11 good games? I'm not sure where this comes from. He scored 17 in 33 starts in the Championship and then banged in 11 in 18 starts in the PL. He was basically outstanding for a season and a half. He was 20/21 at the time too. Still the most prolific we've had in the last 13 years. To be fair after the first full season at Liverpool they simply went and bought better players than him in Sturridge and Suarez, changed their style. Probably only started 20 odd games. At West Ham he only started about 80 odd games for those 33 goals. He actually has a pretty tidy record overall. Problem is you then realise that's 80 odd starts over 7 seasons

Its pretty clear the what his issues were, drinking and injuries (these are linked too).
Good player for a short period and had he been developed, would have been a massive feather in the youth systems cap in my opinion. He still is because he has played at the PL almost his entire career, and he was a full international who scored in a European Championship.