Here's a table of all Tottenham Hotspur past & present players who have scored in the Euro 2012 qualification competition, together with their total minutes played... please log in to view this image ...Jermain Defoe was England's most lethal striker in the competition with his three goals coming from 158 minutes played. Wayne Rooney took 582 minutes to score the same number of goals. Full details of all 335 different Euro 2012 goalscorers available here... UEFA European Football Championships 2012 Qualification Goalscorers
With the news that Helder Positga matches his goalscoring tally in qualification, Darren Bent's Twitter whinge-fest is a must-read...
The quality of the opposition would generally be lower in qualifiers than in the Premier League, Lidls.
Says something when the leading scorers for two of the group winners can't make it onto our first team. The thing is, I have no doubt Pav should go, and have no regrets about Keane going. But I keep thinking that Kranjcar should start, somehow, some way. He's too good, and he's also a quiet player who doesn't seeem to need a lot of the ball or a lot of attention to be effective, which is crucial.
Kranjcar's played in every game that he's been fit for this season, I think, RWAEB. He was criminally underutilised last season though, so I hope Redknapp gives him more game time for the rest of the season. It should be interesting to see how Pavlyuchenko performs against Rubin Kazan too, assuming that he starts. It's a big chance for him to make an impression back home and get a decent move in January.
Pav being inspired for a short run of games at three-monthy intervals sounds a lot like his time at Spurs to me...
