Mark Hughes’ comments about Blackburn’s McCarthy being a better than Tottenham’s Berbatov are based on statistics.

The thing with statistics is though, that they don’t tell you everything.

Out of curiosity, I looked up the goal scoring charts for the 2006/2007 Premier League season, and here’s what I found.

Top scorers from Blackburn and Tottenham (3 goals or more):

Benni McCarthy, 16, Blackburn Rovers

Dimitar Berbatov, 11, Tottenham

Robbie Keane, 10, Tottenham

Jermaine Defoe, 9, Tottenham

Shabani Nonda, 7, Blackburn

Pedersen, 6, Blackburn

Jenas, 6, Tottenham

Derbyshire, 4, Blackburn

Roberts, 4, Blackburn

Bentley, 3, Blackburn

Lennon, 3, Tottenham

To put Lennon’s goals in perspective, Gallas has 3 to his name, O’Shea has 4 and Park Ji-Sung has 5.

The point is, player quality and stats don’t always go hand in hand.

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