Posts tagged Jermain Defoe

Jermain Defoe: An apology

The Premier League Owl For most of the Summer, you will have seen articles on this website talking about Jermain Defoe’s inability to play as a lone forward and Spurs’ need to move him on to another club. Not The Premier League Owl’s greatest moment. Tottenham look really solid this season, and Defoe has done his very best […]

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Loic Remy should excite Tottenham fans

The Premier League Owl Emmanuel Adebayor and Loic Remy playing upfront together? That’s not bad at all. Sky Sports are reporting this morning that Daniel Levy has flown to France to try and finalise a deal for the Marseille forward who seems to have been on Tottenham’s wanted list for an eternity; unsurprisingly so, he scored 2 […]

Ian Wright wants Jermain Defoe at Arsenal

The Premier League Owl Really, this actually got published? It may seem like we pick on The Sun, but…well it’s The Sun, so it deserves it. From Ian Wright’s column this morning: “TWO games and no goals show where Arsenal’s problems lie and there are few better finishers around than Jermain Defoe. I’m sure Lukas Podols […]

Dismissing Sunderland’s link with Jermain Defoe

The Premier League Owl A couple of sources have began to report that Martin O’Neil is interested in Tottenham’s Jermain Defoe – the Sunderland Echo being the latest of them this morning. The local paper claim that the 29 year-old is an ‘option’ in light of the failure to make significant progress with Steven Fle […]

Time for Jermain Defoe to leave Tottenham

The Premier League Owl When Jermain Defoe was on his ten-game scoring streak for Bournemouth at the beginning of the last decade, he was the next great hope. Described by David Platt as the ‘most complete natural goalscorer’ he had ever seen, Defoe was the ‘can’t miss’ talent who was destined for the very top o […]

QPR looking at Jermain Defoe?

This is from the Evening Standard, so treat it with caution, as they have a bit of previous when it comes to copying and pasting transfer rumours from unreliable sources. Supposedly, Mark Hughes is interested in bringing Jermain Defoe to Loftus Road next season in an effort to put some distance between QPR and the relegation zone. In theo […]

Thoughts on Jermain Defoe & his situation at Tottenham

The Premier League Owl Here are some quotes from Jermain Defoe that appeared in The Mirror this morning: “I didn’t want to leave. I don’t go thinking, ‘I want to go to this club or that club. But in January I just wasn’t playing enough and I did go to the manager and ask to go out on loan. He said to me, ‘ […]

Tottenham: Jermain Defoe goals

Barnsley to dent West Ham’s promotion hopes? A huge 3/1 with William Hill. Claim a free £25 bet by signing up today. Click, let the page load, and select the offer code at the top of the screen. It’s hard to believe that Jermain Defoe has 46 England caps – for someone who’s never really been given an extended run in […]

All of Tottenham’s Goals – 2010/2011

Get a free £25 bet on this week’s Premier League games from William Hill. Click, let the page load, and follow the instructions. A bit random, but because their season ultimately finished without silverware or repeated qualification for the Champions League, it’s easy to forget some of the quality moments that Harry Redknapp’ […]

Redknapp’s Defoe loyalty is ultimately disappointing

Harry Redknapp is kidding himself if he thinks that Jermain Defoe is capable of taking Tottenham back to where their fans want them to go. After starting the 2009/10 season with the kind of goal-return worthy of a top-four forward, Defoe’s form has been on an 18-month-long slump. Ok, you can reference his various injuries, and his su […]