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2018/19 Gylfi Sigurdsson

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toffeejack said:
Scored 2 and 1 assist in 6 games means he's on par to play a part in 19 goals this season.

That'd be a decent return with others chipping in. Some fans on here are saying he did nothing before the goal and nothing sheet, but what about the other ten + players who didn't contribute anything either? We win as a team and lose as a team, but our fans look for scapegoats and don't realise that about 8/9 players' threads are open after every defeat with criticisms of the mere negative.
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lollollol hahahaha no that isn’t how it works.
 
BlueToff said:
No I agree a deep-lying playmaker controls a game, but the way Silva sets up at the moment, and with the players we CURRENTLY have available, we don't have that role in the side.

So for now, we need Gomes to be able to come in and be the centre-mid that gets his foot on the ball and gets it into the front men - that's either by driving forward and carrying the ball or threading a pass (which he can do). The other midfielder then needs to be an energetic 'DM' (Gana/McCarthy) who can cover the full-back on one side.

What we need is a measured approach to attacks. You don't need a deep-lying playmaker in the natural sense to do that. You do need someone who can at least get on the ball and set a tempo and move up the pitch. Rooney, when played deeper last year, did this to a point. As did Ross.
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BlueToff said:
I expect him to be able to get the ball into the front men, which is what he can do.

I'm not expecting him to be a Thiago-type who sits at the anchor point in a midfield three and control a game that way, no.
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For the here and now, i'm just beyond guessing what the best central players are or how we should play...they all look dire.

If we can get 8th or better and make changes in personnel then that bodes well.

For the current team, if we play Gomes and he does well then we will still be stuffed like yesterday on the counter with the lack of players able or unwilling to cover the full backs...

I think the view is whether a DM or a CM is a key component...id favour a DM as i cant see how we would improve our shape just by adding a CM (even though we need one).

jazzy said:
At last someone grasps the sort of player he is.

He can't play in midfield 2 or wide in 3.

The only role he can play is no.10 and I question if he has the creativity to play that role in the way in which say Beardsley played it.

His delivery from dead balls was supposed to be excellent but he hasn't produced anything of that quality in the time time with us.

So yes he can play no.10 but is he really good enough?

He isn't our biggest problem but definately not the answer either.

Ask yourself this how much would we get on the ( inflated ) market for him now? I suspect his value will have dropped considerably and we would do well to get £25 mill
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Id take the money.
 

Honestly why are we digging out Sigurdsson when we have two defensive midfielders who can't play a ball forward 5 yards?

Also why are we putting two defensive midfielders against lower level teams like West Ham, Southampton, etc?

He scored a good goal and he was in the box rather then plugging up the left.

He has started well this season but our biggest problems lie behind and in front of Sigurdsson.
 

He's a massive part of the problem. He'd be out the team if he wasn't our record signing.

Said it since day one, he's not a playmaker and not a very good number 10. His best work at Swansea came from the left.

He doesn't know how to find space, his passing is average, he's not quick enough on the ball, and just spends the whole game on the periphery when you're needing him to do a lot more.

The day we signed him for 45mil was the day I knew Walsh and Koeman didn't have a clue.
 
Charro said:
He's a massive part of the problem. He'd be out the team if he wasn't our record signing.

Said it since day one, he's not a playmaker and not a very good number 10. His best work at Swansea came from the left.

He doesn't know how to find space, his passing is average, he's not quick enough on the ball, and just spends the whole game on the periphery when you're needing him to do a lot more.

The day we signed him for 45mil was the day I knew Walsh and Koeman didn't have a clue.
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Haha no he wouldn't!

Jesus christ the absolute muck some of you lot come out with lol 'out the team'? who the hell is going to replace him?? we'd be far worse off without him right now, but do continue chatting utter wham.
 
i dont understand at all. like why he doesnt show up in the first 35 minutes then later that scores a header, work his ass off puts a shift then the last 10 minutes he disappeared again. just make him a sub player he will play nice 30 minutes when hes subbed in
 
HeadieTwo said:
i dont understand at all. like why he doesnt show up in the first 35 minutes then later that scores a header, work his ass off puts a shift then the last 10 minutes he disappeared again. just make him a sub player he will play nice 30 minutes when hes subbed in
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Hopefully once Bernard is fully up to speed, the bench will be his regular starting place.

I`m sure @RickyRyder will soon reincarnate himself and batter us with stats and diagrams about why this shouldn`t be the case.

In years to come, he`ll be remembered only for being our most expensive failure.
 

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