It would be a massive change going from Yossi to a world class player as Joe Cole.
Assists are only for league matches, games and goals are for all competitive matches.
Yossi's last three seasons:
47 games, 11 goals (1 assist in league)
40 games, 9 goals (6 assists in league)
39 games, 8 goals (5 assists in league)
Joe Cole's last three seasons:
54 games, 10 goals (6 assists in league)
19 games, 3 goals (5 assists in league) - Cole did in his anterior cruciate ligament
38 games, 2 goals (6 assists in league)
Not the whole story by any means, but end product is what Cole and Benayoun are normally judged on.
We'll see. Would rather keep Mash, but then that's unlikely in the extreme.