Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas believes that Emmanuel Adebayor has had an "amazing season" and that the criticism of the striker has been unfair.

The Togo international joined Spurs permanently last summer having spent the previous campaign on loan at White Hart Lane, but has largely been poor throughout the campaign.

However, the Portuguese boss feels that the abuse thrown Adebayor's way is unjustified.

"The team changed dramatically in terms of personnel and style of play, so it has been a totally different scenario for him," Villas-Boas said. "I think he has had an amazing season. This season he adapted to a new function, a new role.

"Some players that played last year had a great season, were very experienced and they have left (Luka Modric and Rafael van der Vaart). The team has changed in some way. The team has had to adapt to a new reality. Adebayor's mobility has been excellent for us, the way he fed our team, as you saw the other day with [Gylfi] Sigurdsson when he assisted him for the goal, so the team is completely different to last year.

"We were pleased with the number of games that Adebayor played in the end representing what he has done for the team, maybe not the amount of goals that he expected, but he has certainly helped the team be within the frame to achieve our objectives."

Spurs travel to Stoke City on Sunday.