Some praise for Defoe.

Always the way with fantasy football, If I put in Defoe now, what will happen? Adebayor will score, then i'll sub out Adebayor....then Defoe will score!

 

Put Podolski in.

 

I tried a similar option of adding in Cazorla, who is now my leading points scorer and I look at the goons games hoping he put in a great performance, leaves me feeling dirty but thats what fantasy football does!

 

...notso does that enough for all of us!


Just thought I'd finish your sentence for you!

 

An oxymoron isn't someone with bad acne who thinks you drink Oxy to clear it up!

 

I remember Jimmy Greaves - saw him play for Spurs many times. Defoe is no Greaves. Jimmy Greaves WAS clinical. He rarely missed, never panicked, or snatched at a chance. In the 18yd box, he was as deadly as anybody I've ever seen. Defoe is a good striker - but Greaves was another level up from that.

 

When being a natural goalscorer and being a clinical finisher don't go hand in hand you've got a definition wrong somewhere.

 

It's established that Defoe is no Greaves.

No surprise there then.

 

To be fair to Defoe. Very few compare to Jimmy Greaves. Certainly no English strikers.

 

i agree with Yid Vicious.
Defoe could well have scored 5 but didn't.
I hope he continues scoring 2 from 5 but Reading weren't much better than Southampton.
Neither looked premier standard.
I was happy with Spurs putting a lot of passes together and going forward instead of backwards.
The bad thing was another last minute goal!It is a 90 minute game plus.......

 

For sure Defoe is no Greaves, Greaves scored more goals in the top flight than any other player in the history of English football. He scored about 100 more than Shearer, but while Shearer's 'record' is often mentioned, Greaves far more impressive record is hardly ever mentioned.

However, Defoe's second was absolutely reminiscent of Greaves at his best. Defoe's first was a typical Jimmy finish, the second was a very special goal though, top drawer.

I'm not too concerned about how good Reading are, this was a top team performance and an outstanding one by Defoe. If we beat Rangers in similar fashion on Sunday I'll be well made up, and then its time for our regular defeat at Utd - or are things about to change?

 

As long as the ref isn't Webb, we MAY stand a chance.

Though I say that every season

 

"but I'm not convinced that he'll either maintain this sort of form or do it against the top teams which will really blow our lungs out if he does."

You can tolerate failure in the latter as long as he can do the former.
A PL striker who scores 20+ PL goals against 'lesser' teams each season is fine by me.

 

Yes, as long as it isn't 5 in 1 game, and 5 hattricks.
If he scores 20 prem goals at 1 and 2 a pop then that will be fantastic.

 

Just to pick up on these "its only reading", what about all the great strikers, they wouldn't have set their records if they didn't score against crap defences, as if they faced top defences each week, the goals wouldn't flow as freely.

Yes I accept if a player has proven he can score against any standard then he deserves more praise, yet Defoe isn't a player that hides in big games, he has scored against top teams in this league, both when he first joined and in recent seasons.

 

Unless he scores with both hands behind his back while facing away from the goal it doesn't count.

 

More or less that, Spurm.

When the GD is tallied up in May (remembering that Spurs lost CL by virtue of
not scoring one more goal to turn a loss into a draw) , nobody asks against who
they were scored.

 

I must say Webb did us a right favour v Reading, to me Walker's handball was a definite pen, and could easily have changed the game. For once Howard W did us a good turn.

 

let's say this,Defoe>Giroud

 

well said Boss, as I've already said Defoe's performance was outstanding for me.

Greaves' greatest ever goal came against Leicester City - a game in which he scored a hat trick - does that denigrate the goal - not for me - another of jim's greatest came against the Toon who weren't much cop in the 60s, does that invalidate the goal - no way - he got two in that game by the way

but greaves scored wonder goals against the likes of utd too, he could do it against anyone especially at home or on neutral grounds - not so great away for spurs - but apparently was better for chelsea - he once i believe put 5 away against the champions at molineux and pretty much finished off Billy Wright's career
Back to Defoe - we failed to beat norwich and wba at home - hardly giants of the game, and defoe scored in neither game and looked like a little boy lost v the mighty norwich

if he'd have scored two that day and got us a 3-1 win i'd have been praising him from the rooftops of White Hart Lane