2019/20 Gylfi Sigurdsson

[toffeeblue9]

That’s why he’s been the worst. He’s had the most detrimental effect on the club out of all of them.

Fair, and I would absolutely agree that he's in the conversation as our worst ever signing given he's our most expensive, but I still can't see him on the medal podium

 

[Tubey]

Nah - Bilic was a world record fee for a defender when we signed him, the value we got out of that was unbelievably poor.

Nyarko - the £4.5m we spent on him was a huge fee for us at the time and again, it proved to be one of the worst buys we ever made.

Niasse - At the time our 3rd highest ever transfer fee on a lad who, let's face it, wasn't even an actual footballer. It was like that George Weah's cousin thing but on a much grander scale. Ended up, like the others above, giving him away on a free.

Sigurdsson, whilst a fraud of a footballer, has been a regular in the team under every manager who he has played under.

The difference is mate is that Sigurdsson was brought in with the idea of him being the fulcrum of the entire side for years. The others were cogs; he was meant to be the engine.

His signing arguably has set us back a good five years, possibly more. No other player in the history of our club has had that type of detrimental impact.

 

[toffeeblue9]

The difference is mate is that Sigurdsson was brought in with the idea of him being the fulcrum of the entire side for years. The others were cogs; he was meant to be the engine.

His signing arguably has set us back a good five years, possibly more. No other player in the history of our club has had that type of detrimental impact.

Bilic absolutely wasn't a cog - he was signed for a world record fee for a defender. I take your point here btw, he's defo in the conversation but given the value we derived from those three and their relative cost at the time vs what we got back for them, I see them as the top/bottom three. If we ended up giving Sigurdsson away at the end of his contract and he sat on the bench for the next two years, I'd be more inclined to have him up there given he is, after all, our current transfer record

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

He's always been the same. This is why he was hounded out of spurs. He's a mediocre player. Many, including myself said it when he was signed, he's really just not very good. Goes hiding when going gets tough, doesn't influence the game, when playing left he cost us countless games due to laziness and a complete lack of football intelligence, drifting in and mind sleeping game after game. His pass to DCL in the first half sums him up, lovely first touch and good ball to a man who is clearly 5 yards, at least ,offside. Brain dead stuff. Never been a fan. Don't know how anyone could defend his time here. Stolen a wage.

Was speaking to my Spurs mate after the game, he was saying what we saw from Sigurdsson last night was par the course for the majority of his time with them.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

It's an underwhelming Everton career, for sure. A few highlights and a decent goal output last season, but he's an expensive Niclas Alexandersson in my book.

 

[Rugby Toffee]

Looked totally disinterested, must be one of the first to be sold surely.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Needs to play as a free role number 10. This is his only useful position. Anything other than this and he is a waste of space. We don't play a formation with a free role number 10, so bye bye Gylfi. Thanks for the memories...

lol

 

[Tubey]

Bilic absolutely wasn't a cog - he was signed for a world record fee for a defender. I take your point here btw, he's defo in the conversation but given the value we derived from those three and their relative cost at the time vs what we got back for them, I see them as the top/bottom three. If we ended up giving Sigurdsson away at the end of his contract and he sat on the bench for the next two years, I'd be more inclined to have him up there given he is, after all, our current transfer record

A central defender isn't the same as a playmaker mate in terms of the cohesiveness of your side as a whole.

You can cope with a bad centre half, you just bring in another. You can't with a playmaker as they're rarer and you often have to change how you play to accommodate their strengths.

 

[MikeH72]

lol

The amnesia on this forum sometimes is startling isn’t it.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

The amnesia on this forum sometimes is startling isn’t it.

In all my years as an Everton fan I've never known a player who has had as many excuses made for them being cack as Sigurdsson.

 

[Paulie]

In all my years as an Everton fan I've never known a player who has had as many excuses made for them being cack as Sigurdsson.

Spurs quickly seen their error and got shut. Unfortunately, we'll find it much tougher.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Swansea maybe sneak in the pl through play offs is our only chance.

Mon the swans.

 

[MikeH72]

Swansea maybe sneak in the pl through play offs is our only chance.

Mon the swans.

Swear to god I hope the boos deafen him when he comes back to Goodison. But our fans will applaud him won’t they.

 

[Bob Elstone]

Anyone got a link to the nevillle video bagging siggurdson?

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Swear to god I hope the boos deafen him when he comes back to Goodison. But our fans will applaud him won’t they.

We wil.
And he'll reply by breaking Richarlison in two or scoring one and assisting two.
Everton that.