He scored 8 goals in the Premier League. If you are trying to argue he's a Premier League striker, using goals against reserve teams and lower league teams in the cup hardly backs up your argument. It's like saying Beckford is one of the best strikers in the Championship and using his 5 goals against Swindon and an injury striken Forest in the cup to say how it makes him the second best striker in the Championship. You are comparing him witth Graham and Campbell as a Premier League player yet are factoring in Beckford's goals against lower league opposition and reserve teams in the cup, how does that work?
I'm not saying he gave a shocking return but even if it were a half decent return 8 goals in the Premier League is certainly a long way from proven and it's a bizarre reason to claim someone is the second best striker in the division. Do we not remember when Francis Jeffers scored goals in the PL for Everton? If player x plays 4 games in the PL and scores 4 goals after not being proven above League One level before that and then drops down to the Championship is he suddenly the best striker in the Championship because he has an awesome goals to game ratio in the Premier League? Scoring very few goals in the PL does not suddenly mean you're an incredible striker. If he was that good, why were Everton not bothered about getting rid of him to a lower league team after one season?
I don't understand why fans are saying he's amazing because he scored 8 goals in the PL over what they've seen with their own eyes for over a year. How about you judge him based on how he's played for us, rather than making ludicrous claims about him being the second best striker in the Championship when he's never shown on the pitch for us he's anything like it.
Also, you didn't answer my other point: John Pantsil was a far, far more proven Premier League talent than Beckford was, so would you say he would be the best right back in the league if he were still here or not? If so, why not? Because you're actually basing it on the performances he put in here rather than statistics and word of mouth?