Re-watching the match sans emotion and anxiety, Bendtner was actually quite effective most of the times he got the ball.
He may not have scored, but he kept possession well and put in 3-4 key passes, which is something that was sorely lacking from Matri's game.
Inconclusive at this point who'll turn out to be the better player, but I don't think we should write him off so soon. He'll never be our star striker, but he does add elements to our game that we'd been missing.