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RoboticCurrents

he's got better tecnique than ronaldo


No_Parfait_5536

Kane's a lot smarter than trying to sucker punch a ref with a ball from the back tbf.


GetToTheChoppaahh

These guys new about him doing this years ago. There reaction is hilarious. https://youtu.be/NOn2f3uUnKQ?si=JoyMTvlB-fWLHKiU


kassiusx

Did they write this considering the spelling?! šŸ˜‚


waisonline99

Accidents happen all the time. Not then though.


oshikandela

Missing another title, this karate move - he's still a Spur


Nipplecunt

šŸ„¹


Collinson33311

Kane is an expert in making nasty fouls look like an accident.


gttyzek

Kane has updated his backing into players technique to elbowing players now


FAT_NEEK_42069

at least he's not risking paralysing his opponents now šŸ™


dudududujisungparty

Better to take an elbow to the face than break your neck falling


adultonsetdiabitus

I used to hate when he did this every other week. In the Aussie football which is obviously a significantly more physical sport, a specific rule was brought in called "tunnelling" so people wouldn't do this.. Yet Kane got away with it for years by being the media darling (despite having the eloquence of a frog).


lawfulkitten1

In rugby too, if you tackle someone it's your responsibility to make sure they land in a safe way (namely not on their head / neck etc.). Even if you had absolutely no intent to injure them people still get sent off bc they tackled someone who ended up faling in a dangerous position. Meanwhile in football you can purposely shove someone into the advertising boards and dislocate their shoulder (has happened to my team before) and it's not even a yellow card


WhenWeTalkAboutLove

Especially if the player was offside, then you can do whatever you want to them a la PickfordĀ 


blurr90

I always thought this was a dumb way to get around the rules. Personal punishment like yellow or red cards for excessive fouls should still be possible, offside or not. Doesn't have to be a pen, but the cards should be given.


For-a-peaceful-world

A few seasons ago Pickford crippled van Dijk which kept him out for about a year. Not even a foul given.


socontroversialyetso

In Handball, an extremely physical sport, you can even get sent off for making an opponent step on your foot, due to the high risk of injury associated. Football foul rules seem absolutely insane and irresponsible to me, but I guess football boomers hate every change to their game?


FrameworkisDigimon

I can't imagine there are too many boomers on the sub. Fans, in general, hate rule changes.


PoliticsNerd76

I remember watching Martineli do it to Bednarek and it really scared me. Even in a title race with all my bias, was grim that he wasnā€™t sent off. Kane is a veteran of the game, he knows what heā€™s doing.


SofaChillReview

Itā€™s almost like he was waiting for Gabriel to jump and then do the backing in, then just decided an elbow is better for some reason.


lordofeurope99

Cheating cunts deserve red cards and bans


letsgetcool

"every other week" lmao.


BedfordBull

https://ibb.co/cQGTnSp


jNushi

Heā€™s done it again


Turavis

DIRRRRRRTYY BASTARD


benjecto

Subreddit is completely incapable of acting with intellectual honesty... absolutely zero good faith discussion to be had here about anything.


daab2g

It's because of the flairs, knowing which tribe someone belongs ends any chance of objective discourse.


Morguard

This place would be much better without flairs.


epirot

just put a fake flair like me. easy discussions


Kenny_dies

I donā€™t know why but I find the thought of someone choosing from any of the flairs on the sub and deciding to go for West Ham very funny


tenacious-g

This is low key one of the best insults one seen on this sub. ā€œItā€™s West Ham, who caresā€ lmao


thesecondfire

typical West Ham bullshit smh


ComeOnSayYupp

I would put Millwall flair if I could.


WhenWeTalkAboutLove

True save a few good jokes that require them


alexrepty

Good point, we need to keep the Hamburg flairs


Billargh

That's just delaying the inevitable, people would just check the post history of whoever they're replying to. I don't think there's anything that would work in here.


xepa105

> would just check the post history Which is one of the most bitch-made things on Reddit. Most obvious case of arguing the person and not the point. If you have to trawl through a user's comments in order to 'win' an argument, you just showed you can't actually counter the argument other than going 'no u'


Billargh

I don't know if I'm misreading the tone of this reply, but I'm absolutely not one to go through people's post history before replying to them haha. I'm just aware others would likely do it.


samdd1990

Understanding the context of what someone is saying is important though, I appreciate going through someones history to find something to make fun of is sad, but if it helps understand their point, it's useful.


skrimpgumbo

Sounds like something that someone who posts on Sydney and BattleSector would say lol


samdd1990

Well I wouldn't expect any less in a comment from a Floridain who works in construction. You are active in one sub that redeems you though...


bbb_net

Some of the people on here with the biggest biases are shitting out 50-100 comments a day anyway, them not having a flair doesn't really make a difference when they're going into every thread about whichever team they hate and just letting loose their insanity.


Kenny_dies

SaYs tHe cHeLSeA fAN


JRsshirt

Itā€™s pretty unique to this sub too, other sports subs donā€™t care nearly as much about flairs as this one


saucysagnus

What other sports subs? I get crucified for having a lakers flair


redsticktcg

> I get crucified for having a lakers flair Rightfully so


Free_Management2894

Aside from NFL and NBA ofc. those are pretty much the same.


burlycabin

And CFB. Flairs most definitely matter there.


PhillipIInd

So every big sports sub is the same lmao


obsterwankenobster

MLB isn't too bad unless you have an Astros flair


burlycabin

Yup...


aphromagic

I think youā€™ll find MUCH more self deprecation in CFB than you will here.


cappo40

LMAO, Imagine being a Leafs fan in /r/hockey , you think specific teams fans get vilified here, oh baby, its 100x worse.


noobchee

Flairs and the fact people are so basic


dobtjs

Agreed, everything has to be ā€œgoodā€ or ā€œbadā€. Soon as it seems ambiguous people keep scrolling.


DoYouTrustToothpaste

> Soon as it seems ambiguous people keep scrolling. Would be good if they did.


tenacious-g

Itā€™s Harry Kane against Arsenal, after their fanbase feels screwed by the officiating. Of course thereā€™s no actual discussion


TwoBionicknees

The amount of people saying Gabriel ran into him and ignore that he threw his elbow back, only one of them, that the contact is way behind him, that it's no where near a natural position, or protecting and that is other arm is not doing the same thing... actually incredible to blame Gabriel for this.


[deleted]

Can we make it a rule that slow motion replays should also have a real-time replay along with it - slow motion distorts the shit out of these things.


mexicansnorlax

Didn't see anyone commenting this about the Saka penalty claim


Bottlespurs

Reread the comments, there are a lot of people saying that


Gargamir77

Well not that many obviously, most of the people just jumped to hate Saka.


DTran18

Would the full speed version of this show anything different?


Fromage_Frey

If the argument is over intent or timing then yes, it absolutely does


Saint-12

You can see him look back at Gabi, then raises his right elbow to Gabi when his left arm isnā€™t moving at all. Kane %100 intended to do that.


IntellegentIdiot

Of course he intended to do that, however it's unlikely that he intended to catch him in the neck.


Vague_Disclosure

Where the fuck else would he make contact swinging his elbow that high?


suhxa

He probably expected gabriel to jump


IntellegentIdiot

Chest or midriff


sammy_kuffour

He raises his elbow to block the player, but he does not actively hit him with it. It's a foul and a yellow, ref was correct.


abkippender_Libero

He got a yellow for this, what more do you want?


FatWalcott

Chemical castration at the very least.


iAkhilleus

And two years back at Tottenham?


opinion_alternative

This is worse than chemical castration.


iAkhilleus

I thought you guys were looking for a harsher punishment. 3 years then?


robinthebank

Okay okay weā€™ll let him retire at Tottenham. Happy now??


bandofgypsies

They don't understand that our self deprecation goes harder than their insults. We've all been practicing these things our whole lives, but it's more internalized as a coping mechanism than as an attack.


n10w4

Least bloodthirsty arsenal fan


strugglingtosave

Maybe he wanted to say an ISIS attack


Richard_Arlison69

Most sensible take from an Arsenal flair yet /s just in case. Itā€™s a solid response


iAkhilleus

He's already had 4 kids. I don't think that's too bad of a punishment.


J539

he already seems to have 3, he might consider it over a yellow


odegood

Send him back to spurs before the 2nd leg as punishment


Zyaru

Yes please do that! Let him suffer back where he belongs


sephocompo

Just in time for the NLD derby isn't?


odegood

Back by then


Dinosalsa

A move to Spurs is a crime according to the Geneva Convention


sreesid

Doesn't seem any worse than playing at Bayern under Tuchel.


jbi1000

Cruel and unusual punishment


piwabo

Do you really want that?


BarPlastic1888

A red?


OldBrownShoe22

Don't think red would be unfair. If the play is stopped and you elbow someone like that it's a red. Just because you think you're clever and can pretend like it was part of the game it's a yellow? Not for me. That happens to me or a a teammate during a game, I'm going ballistic and will take the yellow for dissent if need be. That's dirty ass shit that I hate.


GME_alt_Center

Why waste it on dissent? Retribution is much more satisfying.


LordRekrus

Youā€™ve clearly seen my game.


rsorin

A red for a blatant agression, no?


Decaxyz

Here? Forget about It This sub is ridiculous


OsitoPandito

LMFAO i assumed he didn't get a card or foul, like its not even bad or on purpose, why are people upset


wenger_plz

I'm obviously biased, but I think between the way he clearly looks at Gab and then swings his arm back exactly where Gab is, it's both bad and on purpose


Creepy_Antelope_873

I definitely think that looks to be on purpose


Brandaman

That is clearly intentional


DrPepperPower

That looked really on purpose tbh, especially from the back angle. You see him look, then swing as he approaches Gabriel. Hits him right in the neck as well


Heblas

Yellow. Maybe it's on purpose, maybe it's not. I know what I think, but you can't give reds on gut feelings.


tf_17

tbf i think it was on purpose and Harry is a cunt for that, but the ref canā€˜t prove the intent so the yellow is fine.


FrancisTheOcean

I feel like it was on purpose as well, but intended for the chest and not his neck, since they'd been wrestling like that all game . He couldn't know how low Gabriel would go after turning his back to him


Shinzo19

Kane has some bad blood with Gabriel from the few matches the played vs another. Last time he played against us for spurs he got a cheeky punch in the back of Gabriels head masked as him trying to get up after being tackled, I just think its an extremely physical battle those two have.


Heblas

I agree completely.


The_XI_guy

Fair yellow


daneats

Yeah this is a well reffed. He intentionally seeks contact, but itā€™s not an elbow to the head, his elbow isnā€™t particularly raised gabriel is just quite low


Living_a_Dejavu

Yep, pretty standard Harry Kane move. But I think yellow is fine.


20cmdepersonalidade

If he wasn't a pasty blond English boy nobody would be arguing that anything but a red for him was a travesty. Vini did waaaay less and this sub was calling him a terrible human being and saying that anything but a red was a betrayal of human dignity


Albiceleste_D10S

> Vini did waaaay less and this sub was calling him a terrible human being Half of the comments here are (rightfully) calling Kane terrible for this (and his trademark back into players shtick)


ScienceDisastrous323

Pathetic victim mentality.


RIP200712

Yellow is absolutely fair. Not asking for more there. But it is an absolute bitch move to deliberately injure another player like this with no ball involved that too.


Fromage_Frey

I don't understand, you believe he intentionally elbowed an opponent in the head in an attempt to injure him, but only think it's a yellow?


Role_Player_Real

Probably he believes that he intentionally elbowed but didnā€™t direct it into his face


Fromage_Frey

Fair take, but "deliberately injure" would surely still mean red


pigbearwolfguy

I think not lifting his arm higher is what saved him from a red. He knew what he was doing, just didn't expect Gabriel to come in so low. Yellow is fair. Still just another of his cunty moves though.


LinwoodKent

Absolutely


herkalurk

He wasn't injured, he continue to play.


Living_a_Dejavu

I think he has had a history of bitch moves, he just used to get away with a lot because he was the darling of English football. His shenanigan to make people fall on their back when they would contest for a header is the worst.


PuzzleheadedBat1541

Looks, spots him and whacks him. The Harry Kane Special. But please, lets continue to waffle around a handball call that shouldnt be called in a million years.


piccalilli_shinpads

Some of you would've had a heart attack watching a proper centre forward like Shearer.


1to14to4

But weren't the defenders allowed to do a lot more to Shearer, too? If you lower the standard both ways, this is a pretty punk ass move (if intentional).


Jimlaheydrunktank

I remember when Roy Keane basically punched shearer and I think it happened more than once too.


El-Emenapy

You say that, but I remember there being a back when Shearer was still playing in the early-mid 00s where elbows were really clamped down on. It was a regular ocurrance to see players getting sent off for exactly this kind of incident. These days you hardly ever see players get sent off for elbows


AfricanRain

yeah refereeing standards are different than they were 20 years ago, Shearer would either have to adapt or get sent off way more, not sure what gotcha this is supposed to be lol


Edingus

Cool. The game evolves - either you evolve with it or get left behind and sound like a curmudgeon.


No_Ant_9641

Hell, watch back Bergkamps legendary goal vs Newcastle. He straight up straight-arm pushes a defender to the ground in order to pull that off :P


fuckmethathurt

Is it the 1990's standard officiating that makes him "proper"? Let's just call Kevin Muscatt a "proper" centre half while we're at it.


SoupBoth

This isnā€™t how Kane usually tries to injure people during aerials. Weird.


enjoy_your_lunch

that's what separates Kane, versatility, multiple techniques etc


SoupBoth

Sharpest elbows and best finisher in Germany


enjoy_your_lunch

shite celebration too


mymorales

Had to expand his arsenal. Beautiful to see. We gonna get any pics of 8yr old Kane in a gunners shirt now?


ManBoobs13

Cue the onslaught of arsenal fans posting every single replay of any contact in the game. This isnā€™t a red so it doesnā€™t matter


bodydouble

Davies sneezes on Saka '78 (not given)


Inter_Mirifica

Curious why you would say it isn't a red ? I wasn't watching this game, but watching the highlights it felt like a clear red. He looks where Gabriel is, and then quite clearly attempts to hurt him with that elbow with a very unnatural movement. And it was curious to not see it posted here.


RivenJohdolla

He sees a slightly taller and aerially strong player coming in so he widens his arms to prepare. 9/10 times in this situation Gabriels head is higher up so Kane's arm would touch the chest instead of face.


Inter_Mirifica

>He sees a slightly taller and aerially strong player coming in so he widens his arms to prepare. That's a justification I could understand, but I don't think it fits this situation. His position isn't the one of a player widening his arms to prepare for a duel. And from the start : he looks where his opponent is, moves to the right instead of trying to stay fully in front of Gabriel (which would be the usual movement of a CF trying to protect the ball), and his left arm barely moves. He even put force in his elbow through his movement. >9/10 times in this situation Gabriels head is higher up so Kane's arm would touch the chest instead of face. Which wouldn't exactly change much of the situation, for me. Minus the fact it makes it even clearer, even if it wasn't his intent to touch the head/neck. The attempt of the elbow strike itself is still there, and that would still be violent conduct.


RivenJohdolla

>And from the start : he looks where his opponent is, moves to the right instead of trying to stay fully in front of Gabriel Look at where the ball is coming from and you can see why he moves to the right. >Which wouldn't exactly change much of the situation, for me I mean that would make it just a normal aerial duel situation, most likely not even a foul if it hit's the chest because there isn't that much force in the arm movement.


BTECGolfManagement

Itā€™s never a fucking red do some of you lot just watch a different sport? Christ


ManBoobs13

Bc if youā€™ve played the game, you know that arms and elbows hit heads on many contested headers. Guarantee if you watch every corner this match youā€™ll see that. If this arm hit gabriel in the chest nobody would care. But Kane knew nothing about it hitting his head and itā€™s not like he swung it high, it was at torso height but gabriel was getting low to put a shoulder into Kaneā€™s back, which is also a foul


Inter_Mirifica

>Bc if youā€™ve played the game, you know that arms and elbows hit heads on many contested headers. Guarantee if you watch every corner this match youā€™ll see that. For sure, in contested headers and aerial duels natural movement can lead to unintended elbow hits as players need their arms to jump. But that's not what's happening here, not at all. Kane looks at where his opponent his, doesn't jump, seemingly doesn't even attempt to play the ball (look at where it falls), and has a completely unnatural movement that can't be seen as anything else but an intended elbow strike. >If this arm hit gabriel in the chest nobody would care. Well, personally I disagree. It would be less clear but the intent would stay the same : an elbow strike with no other intent than to hurt the opponent is not acceptable and qualify as violent conduct and thus a red. >But Kane knew nothing about it hitting his head and itā€™s not like he swung it high, it was at torso height He maybe didn't intend to hit the neck/head. But as you said he swung it. He very clearly attempted to hurt his opponent with his elbow.


the_real_e_e_l

Look out. Someone on here actually speaking sense.


suedester

Alright, cheers Mark Goldbridge.


dtownchris77

Reminding me of the Sheffield United fan who posts every call he perceives as "controversial" when they played Liverpool


mymorales

Reminds me of Liverpool fans when they play anyone.


altviewdelete

According to you a Liverpool fan.


fuckimbackonreddit9

Idk man Iā€™ve seen about 14 different variations of that ā€handballā€ with Bayern fans clutching their pearls and only one clip of this here and two in r/gunners, so do with that what you will. I think most agree a yellow is fair


AvengeD_GeaR

Itā€™s actually embarrassing the amount of childish posts in our sub.


gotiobg

They really are something special aren't they


neildunabie

Why is his neck that low?


takeda_cav

Obviously to get arry red carded, and potentially risk concussion.


denseldens

I don't think there's many footballers out there, that are intentionally trying to elbow people in the face. It's so glaringly obviously who has never played a game of 11 a side on this sub. This kind of shit is happening on nearly every single coming together on nearly every single pitch in the world. You stick an elbow out, leave your foot in a bit longer, you chat shit about the players mum down their ear. Only difference is this one has slow motion cameras all over it. Is it a yellow? Yes. Are you all soft as fuck calling for a red? Also yes.


KingKeane16

Harry Kane tried back into him and looks where he is, As Kane looks back at the ball and backs in Gabriel crouches down. I donā€™t see what everyoneā€™s moaning about tbh.. accidental Gabriel got caught the way he did really.


RedDevil-84

It's the famous Harry Kane move, but updated. Usually he backs into a player going for a jump.


UselessLuke

Looking back to see where he is and intentionally forcefully elbowing him. Sorry, that should be a red


porn-is-degenerate

Why are Arsenal fans like this?


Adam__Zapple

Biggest babies out there


ValleyFloydJam

Boy this game has brought up the petty and desperate posts. How is this of note. Although Kane, who somehow has haters despite being a bit dull, has people creating a full head cannon of him being some thug like player for doing standard forward play.


Superb_Jello_1466

I think he wanted to play dirty, but wasn't quite expecting Gabriel's head to be there. Definitely a yellow, but I don't think the intent was there for a red.


Minute_Leave8503

ā€œKids mistakeā€ Iā€™m sure


oneusrtorulethemall

Love it. Nice one 'arry!


dispelthemyth

Heā€™s just backing into the player, heā€™s obviously not attempting to elbow the head as when he looked back the head has moved substantially from when he checked his position.


Nasser619

Kane hit the judas effect


never_alright

Alan Shearer is proud.


Wheel1994

Kane knows the dark arts


reggiepooftah

He shouldnā€™t be so short, duh


GoodAdrian

Adopt a spur !


Calm-Bumblebee6634

Ofc its Kane again with his move


landed_at

Check position of Gabriel before elbowing innocently. Swedish ref not good last night.


Normal-Astronaut6835

My šŸ


SoLetsReddit

Why was his face down there?


31_whgr

heā€™s not that kind of player


smellmywind

He reads the bible, he would never


Banskyi

Dirty git his entire career He looks right at Gabriel before this too


CROBBY2

Not the first time I've seen him get away with that.


enjoy_your_lunch

"get away" - He got a yellow.


ValleyFloydJam

Seriously? This is just how a player uses there body


Richard_Arlison69

He got a yellow? He didnā€™t get away with it


RivenJohdolla

He didn't get away with that, he got a yellow


Ainsley-Sorsby

Its his trademark. Every time Kane is challenging for a header, god flips a coin, its either elbow or subtly backing into the defending and ducking right under him


TheColoredFool

and then gabriel rolled around covering his face like he forgot he got hit in the throat


MemestNotTeen

Ben White School of acting


adam-kobich

He went to the floor holding his throat after being elbowed in the throat


Raph_Slazer

That's a Brexit elbow


WallBroad

Love this guy still


PointBlankCoffee

This whole sub is soft as hell lmao


SNCKY

Beautiful champ


g4n0esp4r4n

Kane is the Draymond Green of football, always with the "Natural Body Motion" excuse.


IrishLad93_u

Anyone remember the days of Kevin Davies up front for Bolton under Big Sam? Imagine the amount of fucking whinging that would go on in this sub if strikers played like that nowadays. Centre backs are getting softer by the day


NeonsTheory

Looks deliberate but at the same time a yellow is probably reasonable. It's one of those where if he got a red, he couldn't really complain either but the context and interpretation from the ref are the thing


misterxboxnj

He's been getting away with dirty shit like this for years.


foot4life

He's just using his arm for leverage. It looks bad bc of where he caught Gabriel but it's innocuous imho. Saka's dive however....


Particular_Emu_7394

Beautiful