2017/18 Gylfi Sigurdsson

[kenada_blue]

Why should we move past it? It's the prime example of how poor our recruitment and spending has been. A fee like that should get you a top end Premier League player, he is bang average and always has been. Personally I think we should have laughed Swansea out of town as soon as the asking price went above £25m.

We wouldn't miss him if he went in the summer

 

[Pete Campbell]

We definitely overpaid but he’s still been one of our better players in this shambles of a season.

Agreed and still underrated in here but fair enough because our whole season has been a joke.

 

[BlueToff]

We look a much better team when he's in it as part of that front three.

With a settled, balanced midfield behind.

But oh well, no point with sticking with what works, ey Sam.

 

[mkrudden]

We look a much better team when he's in it as part of that front three.

With a settled, balanced midfield behind.

But oh well, no point with sticking with what works, ey Sam.

I still think he's best coming in from the left.
In the middle he's swarmed - just like Ozil is - because he is light weight.
Out wide he can be on the periphery from a congestion point of view and use his delivery / fantastic technique.

 

[BlueToff]

I still think he's best coming in from the left.
In the middle he's swarmed - just like Ozil is - because he is light weight.
Out wide he can be on the periphery from a congestion point of view and use his delivery / fantastic technique.

I wouldn't say Ozil is unsuited to the middle mate, or Gylfi.

But it's very dependent on the set-up.

Ozil has that nimbleness and agility - like David Silva or Mata - to turn out of trouble in a flash. Issue with Ozil is his work rate which Silva and Mata have both improved.

Sigurdsson isn't that type of player. He's not a playmaker who can thread an eye-of-the-needle pass or pick a 50 yard ball like De Bruyne.

He's much more of a sharp touch player in-and-around the area. Gets his assists and goals from quick combination play in the final third or popping up on the edge of the box like he did against Liverpool.

What annoys me the most atm is we had/have a formation/template that works.

As you rightly say, Gylfi coming in from the left is where he's best in that system. He works hard defensively and is always up in the final third (see the build-up to the first goal v Leicester, or Gylfi's goal v H'field as examples).

He dovetails well with Rooney, who in that role as a playmaker can sit on the left of the midfield three with legs around him in Gana and Davies.

When we want to play with two wingers - Bolasie and Walcott - we can easily drop Gylfi back to that Rooney role, but one of them should always start, fitness permitting.

 

[chippy1722]

Why should we move past it? It's the prime example of how poor our recruitment and spending has been. A fee like that should get you a top end Premier League player, he is bang average and always has been. Personally I think we should have laughed Swansea out of town as soon as the asking price went above £25m.

I think it got to the point that our deluded board seen it as a way of making us look like a big and rich club and pursuing him no matter what, when instead it made us look ridiculous and wasteful.

 

[MikeH72]

I think it got to the point that our deluded board seen it as a way of making us look like a big and rich club and pursuing him no matter what, when instead it made us look ridiculous and wasteful.

"Haaaaa look at us throwing our weight around and bullying these smaller clubs"

When Swansea were probably laughing and taking the piss out of us by upping the asking price further and further.

 

[MACCA75]

He’ll get some assists once Mori is back, at least he attacks the ball.

 

[DownunderToffee]

MOTM for me today, worked his butt off all day.

 

[blue to the bone]

Involved in two goals again today.
He makes things happen

 

[Osamabindiesel]

Probably the best finisher at the club which is a shame because he struggles to create space for himself consistently.

 

[nsno-chris]

Great that he’s now got 2 assists more than one of our worst players

 

[Berenger]

Excellent attitude, good quality on the ball, doesn't bottle big moments, changes matches. He'll be central to any team we put together in the next 3 years.

 

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

Great work ethic and took a great first goal and keep things going for the Davies strike. Very good game.

 

[StateSideToffee]

Excellent performance; probably the best I’ve seen Gylfi play in Everton Blue. I have been skeptical of his signing especially considering the price tag; however, performances such as that are certainly going a long way.