And so the time has come...
This is not a post about Kane's decision to leave, and it's not really even about ENIC. It's simply about a great sadness that I suspect many of us feel.
We had a once-in-a-lifetime player, through our youth team, from the area, a genuine love for the club, and legitimately one of the greatest players not only in the world but in our wonderful club's history.
And apart from great memories tinged with disappointing outcomes we have nothing to show for it. Ledley at least got to lift a trophy. Gazza had a huge impact in our last big success. Kane came and went with a number of personal records and little else.
There will be plenty of posts about his own performances in decisive matches, or the players surrounding him, but this is simply a post about the lamentable situation of seeing the rare opportunity of having one of the greatest ever strikers squandered for a variety of reasons.
We can and will regroup, and can be better than the sum of our parts, but it's nevertheless a sorry final curtain to a special era.
This is not a post about Kane's decision to leave, and it's not really even about ENIC. It's simply about a great sadness that I suspect many of us feel.
We had a once-in-a-lifetime player, through our youth team, from the area, a genuine love for the club, and legitimately one of the greatest players not only in the world but in our wonderful club's history.
And apart from great memories tinged with disappointing outcomes we have nothing to show for it. Ledley at least got to lift a trophy. Gazza had a huge impact in our last big success. Kane came and went with a number of personal records and little else.
There will be plenty of posts about his own performances in decisive matches, or the players surrounding him, but this is simply a post about the lamentable situation of seeing the rare opportunity of having one of the greatest ever strikers squandered for a variety of reasons.
We can and will regroup, and can be better than the sum of our parts, but it's nevertheless a sorry final curtain to a special era.