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2018/19 Dominic Calvert-Lewin

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DCL is going nowhere, he is our treasure & is not for sale....

Could be playing as our striker soon if Cenk does not slot...

He has had a promising start this season & will go on to score 10+ goals & continue to develop into a top striker....
Let's hope we are not relying on Lewin as are main striker this season,and time will obviously tell,but can't see him being a top striker but that depends on your definition.
 
No one thought much of Kane at a similar age, everyone thought Jose Baxter would be world class at a younger age, where was Vardy at 21? Predicting the futures of players is very unreliable.
 
No one thought much of Kane at a similar age, everyone thought Jose Baxter would be world class at a younger age, where was Vardy at 21? Predicting the futures of players is very unreliable.
people at spurs must have seen something in Kane to keep him,Leicester tried to sign him and were knocked back,who though Baxter was going to be world class?and vardy obviously come from nowhere but undoubtedly worked very hard to get where he is and get his rewards,so you think young players today will have that attitude?
 

people at spurs must have seen something in Kane to keep him,Leicester tried to sign him and were knocked back,who though Baxter was going to be world class?and vardy obviously come from nowhere but undoubtedly worked very hard to get where he is and get his rewards,so you think young players today will have that attitude?
Multiple coaches involved with Kane at a similar age have said publicly that they didn't expect him to be this good. Baxter was widely being touted on here and elsewhere as the next Wayne Rooney (in fact some were saying he was better at the same age as Rooney). The only way fro any player to make it is to work hard, if they don't they won't make it no matter how talented - this is exactly why Baxter didn't in that he didn't work hard and got involved with drink and drugs.
 
Multiple coaches involved with Kane at a similar age have said publicly that they didn't expect him to be this good. Baxter was widely being touted on here and elsewhere as the next Wayne Rooney (in fact some were saying he was better at the same age as Rooney). The only way fro any player to make it is to work hard, if they don't they won't make it no matter how talented - this is exactly why Baxter didn't in that he didn't work hard and got involved with drink and drugs.
Again the Baxter one mate didn't come on here then so can't comment but I didn't here to much about him,now James Vaughn i did here great things about.
 
Not being a natural finisher will hold him back to some extent, but he doesn't really lack for much else. He's got the makings of the kind of forward that's a dream to play with if you're an attacking midfielder.

Unless you have a truly exceptional talent, and I'm talking the level of a Messi or Ronaldo, the ability to form part of a unit is far more important than personal statistics. It's been five years since the Golden Boot winner played for the league champions here.
 

No one thought much of Kane at a similar age, everyone thought Jose Baxter would be world class at a younger age, where was Vardy at 21? Predicting the futures of players is very unreliable.
I say it every time but I don't know where this myth about Kane has come from. He was very highly regarded. He played - and scored - regularly for all the England junior sides, and scored 9 goals when on loan in the Championship at 18. Obviously not everybody was saying he was going to go on and be one of the very best in the world, but Spurs had high hopes that he was going to be a first team player for them, and Norwich saw enough in him to want to loan him to play in the Premier League when he was only 19.

Predicting how good players will be is obviously very difficult, but when you've seen them 50 odd times like we have with DCL you have a decent idea of their ability levels. He's certainly a PL player already, it's just a question of whether he'll be a top end one or an average one.
 
..said on radio he missed a couple in the first half, but he wasn’t alone in that. I presume he was substituted but whoever came on also failed to hit the mark.
Literally in the first couple of minutes he missed 2 good chances. The first, which he created himself with some very good work, was a wild swing with his left foot but he was a touch off balance when he took it. The second, and better chance, came when a Cook clearance put him through one on one with their keeper (who had an excellent game by the way). He tried to dink it over him and he forced the keeper into an excellent save. They were the sort of misses that would have pleased the doubters on here as they justify their criticism of the lad, and in fairness he does need to start scoring at least 1 in 2 of these good opportunities if he's going to become a top striker.

He didn't have any decent opportunities after that, although he led the line well and always looked a threat with his pace. He really seems to have speeded up a notch since last season. In fairness, it wasn't a good performance by England. How Sessegnon stayed on the full 90 I have no idea. He was worse than poor. Although he looked bright at times things didn't really come off for James Maddison, who I thought was guilty of looking for his team mate Demarai Grey too much. I don't think he linked up more than once with DCL, which was pitiful for a number 10 and a striker, but he linked up at least a dozen times with Grey. The service from midfield was poor too. Onomah, who I normally like, got caught in possession countless times and Lewis Cook was also well below par. In fact, the Dutch absolutely controlled midfield until Davies came on for Onomah on the hour.

I've not been overly impressed with Davies for the U21s but he did well last night. He mainly played it simple and helped Cook wrest control back from the Dutch. One exquisite volleyed cushion pass to I think Solanke was the highlight of the game, along with a long range effort from Grey that rattled the bar.

With 15 to go, Solanke and Abraham came on. Not sure Abraham even touched it, but Solanke had 2 decent opportunities to win it for England as the game opened up a bit due to the Dutch needing to win the game. It's good to know that it's not just DCL that fluffs his lines;)
 

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