1: He has not played up front in all of those games.
2: He's scored 48 other goals too since coming to the Albion, and is (apparently) about 12th in the All Time list of goalscorers for the club, which isn't as shabby as you make out.
Typical of you lefties to make an unpatriotic comment, you clearly have forgotten that it's a mere 47 years since we last won the World Cup. No wonder this country has gone to the dogs, can't walk down the street these days without seeing a Polish plumber fixing a washing machine etc etc.
I think he's a useful squad player. He is currently in the team on merit, as there are not many alternatives up front.
I think a lot of people say things in defence of him because a section of our support have a particularly vindictive, spiteful and one-eyed analysis of his contribution, and...