Match Day Thread Tottenham Hotspur v Ajax

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I've been saying don't start Kane, I've had vicious tongues in response and now some of you are agreeing with me. Hey ho. Let's move on.

No...you have said
A) we are a better team without kane...you were saying that BEFORE we had knocked out Dortmund in the last 16.

B) That kane was the reason that we weren't winning when we lost to Burnley, Southampton, Chelsea and Liverpool.

C) that we scored more without Kane while ignoring
City 1 spurs 0
Spurs 1 Brighton 0
Spurs 0 West Ham 1
Spurs 0 Ajax 1
Bournemouth 1 spurs 0

1 goal in 5 games shows kane playing is the problem <doh>

D) we should sell kane.

Tbh you are a either a sad arsed gooner wum or a complete moron.

You constantly post crass rubbish...and that included you telling a member that you had more likes than them <doh>.

You put people who disagree with you on ignore, lie through your teeth about what you have ssid and try to plsy some kind of victim.

Its tedious ... you are tedious ... and that's why we all know you are a gooner wum <ok>
 
No...you have said
A) we are a better team without kane...you were saying that BEFORE we had knocked out Dortmund in the last 16.

B) That kane was the reason that we weren't winning when we lost to Burnley, Southampton, Chelsea and Liverpool.

C) that we scored more without Kane while ignoring
City 1 spurs 0
Spurs 1 Brighton 0
Spurs 0 West Ham 1
Spurs 0 Ajax 1
Bournemouth 1 spurs 0

1 goal in 5 games shows kane playing is the problem <doh>

D) we should sell kane.

Tbh you are a either a sad arsed gooner wum or a complete moron.

You constantly post crass rubbish...and that included you telling a member that you had more likes than them <doh>.

You put people who disagree with you on ignore, lie through your teeth about what you have ssid and try to plsy some kind of victim.

Its tedious ... you are tedious ... and that's why we all know you are a gooner wum <ok>

As my boy, Ben Askren would say:

Boom. Roasted.
 
You constantly post crass rubbish...and that included you telling a member that you had more likes than them <doh>.
Likes received by DGC: 616
Likes received by me: 11,124

This clearly means my opinion is almost twenty times more correct than his...which isn't a surprise, given it's supported by facts
 
Oh I have Barney, on other sites and pundits elsewhere. Say one wrong thing about Kane and dummies get thrown out of prams. I see nothing wrong in starting the team which saw off City and Ajax. It's scoring quite well in the CL and needs no disruption. It's fair reward for excellent effort.

Sorry to have to add a few facts - We have lost 50% of the matches with City and Ajax, playing well for about half of the total playing time in the 4 matches. That being the first half of the Home leg with city, played better in 2nd half of the 1st leg V Ajax than we had in the first, and I thought we were playing Ok in the first half on Wed and then superbly in the 2nd. We were battered at the Etihad, yes we scored 3 goals, but City were very open that night going for the win from the off and if we are being honest, we were saved by a couple of VAR decisions that could have gone either way.

I should also point out again that the team that saw off City included Kane, and the time that he spent on the pitch in the first leg coincided with the only time in the tie that we were in the ascendancy.
 
Oh I have Barney, on other sites and pundits elsewhere. Say one wrong thing about Kane and dummies get thrown out of prams. I see nothing wrong in starting the team which saw off City and Ajax. It's scoring quite well in the CL and needs no disruption. It's fair reward for excellent effort.
The only dummy I can see is still in its pram

Berk
 
Others might think I am right too but are just too scared to say so.
Or they think that saying we should sell Harry Kane the second the whistle is blown after winning a Champions League semi final makes you look like the Spurs equivalent of a flat earther posting photos of their back garden on Twitter and asking "Where's the curve?" during a solar eclipse

Cretin
 
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If all are fit, and Kane's fitness is good enough to play 120 minutes if required, then the team I'd play would be:

Hugo
Trippier, Toby, Jan, Rose
Sissoko, Eriksen
Lucas, Dele, Son
Kane

If Kane isn't fit enough to play 120 minutes, I'm not sure if I'd start Llorente (or use him as a super sub) or start Wanyama or Dier in midfield and play Son up top.
Back to line ups ( even if it is 3 weeks away ), I do agree with the above personnel but I would match up and play 433
 
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I’d be very, very tempted to start Kane if he was 100% fit. I’d feel a bit bad if it was at the expense of Moura for example, though. Plus he’d be quite the player to bring on at 60 mins or so.

A lot might depend on the availability of other players of course, if we end up deciding it’s better to play Dele and/or Eriksen a bit deeper then it could work to start Kane, if we decide to play Dier, Wanyama or even Winks (if fit) alongside Sissoko then Kane might start on the bench.

Either way I’m sure we’ll see him at some point if he’s fit!

Kane started outdoor work this week, which suggests there's chance he'll only be back in full training in 2 weeks' time. We have seen time and again how ponderous and clumsy he is when he gets back from injury, and in a game of this magnitude I'd be nervous making him our attacking focal point if he's going to be doing his impression of a man running through treacle, kicking a bollard.

I'd be much happier using him in the '3' behind one of Son or Lucas as the ST. That way he isn't being asked to chase long balls or engage in physical battles with their excellent CBs. After Eriksen he is our best passer of the ball and I think starting him in a deeper position and having him operate between the lines will confuse their CBs and CMs and disrupt their fluency to build attacks. That or start him on the bench. Hypothetical scenario but if you're Liverpool and you're 1-0 up with 20 mins to go the absolute last thing you want to see is Harry Kane coming on.

Hugo
Anyone Toby Jan Rose
Goat Alli*
Lucas Kane Eriksen
Son

Subs: Gazza, Dave, Davies, Winks, Dier, Lamela, Llorente

*(he has played here twice against Pool and did a remarkably good job of it. Plus Winks won't be fully fit after surgery and Dier & Wanyama just aren't good or reliable enough)