thank you - so a good decision by us to not wait for him to 'come good'
He wasn't our worst Premier League striker ever anyway - scoring 4 in 24 or 7 in 30 in all competitions. That was under Irvine and Pulis too who were both known as being overly defensive. Off the top of my head I'd say Anichebe, Rosenberg, Anelka, Lambert, HRK, Samaras, Vydra, Sturridge, Moore etc were all quite a bit worse.
But I agree, I don't think he was good enough for the Premier League and was suited to the smaller leagues more.