I think Kane’s breakthrough season at Spurs came when he was about the age Abraham is now, and I take the point that you can’t/shouldn’t write someone off as that would wrongly suggest that a player - particularly a young one - can’t improve with time and experience.
I think the reason Kane is the exception that proves the rule, is because he made it impossible to drop him at that time as he kept scoring and contributing to the team, every time he got out on the field. It’s harsh - and we’ve probably lost potential top players by judging them too early - but the longer Abraham goes without scoring, the more the question will be asked as to how good he can be and perhaps most importantly, what he can contribute to the team right now. We’re still only two games in, so he does still have plenty of time to start answering those questions, and I truly hope he does.
Giroud doesn’t score enough goals to play 90 minutes every week in an ideal world, but he showed in the past couple of games that he can still be useful to the team with his other attributes. He’s almost the complete opposite of Batshuayi who I think doesn’t offer enough to the team, but can pop up with goals.
Lampard obviously sees enough to think Tammy’s ceiling is higher than what I fear it is and he’s been far from dreadful so far, so I hope that Frank’s experience of working with top players goes on to prove prove him right with that belief.