Harry Kane

[leo_city]

He went from scoring twenties to high twenties even hitting 30, to 17, 18 and low twenties. That is coming out of a peak whatever way you try spin it.

He might hit another peak, a second wave and all. He hit his ceiling 4 seasons ago, which is when his peak was, as it stands.

Doesn't sound bad numbers when you take his assists into account as well. Also won golden boot this very recent season with 23.

Let's also compare his numbers to top strikers in Prem since then? Last time he netted 29 in 16/17, the next golden boot winner was a winger in Salah with 32, followed by winners with no more than 22/23 goals, Aubameyang and Vardy being the only other strikers to win the golden boot with 22 each. I am failing to understand how a tally of 20 goals in Prem on average is bad and indicates he is falling off? Especially when those numbers went back up if anything to 22/23.

Kane even won playmaker of the year award last year. Maybe the argument is he's becoming a more complete striker, linking up play and helping out the team even more, and it would be scary to think the new heights he would reach at City under Guardiola. By the logic of your argument we should have also replaced Aguero in 2016 because he was never able to match the tally of 24 season before.

It's not a spin on anything, I'm just failing to see any good arguments made against Kane other than age and injury concerns, latter applicable to pretty much any signing.

 

[Otamendi's Beard]

a. true
b. true
c. His last season is already better than Kane's peak, so if he does nothing else and kane doesn't exceed his, it will have been better. Not that it matters.

C. That's not true. Kane's consistent form has been in the PL not the Bundesliga. Therefore you can't say Haaland is already doing better based on last season. Plus, as we all know, Kane isn't just about scoring goals anymore.

 

[Coatigan]

Doesn't sound bad numbers when you take his assists into account as well. Also won golden boot this very recent season with 23.

Let's also compare his numbers to top strikers in Prem since then? Last time he netted 29 in 16/17, the next golden boot winner was a winger in Salah with 32, followed by winners with no more than 22/23 goals, Aubameyang and Vardy being the only other strikers to win the golden boot with 22 each. I am failing to understand how a tally of 20 goals in Prem on average is bad and indicates he is falling off? Especially when those numbers went back up if anything to 22/23.

Kane even won playmaker of the year award last year. Maybe the argument is he's becoming a more complete striker, linking up play and helping out the team even more, and it would be scary to think the new heights he would reach at City under Guardiola. By the logic of your argument we should have also replaced Aguero in 2016 because he was never able to match the tally of 24 season before.

It's not a spin on anything, I'm just failing to see any good arguments made against Kane other than age and injury concerns, latter applicable to pretty much any signing.

Literally none of that is in any way relevant. It is absolutely un fucking debatable that his peak was 4 seasons ago.

That is not saying he is not good, or the top scorer last season or 7th the seasons before. It is just stating the obvious, his peak was when he scored the most goals and he has scored significantly less since.

 

[Damanino]

 

[Coatigan]

C. That's not true. Kane's consistent form has been in the PL not the Bundesliga. Therefore you can't say Haaland is already doing better based on last season. Plus, as we all know, Kane isn't just about scoring goals anymore.

Thats not what I said though is it.

 

[I'm Blue]

Tbf last season they where crying out for a rw. Rashford and martial both play on the left, Dan James is shite, pogba was even tried there. I think in this case signing a rw was absolutely something they needed to address.

Pogba as a winger? Lol
I move more than him : )

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Who guarantees you that

a. you will GET haaland's peak and he won't leave before
b. haaland will reach his peak
c. haaland's peak will be better than kane's?

Strange question. No guarantees in football.

 

[leo_city]

Literally none of that is in any way relevant. It is absolutely un fucking debatable that his peak was 4 seasons ago.

That is not saying he is not good, or the top scorer last season or 7th the seasons before. It is just stating the obvious, his peak was when he scored the most goals and he has scored significantly less since.

Peaking in terms of stats is irrelevant to peaking in terms of a player. Again, just a forced argument. He is a much better player now than he was 4 years ago.

 

[Otamendi's Beard]

Thats not what I said though is it.

'His last season is already better than Kane's peak'.

Not true.

 

[I'm Blue]

There’s more to a signing than that though?

He might have already said he prefers to go to Spain next.

We might not want to shatter our wage structure.

If he doesn’t want to come then all we can do is focus on the next realistic target.

Who knows what he wants.
Last week he was signing for Chelsea.
This week he’s signing for Real Madrid.