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Harry Kane MBE

Robbo said:
Saw a stat during yesterday's game that Kane has the most shots in the PL this season, with 79 (I think, at least somewhere in the 70s).

Number two was Salah. He has 49 shots.
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I think it's pretty clear that he's shooting in situations when he should be looking up for a pass. Alli is getting frustrated which I don't essentially care about but if Kane wants to be a great player he needs to be more Messi than Ronaldo with his choices to shoot or pass.
 
Spur of the moment said:
He also has a couple of assists in the CL but they're not included in the stats so of course it's as if they never happened.

But at any rate why should we judge him harshly on his assists count? He's a striker, his job is to put the ball in the back of the net. Or are we to demand that he passes up a scoring chance in the hope he can increase his assists count instead? Imagine it, he's about to pop the ball into the net but no he must hesitate and ask himself, 'h'mm now let me see ... who can I pass to in order to ... oh brick, the opportunities gone ... Oh well, c'est la vie.'

Seems there's no way he will ever satisfy SOME fans.
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I don't think I was overly critical. He's a fantastic striker and we're lucky to have him, his goal scoring prowess is magnificent.

He does seem to be assisting less in the league though. I wonder what that is down to. I noticed a couple of shots to nothing against Leicester where I'd have preferred he'd tried to play someone else in.
 
Robbo said:
Saw a stat during yesterday's game that Kane has the most shots in the PL this season, with 79 (I think, at least somewhere in the 70s).

Number two was Salah. He has 49 shots.
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According to https://www.whoscored.com/

Kane has attempted more shots from outside the area than anyone else in the PL too. At the rate he’s going, Kane will surpass last season’s tally of 110 shots (42 from outside pen area) by the New Year!

Kane: 79 shots (29 from outside penalty area) [26 off target]
Salah: 51 shots (10) [13]
Lukaku: 51 shots (9) [17]
Richarlison: 49 (11) [26]
Morata: 40 (8) [12]
Eriksen: 38 (23) [11]
Sanchez: 37 (20) [13]
Aguero: 37 (10) [13]
Choupo-Moting: 35 (9) [14)
Dele: 32 (11) [15]
 
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SteveAWOL said:
According to https://www.whoscored.com/

Kane has attempted more shots from outside the area than anyone else in the PL too. At the rate he’s going, Kane will surpass last season’s tally of 110 shots (42 from outside pen area) by the New Year!

Kane: 79 shots (29 from outside penalty area) [26 off target]
Salah: 51 shots (10) [13]
Lukaku: 51 shots (9) [17]
Richarlison: 49 (11) [26]
Morata: 40 (8) [12]
Eriksen: 38 (23) [11]
Sanchez: 37 (20) [13]
Aguero: 37 (10) [13]
Choupo-Moting: 35 (9) [14)
Dele: 32 (11) [15]
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Okay so once in a while he maybe should have passed rather than shot. Although I'm frankly struggling to think of any glaring examples.

Looking at those stats he misses about the same percentage (about a third) as other top strikers, the exceptions being Salah who is currently on a freakish purple streak. But overall because he shoots so often, he also scores more often.

So it's really quite simple. The more he shoots the more he scores. The more he scores the more we win.

Thank fudge for Harry! :D
 
Spur of the moment said:
Okay so once in a while he maybe should have passed rather than shot. Although I'm frankly struggling to think of any glaring examples.

Looking at those stats he misses about the same percentage (about a third) as other top strikers, the exceptions being Salah who is currently on a freakish purple streak. But overall because he shoots so often, he also scores more often.

So it's really quite simple. The more he shoots the more he scores. The more he scores the more we win.

Thank fudge for Harry! :D
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But that’s right
Kane shoots more often, more accurately and more effectively than most
And because of that he scores more
 
Ade's folks are ok really said:
I'm going to do the relatively unthinkable and put out a negative on the current darling of English football.

It's something i've been wondering for a while, but reckon it'll face a hellish backlash.

Our dear ol' Harry Kane has been increasingly frustrating me lately with his need to fudging shoot at almost every occasion, when it is clear there are better options!!!!!!!!! Dare i say it...he's become almost TOO greedy.

I get that greed and hunger can be a great quality in a striker. And i get that he does also get his share of assists. But i've started to think these supposed goalscoring records being banded around everywhere are going to his head!

He's now shooting when he's well off balance, offering some tame effort. He doesn't get his head up and look around him, instead unleashing a wild shot. It's beginning to affect his role with Alli, who is looking more and more like a stranger rather than the partnership we saw last season. This in turn isn't helping Alli's form or demeanour which we've all picked up on.

I'm not saying bench him or sell him of course. And it's difficult to be so callous when he's still getting goals. But i can't help but feel the team would benefit overall if he ditched some of the pot shots in favour of retaining the ball to a team mate.
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He passed to Sissoko in the Leicester game rather than shooting. That went well didn't it!
 
Kane is in a real fight to become the top scorer this season. Salah of Liverpool can't seems to stop scoring as he is now the top scorer with 12 goals compared with 10 for Kane. Others like Aguero, Sterling, Jesus and Lukaku are just behind Kane as well. Remember, Kane only became the top scorer last season after scoring 7 goals in the last 2 league matches last season. He will need to go on a similiar goal scoring run this season to win the Golden Boot for the 3rd season in a row.
 
Salah won't keep scoring at the rate he has been. He's not even a striker/penalty taker/free kicks etc. I see one of the Emirates Marketing Project guys like Jesus/Aguero being Kane's main competitor. A hatrick of golden boots would be seriously amazing.
 
awesome dawson said:
Salah won't keep scoring at the rate he has been. He's not even a striker/penalty taker/free kicks etc. I see one of the Emirates Marketing Project guys like Jesus/Aguero being Kane's main competitor. A hatrick of golden boots would be seriously amazing.
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Agree. Since September, despite being somewhat out of sorts or injured, Hatrick Harry has still maintained his remarkable goal-a-game record. But he could easily start flying again at any time and once that happens he'll not only carry us along with him but also leave the rest trailing in his wake.

Stand by! :D
 
For those that see some value in comparing last season's results against this, you could argue that Harry is way behind his goal target, given he scored a combined 7 against WBA (h) & Leicester (a) last season compares to just 2 this time around.
 
Indeed, my friends were arguing whether De Bruyne or Hazard was the best player in the Prem; I simply pointed out that Harry Kane has been the best for 2 years.
 
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