It’s been a frustrating period for Jermain Defoe whereby he has spent most of his time on the bench in recent weeks. Despite scoring some valuable goals when he has been on the pitch, the striker is a firm third in the White Hart Lane pecking order behind Adebayor and VDV.
JD will surely get his chance this weekend however as Adebayor is forced to sit out the game against his parent club and in his newspaper column, manager Harry Redknapp almost went overboard in praising his ‘back up’ striker.
“It’s been difficult for him at Tottenham this season and I can understand his frustration,” Harry said in The Sun.
“With Emmanuel Adebayor here, it’s been a case of Manu and who else up front?
Harry went on to say that Defoe...