Bottom line he's got to go anyway.
I'm all for giving players a chance and it's not often you should look to sell after one season. But 0 assists and 0 goals in 30+ league games? That's cut and dried for me, he's out.
The fact the SD got no assists last season says as much about our forwards as it does him.
It certainly says something about the forwards - but no, it doesn't say as much, because every other attacking player registered something, most of them in far less game-time.
You have to set the minimum pass-mark somewhere don't you? And unfortunately, you can't set it at zero. Which is what Downing got. He's got to go...