He wasnt poor from January to April last year either. He had a bad spell that people tried to make out he had been 'shit all year' etc.
If he wasn't poor for weeks/months last year, then how on Earth did I invented that line: "Neymar hasn't scored a goal from an open play in the last xxx minutes in a league match"
I found some data:
http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=55850&season_id=144
Neymar's spring break in La liga last season:
Levante 5:0, he scored in the 16the minute, and then... look at this:
Malaga 0:1, --
Granada 3:1, --
Eibar 2:0, --
Real 2:1, --
Celta 1:0, --
Sevilla 2:2, free kick goal
Valencia 2:0, --
Espanyol 2:0, 16th minute goal
So, in these 2 Months, he had 720 minutes without a goal from an open play.
You can say that I was "twisting" stats counting only La liga matches, and counting only goals from an open play.
Also, when you look at it this way:
-- Neymar's La liga goals till 15th February 2015:
-- 20 matches, 17 goals
Neymar's La liga stats after 15th February:
-- 13 matches, 5 goals
Let's look at the current season and whether something similar may have happened, hmm:
http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=55850&season_id=145
This season, Neymar played 20 La liga matches till 14th February (maybe it's a Valentine's day which is cursed for him :/)
-- 20 La liga matches, 18 goals
-- after that 11 matches, 6 Goals (Villareal penalty kick, Sporting penalty kick, Deportivo 8:0 win and Getafe two goals in a 6:0 win)
-- so, 5 out of 6 goals since 14th February are either penalty kicks or goals in 6:0 or 8:0 wins
Also, MSN in January-May 2015 in La Liga:
Messi 28
Suarez 15
Neymar 11
MSN in January-May 2016 in La Liga:
Messi 19
Suarez 16
Neymar 9
MSN combined in January-May in 2015 and 2016:
Messi 47
Suarez 31
Neymar 20
When you add into stats that Neymar receives passes from Messi, so he actually has more chances than Messi, who receives (weaker) passes from Neymar...
People say that Messi and Suarez have huge dips in form also, yet their stats are way better in the final months of a season.