despite been restricted to
most sub appearances, he still got 18 goals last season and 7 assists, most of them coming from the bench.....
Not exact matches
Then he keeps Theo Walcott on the bench although the England star has three goals from just three starts and seven
sub appearances to make him our
most prolific player.
For
most of the first half of the season he was a regular starter but despite getting 3 League goals and 3 assists in 18
appearances (and 8 as
sub), Wenger didn't think he was contributing enough to keep his place when the boss changed our formation to 3 -4-3 and he was sent back to the U23s.
Saying he's scored 29 goals in 142
appearances is an increidbly misleading stat considering he makes
most appearances either as a
sub or on the wing.
Mikel Arteta may not have had his
most productive of seasons in an Arsenal shirt this year, as injury problems as well as form and fitness issues have seen the Arsenal captain's role on the pitch reduced to a bit part one of just two starts and 11
sub appearances.