2018/19 Gylfi Sigurdsson

[HongKongToffee]

Wonder what @Steve0 thinks of Iceland these days.

 

[sageyefc]

Sell

 

[Steve0]

Wonder what @Steve0 thinks of Iceland these days.

Very good player, no longer our best outfield player but will get 15-20 goals and assists combined.

 

[larrygobfiend]

He put in about 5/6 deliveries I can think of off the top of my head that were absolute sitters that we missed, mate.

Fair enough. I just expected a lot more from him really. Not saying he's a bad player, but he doesn't seem to have the same influence that he had at Swansea and has for Iceland.

Hopefully he'll come good this season.

 

[MikeH72]

I'm not sure what the point of this stat is mate.
Are you saying that he doesn't get involved enough?
Because didn't Messi have a game at the WC where he hardly touched it? And noone pointed at him and said "RUN MORE LAAAA"

This is Gylfi Sigurdsson and not Messi though.

 

[BlueToff]

Fair enough. I just expected a lot more from him really. Not saying he's a bad player, but he doesn't seem to have the same influence that he had at Swansea and has for Iceland.

Hopefully he'll come good this season.

Agree that it's fair to expect more from him! Time to really step up.

I just think there's this incorrect pool of thought that he was crap all season. He wasn't. He had a really poor start but from November through to March was much improved.

 

[mkrudden]

I'm not suggesting we compare medals or ability Michael, merely the scenarios.

A- player in final third doesn't touch ball enough to make a difference- teams fault for not finding him.

B- player in final third doesn't touch ball enough to make a difference- player's fault. Should have dropped deeper to find the ball and dictate.

Context- Rooney was battered in here for, amongst other things, dropping too deep and 'destroying our shape'.

 

[Zatara]

He made 5 successful passes against Wolves and went over 10 minutes without a touch twice in 40 minutes.

He wont be here in 12months time...

 

[Goat]

Silva is the man to get the best out of him, suspect that once the team starts to gel he will be central to everything we do as a team.

Going to be some considerable backtracking in this thread over the next 9months.

 

[sageyefc]

Silva is the man to get the best out of him, suspect that once the team starts to gel he will be central to everything we do as a team.

Going to be some considerable backtracking in this thread over the next 9months.

More likely he sees through the myth and bombs him out and signs a proper playmaker

 

[COYBL25]

Very good player, no longer our best outfield player but will get 15-20 goals and assists combined.

lol

 

[Goat]

More likely he sees through the myth and bombs him out and signs a proper playmaker

Bernard will be our playmaker, on the wing, him or Rico will need to adapt to Right Wing tho.

Silva will turn Iceland into a number 8.

There is no number 10 in Silvas preferred 4-3-3.

 

[COYBL25]

More likely he sees through the myth and bombs him out and signs a proper playmaker

Bernard maybe ?

 

[sageyefc]

Bernard will be our playmaker, on the wing, him or Rico will need to adapt to Right Wing tho.

Silva will turn Iceland into a number 8.

There is no number 10 in Silvas preferred 4-3-3.

If Gomes gets back to his Valencia days form I suspect he'll take up the spot next to gana and schneirderlin and siggy gets lashed on the bench

 

[MikeH72]

I'm not suggesting we compare medals or ability Michael, merely the scenarios.

A- player in final third doesn't touch ball enough to make a difference- teams fault for not finding him.

B- player in final third doesn't touch ball enough to make a difference- player's fault. Should have dropped deeper to find the ball and dictate.

Context- Rooney was battered in here for, amongst other things, dropping too deep and 'destroying our shape'.

He doesn’t make the difference in the final third when he does get it though. He’s got nowhere near the talent of a player like Ozil to be able to get away with the “luxury player” excuse.