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He’s had a break each of the last two seasons during periods of injury.I don't care what anyone says, he looks completely fucked. Maybe some of you have short memories, but I remember him running 30 yards to close down a keeper as if his life depended on it. I remember him going to shoulder to shoulder and bossing defences, being deceptively quick and able to run in behind. I haven't seen him do any of that in some time.
His goals are still high but his overall play has plummeted, he's barely been involved in any of the build up to an attack. He hasn't had a break in 3 years, I don't think people appreciate how much strain that puts on the body and the mind.
He should have been rested over the international break, it's a disgrace that both him and Alli played, one of which picked up an injury.
'The debate' just starting on sky sports is going to talk about Kane burnout.
Bellamy and Murphy the ones to discuss it.
If he can't deal with the rigors of being a top player and a key part of a squad for the long term then he should find another line of work.
There are many, many players before him in successful sides who rarely, if ever had breaks either yet they carried on, hell, look at Aguero for Man City, he's been doing it even longer than Harry yet he still delivers week in week out for them.
He’s had a break each of the last two seasons during periods of injury.
Doesn't make sense, he's scored in August which he has never done before, not as if he is playing shite, just not at full speed yet just four games into the season. I guess he's so good now that if he doesn't score in a game or two he is suddenly "off-form". mental.
I found the pregnant wife giving birth as a problem a bit funny. Millions of children are born everyday, surely it cant be that bad.
Of course. Was just making the point that he has had SOME rest (ie. not playing 1-2 games a week) over the last couple of seasons. Could definitely have done without the WC this summer though!Injury/rehab is taxing in itself. It's not a holiday.
Scroll up mate.
You sound like an expert. How many kids have you sired? I have two boys of six and four. Apart from a week just before the second was born, where my eldest got his shit together, I haven't had a good night's sleep in nearly seven years.
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Of course. Was just making the point that he has had SOME rest (ie. not playing 1-2 games a week) over the last couple of seasons.
The English media are always desperate to denigrate our star players. Sterling and Kane are the current batch. Beckham and Rooney were hounded for years. Feisty underdogs are fine, e.g. Maguire, but heaven forbid the country expects great things from you.Something that gets me about the media on Kane is that before the Man Utd game, all they could talk about was "Kane never scores in August", now that he has, all they can talk about is "Kane is looking burnt out".
It's like they're just looking for excuse after excuse to tear him down.
I guarantee that even if he scores a hat-trick on Saturday, by Wednesday they'll have come up with something else to say negative about him.
I'M TOO TIRED BECAUSE ALL OF THE BABIESScroll up mate.
The English media are always desperate to denigrate our star players. Sterling and Kane are the current batch. Beckham and Rooney were hounded for years. Feisty underdogs are fine, e.g. Maguire, but heaven forbid the country expects great things from you.
It's bizarre. Is it just the English who do it?
British media are scum mateYes. Every other country hypes and supports their players, but the English media seem to have tall poppy syndrome.
British media are scum mate
OK, maybe a bad example, but there are many top players who performed year in year out for their clubs without breaks.FFS, have not you seen Aguero's injury record!?!?!?
Most of our media is owned by Australians.To be fair, so are a lot of the Australian media, but it doesn't stop them from supporting our players. There's got to be another element to it.