Spurs: 5 Changes That Would Make Tottenham Title Contenders

4. Bring Back Adebayor

We've had the make do, now the mend. Personally, I have little time for Emmanuel Adebayor and I do not think it is wise to rely on someone whose performance level can be determined by the toss of a coin. When Adebayor is good, he is a strong, pacey, intelligent leader of the attack. When the Togo international is bad, he is worse than playing with ten men. He is not just anonymous; he will bring others down with him. Despite their best efforts over the summer, Spurs are left with Adebayor kicking his heels on the training ground and the club seem resistant to bringing in a new striker until they offload the former Arsenal and Manchester City striker's wages off the books. Villas-Boas was desperate for someone to break down West Ham, and desperate times require desperate measures. Enter Emmanuel Adebayor. Starting Adebayor might be a little drastic, but a place on the bench at least gives the manager the option to turn to someone more physical. The Spurs front line excels when there is space to attack but the strength comes from central midfield and defence, too deep to be an effective attacking presence. Adebayor will also help amend one particular weakness in the Spurs attack €“ corners. According to the September 2013 issue of FourFourTwo, Spurs have one of the worst conversion rates of corners into goals, at 1.9 percent (five goals in 262 corners), yet Adebayor is joint top goal scorer from corners in the Premiership over the last five years! (10 goals, level with Chelsea's John Terry)