The stupidity of Tottenham sometimes astounds me
You would think sitting 4th in the league and with a cup quarter final looming that Tottenham would be doing their damndest to ensure that all their key players are wrapped up in cotton wool, especially given that injury has already decimated areas of the squad in recent weeks. Unfortunately that train of thought doesn’t exist inside the walls of White Hart Lane and the stupidity of the club’s decision to release Jermain Defoe for England duty astounds me.
I am certain that I wasn’t the only Tottenham fan inside Craven Cottage yesterday cursing the fact that we didn’t have Jermain Defoe starting due to him aggravating his hamstring in the recent and pointless friendly in midweek. I say aggravating as Defoe has had to come off in previous Premier League fixtures, having picked it up on the Somme that was the DW Stadium, and yet we allow him to play and start for England in a game that simply had no bearing on his overall selection in Capello’s squad for South Africa. Defoe has no worries about his England place, which made the decision to allow him to join up with the squad all the more baffling.
I am sure had we gone out of the cup last night then there would have been a greater uproar about whether we should have gambled on starting Defoe or not. The fact is that it should never have come down to this in the first place and with a chance to reach a semi final and some key Premier League fixtures coming up, then the club has to come before country on this occasion, especially in a meaningless friendly. Without Defoe we have nothing upfront and if we have any hope of succeeding this season then his fitness for the club has to be the priority.
Written by Roy James
Football News 24/7
The stupidity of rent-a-mouth bloggers never astounds me
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pointless article. we are 4th and got a good chance to make the cup final. no game till saturday so the whole squad is getting a weeks rest. to say things like ‘had we gone out of the cup last night’ is like me saying ‘had i picked all 6 lottery number last night’ – absolutely pointless. let harry make the decisions and you just stick to writing pointless articles
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Hey, your stupidity is astounding here because I think Pav and Crouch did a decent job last night. When Defoe came on he was ineffectual. In my opinion the pitch at Fulham was too small for us to play a fluid passing game, and even they admit the quality of the ground was a problem. So there!
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1. Defoe is a donkey, starting with Pav wasn’t a gamble. If he isn”t a donkey he is certainly no world beater
2. Defoe wasn’t injured and therefore we would have no right to say that he wasn’t avaailable to play for england
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The stupidity of Tottenham bloggers sometimes astounds me…
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spot on, people were saying the same thing at the game
what is wrong with harry does he care more about england than tottenham i find that debatable
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Defoe was fit to play therefore, no grounds for him refusing to do his duty as did Crouchy, who did not do ‘two’ badly either. Oh well seems like Harry’s gamble paid off and he may be closer to a day out at Wembley. Shame it was at the expense of finishing 4th though.
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this world cup is not doing our season any good.i believe the mess that is being made with Lennon is to try to make sure he is fit for it.spurs come first.pay you stupid money as all teams have to with their players but countries do jack all.
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Harry should have played this formation , GOMES EKOTTO DAWSON BASSONG BALE KRANJCAR PALACIOS CORLUKA TOWNSEND PAVLYUCHENKO MODERIC For the first half .
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I wish Harry had the same foresight as you lot!
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