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Quarantine sucks. Let's use the time to settle the classic debate once and for all with the beauty of hindsight.
Two of our best players of the 00s that for some reason could not play together, and as such used to regularly keep the other one out of the side. Opinion might have swayed back and forth between them but both had their fanboys throughout that were adamant that one player was always superior. Now it's time to see who won the test of time.
Robbie Keane Vs Jermain Defoe. Who was better?
Before you answer, here are the stats:
Two near identical goalscoring records at Spurs - with Defoe having a higher overall score at 143 compared to Keane's 122, but with 57 more appearances to his name (363 to 306). That puts their overall goals per game record at 0.3939 GPG for Defoe Vs 0.3986 GPG for Keane. Both players scored exactly the same number of league goals for us, 91 goals each, with Keane doing it in less appearances, however Defoe's record in cup competitions is superior particularly in Europe where he was our record European goalscorer until the Dortmund game last season when Kane surpassed him. Defoe had the single best goalscoring season of the two (09/10 season, with 18 league goals and 24 overall). In the big games, Keane scored 14 goals to Defoe's 12 against the old top four plus post-2008 Man City, however if you remove penalties from the equation then Defoe leads 11-10. Keane scored two hat-tricks for us plus a four goal haul against Burnley, Defoe scored four hat-tricks for us plus a five goal haul against Wigan. Keane won the 2008 Carling Cup whilst Defoe was out on his "loan" at Portsmouth, the only trophy either player won at Spurs, although Defoe was later given a winners medal as he played in every fixture apart from the final. Keane won our Player of the Year award three times to Defoe's one.
Time to decide once and for all. Who was better?
Two of our best players of the 00s that for some reason could not play together, and as such used to regularly keep the other one out of the side. Opinion might have swayed back and forth between them but both had their fanboys throughout that were adamant that one player was always superior. Now it's time to see who won the test of time.
Robbie Keane Vs Jermain Defoe. Who was better?
Before you answer, here are the stats:
Two near identical goalscoring records at Spurs - with Defoe having a higher overall score at 143 compared to Keane's 122, but with 57 more appearances to his name (363 to 306). That puts their overall goals per game record at 0.3939 GPG for Defoe Vs 0.3986 GPG for Keane. Both players scored exactly the same number of league goals for us, 91 goals each, with Keane doing it in less appearances, however Defoe's record in cup competitions is superior particularly in Europe where he was our record European goalscorer until the Dortmund game last season when Kane surpassed him. Defoe had the single best goalscoring season of the two (09/10 season, with 18 league goals and 24 overall). In the big games, Keane scored 14 goals to Defoe's 12 against the old top four plus post-2008 Man City, however if you remove penalties from the equation then Defoe leads 11-10. Keane scored two hat-tricks for us plus a four goal haul against Burnley, Defoe scored four hat-tricks for us plus a five goal haul against Wigan. Keane won the 2008 Carling Cup whilst Defoe was out on his "loan" at Portsmouth, the only trophy either player won at Spurs, although Defoe was later given a winners medal as he played in every fixture apart from the final. Keane won our Player of the Year award three times to Defoe's one.
Time to decide once and for all. Who was better?