2017/18 Gylfi Sigurdsson

[Boss_Rarkley]

He's a victim of the club needing to fit Rooney into the team. He should be in the no 10 role at all time but he wont until Rooneys completely finished/we get a competent LB in.

 

[Efcjake]

He's a victim of the club needing to fit Rooney into the team. He should be in the no 10 role at all time but he wont until Rooneys completely finished/we get a competent LB in.

I disagree, I think Rooney is being played there because he's better at passing the ball around.

 

[kenada_blue]

He did this against WH and we battered them. It's sequential though. We need the defence to be playing well, which they now are. We need Rooney deeper starting attacks. We need Gylfi coming in off the left and receiving the ball centrally between the oppositions defence and midfield. We need a striker who's movement creates the space.
Take one of the above out and the whole thing fails because Sig is an Ozil and not a Sanchez in terms of his type of involvement in the game.

Don't agree with the Ozil thing (Ozil is far more active in open play) and the WH game was all down to Rooney pulling the team out. When he doesn't play well we don't play well.

Again it goes back to the point of needing another 3 players around him to make him function. Even then I don't see him being the missing link. But that's me.

 

[kenada_blue]

He's a victim of the club needing to fit Rooney into the team. He should be in the no 10 role at all time but he wont until Rooneys completely finished/we get a competent LB in.

He's got 10 goals.

 

[Efcjake]

He's got 10 goals.

I'd be as willing to slate Rooney as anyone when he deserves it but he's had a good season and offers a lot more during 90% of the match than Sigurdsson does. He's playing in the middle over Sigurdsson on merit and for tactical reasons.

 

[ProZ]

He's got 10 goals.

Give Siggy those penalties as he’s by far a better taker.

If Siggy had them their goals record wouldn’t compare

 

[BlueToff]

I disagree, I think Rooney is being played there because he's better at passing the ball around.

He is, but to be effective Rooney needs the game in front of him. hence, against the weaker sides/at home, that's where i'd like to see him, with either Gueye or Macca next to him to do his running

 

[BlueToff]

I'd be as willing to slate Rooney as anyone when he deserves it but he's had a good season and offers a lot more during 90% of the match than Sigurdsson does. He's playing in the middle over Sigurdsson on merit and for tactical reasons.

tactically, Rooney slows the game down too much when playing as a 10 in a 4-2-3-1, though

 

[mkrudden]

tactically, Rooney slows the game down too much when playing as a 10 in a 4-2-3-1, though

Needs to be taking it off the CBs. That's his best position.
Siggy wide left when we don't have the ball. When we do, he can come inside.

 

[Baines' left foot]

But I thought he only scored from set pieces?

 

[kenada_blue]

Give Siggy those penalties as he’s by far a better taker.

If Siggy had them their goals record wouldn’t compare

Well, Rooney has 7 from open play so far. Sigurdsson would have 6 including 3 penalties and promote the fact he's a set piece merchant.

 

[roydo]

I like him. I ignore the fee, not his fault, and see a decent player, a team player, happy to get his hands dirty for the team. With the ability to do what he did at the Pit. A bit more of that wouldnt go amiss mind

 

[ProZ]

Rooney has missed 2 pens also.

One of which rebounded into open play for an ‘open play’ goal.

 

[jonnyboy316]

I'd be as willing to slate Rooney as anyone when he deserves it but he's had a good season and offers a lot more during 90% of the match than Sigurdsson does. He's playing in the middle over Sigurdsson on merit and for tactical reasons.

He has not had a good season. He has played well in patches. I would struggle to name more then 3 matches where he has put in a 90 minute performance. Although this statement could easily apply to nearly all our outfield players

 

[thebluenosebolt]

He's got 10 goals.

Damn straight