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Harry Winks

I’d noticed this too. What type of training do you do to improve pace in your twenties? There was definitely a point a few seasons ago when Kane seemed to add a little bit of acceleration too.
You can change the running technique if it is particularly bad. We've had a few at our club that I know of who have had their running style changed by a specialist coach, and it certainly made them faster. One remarkably so actually, but usually it is from slow to average rather than slow to Bolt speed.

Kane is a good example of this from a few seasons back, as you say. He went from slow to average too. Mind you this season that improvement seems to have disappeared!!
 
He might not have the dribbling ability that Dembele has but his passing is at least as good and his attitude is top class. Poch can mould him into an absolute world beater.
 
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Lawn mowing?

You’re doing it wrong.
 
I’d noticed this too. What type of training do you do to improve pace in your twenties? There was definitely a point a few seasons ago when Kane seemed to add a little bit of acceleration too.
Blood doping perhaps...? Not suggesting this is the case,but it is entirely plausible.
 
Blood doping perhaps...? Not suggesting this is the case,but it is entirely plausible.
Bio-mechanics probably. I was a county standard runner at school, so no slouch but not much to write home about. I went to University in Southampton where I was stuck in the cross country squad where one of the coaches was big into bio-mechanic. He basically coached/forced me to change my running style... and by the summer I knocked 4 secs off my 800m PB (around a 3% improvement), and 10 by the end of the season. It was a lot about how you pumped arms, and where you held your hands, and which part of the foot you run on. A lot was done dragging weights behind you on a harness. It was really hard to relearn something like your running style as it felt unnatural at first but it does work and can add speed and strength. I suspect that the knowledge and practicalities have improved further over the intervening 30 odd years!!!
 
A word about this gem of a young player who, at the home of Barcelona, just put in a performance of quality.
He had no other defensive midfielder beside him and this was a mature performance against a team that prides itself on passing and artistry. Winks really held his own.
I believe the stats - for as much weight as you give them - are that he completed 92% of his passes, or 65 out of 71. Don't think any other player on the pitch did better.
 
A word about this gem of a young player who, at the home of Barcelona, just put in a performance of quality.
He had no other defensive midfielder beside him and this was a mature performance against a team that prides itself on passing and artistry. Winks really held his own.
I believe the stats - for as much weight as you give them - are that he completed 92% of his passes, or 65 out of 71. Don't think any other player on the pitch did better.
Couldn’t believe it last night when I was reading the OMT after the game and someone was slating him. I thought he played really well, glad I’m not the only one.
 
Modric and Kroos, and now Rakitic and Busquets.

Little Iniesta can mix it with the best of them

Are you still dreaming of a midfield combo of Winks and Onomah?
I know, like many you agree CM is an area we need to strengthen. How does that impact your hope for home grown players? You think Winks will continue to grow and hold down the position long-term?
 
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