Arthur has a goal or assist every 170 min this season.
Modric 190 minutes.
Kroos 193 minutes.
Arthur has fewer minutes so his stats can be a bit inflated. But still.
Some stats for BBz to wonder.
Why don't you take a larger picture and remove emotions?
Ok, we can't totally remove emotions and it is quite obvious that I don't like Arthur.
And that you guys love him.
But again, regardless of that, look at patterns and a larger picture:
Arthur's whole career:
6620 minutes, 5 goals, 7 assists
= 1,324 minutes needed for 1 goal (or 14,7 full matches x 90 minutes)
= 945,7 minutes needed for 1 assist (or 10,5 full matches x 90 minutes)
So, you have 2 options when you look at his whole career:
1. he is very poor to average in the attacking third in general, and his numbers from a short period this season were an anomaly or a short good streak
2. or: he is improving and his numbers from this season are a sign of how he will play in the future
But then, if you also dig deeper into his patterns and numbers, as I have wrote in the past:
1. when he came to Barca, he played at 120% motivation and he was eager to prove himself
He played well in that period.
2. once when he has earned his place as a starter, he started to play as a dogshit in the 2nd part of the last season.
He dropped to a 5th place in the pecking order behind Busi, Raki, Vidal and even Alena.
3. then he got mad at Valverde and at the start of this season (September, after 2 Months of rest), he again played at 120% because he wanted to prove that he deserves a starting place.
And then he had a streak of 6 and a half good matches for Barca with these ratings:
7,97 Osasuna
7,51 Valencia
7,48 Dortmund
7,94 Villareal
7,62 Getafe
7,32 Inter
7,55 Sevilla
So, his rating was almost at around 7,50 in those 7 matches.
In 535 minutes he scored 2 goals and had 4 assists.
So, in his whole career he had 2 assists before that (according to Whoscored), and then he had 4 assists in 7 matches.
What is more likely?
That he turned into an offensive beast or had a lucky-streak with a high momentum?
So, in these 7 matches, he never had a rating lower than 7,30.
And then, in the next 13 matches for Barca this season, he had only 1 match with a rating over 7, lol.
Also, in the last 788 minutes for Barca, he had 0 assists.
So, what now?
My point is: taking only those 7 awesome matches and saying how this is THE REAL ARTHUR is the same as looking at Rakitic at a World cup and saying that he is one the best midfielders in the world = because he played awesome there, scored crucial penalty kicks, he was one of top 5 runners in every match and reached a world cup final.
But in reality, is Raki really that good in this moment?
No.
Rakitic is a guy who will play a world class match here and there and in the next match he will lose 5 balls in a row.
The same is with Arthur.
He will usually have 10-20 matches without assists and then he will have 4 matches with 4 assists.
Even Dembele had crazy numbers in the last season.
Remember how people used to post that Dembouz has won us 18 points (or whatever number it was) and he had the highest percentage of goals/assists per minute behind Messi.
But is Dembele really that good or he had a lucky streak and otherwise is mostly a horrible player?
So, Arthur already had 2 seasons with the same pattern:
1. plays with 120% when he wants to prove himself, when he is well rested and while he has stamina
2. then turns into a shit once when he earns his place and when he gets tired after a few matches in a row
3. do I need to add 100s of injuries in the 2nd part of the season?
So, we can love or hate some if his skills, but when you look at the larger picture, these are objective trends and patterns about his career so far.
So, I can't agree with you about those numbers from those 6 and a half matches from September to November.
