Isn't the point of football to score goals?
No. It's to score them and work as a team to prevent them. Defoe is a player that is carried for his goal scoring ability. Aside from that he offers zero.
You're right like. Would hate to have a constant goal threat in my team.
Like Kevin Nolan, Darren Bent, Andy Johnson and Jermaine Defoe you mean? You know exactly what I mean, if football was solely about scoring goals then you'd play 11 strikers.
you know I'd like to see someone try that at some stage to counter the Barca play a team of midfielders idea