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Poor Old Defoe!

Premier League Tottenham Hotspur
by Captain-Keane (U9396869) 26 November 2007
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I am really starting to feel sorry for little jermaine! it seems ages ago since his cameo appearance in the uefa cup brought a smile to our faces again!

He has fallen down the pecking order without a doubt, behind darren bent and i think this is the case with england as well!

It seems everytime he comes on he barely gets a touch of the ball, and when he does he's shrugged off it, or fouled and doesnt win the freekick!

He really should of given the penalty to someone else yesterday IMO, someone who has been playing regularly and with a bit of confidence! he didnt try and tale it for england when he won it against croatia!

ill be sad to see him go, if he is sold in jan but at the moment he looks disheartend and fustrated! maybe a few goals against aalborg might cheer him up again!

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posted Nov 27, 2007

Levy warns Defoe?!

Yes Jermain sign up or else....or else.... you'll be able to join another club for free or at worst a lower than expected fee. Bet he's in a real rush to sign up.

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posted Nov 27, 2007

its time Defoe left and persued his ambitions with a bigger club. Tottenham are the perenial underachievers in the game and are stagnant. Dofoe is wasting his prime football years at a club who will always be known as one of the self appointed big clubs with a tiny fan base.

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posted Nov 27, 2007

Defoe can't succeed abroad, its better for the club to sell him to portmouth, reading, wigan or bolton where regular football will surely improve his game.

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posted Nov 27, 2007

Levy comments that all the big teams have at least four top strikers, and goes on to mention Man U, this clearly is not the case as they have 3 top strikers and the rest are youngsters. At Chelsea and Arsenal the situations are similar. The problem is Spurs have 4 good strikers all coming into their prime now and eager to play games. Considering Tottenhams lack of willingness to sell Defoe in the past coupled with the small amount of firt team chances he gets, especially with Bent there now anyone can see that it would be foolish for Jermaine to sign without being reasonably sure that he will get a bigger part to play or be sold on. If that means that he will get little game time for the rest of the season then what does he care, it would be doubtfully less then he gets already.

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posted Nov 27, 2007

As an out-and-out striker, He is clearly only going to have one person in mind, Himself. Now, this isn't always such a bad thing, but Tottenham have 4 top class strikers including Defoe, and when you Have Berbatov and Keane in scoring form, and having forged a great partnership, you can't just take them out when another striker get's upset. I can sympathise with him as he does seem to sit on the bench week in, week out, but for good reason, when he does get his chance he rarely gives a performance worthy of a first team place. Also, he gives us something different when he comes on as a sub, a Spark that is most effective when brought on to face a tiring defense.
I am pleased to have Defoe part of the Spurs setup but as someone already said, he does seem to have loyalty issues, as soon as he addresses where his priorities lie, he will be a much more settled player.
And about Alan Sugar, he may have got rid of Terry, but he also saved us from bankruptcy and non league football. He is a legend.

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posted Nov 27, 2007

Defoe on a free!? I don't know any premiership club that would turn that one down...From an outsider's point of view it doesn't look like it's worked out for him at Spurs - too many, and perhaps rightfully, in front of him and although to many he's better than Keane, Keane has just had an amazing 2 seasons and can;'t stop scoring...Spurs fans, has he been given enough chances to warrant him not leaving on a free?

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posted Nov 27, 2007

Did i hear you call Defoe a world class player, well not surprise bcos every english player is a world class including those in championship.

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posted Nov 27, 2007

Defoe has and will never be better than keane. what is so special about him leaving on bosman when we got ballack on the same means.

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posted Nov 27, 2007

Defoe has a very French expression on his face on the photo shown in the article.

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posted Nov 27, 2007

Defoe can move on to a big club. Talk of him going to Wigan, Bolton or Reading is Ridiculous!

He could easily could of been playing for Man Utd a couple seasons ago.

I think he would be a brilliant asset to the Pompey side who have lacked a consistent striker.

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