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Jermain Defoe Moves Up Tottenham’s All-Time Goal Scoring List GoalWatch

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Jermain Defoe’s goal against Manchester City as Tottenham won 3 – 1 takes him to =7th on Tottenham’s all-time goal scoring list, level with Alan Gilzean. He has scored 133 goals in all competitions for Spurs and in the next few games could move even further up the table. Jermain Defoe continues to move up [...]

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Tottenham Hotspur: Analysing the Club’s Tactics Under AVB | Final Part

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In the final segment of the series looking at Andre Villas-Boas’ revolutionary tactics at Tottenham Hotspur, we acquaint you with the changes surrounding the club’s strike-force and Gareth Bale. You can find the previous parts here: Parts 1 &  Part 2 Under Harry Redknapp, Spurs usually played with Emmanuel Adebayor upfront, while Rafael van der Vaart [...]

Tottenham Hotspur: Analysing the Club’s Tactics Under AVB | Final Part

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Tottenham’s Defoe, Sigurdsson, Dempsey Score In Internationals

Posted by & filed under England, featured, international matches, Jermain Defoe, popular, soccer, Spurs, Tottenham Hotspur.

Jermain Defoe, Gylfi Sigurdsson and Clint Dempsey scored for their countries in vital World Cup matches as the international break has taken the Tottenham players around the world to play for their countries this weekend. They have been mostly been involved in World Cup qualifying matches for the the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. England [...]

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Tired Tottenham Lose To Dimitar Berbatov’s Goal For Fulham

Posted by & filed under Dimitar Berbatov, featured, Fulham, Jermain Defoe, popular, soccer, Spurs, Tottenham Hotspur.

Tottenham’s challenge for a top four finish in the Premier League and a place in next season’s Champions League suffered a severe dent as Fulham recorded only their third win at White Hart Lane with former Spurs player, Dimitar Berbatov, scoring the only goal of the game in the second half. It also gave Martin [...]

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Spurs struggling to fill Sandro-shaped hole

Posted by & filed under Emmanuel Adebayor, Gareth Bale, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Jake Livermore, Jermain Defoe, Jermaine Jenas, Sandro, Scott Parker, tom huddlestone.

Injuries happen, and even when they come as an indirect result of an already overused established international being forced to play in an under-23 tournament, you grin and bear it in the understanding that all clubs suffer them. As long as you don’t get them all in one position (as we did in the centre of defence in Autumn 2010 for example), a serious Premier League squad should be able to cope with an absentee or two.

As great and important as Sandro is, it looked on paper like we’d be able to cope without him. After Gareth Bale he’s probably the most valuable player in the squad, but with Scott Parker having recently come back from five months out we appeared to have a more than adequate replacement to take over and lead the charge from January to May. He’s not the stallion who will mount the world, but he is tenacious and undeniable.

But upon his return Parker has looked much more like the tired workhorse always chasing play at Euro 2012 than the writers’ footballer of the year. He’s not been the colossal disaster Wilson Palacios was in his final months at the club, but his failure to keep hold of the ball is reminiscent of the Honduran and is spanner in a machine that Andre Villas-Boas is trying to keep well-oiled.

The lack of fluency in midfield is so problematic that it’s lead people to question whether this is an even bigger issue for Tottenham than the striking situation.

(It isn’t. It’s getting harder and harder to make a case for Adebayor returning to last season’s form and Jermain Defoe’s seems unlikely to break the habit of a lifetime and score regularly for a full season. Clint Dempsey continues to be our worst performer and all the young forwards on our books, none of them particularly promising anyway, have gone out on loan.)

What is Andre Villas-Boas to do? Parker is 32 and is hopefully just making a slow return to full fitness rather than showing signs of an irreversible decline. Either way, Tottenham need someone in play the holding midfield role effectively now and Parker is emphatically not that man.

There is a player in the squad who once would have been a credible alternative, but is also currently playing the worst football of his life. Tom Huddlestone’s abominable form is perfectly symbolised by a hairstyle that reminds us how long it’s been since he was making a positive impact on top-flight matches. He bravely decided not to cut his hair until he’d scored a goal, with all money raised in the interim being donated to Cancer Research. He got injured immediately and he’s only come marginally closer to breaking that duck with his return to action.

In 16 months, a period in which he’s earned in excess of a million pounds, he has raised a paltry £10,924 for charity, a kitty that matches his pitiful showings on the pitch. His less athletic than ever and no amount of long range passes makes up for the lack of completing the short ones.

Villas-Boas reportedly turned down an offer from Fulham, but this season is surely his last at Spurs. The red card he received in the opening game of the seasons was rescinded, but the image of Huddlestone hurtling uncontrollably along the turf like a derailed train remains. The scrapyard beckons.

Against lesser opposition we might be able to get away with having Jake Livermore as the deepest midfielder (as we occasionally did with Jermaine Jenas), even though it’s not his natural game. This won’t work regularly though, as keeping possession is not something Livermore excels at and no amount of enthusiasm and energy can hide the fact that he is not good enough for a team in the top third of the table.

Villas-Boas needs to reshuffle the pack.

While Gylfi Sigurdsson is undoubtedly a talented footballer,  in hindsight signing him doesn’t seem like the best use of limited funds, given we bought Mousaa Dembele a month later and Lewis Holtby in January. Despite that, Sigurdsson could be the man to bring life to a team on the verge of going stale. He has a role to play this spring.

Either Holtby or Dembele will have to be shackled to a more disciplined defensive role, while Sigurdsson and the other play further forward. With Bale regularly drifting toward the centre too, it’s a formidable midfield even if not everyone is in their favoured position.

If the goals dry up there’s not a great deal that can be done to stop it, but the dysfunctional midfield can be fixed. 

If Gareth Bale Doesn’t Score For Tottenham. Who Will Get Next Goal?

Posted by & filed under featured, Gareth Bale, goal scorers, Jermain Defoe, popular, soccer, Spurs, Tottenham Hotspur.

Gareth Bale has scored 10 goals in his last 10 appearances for Tottenham. Since scoring the first goal of his hat-trick against Aston Villa on Boxing Day, Jermain Defoe having already scored the opening goal, Bale has provided 62.5% of Tottenham’s goals in matches in which he has played. He missed the 3 – 1 [...]

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Tottenham Striker Jermain Defoe Ruled Out Until March

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Defoe PanaWhite Hart Lane forward’s injury lay-off confirmed as three weeks.

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Tottenham will be without striker Jermain Defoe until March after it was confirmed his ankle ligament injury will keep him out for three weeks.

Defoe, who has struck 14 goals in 32 appearances this season, limped off in Tottenham’s 1-0 win over West Brom on Sunday and subsequently missed the England’s international friendly win over Brazil at Wembley on Wednesday.

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He will now miss Saturday’s visit of Newcastle and following clash with West Ham as well as the Europa League game with Lyon sandwiched in between.

The 30-year-old striker’s absence left manager Andre Villas-Boas without a forward to choose from, but Tottenham are set to throw Emmanuel Adebayor into the fray once back on British shores from the African Cup of Nations duty where he has been on duty with Togo.

He has yet to return to White Hart Lane but Villas-Boas told Sportinglife: “Obviously we have to take a look at him first. We don’t have any news regarding injuries from him, so he’s going to be selected for sure. I have to make a decision whether he will be in the starting XI or not.”

He added: “No (he is not back), we’re trying to establish the best flight connections for him. He had issues to take care of as the tournament finished for Togo, so at the moment we’re trying to see if we can have him back either for today or tomorrow’s training session.

“I spoke to him Monday morning. I know where he is, I’m not sure if I want to make it public. I don’t think it’s strange. We’ve allowed the players two days off.

“The players come back today for 3pm training. A couple of them, (Clint) Dempsey and (Benoit) Assou-Ekotto come back for 3pm tomorrow. We’ve allowed Ade to come back for Friday’s training session if he can’t make it for today’s.”

Jermain Defoe Ruled Out For 3 Weeks

Posted by & filed under Adebayor, AVB, Damiao, Defoe injury, EPL Index News, Harry Kane, Jermain Defoe, Spurs, Tottenham, Tottenham Hotspur.

Jermain Defoe is set to be ruled out for up to 3 weeks after damaging ankle ligaments in Tottenham’s 1-0 win at West Brom on Sunday, leaving Spurs incredibly short up front. Although, it could get worse for Tottenham fans if scans reveal any further damage to Defoe’s ankle. The only good news for Tottenham [...]

Jermain Defoe Ruled Out For 3 Weeks

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Tottenham’s Jermain Defoe Misses England Game. Club v Country Debate

Posted by & filed under club v country, featured, Internationals, Jermain Defoe, popular, soccer, Spurs, Tottenham Hotspur.

Tottenham’s Jermain Defoe had to go off with an ankle injury after 35 minutes of Spurs’ win at West Bromwich Albion on Sunday, ruling him out of the England match and the Spurs’ games for a number of weeks. Defoe’s injury is obviously serious but now Manchester United’s Michael Carrick has been withdrawn from the [...]

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Jermain Defoe – Worst Fears of Tottenham Supporters Confirmed

Posted by & filed under ankle injury, Emmanuel Adebayor, featured, Jermain Defoe, popular, soccer, Spurs, Tottenham Hotspur.

The transfer window is closed and now Jermain Defoe, currently Tottenham’s only experienced striker, has injured his ankle. Andre Villas-Boas confirmed that Defoe who had to be taken off in the first half against West Bromwich Albion will be out for 2 – 3 weeks. The news about Defoe has taken away some of the [...]

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Can Tottenham Make Champions League Without Signing a Striker?

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The burning question of the moment for Tottenham supporters following the close of the January transfer window is – Can Spurs qualify for the Champions League having failed to sign a striker? Tottenham are currently in fourth place in the Premier League with 42 points, four points behind third placed Chelsea and one point ahead [...]

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Why a clinical striker, not Holtby, is what Tottenham really need this January

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Emmanuel Adebayor and Jermain Defoe have been wasteful in front of goal all season and the recent dip in form could have a damaging effect on the club’s top-four chances