Perhaps. Both are misleading, I suppose. Appearances will include all sorts of 10, 15, 20min spells here and there. A ratio of mins/goal would be fairest and show it to be closer to 1 in 2.
So, just to confirm, Murray's early stats:
Season 1 - 11 goals in 18 games.
Season 2 - 14 goals in 28 games.
Only a Barcelona fan could legitimately call that shocking. That is objectively a very good return. He then got EVEN better.
Of course, all this is only focusing on shooting, which is...
NO HE WASN'T! Sorry for shouting but so tired of this re-writing of history. Go back and look at his goal to game record. He scored at a rate of 1 in 2 in EVERY season with us. He was quality, some of his play with Forster was fantastic.