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Not until we sell Gylfi.
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rochdaleblue
Player Valuation: £50m
Not into stats myself, I prefer to judge a player with what I see. For what it’s worth, I think Siguardsson was excellent at Swansea, but the team seemed to be built around his talents. Fast forward to his over priced move to Everton and he has looked a shadow of the player we saw at Swansea. You can argue not being picked on a regular basis in his favoured no. 10 hasn’t helped, but frankly he hasn’t helped himself with his largely lacklustre performances this season. I’m expecting a lot better next season, but the same could be said of a number of player’s within the squad.
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Big Fat Sam
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Ditch Schneiderlin, Rooney and Bolasie in midfield, get quality players in and watch him flourish.
Can't wait for the summer when we spend £87m on Stanislas and £72m in James Ward-Prowse.
Fat Sam and Walshie will defo have been on the stats websites and got the algorithm companies involved...
Aaaaargh.
Fat Sam and Walshie will defo have been on the stats websites and got the algorithm companies involved...
Aaaaargh.
I’m pretty sure he’s played when all have them have not.
The only constant is that he contributed nothing
This is sort of like the Michael Keane argument; oh he needs x y and z to be good
Isn’t the idea of purchasing good players that they are normally the standout performers in a poor team. He’s been one of the worst
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Isn’t the idea of purchasing good players that they are normally the standout performers in a poor team. He’s been one of the worst
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Kever10
Player Valuation: £20m
Oooof. And thats with the stats as well. Usually they are used to help to distort the facts when you watch a player do very little, week after week, but he somehow has numbers that convince people not to believe what they can see with their own eyes (see Idrissa Gueye).
Like I said in my earlier post, normally, if we had a player who scored a 45 yard volley or a Derby goal at Anfield, you are looking at instant cult hero status. It's a mark of how ordinary he has been, that he has done both in his 1st season and he still splits opinion.
People keep using these nonsense excuses about our tactics, him being played out of position, not being able to play with certain other players, his fee, etc, being a hindrance. The sign of a truly top player would be that he would improve us DESPITE these things. But he genuinely hasn't, and if he has, then by God I dread to think what we'd have been like if we had told Swansea were to go, like we shouldve when they went north of £30m.
Don't get me wrong, he's not awful, like a Claus Thomsen or Tobias Linderoth. He does have some qualities, and he seems like a decent bloke. But he just doesn't seem to have that X Factor to be a true difference maker.
I compared him to Arteta in my other post. Now for all the people saying Sigurdsson has been played out of position, Moyes used Arteta on the right wing, left Wing, attacking mid, centre mid, defensive mid, all over the pitch basically. And each and every time, he made the position his own. He was our best player wherever he was played. He demanded the ball and he influenced games. No excuses about where his best position was. He was that good, it didn't matter.
Sigurdsson for me, is more in the Osman mould. No real pace or power, and nothing to truly set him apart. Not the sort to dictate the pace of a game or lead by example, but has a tendency to play well when everyone else does. He's neat and tidy, and every now and then will have a really good game or score an important or spectacular goal. Then he will revert to type and flatter to deceive for months on end.
I really do hope he gets fit, settles in and comes good next season, and I'll get behind him and give him a chance. But I just don't think he's ever gonna be the player we hoped we were getting when we signed him. The difference maker.
I'd love to be proved wrong.
TrixyStevens
Player Valuation: £35m
Overall he hasn’t been good. It’s that simple. Maybe next season.
We always have a player who "fits" that criteria. Instead of "they should do better" a lot make excuses about how "WE should do better"
Especially when you buy someone for the price that I can't bring myself to type out again.
tim cahill
Player Valuation: £50m
De Bruyne would look lost if he had to play in our midfield. Salah would struggle to get double figures up front for us. The issue is more than one player, we don’t seem to play with any plan. We need a strong manager who can get the best out of our players.
CRIMHEAD
Player Valuation: £40m
Half those stats are completely irrelevant for an attacking midfielder, but how was he before Everton in those categories? Fine, even for just this year, how is he compared to the rest of the team?
My guess is that he’s not only our best player, but our most productive player. So if he’s been outstanding statistically in the same league for years, yet he isn’t as good for Everton - yet he’s still better than everyone on Everton...what does that tell you?
CRIMHEAD
Player Valuation: £40m
And that’s it. So very few players can just make a difference without any support. He’s had none.
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