Harry Kane
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mark87
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You got a ticket have you?
slartibartfast
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This is where he can do something about it. Pick his battles a bit more carefully but thats hard to do without changing what makes him so good.
Kingellesar
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He needs to look at Messi and what he does. Last night, he was just standing around upfront, not busting a gut to go anywhere, just waiting to get the ball and do the damage. The issue with this, you need the rest of the team to do his running. Suarez does a lot of work up top in order for Messi to be able to operate how he does.
Kane needs to adopt this approach for me if he is just returning from injury but he won't, it's not in his nature, he will bust a gut to win a 50/50.
fishhhandaricecake
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Messi is a completely different player to Kane and Barca play differently to us and also Messi was chasing and pressing for large parts of the game, he even lunged in at one point on Gomez i think it was and could've been a yellow card and injury so don't agree.
I actually think Kane needs to change his boots to something more stable, those particular Nike's are very lightweight but give no support to the ankle being rolled.
midoshairband
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not going to get my hopes up, but just imagine.
incidentally, i thought the video he did for the little girl yesterday slightly inferred that he would be playing. or maybe i'm just clutching at imaginary straws.
incidentally, i thought the video he did for the little girl yesterday slightly inferred that he would be playing. or maybe i'm just clutching at imaginary straws.
Gb160
Well done boys. Good process
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Logic, my friend.What?
hutchiniho
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Kane’s personality and work rate out on the pitch has helped to make him the player he is today but I do think now he’s going to have to be smarter with these weakened ankle ligaments.
If he gets a big challenge from a CB on the edge of the box and gets injured that’s unlucky but the challenge with Delph was on the touch line at the half way line. That is avoidable and can easily be someone else’s running.
If he gets a big challenge from a CB on the edge of the box and gets injured that’s unlucky but the challenge with Delph was on the touch line at the half way line. That is avoidable and can easily be someone else’s running.
1882andallthat
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We need goals, so yes, I'm ready like the rest of us are to clutch staws, even imaginary ones.....
'O Zio
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Agree. As another point of reference, look at what's happened with Bale at Madrid. Tried to compete with Ronaldo in the gym and bulked up far too much, making him less athletic (which was one of his key abilities) and playing at least some part in his notoriously bad injury record since he joined I bet.
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Pretty sure that his injury record at Madrid has been pretty similar to his injury record at Spurs.
'O Zio
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Not really. Having done a quick bit of maths based on the injury record list on transfermarkt, he's on average missed triple the number of games through injury per season at Madrid than Spurs
midoshairband
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i'm referring to him playing in the last game v Everton, but yea, we will need goals in that game too probably!
mil1lion
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I'm more concerned with how his ankle gives way. Players get kicked all the time but they don't go over on their ankles the way Kane does. People can talk about bad luck and players landing on him but this doesn't only happen to Kane yet he's the one getting this same type of injury each year.
How can weight not be a factor either? If he has built his upper body up then he could have a muscle imbalance where his lower body isn't as strong as his upper body now. Your lower body has to be strong enough to support your weight.
mil1lion
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What Messi does so well is pick his time to close down. High up the pitch where he can get back on the ball and drive at goal. He rarely chases too deep into his own half, only really if he loses the ball himself does he chase far back to try and win it. I dont see Kane playing that way though. He is much more of a Suarez type in terms of fighting and scrapping for the ball. It's almost like it's in his DNA to scrap for everything.
I'm not sure about the ankle support. Your ankle needs to have that mobility so any strapping is likely to do more harm than good. The ankles are essentially designed to move freely. I do think he needs studs if he doesn't already though. I'm not sure if he uses blades but they usually make it more slippery which could be an issue. He maybe needs studs that dig into the ground and not slide on the surface where his ankle can roll.
