Be interesting to get people’s perspectives on this one.
We all know how desperate we are for new strikers and how much it probably cost us again this season. The question is this, we have Jermain Defoe, Peter Crouch and Roman Pavlyuchenko and let’s say for argument’s sake that we have to sell 2 and only one can stay, who would it be?
Defoe is probably on his day one of the most dangerous strikers around but this season was probably his worst season in his career. He did suffer a long-term injury but do we think he has lost it or was it a one-off bad season? There is no doubt that Defoe is a greedy little bastard but sometimes that is needed and he probably our only striker capable of creating his own chances in front of goal.
Roman Pavlyuchenko has been our most prolific striker in front of goal over the past 2-3 years with the ratio of goals to minutes on the pitch. Pav seems to be most dangerous when he comes off the bench and even if it’s only the last 10 mins will usually bag himself a goal but when he get’s 90 mins he rarely scores.
Peter Crouch is a good aerial threat but does this change the way the team plays in a negative way? Crouch had a poor season in regards to goal scoring but is a real team player and we owe a lot to him in regards to the Champions League. His red card was his lowest point this season but I think we all remember the goals he scored to get us to where we were and so forgiveness was easy for his mistake against Madrid.
There is cause to point the finger at the new formation with the introduction of Rafael Van der Vaart which seemed to affect all of our strikers goal ratios. Do 3 strikers really become that bad overnight or was the new style of play partly to blame? Having said all this I still think it’s clear we need some new firepower but if we keep one of our existing 3 strikers who would you most like to stay, Crouchy, Defoe or Pav?
I’ll let you guys pick first………
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no brainer it has to be pav who stays full stop.. crouch aint good enough and defoe giving off to much bad vibes. plus doesnt do it aganist the big clubs. while am spouting offf harry redknapp can piss off to
Pav. Crouch and Defoe can both do one.
Id probrably have to go for pav ….
Pav is the best !he can stay the others can go
But we need 2 c his wow goals more often 
Pav and even would prefer Keane to Defoe. Keane would of got double what Defoe has got in terms of goals and not to mention he would of had a few assists and got us Champions league if he had the red carpet treatment Defoe and Crouch has had. Bad management!
the vodka boy is the only option, i belive he still has a pretty impresive goals to games ratio and when compared to jd or 3mp he’s the only striker that has scored against anyone other than mid table or below.
The bigger question is, would you swap bale for the world class striker we so desperatly need?
As Wiseyid implied: Why does everyone forget that Keane is a Spurs player? The 2 out for me are Keane & Defoe.
Because everyone accepts that Keane doesn’t have a Spurs career any more unless you think that 2 loans in 2 seasons says otherwise?
None of them are good enough, as they all lack some vital qualities. Defoe lacks any sort of vision. He doesn’t spot the right ball to play and all too often goes it alone when a better option is available. Crouchy has no pace and is not an out and out goal-scorer. He has to rely on having someone else around him, á la VDV, in order to be effective. Pav is the real conundrum IMO. He has undoubted skill and intelligence and has the ability to score from anywhere and with any part of his body. Unfortunately, he has no work rate and seems to lack any sort of motivation or desire, which is why he always goes missing when on from the start. Get rid of the lot and start again.
Why have we mentioned “Bale” in this conversation, why do we have to swap/sell “Bale” for a world class striker?
Crouch ~ No Pace, No Shooting Power, No Heading Power, No Heading direction, No physical strength, along with poor hold up play ~ No brainer
Defoe ~ Can’t read the line 9/10 is always caught offside, too greedy when the simple pass is there, constantly runs into cul-de-sac’s, poor, poor form this season & now can’t see him re-discover his prolific ability of previous seasons ~ Times up Defoe, C Ya
Pav ~ Sometimes looks like his confidence is shattered, being brought on to save a game makes him desperate at times, hold up play could be better, heading ability seems good, but would like to see more of it, Shots to goals ratio is impressive, shooting ability is very good as you know its been hit, strength in the game is improving as like many B4 him, was a bit overawed by the speed & physicality of our game, more game time & support from the management is definitely needed for this boy ~ So therefore he gets my nod, 10 to 20 goals next season without a doubt
The only way pav will score 20 is on fifa11. What is it with all these pav worshippers, the bloke is a complete donkey.
He’s a donkey with a 1 in 2.6 goal ratio for Spurs though – which isn’t too bad considering how many of his appearances have been as a sub (which isn’t reflected in the stats).
How is pav a donkey, do you watch tottenham. All the strikers have had bad season, this doesnt make them all bad players. They are all capable in this league but they there not good enough to get us into the champions league every year. If 2 go it will be pav and crouch, even though i rather see defoe go a pav stay. who ever goes we can only hope we get a better player , starting to regret the sale of bent , o well COYS
More like do you watch Tottenham? It baffles me how anyone can rate him. So what if he has scored a few, how many has he missed is more to the point. The amount of chances we create is a dream for a decent striker, and that is not pav. Get rid of pav,keane and crouch.
with the boy carol going for 35 and torres for 50 i see the only way we could even contemplate world class and i meen world class striker is part of an exchange with a team from europe as a player plus cash deal,if we think the likes of defoe and pav are worth a combined 25-30 at a push then who and for how much? i was trying to gage the lengths other yids would go to for a striker.
as long as defoe goes I don’t mind who joins him,
RE HERE HERE! Sell before value falls too far. We need young and hungry,possibly Sturridge and Welbeck.