[sherer]

can anyone tell me why Sven is raving over Defoe. Ok he scored but he is a striker standing in the box who got the ball turned and put it in the net. That is what strikers do, part from Heskey.

Owen and Smith would have done the same if they had the ball. Defoe didn't score a run like Owen's against Agentina in 98, it wasn't a 20 yard screamer like Chartlon or even a drop the shoulder and run at the defenders like Cruyff.

he didn't really do much other work in the matchand never really had a created for himself or others any other chances.

Sven just doesn't seem to have a clue but he has now become one of his favourites and will surely start all the matches until we get Rooney back.

the rest of the performance was poor and the defence was rubbish.. we saw the danger in the first half, not sure if Sven did, and at half time our 4 million a year manager is meant to watch this and correct it for the second half or even shout out to the players on the pitch and tell them what to do.

Charrager was poor and just done backwards passes all night and never penetrated, Hargreaves isn't good enough for this level either