I'm Pretty sure Kane was injured last year right?
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he absolutely was injured so going forward, he needs to produce on a consistent basis against good teams. by "produce" i'm not talking about PKs. this is the only way we get back to the top 4 and maybe win some kind of trophy. if he's our talisman, he needs to be the one stepping up in the biggest games and get us some Ws. from here on out, there's little margin for error and it begins with Kane. the last couple games have been promising.
Oppo haters, sure.... But you'd think our own fans would have known better than to doubt him.
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Provide the stats then.... (If you're genuinely interested in analysis, they can't be to difficult to compile.)
....Why post unsubstantiated supposition?
team appearances goals assists
Woolwich 11 10 2
chelsea 12 6 2
liverpool 11 6 2
manunited 10 2 1
man city 9 2 2
totals 53 26 9
so Kane has been involved in 34 goals in 53 apps against the top six but he needs to do more, thats why you have team mates my friend.
Ok, lets start with these five EPL teams.
HK's stats since last season...
OPPONENT: GAMES PLAYED / NON-PK GOALS (ASSISTS)
LIVERPOOL: 4/1
MAN CITY: 3/0
MAN UTD: 2/1 (1)
CHELSEA: 2/1
Woolwich: 4/0 (1)
TOTAL: 15/3 (2)
Non PK Goal Rate: ~20%
So back to my point... we aren't going to win anything with our talisman producing so infrequently against our top competitors. The PK's distort reality.
....Are those games HK played or just fixtures?
Either way, luckily enough PK's also "distort" the result... A point won with a penalty is still 3 points.
How can we say for certain that it's not Kane that's been the issue but our style of play? The boy certainly looks rejuvenated under the new gaffer.
It's games started by HK unfortunately. 20% isn't good, even for an attacker that isn't a striker. need to get him to turn that around quick.
Still glosses over the reality that if a team's not playing well a CF is not likely to score as much.
53 (P) / 26 (G) / 9 (A) has eased any concerns I may have had.
Also glosses over the fact our whole team has been absolutely pony over the last 1.5 years. I'd wager most that tonight Harry got more touches than he's seen in 75% of those fixtures where he's ghosted us.
I’m not saying that he doesn’t score. I said that he hasn’t performed well against top teams and his non PK goal record shows that. I think you’re also forgetting that we were playing fine when Kane was absent towards the latter half of the season last year. Our Champions League run was done in spite of Kane.
See prev. points.... I don't think that does show that "he hasn’t performed well against top teams".
Sorry to quote myself but "53 (P) / 26 (G) / 9 (A) has eased any concerns I may have had."
I'd argue strongly that we were getting results... Not playing "fine" (CL run included).
Are we in a parallel universe where penalties don't count anymore? You're talking nonsense.
Either way, what matters is the team result. Gazzaniga can win every match with a penalty as far as I care. But Kane is breaking all kinds of scoring records. Why you feel the need to doubt him is a mystery.
irrelevant.
And Saturday afternoon football show with Andy Robertson or Charlie Adam?
Yes, Harry Kane is our main striker, but against the top sides, it can't all be down to him scoring goals. Sometimes he might end up occupying the defence, which creates space for others.
Kane almost always has 2 defenders on him at all times. This is why the Kane-Alli partnership works so well, especially when you have players out wide occupying the full backs. It forces the opposition to make a choice. 2 on Kane, means Alli will have the space, or 1 on Kane & 1 on Alli, means that Kane is more likely to find joy.
Kane almost always has 2 defenders on him at all times. This is why the Kane-Alli partnership works so well, especially when you have players out wide occupying the full backs. It forces the opposition to make a choice. 2 on Kane, means Alli will have the space, or 1 on Kane & 1 on Alli, means that Kane is more likely to find joy.
If the defence doubles or triples up on Kane and Dele, it creates space that Son or Lucas will take advantage of.
It's almost as if football is a team sport. And while individual stats are interesting, at the end of the day, they are completely pointless.