Tottenham Have The Premiership’s Best Strikers?
July 31, 2007
According to, err, former Spurs player Les Ferdinand,
“Tottenham have got the best quartet of strikers in the Premiership at this moment in time.
“The only way you can keep them happy is by playing them. I don’t think the manager has a rotational policy, he takes it game by game. If a player is scoring then he is in.
“I was very fortunate in my career because there wasn’t many occasions when I was left on the bench. As I got older it happened of course but not in my heyday. Whenever I was dropped I never knocked on the manager’s door, I always looked at my own performance.”
Of course the most likely chaps to contest this would be Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool. But if you look at either goal production from last season or just the names on paper, it would be hard for any of them to argue that Spurs don’t at least match, if not exceed, their talent. If their midfield can create chances and the defense can stay injury free, there won’t be a shortage of opportunities to win matches for Martin Jol’s side next season.
Oh and Aston Villa too, because they have Marlon Harewood.
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Rooney, Rossi, Tevez, Saha and Smith
Tevez? not yet. Rossi and smith both average.
For a start you dont even have Tevez. Rossi??? Saha??? Smith??? oh dear.
…saha also very average
Keane is better than Smith, Bent is better than Saha, Defoe is better than Rossi and Berbatov and Rooney are about on a par, although on last years form, I’d say Berbatov was better.
LOL, the thought of Rossi, Saha and Smith being even close to the class of Berbs, Bent, Keane and Defoe is laughable. Everyone of those could walk into the starting 11 of any Prem team.
[quote comment=”53402″]Rooney, Rossi, Tevez, Saha and Smith[/quote]
Are you pissed mate?
Liam your as nutty as squirrel poo
Even if you do sign him our fourth striker scored more than Tevez
It should be added that Spurs also have the best PARTNERSHIP in the EPL. Indeed I’d contend that they are the only real partnership. Sure Rooney and Tevez sounds great but so have many front pairings. Keane and Berbatov actively enhance each others play and have a clear understanding between them.
Add to that two of the best and fastest finishers in the league then I think it is very appropriate to say Spurs have the best strikers in the league.
Defence is also good… midfield is where they will have to step it up.
[quote comment=”53402″]Rooney, Rossi, Tevez, Saha and Smith[/quote]
hehehe… Oh you Mancs, you do crack me up!
I wouldnt say the defence is good. Spurs have good individual defenders. But need to get it together on the pitch.
According to the sun dream team , Spurs have 4 of the top 10 strikers from last season.
Berbatov 23 goals,
Keane 22 goals
Defoe 18 goals
Bent 15 goals
I don’t know how many assists Berbatov got in all 4 competitions (prem, UEFA carling cup & Fa cup) but he got over 10 in the premiership alone.
This article may struggle to trigger debate. There isn’t much to be had.
think us and liverpool have the best strikeforce
in the premiership.
As seen utd have average strikers as back-up and the goons dont have the numbers. Chelski are possibly better up-front than UTD and the goons but are maybe one striker short of the class that spurs and liverpool posess.
I would say it is pretty close between us and liverpool. both can be argued as the best strikeforce.
Well…goalwise…
Shevchenko, Drogba, Kalou, Robben and Pizarro - that’s scary especially if Shev starts scoring again…
And I’m not pro chelski
But other than them I don’t see anybody else having 4 acestrikers.
COYS!!!
I wonder what would happen if Rooney got injured for the season….
On paper Tottenham have the best 4 strikers, second would probably be Liverpool, then Cheleski, hate to say it then Ars@#al, then Man Ure.
1 Berbatov - Keane - Defoe - Bent (Spurs)
2 Kuyt - Crouch - Torres - Voronin/Babel (Liverpool)
3 Drogba - Sheva - Pizarro - Kalou (Chelski)
4 Van Persie - Adeybayor - Walcott - da Silva (Arse@#l)
5 Rooney - Saha - Solskjaar - Smith/Rossi (Man Ure)
What does anyone else think? I haven’t included Tevez, as he is still a West Ham player (or whoever has a piece of his torn up contract).
The man speaks the truth though, we have the best *quartet of strikers’ - no other team can put together 4 strikers of the same quality. Even Chelsea would struggle (Drogba, Shevchenko, Kalou and… Sinclair?). Rose-tinted glasses perhaps, but I think that all 4 strikers are top quality, and could walk into most teams. I think that the main reason Bent got bashed when he moved to Spurs was mainly because it was a move to Spurs. If Man U or Chelsea had gone for him, it would have been lauded as a superb buy. I was chuffed when we were linked, and ecstatic when we bought him. Personally I’d love to see Kallstrom join us as well, over most (if not all) of the other players that have been linked, because he’s a player I’m familiar with, and I think would suit the premiership. He could be the next Davids for us I think - stiffen up the midfield a bit, which frankly, we need. With better protection offered by the midfield, the defence becomes less exposed, plus there are more chances to score. Even last season we weren’t struggling to score, so put more decent balls through the middle and down the flanks and you can add 50% more goals. I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see us score 120 goals+ next season, hopefully conceding less in the process. If that happens, we’ve got a great chance of winning a cup at least, and improving on our 2×5th place finishes. 11 days and counting!
[quote comment=”53402″]Rooney, Rossi, Tevez, Saha and Smith[/quote]
rooney/rossi, smith and saha ha ha ha ha ha ha
only reason the spurs strikers are bettr than thse of liverpool is because the are all proven in the premiership,torres and vorinin and babel seems dangerous but the EPL is soo different from any others
Correction!
SPurs have 4 of the top 11 (not 10) strikers from last season’s Sun dreamteam
Berbatov - 3rd place
Keane - 5th
Defoe - 8th
Bent -11th
I think Drogba was top with Rooney in 2nd
place
Despite the amount of goals conceded, the defence is actually alright. We were short of numbers when injuries kicked in, but the main problem was the exposure the defence were under from midfield. We dont have a ball winner, and that is our only real weakness (provided we buy a decent left footed attacking midfielder aswell. Zokora and Huddlestone just dont get stuck in and make the tackles, so often there is an endless stream coming at us from the midfield. You could even see it on Saturday. Not sure if Boateng will be the man, but we can only really start talking about title challengers once we have a ball winner.
Doesnt matter whether 10th or 11th I think Spurs have the Best strikeforce, We shall see by the end of the season when we finish in the top 4. I think that sounds good. We have top 4 strikers for a top 4 finish…
COYS!!!!
Theres also the fact that Spurs have 4 PROVEN premiership strikers, A big transfer fee does not automatically mean goals. Tottenham themselves are aware of this in the case of Rebrov
If we’re not talking about one star striker at a club then Spurs got better strikers than Arsenal, Liverpool and Man U!
Tevez has as good as signed he will sign in the next 2 weeks. Rooney is better than any Spurs forward even the overrated Berba who only scored 2 more than Saha last season and Saha was injured for most of it. Rossi scored something like 9 in 17 games in the second half of last seasons serie A and he was with a relegation candidate team and Smith scored in the CL quarter final which no Spurs player did. I suppose you could also class Ronaldo as a striker. This ‘inferior’ United attack scored the most goals in the premiership and if I remember correctly 7 without reply against the Spuds.
problem is spurs can only play 2 at a time because their midfield is too weak to peform in a diamond and wont be giving much quality service to the front line as 442 either.
so many average midfielders and jol spends 17m on a 4th striker who is not much better than defoe. would have been better off chasing a couple of quality young creative midfielders…
I’d agree that currently Spurs have the best strikeforce in the Prem… Liverpool have the potential to have better but Kuyt didnt have that great a season and Torres, Babel and Veronin are currently unproven, although the talent is certainly there form the teams they have come from… Only time will tell. Once Utd (finally) get Tevez then they will be third outright but the Man U, Chelsea and the Scum are all pretty much on par with each other in this department.
Paxo is a cunt
[quote comment=”53434″]Tevez has as good as signed he will sign in the next 2 weeks.quote]
Talk about covering your tracks!!
Clearly your not the birghtest cookie liam as berba scored 12 and Saha scored 8. P.s Do you really believe Rooney is better than Berbatov??
Stephen005 is a nonce.
He hangs around in car parks, and chases young boys
Nick is a good teacher.
Alan Smith is a great striker because he scored in the CL quarter final? Moron. Tell you what, Steffen Freund actually won the champions league in 1997, so he must be one of the greatest midfielders of all time!
Stephen005 has a micro penis, aids, and a dildo for a face.
He also dishes out drive by bummings to young boys.
NicktheRapist loves Crappers.
Paco is the finest teacher as he lingers in westmincer.. Blowing clive..
mowbs has no japs eye and just swaets wee out of his ball sack
shit
Mowbs i love you, enter my arsehole please you big stud.
Stephen is a kiddie fiddler.
I am looking for young boys to have fun with.
Email me at italian_hammers_fan@hotmail.com for suckee suckee fuckee fuckee.
U can tell its half term…
Clive not in public… Has stephen not seen anyone about his attraction to young boys yet? PT I hope you die of aids you scrout sucking, necro loving, homo
[quote comment=”53457″]U can tell its half term…[/quote]
because biggie169 is in da house
word up g
Berbatov scored 23 goals in all competitions, I think he was the top scorer in the UEFA cuplast season.
However, Liverpool Utd and Chelsea are also looking good. Also
Arsneal could do very well with a full season from RVP and if this Silva guy puts away any of the umpteen chances Arsenal create.
But Spurs do have 4 proven premiership strikers And Berbatov has settled now, it took him a couple of months to score away from home in the premiership, so it’s looking good for this season.
biggee - word up g, email stephen, he’ll make a real man out of you… x
Whats all this then?
[quote comment=”53457″]U can tell its half term…[/quote]
Why cos you are sat looking out of your window at the kids playing in the playground masturbating like a randy chimp?
Its not half term, its the summer holidays.
[quote comment=”53446″]Clearly your not the birghtest cookie liam as berba scored 12 and Saha scored 8. P.s Do you really believe Rooney is better than Berbatov??[/quote]
Well considering according to most people Rooney had a bad season last season and Berba had a great one and Rooney scored more I would say yes.
P.S. Sorry about the Saha thing I was kind of rushing it and just put down the wrong no.[quote comment=”53449″]Alan Smith is a great striker because he scored in the CL quarter final? Moron. Tell you what, Steffen Freund actually won the champions league in 1997, so he must be one of the greatest midfielders of all time![/quote]
I thought that Smith played quite well towards the end of the season considering he was just getting his sharpness back.
[quote comment=”53464″]Its not half term, its the summer holidays.[/quote]
high five
At Spurs we go on about Berbatov, yes to me he is a fantastic player, great touch and control and tucked away 23 goals, but give credit to Jermain Defoe too, hardy got a look in, keeping the bench warm and he still notched up 18 goals. I wonder how many he could have scored if he played a few more games?
COYS
Stephen005 has a great touch.
In the back of his car with 6 year old boys.
Stephen you kiddy fiddling cunt
Minutes on pitch per league goal (only players who played 2000 minutes and scored at leasty 12 times)
1 Keane 133
2 Crouch 142
3 Drogba 145
4 Viduka 145
5 Defoe 155
6 V Persie 160 (from 2076 mins, lowest)
7 Berbatov 165
8 Mccarthy 170
9 Lita 173
10 Saha 174
11 Henry 187
12 Ronaldo 190
13 Doyle 197
14 Rooney 199
15 Bent 204
16 Martins 225
17 Kanu 233
18 Yahubu 243
19 Shevchenko 245
20 Adebayhor 245
21 Johnson 247
22 Lampard 250 (from 5269, highest)
23 Kuyt 257
24 Mcbride 265
25 Anelka 275
My comments on the above
spurs’ four strikers are all in the top 15.
Keane top
Defoe fifth
Berbatov in his first Prem campaign seventh
Bent played for woeful relegated charlton.
Vote Tory!
I wanted to feltch out David Cameron
The funny thing is Tottenham, with their best quartet of strikers in the Premiership, are gonna finish way behind ManUtd in terms of goals scored and points.
Spurs lack midfield, we need a couple of strong Central midfielders and a left winger. Hopefully once those transactions have been completed we can challenge the top 2
[quote comment=”53434″]Tevez has as good as signed he will sign in the next 2 weeks.[/quote]
OK, so he’s signed then?
[quote comment=”53434″]Rooney is better than any Spurs forward even the overrated Berba who only scored 2 more than Saha last season[/quote]
I don’t think anyone disputed Rooney’s stats
[quote comment=”53434″] and Saha was injured for most of it. [/quote]
I wouldn’t say 23 league games sounds like someone injured for most of it. Last time I looked, there are only 38 games in a season meaning that Saha played 2/3rds of it. So whilst Saha only scored THREE less league goals, overall, he scored less goals than Berba, Bent, Defoe or Keane. We’re talking about stats here. Saha isn’t even on the playing field!
[quote comment=”53434″]
Rossi scored something like 9 in 17 games in the second half of last seasons serie A and he was with a relegation candidate team and Smith scored in the CL quarter final which no Spurs player did.[/quote]
La la la la la we were in the champions league you weren’t la la la la la therefore we win all arguments la la la la la la
Grow up!
Rossi is unproven in the Premiership. Full Stop. We can all applaud him at the end of the season. The demands in the Premiership are very different to the demands of La Liga or Serie A.
Smith? 1 goal all season doesn’t really put him in any top 4.
You are most likely right ManUtd_E_Eva but that was not the debate
[quote comment=”53479″]Minutes on pitch per league goal (only players who played 2000 minutes and scored at leasty 12 times)
1 Keane 133
2 Crouch 142
3 Drogba 145
4 Viduka 145
5 Defoe 155
6 V Persie 160 (from 2076 mins, lowest)
7 Berbatov 165
8 Mccarthy 170
9 Lita 173
10 Saha 174
11 Henry 187
12 Ronaldo 190
13 Doyle 197
14 Rooney 199
15 Bent 204
16 Martins 225
17 Kanu 233
18 Yahubu 243
19 Shevchenko 245
20 Adebayhor 245
21 Johnson 247
22 Lampard 250 (from 5269, highest)
23 Kuyt 257
24 Mcbride 265
25 Anelka 275[/quote]
My comments on the above: Rafa Benitez, please take note!!!! Crouch is a good finisher, Kuyt is not. Crouch also scored regularly in Europe - and given how long it took him to get started with the goals, his rate of goals per minutes played became phenomenal. Had Rafa used him instead of Zenden in CL Final and gone for Milan’s jugular, we would almost certainly have won it again.
[quote comment=”53499″]You are most likely right ManUtd_E_Eva but that was not the debate[/quote]
Yeah, I know that wasnt the debate. Just trying show all these idiots dat football isnt played by forwards only. U need a good midfield and defence which Spurs dont have. Argue if u want to, but im sure Spurs will be 20 points behind Manutd by December.
Back to the topic, i still dont think Spurs hav betta forwards than ManUntd. U cant seriously say Berbatov is betta than Rooney. Keane, Defoe and Bent also aren’t betta than Saha, Smith and Solskjaer. I know Saha and Solskjaer are always injured but when fit, they are definately betta than keane, Defoe or Bent. Just because they scored more goals than Manutd strikers last season doesn’t mean they are betta.
Crouch scored more goals for England than Rooney in the past 15 games i think, but u cant really say he’s betta than Rooney.
Editor: Removed, no racial slurs.
Sir Les View/opinion is worth a fuck load more than yours TBQFH.
As posted above
PWND!
If Berbatov and Tevez were in your team, Rooney wouldn’t get a look in. Im sorry ManUtd_4_Eva but you are completely delirious!!
Saha, Smith and Solskjaer better than keane defoe and bent!!!
O dear God please explain that!
Rossi’s been sold. End of.
[quote comment=”53422″]I wonder what would happen if Rooney got injured for the season….
On paper Tottenham have the best 4 strikers, second would probably be Liverpool, then Cheleski, hate to say it then Ars@#al, then Man Ure.
1 Berbatov - Keane - Defoe - Bent (Spurs)
2 Kuyt - Crouch - Torres - Voronin/Babel (Liverpool)
3 Drogba - Sheva - Pizarro - Kalou (Chelski)
4 Van Persie - Adeybayor - Walcott - da Silva (Arse@#l)
5 Rooney - Saha - Solskjaar - Smith/Rossi (Man Ure)
What does anyone else think? I haven’t included Tevez, as he is still a West Ham player (or whoever has a piece of his torn up contract).[/quote]
I personally think that Newcastle have a better strikeforce than Arsenal with Martins, Viduka, Owen…comparing to Adebayor (donkey), VP (quality) and DaSilva (unproven). Walcott is more of a winger IMO.
[quote comment=”53434″]Tevez has as good as signed he will sign in the next 2 weeks. Rooney is better than any Spurs forward even the overrated Berba who only scored 2 more than Saha last season and Saha was injured for most of it. Rossi scored something like 9 in 17 games in the second half of last seasons serie A and he was with a relegation candidate team and Smith scored in the CL quarter final which no Spurs player did. I suppose you could also class Ronaldo as a striker. This ‘inferior’ United attack scored the most goals in the premiership and if I remember correctly 7 without reply against the Spuds.[/quote]
Rossi signed with villarreal so I don’t think he can really be included in the Man U-Spurs comparison.
[quote comment=”53439″]problem is spurs can only play 2 at a time because their midfield is too weak to peform in a diamond and wont be giving much quality service to the front line as 442 either.
so many average midfielders and jol spends 17m on a 4th striker who is not much better than defoe. would have been better off chasing a couple of quality young creative midfielders…[/quote]
Like Kevin Prince-Boateng? (Signed today)
who gives a flying fuck who has the best strikers ON PAPER. its funny though because i would be willing to be my house utd arsenal and more than likely even pool will all score more goals AS A TEAM, and they WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A FUCKING CHANCE OF WINNING SOMETHING!!!!!! and at the end of the season when spurs finish in the 5-8 range, will you lot all still be going on and on and on about how great defoe was for you while sitting the bench? how awesome Bent was in training? that one time berbatov had a great turn and pass against arsenal? i bet the answer is yes, and the teams mentioned above will laugh and add to their trophy rooms.
Fine Rossi has been sold in the biggest mistake Sir Alex has ever made. This just means that Anderson will probably be cover for the strikers now and watch this season as United set the world alight. If Bent is worth £16m Rossi was probably worth about £20m and we sold him for a measly £6m. Villareal got some bargain.
[quote comment=”53565″]Fine Rossi has been sold in the biggest mistake Sir Alex has ever made. This just means that Anderson will probably be cover for the strikers now and watch this season as United set the world alight. If Bent is worth £16m Rossi was probably worth about £20m and we sold him for a measly £6m. Villareal got some bargain.[/quote]
Rossi spent about four months on loan at Newcastle last season where he was woeful. Now he’s been sold to Villareal. An equivalent team in England would probably be Everton or Bolton. Good teams, but not world beaters. If he’s such a quality striker why weren’t the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid after him? I’m sorry but there’s no way Rossi is anywhere near as good a finisher as Darren Bent, even though I think Bent was too expensive as well.
Remember, the last striker Man Utd sold to Villareal was Diego Forlan, and he couldn’t cut it either…
[quote comment=”53575″][quote comment=”53565″]Fine Rossi has been sold in the biggest mistake Sir Alex has ever made. This just means that Anderson will probably be cover for the strikers now and watch this season as United set the world alight. If Bent is worth £16m Rossi was probably worth about £20m and we sold him for a measly £6m. Villareal got some bargain.[/quote]
Rossi spent about four months on loan at Newcastle last season where he was woeful. Now he’s been sold to Villareal. An equivalent team in England would probably be Everton or Bolton. Good teams, but not world beaters. If he’s such a quality striker why weren’t the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid after him? I’m sorry but there’s no way Rossi is anywhere near as good a finisher as Darren Bent, even though I think Bent was too expensive as well.
Remember, the last striker Man Utd sold to Villareal was Diego Forlan, and he couldn’t cut it either…[/quote]
So the fact that he was never played at Newcastle doesn’t come into it? And I suppose Bolton could get to the CL semi-final? Juventus were after him as far as I know they are a good team. Forlan in his last season with us actually had a pretty good goalscoring record it just didn’t help him that Ruud was knocking them in left-right and centre. Forlan since moving to La Liga has scored more than Torres, Eto’o, Villa and Diego Milito. So I suppose also the fact that he was sold for €16m the other week makes him a terrible player? Rossi is only 20 and he scored 9 in 19 games with Parma who he helped avoid relegation so they can’t have been the best of teams.
[quote comment=”53585″]Rossi is only 20 and he scored 9 in 19 games with Parma who he helped avoid relegation so they can’t have been the best of teams.[/quote]
Good thing he’s gone then eh Liam - don’t want poor old Wayney nose getting out of joint when he can’t get a place in Demento’s starting eleven do we? ha ha ha - pile of crap, let’s hope the horrid mancs have lost a villareally good player eh, Li? Li? Liam? LIAM? where’s he gone? Oh he’s gone to support the new Premiership winners… the fickle shit
No actually I’m still here as I always have been and always will be supporting the best team on the face of the Earth. I dont know who you support but it doesn’t matter because they aren’t as good as United.
On paper Spurs have some quality strikers. Berbatov and Keane can create something out of nothing and Bent and Defoe are good finishes. The problem is the departure of Davids. Spurs midfield is toothless at the mo and as a result the strikeforce suffers. Chelsea, Arsenal and Man Utd have strikers that can change a game and on top of that they have excellent midfields. So we can debate the quality of strikers but with out service it means f@ckall. So Spurs can look forward to another top 6 finish but will they break into the top 4? Not likely…
[quote comment=”53585″][quote comment=”53575″][quote comment=”53565″]Fine Rossi has been sold in the biggest mistake Sir Alex has ever made. This just means that Anderson will probably be cover for the strikers now and watch this season as United set the world alight. If Bent is worth £16m Rossi was probably worth about £20m and we sold him for a measly £6m. Villareal got some bargain.[/quote]
Rossi spent about four months on loan at Newcastle last season where he was woeful. Now he’s been sold to Villareal. An equivalent team in England would probably be Everton or Bolton. Good teams, but not world beaters. If he’s such a quality striker why weren’t the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid after him? I’m sorry but there’s no way Rossi is anywhere near as good a finisher as Darren Bent, even though I think Bent was too expensive as well.
Remember, the last striker Man Utd sold to Villareal was Diego Forlan, and he couldn’t cut it either…[/quote]
So the fact that he was never played at Newcastle doesn’t come into it? And I suppose Bolton could get to the CL semi-final? Juventus were after him as far as I know they are a good team. Forlan in his last season with us actually had a pretty good goalscoring record it just didn’t help him that Ruud was knocking them in left-right and centre. Forlan since moving to La Liga has scored more than Torres, Eto’o, Villa and Diego Milito. So I suppose also the fact that he was sold for €16m the other week makes him a terrible player? Rossi is only 20 and he scored 9 in 19 games with Parma who he helped avoid relegation so they can’t have been the best of teams.[/quote]
OK, here goes…
1) Considering Newcastle’s injury record last season, surely it makes sense to say that Rossi would have been playing if he was deemed better than the likes of Ameobi, Dyer and Luque.
2)I didn’t actually say that Bolton could get to the CL semis. I was comparing their league positions from last year in two leagues of a similar standard. In the same way, do you think Villareal could get to the CL semi-finals with their current squad?
3)Despite being similar leagues, most people are aware that strikers can be a success in La Liga and fail in the Premier League, or vice versa. Forlan is just one example of this.
Spurs certainly have the best Berbatov.
All the top four lack depth of world class players in the striking department.
Drogba, Rooney, Torres…. that’s about it really.
Spurs may have 18 or 20 options to act as mediocre partner for Berbatov, but tbh I’d favour Crouch, Kuyt, Shevchenko or Alan Smith over any of them.
The barcodes deserve a mention in all this, Martins and Owen is pretty damn good on paper; that is, if you stop Owen shattering into a thousand tiny pieces whenever he kicks a ball. I also suspect Luque isn’t quite as shit as everyone supposes, playing under Glenn fucking Roeder can’t exactly have helped the lad.
If you’re a striker, I guess you’d be crazy not to go play in the Spanish league, where they appear to be abandoning the out dated concept of a “defence” anyhow.
What about Benni McCarthy from Blackburn, he has proven him self in the 1. season, and if he steps up as Drogba did, then he will get the golden boot in Europe. Know that BRFC aren’t so good besides him, but watch out for him!
I’m a dane, so I’m a bit offended that you don’t mention Bendtner when you list the strikers for Arsenal. Know he played for Birmingham last year, but he is doing very well in the pre-matches. Van Persie and Bendtner will be the top pair for Arsenal, just wait and see…..
Cheers mates
[quote comment=”53469″]At Spurs we go on about Berbatov, yes to me he is a fantastic player, great touch and control and tucked away 23 goals, but give credit to Jermain Defoe too, hardy got a look in, keeping the bench warm and he still notched up 18 goals. I wonder how many he could have scored if he played a few more games?
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Defoe actually played more games than Keane mate…so get your facts right?
its not just about having the best strikers, its how they play together, Berbatov and Keane together are immense!! Berbatov links well with Defoe too so Ireakon we have got the best strike force, but saying that, the majority of the time you only have 2 on the pitch dont you???
Spurs DO have the best strikers in the prem!!!!
spurs are just too good