Football

My response would be -

He is a goalscorer - the only way to judge him is on his goalscoring record and that proves that he is very good.

There is an argument that one should use another player who is a better all rounder (and 99% chance, a bigger physical presence) than Defoe. The author does his credibility no good at all by writing a piece that basically says 'Adebayor is the answer', when it is absolutely clear a year down the line that Defoe is a better option alone up front for Spurs than Adebayor, even though Adebayor has the physique for the role and Defoe doesn't.

That is a ridiculous answer. You cannot play in the modern game and only be judged on the merits of ONE facet of your game (i.e - goal scoring). Imagine if someone said "xxxx is a tackler, and can only be judged as a tackle maker", or more relevant; "The goalkeeper is a shot stopper, and can only be judged on his ability to stop shots".

Plus, you are taking Chalfie's reference to the statistics in the article (which relates purely to Defoe and not to the authors point about Adebayor) and skewing the whole discussion.