In August I wrote an article asking if Harry Redknapp could solve our striker crisis from within, rather than investing in a new forward. At the time, we had the option of selecting either Jermain Defoe, Peter Crouch or Roman Pavlyuchenko to play alongside Rafael Van der Vaart, who enjoyed a superb debut season in a Tottenham shirt.
After embarrassing defeats against both Manchester sides, it was clear that Spurs needed to buy. Despite Defoe looking sharp, our attackers simply didn’t perform in our two opening fixtures. Crouch’s deteriorating form seemed to be continuing from last season, while Pavlyuchenko looked his usual self – full of ability but lacking decisiveness and guile.
So how have we gone about turning things around up front?...