He'd scored 11 in 29 games, and I think 8 of those were in the first 12 games or so. He'd had his purple patch and was in a slump again. It's quite unlikely he would have scored another 7-10 goals in the remaining fixtures.
Hmmm, your argument against him being a waste of money is that hypothetically he could score 18 this season? It's hardly a concrete argument is it, and let us not forget Barnes' goal against Bournemouth away:goal:
He can put in enough effort to be a top goal scorer, unfortunately he doesn't have the natural ability to do anything about. I, like many others, desperately want CMS to be a success but after 3 seasons ,with just 1 purple patch, he's demonstrated too many times that he lacks composure and...