Toffeelover
Player Valuation: £80m
Happen the Fulham game will give a big boost to his confidence.
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MikeH72
Player Valuation: £100m
Snap someone Ruds.
Fingers crossed he'll now be consistent.
brieverton
Player Valuation: £50m
Potentially more to come from him I feel if he can maintain an injury-free run, and play with other players increasing in confidence in a more settled side and formation.
I said at the beginning of the season that he is capable of 12-15 goals and maintain that view.
He is absolutely vital in a side without an out and out striker, and one that still struggles generally for goals.
I hope he gets a big boost from Saturday, and credit to him for responding in that manner after the penalty. That first goal was superb technically.
I said at the beginning of the season that he is capable of 12-15 goals and maintain that view.
He is absolutely vital in a side without an out and out striker, and one that still struggles generally for goals.
I hope he gets a big boost from Saturday, and credit to him for responding in that manner after the penalty. That first goal was superb technically.
Statistics can be grossly manipulated to prove or disprove anything you want to show.
I remain sceptical of stats on the whole although I’m sure they have a value somewhere.
Toffe3m4n
Player Valuation: £80m
Pair of goals hides Gylfi Sigurdsson’s great game
Icelandic star proves his worth in unnoticed ways.
https://royalbluemersey.sbnation.co...fulham-man-of-the-match-everton-i-told-you-so
Icelandic star proves his worth in unnoticed ways.
https://royalbluemersey.sbnation.co...fulham-man-of-the-match-everton-i-told-you-so
MikeH72
Player Valuation: £100m
The Everton fanbase needs to get past this thing where they complain about Gylfi’s price tag or put too much emphasis on his limitations athletically. We have one of the premier chance creators in England on our side and he should be considered absolutely undroppable at this point. He has fully justified his price tag in a way that has nothing to do with scoring two goals on Saturday.
Nice to see RBM have taken Ricky under their wing.
Nice to see RBM have taken Ricky under their wing.
I am 100% certain you’re right
Toffe3m4n
Player Valuation: £80m
The article does go a bit OTT at times but the sentiment is right. There are people who just, bizarrely, don't see his quality.
granter79
Player Valuation: £35m
9 out of 10 people don't understand stats
Kever10
Player Valuation: £20m
Sigurdsson did better on Saturday, but the article pointing out why he was so good, and therefore why they can't understand why he has been getting stick, doesn't make sense. He's been getting stick because he hasn't been doing what he did on Saturday, notably, shooting.
He has been anonymous in the aspect for some time, and even when he has, it has been lacklustre. To the point whereby some kid behind us shouted as he approached to take the penalty, "He'll hit the wall".
Everton have very rarely had someone with the ability, or at least the inclination, to shoot from long range for a long time, while other teams generally have several, and it's those moments of brilliance that can be the difference in breaking teams down. The last person to score a free kick for us was Lukaku. The only other player at the club to score a free kick is Baines, and last time he scored was Lukakus debut against West Ham (albeit he scored 2 and both were peaches).
When we signed Sigurdsson, i believed we had finally signed someone who could be that difference maker, and he showed glimpses of what he could do last year, but far too infrequently, which is all the more frustrating in games when we have struggled, that someone with his skill set has stood idly by and not took the responsibility to provide us with that ability to break a deadlock. And its not like he's tried and been unlucky, a lot of the time he simply hasn't even tried.
On Saturday, he broke the deadlock with a sublime bit of skill out of nothing. Sometimes that can be the difference between winning a game, and losing as the crowds toxic frustration slowly takes hold and we capitulate. Even taking the shot and narrowly missing often gives the crowd a lift. It's not rocket science.
Hopefully these goals combined with the growing confidence of the team can see a turnabout in fortunes, both individually and collectively. And him finally taking responsibility is an important step in the right direction.
He has been anonymous in the aspect for some time, and even when he has, it has been lacklustre. To the point whereby some kid behind us shouted as he approached to take the penalty, "He'll hit the wall".
Everton have very rarely had someone with the ability, or at least the inclination, to shoot from long range for a long time, while other teams generally have several, and it's those moments of brilliance that can be the difference in breaking teams down. The last person to score a free kick for us was Lukaku. The only other player at the club to score a free kick is Baines, and last time he scored was Lukakus debut against West Ham (albeit he scored 2 and both were peaches).
When we signed Sigurdsson, i believed we had finally signed someone who could be that difference maker, and he showed glimpses of what he could do last year, but far too infrequently, which is all the more frustrating in games when we have struggled, that someone with his skill set has stood idly by and not took the responsibility to provide us with that ability to break a deadlock. And its not like he's tried and been unlucky, a lot of the time he simply hasn't even tried.
On Saturday, he broke the deadlock with a sublime bit of skill out of nothing. Sometimes that can be the difference between winning a game, and losing as the crowds toxic frustration slowly takes hold and we capitulate. Even taking the shot and narrowly missing often gives the crowd a lift. It's not rocket science.
Hopefully these goals combined with the growing confidence of the team can see a turnabout in fortunes, both individually and collectively. And him finally taking responsibility is an important step in the right direction.
MikeH72
Player Valuation: £100m
I think the issue is more people don’t see his quality anywhere near enough.
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That's exactly it.
If he plays even near what he did in that second half on a more regular basis, then he doesn't get stick from me.
The fact is he hasn't been doing it. Objectively that is too - the stats show he barely touches the ball most games and he doesn't work hard enough to get into positions that you need a number ten to do so, so that you can transition from midfield to attack.
Richarlison and Bernard are going to be absolutely vital to Sigurdsson. When neither of those two play, he's hopeless - when they do (specifically Richarlison thus far obviously) then Sigurdsson has been better.
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