I've always defended him for what it's worth. He's far from flawless but he's an honest and effective player who attracts an unreal degree of ridicule.
As for the stats, they say nothing much of note. Sure you say yourself that Forde ships goals. If we judged players on stats we'd never go near Forde. But we don't, we judge players on their performances, among other qualitative factors.
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