Batth was alright when he was in the team early on but nothing more. He was dreadful in that Preston second half and again at QPR. He put himself in a stupid position to be sent off at Bristol City and he wasn't good at Leeds which is an argument i saw a few times last season, he was ok but had nothing to do because we controlled the game and Leeds had nothing but to hoof it at Lasogga. He was then unbelievably bad at Villa and then poor in every game after that. We battered Bolton and he still looked dreadful, the one pass to Doherty down the line will always be a highlight.
If anyone is happy having Batth even just as back up then no one can say anything about Doherty as in their respective positions they play in this team then Doherty is ahead by quite a long way. I hated Doherty as a full back and always thought he'd do much better further forward but he's surprised me quite a lot, we do need better but he's more than capable of playing in this team if we need him to and will be better than Batth.
