2019/20 Gylfi Sigurdsson

[mkrudden]

Hahahahaha it was a documentary you lunatic, Pep wasn’t stood there doing his training sessions and team talks going “can’t mention that, the Netflix audience won’t know what I’m going on about”.

@CRIMHEAD you don't honestly believe that Pep changed his coaching style / use of terminology for the purposes of an Amazon documentary do you?

Be honest now.

 

[zzr45]

This whole zone thing falls down when you look at a heatmap (!) based on touches from Saturday interlinked with the zone stuff.

Sigurdsson's

Digne.

CONCLUSION: SIGURDSSON NEVER IN RIGHT ZONE. ONLY BLUE IN 14 IS AWFUL. SELL SELL SELL.

 

[zzr45]

Even more damming when you look at where the fraud made the majority of his passes from.

VERDICT - BUNDELSLIGA BECKONS

 

[blueblue]

It shows how transfer fees have risen. Gylfi has been with us for two seasons and is highly regarded still, we would probably get north of 20m for him still.

 

[Nymzee]

We’d have signed him for half the price if Brands was doing it.

 

[duncs pigeon]

Couldnt believe what was said to me on Sat after the game. A fella was complaining abr Siggy asking 'what does he give us?' I said he was our leading goalscorer last season. He said 'yeah but he doesnt run, you wont get anywhere if you dont have runners'. I walked away laughing to myself. We are two games into the season ffs, lets judge after 10plus games.

 

[Grinch]

Couldnt believe what was said to me on Sat after the game. A fella was complaining abr Siggy asking 'what does he give us?' I said he was our leading goalscorer last season. He said 'yeah but he doesnt run, you wont get anywhere if you dont have runners'. I walked away laughing to myself. We are two games into the season ffs, lets judge after 10plus games.

Agree. Really don't understand why everyone has the pitch forks after him. The team is much stronger with him in form.

 

[marsh]

Agree. Really don't understand why everyone has the pitch forks after him. The team is much stronger with him in form.

Mainly his price tag

 

[TheBigIguana]

Agree. Really don't understand why everyone has the pitch forks after him. The team is much stronger with him in form.

The problem would be he is very much not in form so far.

But it is still only two games. He will have his moments.

 

[Tubey]

This whole zone thing falls down when you look at a heatmap (!) based on touches from Saturday interlinked with the zone stuff.
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Sigurdsson's

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Digne.

CONCLUSION: SIGURDSSON NEVER IN RIGHT ZONE. ONLY BLUE IN 14 IS AWFUL. SELL SELL SELL.

This is actually his problem - he aimlessly runs into areas he often can't receive the ball in. He closes down space fairly well when the opposition have the ball, but that's it.

Nobody is doubting that he doesn't jog around a lot. Indeed, that's the problem - he jogs around a lot. If he's a second striker, fine - concentrate on getting into areas to support the striker and get into the area. If he's a playmaker, fine - move into space, demand the ball, dictate play. The problem is he does neither of these things.

Here's my question for everyone - what does Sigurdsson do during a game? What does he do to consistently influence the play?

The answer for me to that question is "next to nothing". He's a talented footballer who seems constantly caught in between two minds as to what he's supposed to be doing, and therefore does nothing. Occasionally, his raw talent will pick out a blinder of a pass or an astonishing goal - but for the vast majority of the game he's a passenger as he seems tactically lost.

 

[buskwhi2]

What did the Roman’s ever do for us????

Apart from be our top scorer and top assister????

 

[CRIMHEAD]

@CRIMHEAD you don't honestly believe that Pep changed his coaching style / use of terminology for the purposes of an Amazon documentary do you?

Be honest now.

I honestly have on idea what on earth you all are trying to say.

Did they show Pep's training ground? Pep's attack is very different at Man City that it was with Barca and his whole zone 14 obsession. With Man City it's all about the half spaces. His training and passing sequences are pretty oriented around those spaces.

 

[sageyefc]

We’d have signed him for half the price if Brands was doing it.

We wouldn't have signed him full stop

 

[TheBigIguana]

This is actually his problem - he aimlessly runs into areas he often can't receive the ball in. He closes down space fairly well when the opposition have the ball, but that's it.

Nobody is doubting that he doesn't jog around a lot. Indeed, that's the problem - he jogs around a lot. If he's a second striker, fine - concentrate on getting into areas to support the striker and get into the area. If he's a playmaker, fine - move into space, demand the ball, dictate play. The problem is he does neither of these things.

Here's my question for everyone - what does Sigurdsson do during a game? What does he do to consistently influence the play?

The answer for me to that question is "next to nothing". He's a talented footballer who seems constantly caught in between two minds as to what he's supposed to be doing, and therefore does nothing. Occasionally, his raw talent will pick out a blinder of a pass or an astonishing goal - but for the vast majority of the game he's a passenger as he seems tactically lost.

Well put. When he scores a goal every 3 or so games these problems get ignored but they are always there. The question is do we have an alternative right now? Because if Iwobi or Bernard is trusted to play there maybe we should do it.

 

[Toffeelover]

We’d have signed him for half the price if Brands was doing it.

Or not at all.