2018/19 Dominic Calvert-Lewin

[Eggs]

They changed it after about 35 mins. Neither the defenders or the wing backs were comfortable with it so it was never going to work out. The fact that Boothroyd started the game with 2 CDs and 2 FBs on the pitch tells me that switching to a back 4 was always going to be an option, in which case it was just a half hearted attempt at a back 3 anyway. Bit of a joke really.

Still can't understand why Holgate wasn't in the squad. He has twice the number of senior games at premier level than Fry has in the championship and Konsa had only ever played in League 1 until this season.

..there has been a clear strategy to keep the World Cup winning team together but it’s ironic the defenders you mention were not involved.

 

[ADT]

Subbed on for England u21 only to be subbed straight back off after getting an injury

 

[Ameen]

Subbed on for England u21 only to be subbed straight back off after getting an injury

What's the damage

 

[BainesontoastNEW]

Subbed on for England u21 only to be subbed straight back off after getting an injury

Like with Coleman, some will be happy if he's out so he doesn't play on the wing.

 

[Parker]

Now takes our current injury tally up to 12 players. Everton that

Anyone know how bad it looks?

 

[ValBlue]

Head injury, looks like he was taken off as a precaution, walked off the pitch and seemed alert enough
Should be sound for Sunday

 

[blueloon]

No visible wounds to his head but they were checking his vision etc , I actually thought he looked a bit woozy coming off but he was walking ok.

 

[mightymoyes]

No visible wounds to his head but they were checking his vision etc , I actually thought he looked a bit woozy coming off but he was walking ok.

If it's concussion I'm sure they'll make him sit out for a couple of weeks. Only sensible thing to do, not sure if that's actually a rule or not yet.

 

[everton1953]

Looks like concussion so at least 2 weeks out. He is not critical to the team but his injury adds to the total apparent injuries we currently have which makes the West Ham game, already difficult, even harder. West Ham will do everything to prevent a record of 5 straight opening defeats.

 

[Nymzee]

Looks like concussion so at least 2 weeks out. He is not critical to the team but his injury adds to the total apparent injuries we currently have which makes the West Ham game, already difficult, even harder. West Ham will do everything to prevent a record of 5 straight opening defeats.

He’s the only one scoring without Richarlison so probs will miss him.

 

[Zatara]

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.

Not arguing with what your saying mate. But even so I would still say that Kane has improved well beyond anybody's expectations.

Four years ago when Kane had just had his 21st birthday, he was just breaking into the Spurs first team. If you would have said then that he would go on to score 107 goals in his next 143 premier league games, winning the golden boot twice in the process, score 19 goals in 30 full Internationals and go on to win the golden boot at the next world cup, people would have said you were mad. Even the most bias Spurs fan wouldn't have expected that.

No that's pretty much what I just said. It would have been very difficult to say he was going to be this good, but the post I was replying to said nobody rated him when he was this age, which is clearly just not true.

The situation with Kane as a junior would probably be most like that of Dowell now. If he turned out to be top drawer you couldn't say it was a shock because he's been talked about as a standout talent for years and has already done well in the Championship, but likewise if he ends up as a permanent Championship player it wouldn't be a shock either, because there are some question marks over him.

I think with DCL it's clear that he has enough to his game to at least carve out a PL career in the mould of a Shane Long/Callum Wilson/Sam Vokes even without getting any better, it's just a question of whether he can improve enough to become more than that, and an asset to a team in the upper reaches of the league.

Lanolin you certainly have a very different memory to me. Kane was in an u21 (i think) tournament and was missing countless sitters...

I remember the posts on here slating him as being an absolute donkey who couldnt hit a barn door...was then on loan and got more stick on here -- how is he playing professionally.

My Spurs mate just laughed when i asked how he was getting games.

 

[Nymzee]

You okay this morning, @Zatara?

 

[Albro]

Shame about the concussion, slowly becoming a very important player. Fortunately, we are pretty well set / have good depth up top - see ya soon Dom bra

 

[Barnfred 55]

..there has been a clear strategy to keep the World Cup winning team together but it’s ironic the defenders you mention were not involved.

Pretty certain Dael Fry was in the squad Eggs and started off the campaign in the team.

 

[Groucho]

I reckon he’ll play Sunday