The Mailbox remains split over England and their World Cup campaign. Some say Gareth Southgate woefully underachieved; others reckon we should be grateful.
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Time to phase out Kane
So F365 have done another one. Great article on players England should move on from (no mention of Jordan Henderson? Okay). Here’s one, that, given my sign off, will be howled down by the angry end of the Seven Sisters. You know where I’m going here, but hear me out. Love him or not, Harry Kane has been an absolute beast for England, you cannot argue with his goalscoring record. And his most direct replacement at this World Cup was never a permanent solution (that’s balanced the North East up now, I’ve upset both sides).
But whisper it quietly, the ‘one of our own’ isn’t getting any younger (or quicker) and let’s face it, hasn’t exactly been scoring hatfuls of goals for England recently. So could it be time for a quiet exit and a gentle replacement for a much younger Marcus Rashford, or Tammy Abraham, or Dominic Calvert-Lewin, or the next batch of English youngsters who start scoring goals around Europe? If Harry’s still there around the England camp passing on his knowledge and experience so much the better.
Alternatively, I can hear you say, what about Olivier Giroud? He’s older than HK and yet still (sobs) scoring goals for Les Bleus. Well, maybe. Maybe HK can reproduce the same goals that Giroud has done later in his career. Whilst it’s entirely possible of course, the difference between them is Giroud has been constantly challenging himself. He left Arsenal for Chelsea and proceeded to become indispensible and win things. Then he left Chelsea for Milan and… well pretty much the same thing. He’s never taken an easy route. Oh, and he’s won the World Cup, Champions League, Europa League, Ligue Un… and four FA Cups.
So maybe that’s what is needed. Maybe what would be good for England is taking the Spurs comfort blanket away from our Harry. He tried to walk last year and was talked down. Maybe now is the time for him to walk away from Spurs (who he will tick along with nicely picking up the odd golden boot over the years) and pick a club who will fill out the trophy cabinet a bit. The experience of actually winning at the sharp end of club tournaments (penalties in pressure situations say?) can’t hurt England.
Hand grenade well and truly thrown. Have at it Spurs fans.
Exiled Gooner (Kane…
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