The Independent this morning are carrying quotes from Harry Kane after the battering received at Anfield over the weekend.
Whilst the fan base debates the pros and cons of sticking with Mauricio Pochettino, time is not on Tottenham’s side.
Losing creeps up on you in football, in many respects, like an addiction. A few lost points at the weekend, then drop a couple more during the week, and before you realize it, you’re doing that dreadful thing that Poch describes so frequently, you’re ‘competing’.
The metric in all professional sports is winning and this is something that some Spurs fans have allowed themselves to become detached from. The ‘Enjoy the ride!’ brigade have descended into a mire where food and drink receipts and record attendances for have been elevated from the meaningless to achievements that must be celebrated.
Harry Kane has come a long way from the directionless loner that was loaned from pillar to post, to being one of the most revered strikers in the Premier League.
Kane’s endeavours in an England shirt earned the 26-year-old an MBE and the golden boots have stacked up, along with the Player Of The Month awards, but true success has evaded him.
There is no doubt as to how hungry Kane is, but there is significant doubt as to how well-fed he’ll get staying at Spurs.
The old football cliche about ‘needing to be on the end of his own passes‘ has rung particularly true of late, and Daniel Levy’s skimping in successive transfer windows has left the club’s highest paid player frequently starved of supply.
Hard work and talent got Harry Kane to where he is today, but it will take more than one man’s personal best endeavours to turn the ship around at Tottenham.