenders and held it up well in the corner. At the very least not as injured as several made him out to be.

When you consider the luck factor that Spurs have with injuries, a stubbed toe is concern for all.

 

[C0YS]

The risk isn't equal though. If Spurs lose Kane to long term injury, we have to rely on Vinicius and maybe go into the January market to find a replacement. If England lose Kane to injury, they get to choose from the best English players in the world, at no significant cost to themselves, to come in and try and replace him.

From an England perspective they'd lose their captain and quite possibly star player. The fact that we might have to rely on other players should be of no concern to England. I mean look, I get it, I want Kane to be right for spurs, but from an England perspective they can throw in the same sort of stuff back at you. Like, what do you expect?