A risk we shouldn't have taken
Kane shouldn't have been playing
Before the game I questioned whether Harry Kane should be playing because of the risk of injury and sure enough after just 7 minutes he is injured. We now face a terrible wait to see the extent of the damage.
No disrespect to Millwall, but we were playing a side two divisions below us when we are the best team in the Premier League at home. Playing a lower league side means you may be subjected to more robust challenges, you increase the chances of a mistimed tackle and sure enough it was as the result of a tackle that Kane is injured.
To play him in such a game was madness in my view. It was an ideal chance to throw Vincent Janssen into the fray, surely we would have had enough quality around him to still win the game. As it was he grabbed a goal from open play when he came on anyway.
It was a risk we didn't need to take and shouldn't have done.
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7 comments
What a great show of support from the fans…can’t wait to hear them in the new stadium.
What a pleasure to witness goals of quality today (and last week).
What a great team performance…keep ‘em at it Poch!
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It was an unfortunate accident.
It wasn't the result of a bad challenge.
It could have happened at any time and in any game.
As a team and as a club we really need to start pushing for silverware.
That isn't likely to come about in the league.
That leaves the FA Cup.
We had to play a strong team.
Really, that means Kane I'm afraid.
Failure to do so could have led to elimination.
No amount of being wise after the (totally unpredictable) event will change this.
We could have beaten Millwall without him, if we couldn't then there is something seriously wrong with our squad.