Source: Daily_Mail
Spurs boss Harry Redknapp warns his strikers: Start scoring or we're out of Europe
Missing the target: Jermain Defoe has struggled to find the back of the net this season for Tottenham[LNB]Harry Redknapp has warned his strikers they must start firing if Tottenham are to qualify for the Champions League for the second successive season. [LNB]Spurs have so far only scored 37 goals in 24 matches compared to the 49 they had amassed at the same stage last term.[LNB]While Rafael van der Vaart has made an excellent start to his first season by scoring nine league goals, Jermain Defoe, Roman Pavlyuchenko and Peter Crouch have struck just seven times between them.[LNB]Defoe, who scored 28 goals for club and country last season, hasseen his form dip this year and is yet to find the net in the BarclaysPremier League.[LNB]After seeing a deadline-day bid for Villarreal striker GiuseppeRossi fail, and sending Robbie Keane on loan to West Ham, Redknapp iskeen for Defoe, Crouch and Pavlyuchenko to start delivering fast.[LNB]'They are our strikeforce now,' said the Tottenham manager. 'We arerelying on those three to produce the goals. Van der Vaart is the onlyman who has got his ratio of goals. "We need the strikers to startscoring regularly as well.'[LNB]Defoe's failure to find the net is the most alarming for Redknapp,who has also been able to rely on the 28-year-old during his spells atWest Ham and Portsmouth.[LNB]Defoe's progress has not been helped by an ankle ligament injury hepicked up on international duty in September that ruled him out ofaction for two months.[LNB] Rare sight: Peter Crouch celebrates his goal at Blackburn but he hasn't done this enough for Spurs this season[LNB] [LNB]His manager insists he is not too concerned about the striker's goaldrought and is sure that he is capable of helping keep alive Spurs'dreams of making the Champions League for a second successive season.[LNB]'We are waiting for him to suddenly have that burst of goals that could make the difference to us,' Redknappsaid.[LNB]'If he can go on a run and score some goals he can take us where wewant to go. We are relying on him. He is a fantastic finisher."Goalscorers need confidence. The other night he had a couple of one onones that he would normally score (but) once they do start going in forhim he will start going on a run.'[LNB] Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp admits he might go back for Blackpool's Charlie Adam Harry Redknapp: I will really miss David Beckham when he leaves Spurs - I would have loved to have signed him TOTTENHAM FC
