Re: Jermain Defoe
If you think about it Redknap is the one who's made him, West Ham, us, Pompey then us again, did he not start at Charlton?
Defoe has always been a streaky goal scorer who hits a purple patch once a season when he looks like a top notch forward (as opposed to Adebayor who has one good season per club) but invariably sinks back to an average of 1 goal every other game. Even after his promising start to the season when it looked like he had evolved into more of a team player JD's still only averaging 15 passes per game this season; compared to 22 for Adebayor, 25 for Ba, 27 for RvP, 36 for Suarez and 47 for Berbatov. Hence why we've never had to fend off bids from the likes of ManU and Real Madrid for Defoe.
If we're ever going to narrow the gap on ManU then it is going to require either our scouts finding another hidden gem like Berbatov / Ba or Levy splashing out £20m+ on a more recognised forward player like an Aguerro / Drogba / Suarez / RvP. Fingers crossed we can afford to do so before the new stadium is up and running.
If you think about it Redknap is the one who's made him, West Ham, us, Pompey then us again, did he not start at Charlton?