Had a very bad ankle injury & out for 7 weeks until January last year.18 months? A bit of a lie. His form tailed off from Jan last year, when the whole teams did. Same as this season playing in a crap team and being asked to just sit back like a muggle.
Obviously struggled quite a bit since that. ( not the only one )
Its a myth he's been bad for 18 months , upto that injury he was superb linking with Richy , James & DCL.