Harry Kane

[philll]

 

[easley91]

I was saying similar tonight. Our two best shots on goal were both Kane creating magic for himself - the one where he turned the defender but Lloris got out to him and the thunderbolt that deflected off a French defender's arm and Lloris tipped wide. Then it was the penalties. One was perfect and I still don't know what happened with the other. Otherwise we looked really good until the final third (ref didn't help admittedly!). But not a single other England player looked close to scoring really. ??‍

Bellingham shot Lloris saved? Maguire header hitting the post? Shaw put a great ball through to Saka (who also had an effort at goal which was weak but still an effort).

Some are only focusing on Kane's chances. Lloris was worked more than Pickford.

 

[easley91]

When Baggio missed a penalty in the World Cup Final the Italian public adored him still but Kane already had idiots jumping on his back in the group games for not scoring. He will be the country's record goalscorer but he has not been appreciated all this time.

Because for some reason in this country it has always been club over country (even some on here have admitted that).

 

[wadewill]

Penalties are a ~75% chance to score, GOAT player like Ronaldo shoots at 83%, top players will miss it quite often. It's not like Kane is a penalty merchant that does nothing else to influence the match, and certainly not the reason for conceding 2 goals.

Messi misses a lot of pens

 

[ukdy]

Gutted for him , if Hugo made a great save he would have been given an easier ride , the fact it went well over the bar will define the game . I actually thought it was his best game tonight .

Hugo also did make some great saves. The tournament didn’t come down to one moment. We should have been a bigger threat.

 

[Serpico]

Im shocked to hear kane "is gutted".
Theres me thinking he doesn't care.

Score next PL game/ Win the PL or FAC, im sure it will help with the healing.

edit: tongue in cheek comment. Of course he’s gutted.

 

[N'Obody]

Harry Kane is one of our own. I don't care if he missed a penalty for England. It is what it is.

As spurs fans we still have one of the best around in the modern era. I for one will keep supporting him even against rival fans.

Most of our recent success has come from him being so great at what he does. Without him who knows where we would be.

Lets be grateful for having a generational talent in our own ranks and give him the support he needs to overcome this.

 

[isaac94]

will go down at england and spurs greatest goalscorer regardless, cemented his place in history

 

[yido_number1]

will go down at england and spurs greatest goalscorer regardless, cemented his place in history

And did it in half the games Rooney did whilst scoring most goals in tourneys for England.

 

[bobby.james]

I seem to remember him doing the same against Eintracht Frankfurt (I think) slamming in the first of two penalties, then skying the second wildly. Interesting coincidence.

Yeah was a pretty similar pen.

I think there’s something in him seeing Hugo go to his right and maybe hitting it a little harder.

 

[1882andallthat]

I seem to remember him doing the same against Eintracht Frankfurt (I think) slamming in the first of two penalties, then skying the second wildly. Interesting coincidence.

It's one of these dammed if you do dammed don't situations. He also missed one and scored one right at the end against Liverpool at Anfield in 2018.

Some people on various sites have said you shouldn't have the same player taking two penalties in the same game especially against a current teammate who knows your game so well but and I can see some merit in that argument but equally what would have happened if he'd stepped aside and handed that responsibility to Rashford or another teammate and they'd missed, everyone would say that would have been a mistake to change a winning formula.

You could see what he was trying to do and he thought Hugo had guessed his double bluff, hence him putting even more extra power on it and the reason for it going over. He could also have stuck with the single bluff of pulling up his socks the way he did before first and taking the exact same length of run up and direction of run and stuck it stuck it to his left or down the middle, but that also runs the risk of Hugo guessing it right and diving the correct way and saving it.

The plain truth is we could replay it a thousand times, it's just one of those things and as an England and Spurs fan in equal measure it hurts that we came down on the wrong side in what was a very closely fought encounter in the way the two Germany games in 90 and 96 were, and whilst it's going slightly off topic I was in the ground in Turin that famous night when another Spurs favourite Chris Waddle blazed his penalty over the bar.

Harry will of course blame himself as he is the ultimate professional who prides himself in busting the net from 12 yards more often than not, but in truth he is not to blame, as these things can and do happen. I agree with all those who say it's our duty as fans to sing his name out loud and proud when he returns to us.

 

[TOLBINY]

Lineker missed a penalty to equal England's all time record goal scoring record (albeit in a friendly). Harry missed a penalty to become England's all time record goal scorer. It happens. He is in that positon because he is considered the most reliable by the Manager. If you accept that responsibility you also accept the plaudits when it goes well and the criticism when it doesn't. There is nothing anyone can say to Harry or he can say to himself to make the hurt go away - he has to live with that miss forever - but with loads of support that hurt will hopefully ease a little over time.

He needs our love and support more than ever right now. Spurs fans applauded Saka at the pre-season friendly after his Euros final penalty miss (a final shootout - not a quarter final penalty to equalise) - now we will see what class other fans have.

 

[cider spurs]

How small minded that some will no doubt give him shit for a missed penalty. His England record speaks for itself. He's not been too shabby in a Spurs shirt either.

 

[mattdefoe]

England always need a scapegoat , there were still 15 minutes of play after he missed… england were not exactly relentless in attack

As for Kane that is 3 missed this season. He’s all most trying to hit the perfect penalty each time rather than go back to basics.

He missed the Denmark penalty in euro 2021 under pressure but was able to slot in the rebound , has also blasted over a penalty for England at St Mary’s a penalty for spurs at st Mary’s blasted over and against Frankfurt this season over the bar. He’s has a few now where’s he’s just been to reliant on power

 

[robhumphreys]

I can see him getting stick at away grounds. I can also see it pissing him off and him scoring a shed full of goals to spite them

 

[dannyo]

I can’t help but look at him today and wonder if we at spurs have failed him… destroyed his mentality with our failure over and over and over again.

Any failures we have had, he has been a part of. We have backed him, and need to continue to do so, but we haven’t let him down.

 

[mark87]

I can see him getting stick at away grounds. I can also see it pissing him off and him scoring a shed full of goals to spite them

He'll without doubt get abused at away grounds, but as you say I hope he uses that to score against them.

 

[stonebrow]

It wasn’t the most crucial penalty a player has ever missed. Important yes but it wasn’t going to be a winning goal. There were 15 mins left in that game so it still could’ve gone either way.
As others have said he has the mentality to get over this and he will be remembered for being Englands top scorer not a player who missed a penalty to draw us level in a quarter final.

 

[Spursmatty87]

Gutted for him there’s no hinding this was a massive moment. But the focus should really be on another inept management display from Southgate. The subs of Sterling and mount killed our momentum. And needing quality from a free or corner kick late on surely you use Maddison or tripps.

 

[Doctor Dinkey]

It wasn’t the most crucial penalty a player has ever missed. Important yes but it wasn’t going to be a winning goal. There were 15 mins left in that game so it still could’ve gone either way.
As others have said he has the mentality to get over this and he will be remembered for being Englands top scorer not a player who missed a penalty to draw us level in a quarter final.

My feeling about this if even if he'd scored, France would have found a way to win that game in extra time. They had a conviction about them that England have not yet quite acquired.