Spuds says:

For me, the team should have scored more, and it was often Pav who was the reason why we lost possession at a crucial stage. He also did not seem to be communicating well with players around him. Spectacular goal agreed, but he did more ‘bads’ than ‘goods’ in that game.

Joel Baldwin says:

He is truely terrible. Slowest Centre Forward in the Prem, can’t hold the ball up, not strong enough, poor shooting.
His technique will allow him ten goals a year but it’s really the lack of pace which shows him up…he doesn’t have the finishing skills or passing ability of Sherringham who played a similar game. He’s also crap in the air. His Cup Final apperance against Chelsea was terrible

I hope Spurs replace him asap….

Henrik the King says:

Agree that some of his touches are/were not good enough, and that he at times gives the ball away too easily. BUT, Pav is our most talented striker. Although he has yet to reach his maximum potential it is there for all to see that he has great touch, vision, awareness and is lethal with both feet. Pav didn’t play too well last night but managed 6-7 finishes towards goal after positioning himself right and/or usin one or two touches to get away a shot. How many chances did Defoe create? Keane? Crouch in a regular game? Some of his shots were poor, but given constant playing time, he will be our best striker! That said, we have four OK strikers, and that ain’t good enough for a push for the title or an extended run in the CL. Get rid of Keane and Defoe and get in a world class striker. Pav and Gio can play with that striker and Crouch can be used to change things up. Defoe is a one-trick-pony, and Keane his past it. Huddlestone I think will be our most important player this year. Dicates and controls the game for Spurs like no one else can.
COYS!!

Parklane says:

Russian Donkey!!! Rasiak was better!!!

anomo says:

hard to say, we were playing on that surface and in my opinion he is lacking confidence, he was always looking over his shoulder to the manager… Give him a run and his confidence will improve he will do more of the things we like and much less of the crap we don’t.. I still think he can become a top class striker for us, just needs time on the pitch.

Tony says:

Can I also outline the fact that also (whilst still being very early days), all 4 strikers have played in 2 games and Pav is the only one to score so far. It was by no means a sitter either. As for scoring records, Drogba’s record was quite disappointing until last season. Sometimes it takes a while to settle.

Nickspurs says:

Pav may not have had a good night (who did?) but you all on here seem to forget the goals he scored to clinch that 4th spot. He was prolific at the end of last season and should be 1st choice striker. Crouch is hopeless, even Fabio preferred to bring on Heskey. 8 goals for Crouch last season is nowhere near good enough and don`t forget all those home games we didn`t score with him playing (Wolves, Wigan, etc etc). He has no movement, no pace, he can`t even head a ball well.

Kiran says:

Yes Pav had a bad game, but then again so did pretty much every other player with the exception of Huddlestone who seemed to change the flow of the game.
I also noticed that Pav seemed to be the only forward player pressing their defense when they were in possesion until Keane came on later in the game. At times Pav was the only player closing down and you could see him turn is exasperation and gesture to Defoe, Kranjar and Gio to push up and pressure their players.

ProperFan says:

Some of you make me laugh, I take it that you obviously don’t go home and away but simply watch 8 minutes on MOTD and feel that you know your club. Pav is by far the best finisher at Spurs and to write him off is simply astonishing. Palacios gave the ball away more than Pav last night and don’t forget that Bassongs goal came from a deflected (on target) Pav strike. Mugs.