Said about Sigurdsson (and I’m a big critic of Sigurdsson), that for what we paid, has been a poor signing.
When we signed him, we signed a set piece “specialist”, yet he’s crossed so many corners into the first defender, thought I was back in the Twilight Zone with Arteta’s corners. Has he scored a free kick for us yet? I can remember about 5-6 in his last Swansea season.
A professional footballer, at any level, if they’re short of pace, needs to be on their toes, to make up a half yard they’re losing. Not Gylfi, he’s consistently caught flat footed, waiting for the ball to come to him.
But yeah, it’s not all bad. When he does actually turn up, he’s actually a really good player. Which is why I’m probably so frustrated with him, I can see he’s got the ability, but instead, he loves to play sideways passes and take 15-20 minutes out of the game to go missing.
I’ve no doubt we’ll get a good return off Gylfi this year, but Christ he makes it hard to be likeable.