What i said was 100% accurate. From the stats you linked, which I used as well, Theo played CF for us 26 times total. 14 of those 26 times came at the end of 14/15 and the start of 15/16, or as I said “the only consistent time he got at cf”. Consistent meaning 54% of his starts at CF came in a 4 or 5 month period. The stats ESPN used seem slightly different but not by a whole lot. My point was that when Theo got a run of games up top he produced quite well, the ESPN article written in the fall of 2015 proves that. If you would like to prove otherwise feel free to link some articles with matching dates that show you aren’t revising history to suit your agenda/opinion.
Edit: I also went back and figures out what ESPN was referring to in regards to 14 our of 16 appearances. They must have meant 14 goals and assists in 16 appearances as a CF, their stats don’t mirror transfermarket, but they aren’t far off, anyways it doesn’t undermind my initial point.
Just like I said his first appearance in that run of games playing up top was against West Brom on 5/24/15 he proceded to play the FA Cup, then the Community Shield and then to start the next season he played almost every match as a CF until he was injured on 10/24/15 in a league cup match and never appeared at CF on a regular basis again. In that span that’s when he put up those numbers. According to transfermarket it was 12 goals/assists in 13 matches, ESPN might have been counting friendlies not sure.
It appears that both were signed with Arsene not truly understanding what types of players they were. The only difference is that it looks like Arsene never truly trusted Lacazette and has more or less ruined his confidence.
Now that Top 4 looks highly unlikely we’re in a really strange situation where all resources should be thrown at the Europa League. The only problem is that Lacazette is the only striker registered to play in that competition!
Football’s a circus. Him putting away that chance would only paper over the cracks of a very poor showing from us. Personally I think he could have squared it too.
two clear chances to score and he fucked then
