We're going to bump heads a bit, aren't we? Given the quality of the strikers, they should have scored, so his assist total should have been bountiful. Stupid strikers.
Not really. It was his job to make things happen and he didn't. Mainly because his crossing, passing and general striking of a ball resembled that of Amdy Faye in Timberland boots. Like Gouffran, he ended up at Newcastle United because he cost peanuts and stayed in the side because he grafted and was respectful of management while never performing as an attacking player should.