Originally Posted by Pogue Mahone

I'm a firm believer that stats can be useful an those stats show that Berbatov has been fairly effective, going forwards, and does much more defensive graft than people give him credit for.

What those stats DON'T show is the number of sitters he's missed or the fact he's been fairly anonymous in most (but not all) of our really big games this season. Hence, I think it's fair to say his debut season hasn't been a great success.

I think he's a class player, who will get better and better but he still has it all to prove.