We should all live the dream with Kane, he’s worked hard enough for it

WHY c an’t people just enjoy things for a change? Why can’t we embrace the fuss and actually celebrate a bit of fabulous news about the England football team?

Before Harry Kane’s debut goal for his country even hit the back of the net, football sages were tutting away and lecturing the nation about the need for “caution” while an army of killjoys invaded the airwaves to moan it was all too much too soon.

Here was the Premier League’s leading striker scoring for his country 79 seconds into his international debut, living up to all the anticipation, and already a queue had formed to smother any fireworks with a pile of wet blankets.

Don’t praise him too much. Don’t build him up. Pundits were suddenly “concerned” about Kane’s success and fretting about how long it would last.

Most fans don’t worry about such things. They can see what Kane might become without suffering any undue anxiety attacks. But apparently the fear is Kane is being over-hyped.

Usually, we’re suckers for that stuff. It’s why every toilet roll is softer and more absorbent than the last, every razor shaves closer — and it’s why we tune in with fingers crossed to watch England at every major tournament even though we know they will perform in a manner that brings us right back to the stuff that is softer and more absorbent.

These false dawns mean it’s natural to be fatalistic about anything the England team does. But Kane’s success story is a little different.

It is not about hype. Kane’s tale is actually quite the opposite, it is a story of persistence, determination and belief. Of a career that drifted away from White Hart Lane and meandered through loan spells at Leyton Orient. Millwall, Norwich and Leicester before his potential was eventually realised back at Tottenham.

Hype is a triumph of s t yl e over substance. Kane’s success is a triumph of talent, belief and hard work. Which i s why we should revel in his achievements.

When he scored against Lithuania, it was a lovely moment. The goal didn’t affect the game, as the outcome was already settled, but the loudest cheer of the night rang out around Wembley because everyone wanted to share his unalloyed joy.

Nobody of sound mind thought they were witnessing the introduction of the next Pele onto the international stage. Fans are quite content with where he i s now, thank you ver y much, and they will allow him space to develop without waving a replica of the World Cup in the air.

Kane is an excellent centre forward, a natural goalscorer currently blessed with the Midas touch, but of course there will be tougher tests, probably against Italy tomorrow. And the signs are Kane can cope.

“I don’t want to be the one who

These false dawns mean it’s natural to be fatalistic about anything the England team does