WTF is Harry Kane Talking About

[rb14]

5 hours ago, Anubis said:

Courtesy of Caramac. Sir Harold Of Kane in all of his slobbering, diving glory.

 

That there. Cunt Kane masterclass. Fucking fucker.

[Anubis]

But it’s only Salah that dives.....

[Johnlj]

Pace of a two legged mule dive doesn't count.

[Pureblood]

Ball-hogging overrated twat.

[aRdja]

We just won’t the Champions League lads. Who gives a fuck about Harry Kane.

[Vincent Vega]

7 hours ago, Anubis said:

Courtesy of Caramac. Sir Harold Of Kane in all of his slobbering, diving glory.

 

 

[Sugar Ape]

How long before a player is badly hurt by the backing-in mid-air foul?

 

 

Alexandre Lacazette did not suffer any lasting damage after the collision that meant he had to go off, dazed and sore, during Arsenal’s last home match. He was lucky.

 

Perhaps you saw the moment that ended Lacazette’s participation against Manchester United and experienced a feeling of deja vu, bearing in mind the frequency with which these incidents have been occurring these last few months.

 

The ball is in the air. Lacazette goes up for the header. But then his legs are taken away from him, mid-air. Harry Maguire has backed in from a standing position — a nudge, a shunt, call it what you will — and it has knocked Lacazette completely off-balance. Now Lacazette is horizontal rather than vertical and, in that split second, his priority is no longer winning the ball. It is making sure that when he hits the deck, he isn’t knocked unconscious or breaking any bones. His neck, for starters.

 

 

If you are a follower of the Premier League, you might have seen it being referred to as “Harry Kane’s signature move”. There is plenty of evidence, after all, to cite Kane as a repeat offender. He has pulled this trick on several occasions. And, worse, the Tottenham Hotspur striker has shown that if you master the technique, it is possible to make it work for the benefit of your own team.

 

But don’t think Kane is the only player who has been guilty of endangering opponents this way.

 

Lacazette, for one. Twenty minutes before Maguire sent him spinning, Lacazette had done something similar to Paul Pogba. Again, the ball was in the air. Pogba was up. Lacazette chose not to jump, arched his back and leant into his opponent. Pogba was so high, trying to win the header, it was Lacazette’s shoulder that flipped him over. Pogba didn’t have to go off but it took him a while to get to his feet again because, hitting the ground that hard, it was always going to hurt.

 

Maybe it was just a coincidence that the biter got bit later in the match. Or maybe it was Maguire giving Lacazette a taste of his own medicine. Either way, Gary Neville was correct when he made the point that something needs to be done because anybody falling from that height, at that speed and at those unnatural angles, is risking a serious injury.

 

If that sounds alarmist, don’t forget we have seen this happen before. In June 1997, England played Brazil at Le Tournoi de France, a warm-up tournament to the 1998 World Cup. Twenty minutes in, Martin Keown went up for an aerial challenge. Leonardo, Brazil’s No 10, leant in from a standing position. Keown went over the top and hit the deck with enough force to break his shoulder. He didn’t play again for five months.

 

 

The intriguing part is why, all of a sudden, there has been a rash of these challenges in the Premier League.

 

But then again, we can probably hazard a guess if we think back to Tottenham’s match at home to Brighton & Hove Albion earlier this season.

 

Kane might be a brilliant centre-forward but the England captain is also highly accomplished in the art of winning free kicks. A part of that, undoubtedly, is by duping the match officials. He is an expert at this part of the business and, plainly, he has realised that this kind of challenge is one way of going about it.

 

Adam Lallana was jumping for the ball. Kane glanced over his shoulder to check his opponent’s movements and then backed in. Lallana went flying. Kane went down in a strategic heap and, somehow, got a penalty out of it. Jose Mourinho said it was a fair decision; not many agreed. Full-time score: Tottenham 2, Brighton 1.

 

“We play in a game where you get contacted every other minute with the opposition defenders,” Kane said. “So unless you’re completely going to take physical contact out of the game, you’re going to get decisions where it’s a 50-50 call and that’s all that was.”

 

It isn’t a 50-50 call, though, when one player is jumping to win the ball and another player deliberately backs in while his opponent is in the air.

 

In rugby, it is illegal to tackle any player who has gone for a high ball and has both feet off the ground. It is punishable with a red card because the potential for injury is so obvious.

 

In football, however, this has never really been an issue until now. There is nothing in the rules that is specific to this kind of challenge. For the most part, referees do not even award a free kick, never mind deem it worthy of bringing out a card.

 

“This is Harry Kane,” is Keown’s take. “I believe he knows exactly what he is doing. He looks at his opponent, knows what he is going to do and makes a back for him. I think it is dangerous play. Kane would have to take a lie detector test for us to know for sure, but I think he knows what he’s doing.”

 

Perhaps it seems worse with Kane because of the split-second when he tends to look back at his opponent before making his move.

 

There was one such incident when Spurs beat Arsenal in December and it was Gabriel’s turn, mid-air, to be sent sprawling to the floor.

 

Another came in the 3-3 draw against West Ham when Kane realised Aaron Cresswell was jumping to head the ball clear and resorted to the same tactic again. Again, there was a look from Kane before initiating the collision. Cresswell’s eyes were on the ball, Kane’s on his opponent. This one took out Cresswell by his knees and then Kane was on the floor, holding his head.

 

Jamie Carragher, who was co-commentating in his role for Sky Sports, was not fooled. “Harry Kane was more interested in Cresswell than the ball,” Carragher noted. “Probably trying to get a free kick.”

 

Kane was not put off. There were three times in seven weeks when he pulled off this manoeuvre. He is not alone but, at the very least, you would hope it has been brought up at the PGMOL, the organisation in charge of the Premier League, EFL and National League referees, so the relevant officials are wise to it.

 

The alternative is that it is allowed to continue. But the PGMOL should probably take notice when Ref Support UK, one of the bodies that campaigns for our whistleblowers, feels it necessary to speak out. “Like Jack Grealish and his socks, Cristiano Ronaldo goal celebrations and a Cruyff turn, grassroots players will mimic what they see on TV,” Ref Support UK says. “This, however, is a dangerous tactic that needs addressing.”

 

Cresswell, like the others, was lucky he could get up in one piece. So was Chris Wood when Burnley played Everton on the same weekend as the Kane-Gabriel incident.

 

This time it was Andre Gomes who leant in while the Burnley player was in the air. Wood is a big unit. He landed in a heap and needed lengthy treatment on the pitch. It is not fun, presumably, being dropped on your back from that height.

 

Lacazette is the only player who has been unable to continue and, looking at the photographs, that collision with Maguire could have turned out a lot worse. At one point, the Frenchman’s legs were above his head. It was the kind of position a footballer would encounter only if his team-mates were giving him the bumps. Except there was nobody to catch Lacazette. He was about to hit the ground and, if he was really unlucky, head first. It was a potential neck-breaker.

 

Neville says it might be time the relevant authorities consider making it a mandatory yellow-card offence. That seems sensible but, realistically, it is not going to happen any time soon and six incidents over three months in the Premier League alone, including two last weekend, suggest the beginnings of a trend.

 

It would help, perhaps, if the next time it happens, the referee is clued-up enough to take action against the offender. Maybe the PGMOL needs to get in touch with the clubs to spread the word that it will not be tolerated any longer. Something needs to change. Or how long before somebody is seriously hurt?

[aws]

Rugby has no trouble at all in ascertaining who's at fault and it's a red card if intentional, a yellow if negligent. Either you go up and genuinely compete or you try and get out of the way once a player is off the ground. 

[Bad Red Bull]

Good to see someone calling it out in an article about Sir "he can do no wrong" Kane. The dribble expert needs to be told to stop it before he causes a serious injury to someone.

[General Dryness]

It's so fucking cynical the way he looks at where the opposition player is before he backs in. Cheating cunt.

 

Once again rugby referees showing up the premier league refs to be the bunch of useless/bent dickheads that they are.

[johnsusername]

Kane and Maguire leading the charge, who would have guessed. Gimp looking inbreds.

[The Guest]

On a side note it’s great to see his twat of a club in absolute turmoil.  Hiring that toxic has been is Everton levels of decision making.  The stadium will be an anchor around their necks in the coming years.  They leveraged on Mourinho getting them back in the champions league and it’s failed.  Hopefully the financial impact will be felt by them for a while.

[Josef Svejk]

13 hours ago, Sugar Ape said:

How long before a player is badly hurt by the backing-in mid-air foul?

 

 

Alexandre Lacazette did not suffer any lasting damage after the collision that meant he had to go off, dazed and sore, during Arsenal’s last home match. He was lucky.

 

Perhaps you saw the moment that ended Lacazette’s participation against Manchester United and experienced a feeling of deja vu, bearing in mind the frequency with which these incidents have been occurring these last few months.

 

The ball is in the air. Lacazette goes up for the header. But then his legs are taken away from him, mid-air. Harry Maguire has backed in from a standing position — a nudge, a shunt, call it what you will — and it has knocked Lacazette completely off-balance. Now Lacazette is horizontal rather than vertical and, in that split second, his priority is no longer winning the ball. It is making sure that when he hits the deck, he isn’t knocked unconscious or breaking any bones. His neck, for starters.

 

 

If you are a follower of the Premier League, you might have seen it being referred to as “Harry Kane’s signature move”. There is plenty of evidence, after all, to cite Kane as a repeat offender. He has pulled this trick on several occasions. And, worse, the Tottenham Hotspur striker has shown that if you master the technique, it is possible to make it work for the benefit of your own team.

 

But don’t think Kane is the only player who has been guilty of endangering opponents this way.

 

Lacazette, for one. Twenty minutes before Maguire sent him spinning, Lacazette had done something similar to Paul Pogba. Again, the ball was in the air. Pogba was up. Lacazette chose not to jump, arched his back and leant into his opponent. Pogba was so high, trying to win the header, it was Lacazette’s shoulder that flipped him over. Pogba didn’t have to go off but it took him a while to get to his feet again because, hitting the ground that hard, it was always going to hurt.

 

Maybe it was just a coincidence that the biter got bit later in the match. Or maybe it was Maguire giving Lacazette a taste of his own medicine. Either way, Gary Neville was correct when he made the point that something needs to be done because anybody falling from that height, at that speed and at those unnatural angles, is risking a serious injury.

 

If that sounds alarmist, don’t forget we have seen this happen before. In June 1997, England played Brazil at Le Tournoi de France, a warm-up tournament to the 1998 World Cup. Twenty minutes in, Martin Keown went up for an aerial challenge. Leonardo, Brazil’s No 10, leant in from a standing position. Keown went over the top and hit the deck with enough force to break his shoulder. He didn’t play again for five months.

 

 

The intriguing part is why, all of a sudden, there has been a rash of these challenges in the Premier League.

 

But then again, we can probably hazard a guess if we think back to Tottenham’s match at home to Brighton & Hove Albion earlier this season.

 

Kane might be a brilliant centre-forward but the England captain is also highly accomplished in the art of winning free kicks. A part of that, undoubtedly, is by duping the match officials. He is an expert at this part of the business and, plainly, he has realised that this kind of challenge is one way of going about it.

 

Adam Lallana was jumping for the ball. Kane glanced over his shoulder to check his opponent’s movements and then backed in. Lallana went flying. Kane went down in a strategic heap and, somehow, got a penalty out of it. Jose Mourinho said it was a fair decision; not many agreed. Full-time score: Tottenham 2, Brighton 1.

 

“We play in a game where you get contacted every other minute with the opposition defenders,” Kane said. “So unless you’re completely going to take physical contact out of the game, you’re going to get decisions where it’s a 50-50 call and that’s all that was.”

 

It isn’t a 50-50 call, though, when one player is jumping to win the ball and another player deliberately backs in while his opponent is in the air.

 

In rugby, it is illegal to tackle any player who has gone for a high ball and has both feet off the ground. It is punishable with a red card because the potential for injury is so obvious.

 

In football, however, this has never really been an issue until now. There is nothing in the rules that is specific to this kind of challenge. For the most part, referees do not even award a free kick, never mind deem it worthy of bringing out a card.

 

“This is Harry Kane,” is Keown’s take. “I believe he knows exactly what he is doing. He looks at his opponent, knows what he is going to do and makes a back for him. I think it is dangerous play. Kane would have to take a lie detector test for us to know for sure, but I think he knows what he’s doing.”

 

Perhaps it seems worse with Kane because of the split-second when he tends to look back at his opponent before making his move.

 

There was one such incident when Spurs beat Arsenal in December and it was Gabriel’s turn, mid-air, to be sent sprawling to the floor.

 

Another came in the 3-3 draw against West Ham when Kane realised Aaron Cresswell was jumping to head the ball clear and resorted to the same tactic again. Again, there was a look from Kane before initiating the collision. Cresswell’s eyes were on the ball, Kane’s on his opponent. This one took out Cresswell by his knees and then Kane was on the floor, holding his head.

 

Jamie Carragher, who was co-commentating in his role for Sky Sports, was not fooled. “Harry Kane was more interested in Cresswell than the ball,” Carragher noted. “Probably trying to get a free kick.”

 

Kane was not put off. There were three times in seven weeks when he pulled off this manoeuvre. He is not alone but, at the very least, you would hope it has been brought up at the PGMOL, the organisation in charge of the Premier League, EFL and National League referees, so the relevant officials are wise to it.

 

The alternative is that it is allowed to continue. But the PGMOL should probably take notice when Ref Support UK, one of the bodies that campaigns for our whistleblowers, feels it necessary to speak out. “Like Jack Grealish and his socks, Cristiano Ronaldo goal celebrations and a Cruyff turn, grassroots players will mimic what they see on TV,” Ref Support UK says. “This, however, is a dangerous tactic that needs addressing.”

 

Cresswell, like the others, was lucky he could get up in one piece. So was Chris Wood when Burnley played Everton on the same weekend as the Kane-Gabriel incident.

 

This time it was Andre Gomes who leant in while the Burnley player was in the air. Wood is a big unit. He landed in a heap and needed lengthy treatment on the pitch. It is not fun, presumably, being dropped on your back from that height.

 

Lacazette is the only player who has been unable to continue and, looking at the photographs, that collision with Maguire could have turned out a lot worse. At one point, the Frenchman’s legs were above his head. It was the kind of position a footballer would encounter only if his team-mates were giving him the bumps. Except there was nobody to catch Lacazette. He was about to hit the ground and, if he was really unlucky, head first. It was a potential neck-breaker.

 

Neville says it might be time the relevant authorities consider making it a mandatory yellow-card offence. That seems sensible but, realistically, it is not going to happen any time soon and six incidents over three months in the Premier League alone, including two last weekend, suggest the beginnings of a trend.

 

It would help, perhaps, if the next time it happens, the referee is clued-up enough to take action against the offender. Maybe the PGMOL needs to get in touch with the clubs to spread the word that it will not be tolerated any longer. Something needs to change. Or how long before somebody is seriously hurt?

Where's that from?

[Beno]

It was nice to see him get injured trying the same thing against Henderson the other week. Henderson knew what he was going to do and out witted him by not jumping for the ball.

Hope he thinks twice in future about not doing it again.

[Sugar Ape]

1 hour ago, Josef Svejk said:

Where's that from?

Athletic. Daniel Taylor I think. 

[leslie]

On 04/10/2018 at 01:44, Fugitive said:

Face like a haunted minge.

why does he run around with his gob hanging open, is he brain damaged, nah he couldn't be.

[Creator Supreme]

On 03/10/2018 at 16:44, Fugitive said:

Face like a haunted minge.

Magnificent!

[TheHowieLama]

Challenged Levy to a stare off - drooled first and then:

 

"I will be staying at Tottenham this summer and will be 100% focused on helping the team achieve success."

[Guest Alex_K]

Big Brain Levy .. until, as with the Messi debacle at Barca, Kane ends up leaving for a fraction of what is on the table now and Spurs, who are already going to be cash strapped, prolong the period of rebuilding outside of the Champions League. Also would not be surprised to see Kane be pretty ineffectual this year, saving his fitness for his move & World Cup year.

Rose, Ali, Alderweireld etc. — all players who at one time they could have got sizeable money for, but Levy kicks the can down the road claiming moral victory until the assets are next to worthless, with Spurs not winning a thing all the while 

[index1000]

Alex,  Don't see a problem with any of that.

[sir roger]

27 minutes ago, Alex_K said:

Big Brain Levy .. until, as with the Messi debacle at Barca, Kane ends up leaving for a fraction of what is on the table now and Spurs, who are already going to be cash strapped, prolong the period of rebuilding outside of the Champions League. Also would not be surprised to see Kane be pretty ineffectual this year, saving his fitness for his move & World Cup year.

Rose, Ali, Alderweireld etc. — all players who at one time they could have got sizeable money for, but Levy kicks the can down the road claiming moral victory until the assets are next to worthless, with Spurs not winning a thing all the while 

You're saying that like it's a bad thing.

[Guest Alex_K]

1 minute ago, sir roger said:

You're saying that like it's a bad thing.

Neither here nor there for us either way: Spurs aren’t a factor in anything. But Levy the man, his way of working with managers & “hard negotiator” cult of personality he has cultivated I find tasteful. Overall yes - better for us for Kane to have stayed at Spurs this summer then moved. Feel this season is probably the last or penultimate where we’ll have a genuine shot at the title for awhile.

[Megadrive Man]

It sounds like City only offered 75 million rising to 100 million, so I can understand why Spurs said no to that offer.

 

Kane hasn't half made himself look like a stupid moron these last few months though. 

[Pete]

3 minutes ago, MegadriveMan said:

It sounds like City only offered 75 million rising to 100 million, so I can understand why Spurs said no to that offer.

 

Kane hasn't half made himself look like a stupid moron these last few months though. 

Yeah, but he is a stupid moron. 

[TheHowieLama]

Harry Kane's brother, who "negotiated" a gentlemen's agreement with Danial Levy

wears a t shirt that says I'm with Stupid >.