No....We never do straight-forward after a good win. Its always being after the Lord's Mayors Parade. ...Tonight we reverted to type in the first half, them losing that kid seemed to be the game changer, rather than any brilliance from us..Still we won so I'll be singing on the street of my gaff tonight, as the late great Bill might have put it.
***got about this, had some program about some ginormous American fat birds on as background noise instead Never mind
just listening to the ireland boss talking about the game. he somehow has an irish icelandic accent. must've learned it in ireland.
Just can't beat them when it comes to serious matters. https://youtube.com/shorts/Nvfxy9XbcxQ?si=Rm_54OU1eGuPRDfk
Everything all good in the fan world of Harry Kane? Or have you now come to realise, if you wanted to watch something totally immobile, you could simply stare at the lampost down your street? As players dashed towards the Irish goal, I half expected Kane to be passed by Pickford, having given him a pitch length start first. Time to go. As regular followers of my Kane rants know, this is not the first time I have suggested, put simply, he is f****d. Can't jump, can't run. If he is hoping Tuchel will keep him, I would suggest otherwise. Tuchel took him to Bayern, tried building a team around him, and, well, that experiment failed.
?? Currently joint top scorer in Bundesliga. Last season ... On 3 May, Kane was announced as part of the Bundesliga Team of the Season,[232] marking his seventh official seasonal team award and first time spanning multiple leagues. His 36 goals in his debut Bundesliga season, earned him the European Golden Shoe award, becoming the second English player to achieve this feat after Kevin Phillips.[233] In addition, he concluded the season as the Champions League top scorer with 8 goals, along with Kylian Mbappé.[234] He was also named in the Team of the Season in that competition. Immobile? Stats from his last Bundesliga appearance ... 'Harry Kane shot at the opponent's goal a total of five times, which is the highest amount of any player in the game. In terms of total touches, he had 29 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 12 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win seven. He covered a distance of 10.7 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 14 sprints'. Unbelievable pass for our 1st. I admit he hasn't looked quite right somehow for England in recent games. But. p.s. no idea what his Xg's were though, and that's what really matters.
There's a lot of arguments that could be made in favour of Kane, but surely the fact that it was his world class pass which opened up their defence, getting us the penalty and the red card which totally changed the game, is a strong enough one on its own.
A similar world class pass was made to Kane. I had time to drive to Wembley and still would have got there before him. With him in the team you lose momentum.
He was the the top scorer last season. What did Bayern win? Sprints? And Kane in the same sentence? Stats from last night - 11 touches, zero shots, dribbles, crosses, tackles or headers won. Are you happy with the rest of the outfield players carrying him?
The game reminded me of a League 1 or 2 side away at a PL team in the cup. Noisy away fans on a day out, cheering every tackle and hoof up the pitch, getting giddy on a the few occasions the ball went near the opponent's penalty area. Then promptly shutting the **** up as the floodgates opened. I knew Ireland were in a poor state but I didn't realise they were that ****.
Much will depend on how Tuchel wants to mould the team to suit his own success going forward.Does he stick with the tried and tested old-guard or re-invent the whole dynamic? Kane has looked a bit 'off' in recent performances but he also possesses the ability to change a game in an instant.It's a tough choice for any new boss coming in but ultimately one that he needs to make. I suspect that he'll already have a clear idea of who he sees as taking us forward in years to come but whatever way he sees things,I wouldn't expect him to drop Kane out of the set-up completely...
