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    Harry Kane

    This is a tangent but that song reminds me of a home match against Bolton in the 95/96 season. We were riding high, 3rd in the league after 18 matches, and would go 2nd if we won. With twenty minutes left, we were 2-0 up, with goals by Teddy in the 54th minute and Armstrong in 71st. This was...
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    Harry Kane

    This is Bayern's first season since 11/12 without winning a trophy- the season Kane made his debut for us versus Hearts and went on loan to Millwall. Kane knows how to pick 'em.
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    Tosin Adarabioyo

    For sure we are supportive when they are drafted in but I think we soon run out of patience after the initial excitement. The point with young players is that they might take two or three years to become consistent. But after we’ve seen them just a few times we start drawing conclusions. You...
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    Harry Kane

    Yeah. Understandably we were all worried about missing his goals, but we have also missed his physicality, control in attack, creativity and leadership. It’s a terrible pity we wasted having such an asset during the second half of his career here. It wasn’t like a Bale or Modric situation, Kane...
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    Player Watch Player Watch: Richarlison

    I think we’ll snap their hands off if we can make the money back that we paid. Then it’s up to him whether he wants to go. I like Richy a lot but he’s limited and injury prone and he’s about to turn 27. Sixty mill would be a great fee all things considered.
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Agree. I think we were able to get away with it a bit when Maddison was playing well, but since his form has crashed we have lacked control and guile in attack. I think there’s still a massive Kane sized hole in attack and not just in terms of goals. I think Kane did the work of Richy and...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Agree. But I also think it may have been the case of a group of new players fired up to make a great impression for their new club: Vicario, Udogie, van de Ven, Maddison, and Johnson all made their debuts for us this season. If you include Werner, that’s 6 players making their debuts for a new...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    What I meant by dropping to a baseline is that they are young and inexperienced in the league so I would expect some ups and downs from them this season. It’s not unusual for a new or young player to make a flying start before dropping a bit while they find their feet.
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    I think some of the players were playing “above themselves” at the start of the season and have dropped back to closer to their baseline after making great starts. I would put players like Vicario, Udogie, Porro and Sarr in this category. I would expect them all to become more consistent in the...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    I think the quality of our defenders is a bit overstated. In my opinion, we have one truly great defender, and that’s Romero. Van de Ven looks like he could become world class. Udogie also has great potential. But neither are the finished article yet. Porro has been good but he is a bit...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Not really. We're 10 points better off than Luton and Everton since January, and we have played fewer matches than Luton. So it's not even close to relegation form. We're only 4 points worse off than Aston Villa. To say we're in relegation form is just hyperbolic. Fulham, Palace, Wolves...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Agree. Before the Newcastle match, we won 3, drew 1 and lost 1 of the previous 5. And in the 10 matches before Newcastle, we won 6, drew 2 and lost 2. The wheels have come off since the Newcastle match, but it also looks worse because we have had a series of tough matches clumped together. We...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Exactly this. It's one of the biggest myths on here that Ange isn't willing to integrate young players. I think only Burney and Chelsea have a younger average squad age than us. We have one of the youngest defences I can ever recall us playing. Only Romero is over 25. Just because we haven't...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Whilst the nature of recent defeats has been concerning, if we’re honest Chelsea and Liverpool away are matches we regularly lose anyway. That’s no excuse, but it suggests we should be weary about drawing big conclusions from these matches. It’s a problem that goes deeper than Ange. We have...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Why? I mean if we lose that, which I don’t think we will, but if we do, should we sack him? I don’t think so. I really hope we don’t lose but I don’t see the match as being integral to Ange’s future here.
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