Anyone have faith in JD scoring?

markie said:

Defoe should never have taken the penalty. There was far too much pressure for him to score and as much as some of us wont admit to it everyone was dubious and worried when he stepped up... Why didnt berbatov or Jenas take it...

All it came down to was defoe wanting to prove a point against his old club. Typical selfish reasons from a typically selfish player. Why did it not come down to winning the game...

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double0 said:

So was it selfish that he won the pen? or would it be selfish if he'd scored?

Defoe has a goal scoring record against wet spam since he left them for us and you should remember last season he stood up and scored the pen...so was that selfish?

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Shanks said:

IT wasn't a shit pen, it was a good save.
He just managed to get it hand on it and pushed it onto the post.

Keane is our normal pen taker, he was off, so I have no problems with it going to defoe. Cannot really blame him, he picked his spot, hit it well and it was saved.

Green probably should not have been on the pitch after his foul on Keane (which a few people reckon he dived for?) so we were very unlucky, but also have to thank Robbo for keeping us in it.

Slowly seeing an improvement.

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TaoistMonkey said:

shit pen or not, he shouldn't have taken it

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double0 said:

Its easy to say he shouldn't have taken it after the event. Defoe's been the pen taker before and with Keane off the pitch he was the first in line IMO.

Who else should have taken it????

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double0 said:

Its easy to say he shouldn't have taken it after the event. Defoe's been the pen taker before and with Keane off the pitch he was the first in line IMO.

Who else should have taken it????

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MarkTHFC9 said:

I just had a feeling that although he has a good pen record he would miss. Plus Greens good pen record made me just expect it to be saved, and proved right

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Shanks said:

Who should have taken it then?
It's a stupid arguement.

Had Berbs or Bent or even Robbo taken it and missed it, you would all be saying the exact same thing, they shouldn't have taken it, give it to defoe, he is good at pens...

Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

It was a good penalty, okay it could have been nearer the post, but it was hit powerfully, and it was a bloody good save from the keeper.
Penalty saving is as much skill as it is luck, trust me on that one.

You can watch and stuy penalty takers, you can watch the run up, but ultimatly, a keeper makes a decision to go which way and sticks to it. No penalty taker scores 100% of penalties that I know of.

This is the exact problem with spurs fans this season. Fans chating Defoes name, give him a chance. He finally gets a chance, is unlucky against a keeper who is on top form, yet shouldn't have been on the pitch in the first place, and people now say he shouldn't have taken it.

Fair play to him for trying, it was very unlucky, but move on, we didn't lose, we showed a much improved performance against tougher opposition and we finally saw a manager who isn't afraid to mix it up by taking a defender off and bringing on a forward.

All positives.

The negatives were our defensive errors, which can still be improved on.

Seriously, Defoe was the obvious choice for the penalty over every single person on the pitch.

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markie said:

everyone was dubious and worried when he stepped up...

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Shanks said:

Who should have taken it then?
It's a stupid arguement.

Had Berbs or Bent or even Robbo taken it and missed it, you would all be saying the exact same thing, they shouldn't have taken it, give it to defoe, he is good at pens...

Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

It was a good penalty, okay it could have been nearer the post, but it was hit powerfully, and it was a bloody good save from the keeper.
Penalty saving is as much skill as it is luck, trust me on that one.

You can watch and stuy penalty takers, you can watch the run up, but ultimatly, a keeper makes a decision to go which way and sticks to it. No penalty taker scores 100% of penalties that I know of.

This is the exact problem with spurs fans this season. Fans chating Defoes name, give him a chance. He finally gets a chance, is unlucky against a keeper who is on top form, yet shouldn't have been on the pitch in the first place, and people now say he shouldn't have taken it.

Fair play to him for trying, it was very unlucky, but move on, we didn't lose, we showed a much improved performance against tougher opposition and we finally saw a manager who isn't afraid to mix it up by taking a defender off and bringing on a forward.

All positives.

The negatives were our defensive errors, which can still be improved on.

Seriously, Defoe was the obvious choice for the penalty over every single person on the pitch.

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TaoistMonkey said:

here we go again......

if you feel that if a player has just come on and is ready to take a pen against his old club in the 90th minute, which could win the game then i'm quite surprised.


oh and berb should have taken it.

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Shanks said:

Defoe is one of the best natural finishers in the league

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Flatters said:

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I can't agree with that. Whatever it actually means.

He can probably hit the ball the hardest of our four strikers, but I'd say he probably has the worst shooting accuracy of the four.

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