[Spursmeister]

As it says on the tin, should Defoe be given Owen's England place on a perminent basis?

Owen, as good as he is and a great as he WAS, is he still truely worthy of his automatic starting place in the England side?

I believe that players should be in a side based upon their immediate form and record. Yes Owen got goals for Real last season and there's no doubting his quality. But still, the question begs to be asked as to why he is their surpless 5th choice stiker and subsequently heading towards an upper mid-table team such as Newcastle with none of the big teams here wanting to take him on???

Defoe has everything that Owen does with added pace, he is a first choice player for Spurs every week and score goals from all over the park on a regular basis... So why is it I get this horrible feeling that even if Defoe gets 20+league goals this season and leads Spurs into European next season that he will still not be able to dislodge Owen from Sven's butt-crack come World Cup time......???

Should he take his place from here on, or is Owen still your man...???