feck me, Messi has missed how many big pens? Copa America final, loss to Chelsea in the Champions League semi where that miss absolutely fecked them.
Get a grip of yourself man, absolutely ridiculous posting.
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feck me, Messi has missed how many big pens? Copa America final, loss to Chelsea in the Champions League semi where that miss absolutely fecked them.
Get a grip of yourself man, absolutely ridiculous posting.
Destroying the likes of Madrid and Utd in semis and finals of the CL probably helped with refuting that scrutiny.
When was the last time Kane was truly outstanding in a match that matter re: silverwares? Anybody can miss a pen, but how often were you able to say he's the difference maker in a quarter, semi, final? He's no doubt a great striker, but the fact remains that he's never had as big an impact as someone like Benzema in that SF tie against City in the many knockout matches he's been involved in.
There's still time for him to rectify that, to be sure, someone like Zlatan carried the same stigma for years, so did CR7, unthinkable as it is now, for a while. But as of this moment, the criticism about his big game record is valid.
Again look at the teams he played for in those matches none had a pedigreeif winning these type of games, as others have pointed out before I think the only thing you can knock him for is staying at Spurs for to long imo, if he'd left for City for instance he'd have likely done a Sheringham and won the treble after leaving Spurs, he could still win a treble this season.
Just like Vardy, ehh.
He can't, Bayern already lost two of four possible titles for this season (Cup exit against Saarbrücken, Supercup lost against Leipzig). Only league and CL are left
Well, to be fair, he scored an extra time penalty against Denmark in the Euro semi-finals and also had no problem banging his penalty away in the final versus Italy, so to declare that missing a penalty in a big game is some kind of proof of him not being a great player is nuts to say the least; especially when we know how many players have done similar.
I bet you couldn't say that with a straight face.
If Leverkusen needed a point in the final game to win the title and were 3-0 up with 90 minutes gone, they'd score four own goals in extra time, with the spirit of Klaus Toppmöller committing sepuku on a floodlight.
Well... which curse is stronger - Vizekusen's or Harry Kane's? This season will give us the answer.
If he breaks Lewa's record first season in the Bundesliga does that diminish what Lewa has done? Or is it more an emphasis on just how good Kane is?
No, it doesn't diminish what Lewandowski has done. Two top strikers.
The Benzema comparison is flawed. Kane's not been playing with the same quality as Benzema has for club or country.
You're right, people in here obsess with Kane. For me in big games that really matter, he doesn't have the required mentality and this has contributed himself to winning feck all.
Most fans on here will just throw goal numbers and disregard any criticism as a result. He's obviously a very good player but I've yet to see him hit the level of Benzema or Lewandowski. He will with numbers, but he needs to win trophies.
He's never played alongside the calibre of players that either of the other two have, nor in sides as functional as them.
Edit: for me, Kane is the flipside of the overhyped English player (Wilshere, Barkley etc). He actually gets underrated by some in large part because he's English.
Funnily enough, Haaland, Cristiano and a bunch of other top goal scorers have been almost invisible in the most important games of some of their legacy defining title winning campaigns and nobody criticizes them for a lack of "clutchness". I guess if your team mates carry you over the line, that counts as "performing when it matters most".
Fair enough, let's see if he will perform in Champions League semi finals and finals like the others. Still remains to be seen.
Spot on.
Same with Lewandowski btw - great player, but there is a reason people always complain about him not showing up in big games.
It's just that good opponents usually know how to take out the superstar striker and dare the other players to beat them.
The only recent superstar I remember almost always delivering great performances in big matches is prime Messi and that's bc he was just that special.
You should check Lewandowski‘s goal record in KO stages of the CL. That was always the knock on him.
Just checked, he's the third highest scorer ever behind Messi and Ronaldo
The knock against Lewndowski not doing well in knockout matches was relevant before the 2019-20 season, where he wasn't at his best. From that season though, he went to another level to become the best striker and player in the world.
As for Kane, I've always maintained he's very close to the level of Lewndowski and Benzema as one of the best strikers in the world, back when there were a few who didn't believe the same. As for whether he's better or worse than Lewandowski during Lewa's final seasons, he's certainly meeting that high standard. Still a lot of the season left and he's scored a fair few penalties as well till now.
As for Kane, I've always maintained he's very close to the level of Lewndowski and Benzema as one of the best strikers in the world, back when there were a few who didn't believe the same. As for whether he's better or worse than Lewandowski during Lewa's final seasons, he's certainly meeting that high standard. Still a lot of the season left and he's scored a fair few penalties as well till now.
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It's also the position. You participate much more when you're in the midfield and are more often in situations in which you can make good plays. And often not even that is enough - even Messi was called a bottler by some people because he didn't score when his team lost.
Kane doing really well at tapping in other people's hard work right now, but who the hell is this Guirassy fella? 15 in 9 seems to be an even better record.
A solid striker who suddenly went on a great run - Stuttgart as a team just clicked after Hoeneß started managing them to a level that wasn't expected and Guirassy is the spearhead of this currently great team. Even when he was injured his replacement Deniz Undav scored very well, so it's not like Guirassy is on a purple patch, Stuttgart currently just are a great environment for their strikers.
They're playing very proactively as well and currently third in terms of possession. I enjoy their footvall very much.
Another example that a possession oriented style can only be practiced with an elite team @do.ob
They're playing very proactively as well and currently third in terms of possession. I enjoy their footvall very much.
Another example that a possession oriented style can only be practiced with an elite team @do.ob
Are you going to tag me every time a team has ten good games? I already told you: strategy transcends patches of form or even individual seasons.
You think Benzema and Lewandowski are winning trophies with Spurs?
39 goals vs PL top 6 opposition... including 14 vs. Arsenal.
You can say "Big games that really matter" but a) how many of those games have Spurs actually had (assuming you're talking about cup finals) and b) It's Spurs, generally whoever they were up against in those games were much, much better then them.
If City had Kane instead of Haaland, are they less likely to win the treble last season? Of course not.
Such a pointless question. It's like would Guardiola win the league with Spurs. Nobody knows the answer, these 2 players have been playing with top clubs because they're top players. Kane still has to prove it if he wants be called the best.
It was always clear that Kane was in that top bracket of world class CF’s (Lewa, Benz, Suarez etc) - but he was always just “at the wrong club” to win the honours to go with that calibre of forward. In that aspect, I’m glad he’s made the move.
In the end, a couple of factors though: it doesn’t matter if he signed for Real, Bayern, City, PSG or Bayern. They’re all so dominant in their leagues that strikers of this calibre will always score bucketloads. I’m just glad he didn’t sign for City. He’d have been a monster and I’d have been forced to dislike him. If he’s able to pull off a UCL win plus a strong showing at the euros….who knows what he could win individually!
In the end, a couple of factors though: it doesn’t matter if he signed for Real, Bayern, City, PSG or Bayern. They’re all so dominant in their leagues that strikers of this calibre will always score bucketloads. I’m just glad he didn’t sign for City. He’d have been a monster and I’d have been forced to dislike him. If he’s able to pull off a UCL win plus a strong showing at the euros….who knows what he could win individually!
I wonder if some people really watch the game. You would really need to be blind to not see how good Kane is and beat him with the 'trophies won' stick.
Weird to level at Benzema whose heroics carried the biggest team in the world to a CL title. Plus all the times he shone in the biggest club games. Benzema has been renowned as a big game player for a long time.
It’s literally got nothing to do with that; purely moments of absolute magic out of nowhere from Benzema, particularly in games that were going away from Madrid. Key positions Kane had been in for Spurs where he, and he alone messed up and squandered opportunities. Evidence states Benzema, in those isolated moments mostly does the most impressive things of his career, from his catalogue of insane goals and performances.
It's not pointless when the criticism of Kane is that he hasn't won trophies.
Players have different paths, Kane has had an affinity to one particular club, which unfortunately for him, doesn't stand a good chance of winning big titles. Doesn't change who he is as a player though.
What have I levelled at Benzema?
Stupid post. We all watch the game. Some of us just put more stock in what a player does in the biggest of moments.
We will never know, but why do people like to pretend that Harry Kane doesn't also play for England? The weak 'Spurs are not good enough to win trophies' argument doesn't apply to the national team.
Do people pretend that?
I don't think so, I just think nobody believes England's "failings" mean anything about Harry Kane.
Why don't they? He's supposed to be the talisman, similar to what Mbappe is for France. The team goes as he goes. Harry Kane could never in a month of Sundays do what Mbappe did in the World Cup final. He's just not built that way mentally. That's my suspicion, he's free to prove me wrong at any point.