Mosquito_Coasting
Jonathan Woodgate
Kind of agree that we have seen the last of peak No.9 Kane but not sure No.10 Kane is any worse a player or past his peak.
Age catches up with everyone.
Harry is a freak, we can't expect our next striker to come in like harry did out of virtually nowhere and consistently bang in goals. There will need to be some overlap and we should be planning for that now.
There's time enough for us to see if Scarlett and/or Parrott could develop further. Kane is a fantastic template for them to followAge catches up with everyone.
Harry is a freak, we can't expect our next striker to come in like harry did out of virtually nowhere and consistently bang in goals. There will need to be some overlap and we should be planning for that now.
How do you plan for something that is several years away? We're a relatively rich club in that we can buy 60m players to be rotation options - when the time comes that Kane needs replacing we will go out and buy a player that will command a starting spot there and then, we're not going to be thinking about that now as it is some way off.
If there are some talented youngsters available in the meantime we'll be no doubt be interested though
but we shouldn't be planning just for the end of kanes career, what if he walks away, what if he has a a really bad injury?
do we wait until until kane is no longer available and then start planning? i doubt it.
There's time enough for us to see if Scarlett and/or Parrott could develop further. Kane is a fantastic template for them to follow
We'll replace Kane with the best striker/attacker we can afford to buy at the time it is required to do so, we aren't going to be doing that whilst he is still here scoring goals and playing as a starter
maybe i'm still in the old spurs mind set but i can't see our thinking being so short term.
We have Richarlison if he gets injured.but we shouldn't be planning just for the end of kanes career, what if he walks away, what if he has a a really bad injury?
do we wait until until kane is no longer available and then start planning? i doubt it.
Wait until he turns it up to 11.Kind of agree that we have seen the last of peak No.9 Kane but not sure No.10 Kane is any worse a player or past his peak.
I don't really know what you expect to see - the club isn't going to splurge on a top level striker whilst Kane is still playing to a high standard and looking like a starter for the foreseeable, if you're talking about supplementing him with a young back up who has potential, like the lad at Blackburn for example, sure but unless the player progresses to an elite level we will most likely be going back in for a more proven top level player to replace Kane as a starter when the time comes rather than promote an understudy - when do top clubs succeed in that kind of succession planning as opposed to buying in a ready made talent anyway??
thats what i mean, the guy after harry, three years down the line say.
we are set for now, but whats next? will be interesting to see where we go.
We have Richarlison if he gets injured.
It's going to be very hard, maybe even impossible but we will have to do it eventually. The important part and I think what Metal gear was alluding to is that we don't take too long to start the process.He's been our top goal scorer for the last 8 seasons. Even last season when he had a dip he scored 27 goals. The last person to score more was klinnsmann in 94/95 with 29. It is going to be very hard to get anyone better.
We don't know that it's several years away though. I do like you think it will be some years from now but it doesn't always happen like that. Some players have a very steep decline, Toby springs to mind. One season arguably the best CB in the prem the next not even top 10.How do you plan for something that is several years away? We're a relatively rich club in that we can buy 60m players to be rotation options - when the time comes that Kane needs replacing we will go out and buy a player that will command a starting spot there and then, we're not going to be thinking about that now as it is some way off.
If there are some talented youngsters available in the meantime we'll be no doubt be interested though
It is unlikely. But while Kane is still prolific at the highest level, and we have two young players who show greater promise than average...it's worth playing the game with them.kane is a freak, i can't see us being lucky enough to pluck another consistent 20 plus goals a season player out of obscurity, thats not a template i'd be willing to hope we can replicate.