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Harry Kane MBE

Rorschach said:
That is what I see too. Maybe fit enough to play but lacking match sharpness and not quite on the pace of the game.
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Its a worry, having seen Kane close up on most occasions it is obvious that he struggles to do what he is good at when he first comes back from injury. To be honest it has happened each time he has been out with his ankles and its got to be more then coincidence, i hate to think that he has the final say on if he plays or not.

I can not believe that Poch allows Kane to decide when he plays but it has happened on a few occasions. Every player has poor games but Kane looks like he is running through glue on several occasions and a lot of that must be down to fitness ( imo).
 
Gazza Dazzla said:
He doesn’t play anymore than Ronaldo, Messi, Modric, Ham Salad, etc. The best players usually play almost all games for their clubs and country. I don’t think resting him is as much of an issue as it’s made out to be. Resting him wouldn’t have prevented his ankle issues.

Rushing him back from the injuries I see an argument for being a problem though, although I’d say it’s sharpness he lacks when he comes back and the best way you get that is by playing.

FWIW I’d have had him on the bench in the final, bought on for last 30 minutes.
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One big difference between Kane and other top attackers like Messi, Ronaldo and Salah is that they don’t risk getting clattered by putting in slide tackles whilst Modric is light on his feet whilst having the knack of avoiding such injurious situations.

Hence why Kane has spent almost as many days injured over the past 3 seasons as the other 4 you mentioned put together.

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parklane1 said:
Its a worry, having seen Kane close up on most occasions it is obvious that he struggles to do what he is good at when he first comes back from injury. To be honest it has happened each time he has been out with his ankles and its got to be more then coincidence, i hate to think that he has the final say on if he plays or not.

I can not believe that Poch allows Kane to decide when he plays but it has happened on a few occasions. Every player has poor games but Kane looks like he is running through glue on several occasions and a lot of that must be down to fitness ( imo).
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I don't think that it is down to who chooses or him being brought back too soon. I just think that he takes a month or so to get back in the rhythm and if we held back his return, we'd still have the same problem.

What we probably do need to be better at is resting him throughout the season. You are more likely to pick up an injury when you are tired.
 
milo said:
I don't think that it is down to who chooses or him being bought back too soon. I just think that he takes a month or so to get back in the rhythm and if we held back his return, we'd still have the same problem.

What we probably do need to be better at is resting him throughout the season. You are more likely to pick up an injury when you are tired.
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I can agree that he may take a while to find his touch, but its his movement that shows he is not fit ( or that is what it looks like), he is a lot slower to react and seems to be running in glue, that is more fitness level then getting back into a rhythm.
 
parklane1 said:
I can agree that he may take a while to find his touch, but its his movement that shows he is not fit ( or that is what it looks like), he is a lot slower to react and seems to be running in glue, that is more fitness level then getting back into a rhythm.
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Because it has been a constant throughout his career, I've taken it to be that he takes a while to get back in the rhythm. Could be wrong.
 
milo said:
Because it has been a constant throughout his career, I've taken it to be that he takes a while to get back in the rhythm. Could be wrong.
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Not saying you are wrong mate ( Stop! Hammer time), but imo rhythm and fitness are two different strengths.

Needless to say what ever the cause its needs looking at.
 
milo said:
I don't think that it is down to who chooses or him being bought back too soon. I just think that he takes a month or so to get back in the rhythm and if we held back his return, we'd still have the same problem.

What we probably do need to be better at is resting him throughout the season. You are more likely to pick up an injury when you are tired.
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Pity the final didn't last a month or so then. During the season you can accept he needs minutes to get up to speed, although I still wish he was brought back as a sub first if we're winning matches without him, until he looks ready. What happened to Poch's meritocracy?
 
We were pretty brick for the majority of the games without him so it made playing him a little easier, if we steam rolled Everton and Bounemouth and had some of this rhythm going into the game i think there would have been a better argument.
 
LemonadeMoney said:
Pity the final didn't last a month or so then. During the season you can accept he needs minutes to get up to speed, although I still wish he was bought back as a sub first if we're winning matches without him, until he looks ready. What happened to Poch's meritocracy?
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A half match fit Kane can still turn a match. For all of Moura's heroics in the SF, over the season he was very inconsistent. I can understand why he made the decision he did.
 
SteveAWOL said:
One big difference between Kane and other top attackers like Messi, Ronaldo and Ham Salad is that they don’t risk getting clattered by putting in slide tackles whilst Modric is light on his feet whilst having the knack of avoiding such injurious situations.
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100% agree on this point. He's picked up these injuries putting himself about and coming off worse for it. I like that he closes down the opposition, but as with the most recent injury he didn't need to be throwing himself into that challenge with Delph.
 
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