When the boy’s on fire, he’s almost impossible to stop. We’ve witnessed that first hand.
Think back to his hat-trick against Hull, where he seemed to possess sublime skill scoring from the most unthinkable angles. His 5 against Wigan, making him only the third player in Premier League history to score that many goals in a game.
Defoe normally comes off as a forward who needs to score early on in a match. If so, beware! But what happens when he doesn’t? Frustration creeps in. It shows. It showed against Egypt yesterday.
Now, many will argue that his contribution to the team is priceless, and I cannot agree more. JD ranks 3rd in the league for goals scored. He is a major threat in our attacking game, keeping all defenders on alert at all times. We love him dearly for that.
But out of the 6 matches played in January, Defoe contributed a total of only 2 goals.
February? 5 goals in 7 matches, with 3 of those coming out of his hat-trick against Leeds United. However, we still drew against Villa – a performance which we deserved to win – and lost to Wolves. Both were matches where we needed our prolific goalscorer to shine in.
Every player will drop in form at one point or another. With Defoe, when he struggles with a dip in form, he’s out of goals and he’s out of ideas. I’m just asking for a bit more consistency.
Is that too much to ask for?
Tags: goal scoring, goals, Jermain Defoe, ranking, record, Tottenham Hotspur
March 5, 2010 at 4:13 am |
Defoe could either be described as a specialist striker or a one trick pony depending on your opinion of him.
His five goals against Wigan probably illustrate his major strength and possible weakness. All five goals from the right hand side with his right peg.
When Defoe is on form he’s deadly however if he struggles for form or gets marked out of games he offers very little to the team.
I like Defoe and he is comfortably our best striker but his predictability can be exploited by the top teams.
March 5, 2010 at 11:26 am |
Extremely well said Spud!