2017/18 Gylfi Sigurdsson

[Agent Blue]

Not good at all.

 

[SupaStake]

Poor bugger

 

[maccavennie]

Poor pen, might have made it a bit more interesting

 

[Papa Shango]

I can also count goals and assists. I'm not sure what else to tell you. You say he doesn't even do that, yet he does it better than almost every other midfielder in the entire PL. Apparently that counts for nothing.

It doesn't really. Not in the grand scheme of things.

 

[sageyefc]

Absolutely. He was actually MORE productive there than any other place debatably because he didn't take set pieces. He was great at Spurs.

lol

 

[ToffeeDan]

of course we wanted him to score it but, typically, he'll now bring that nagging doubt that they could have got something from the game back with him to our next season. So, yeah, the old Everton curse.

 

[COYBL25]

Absolutely. He was actually MORE productive there than any other place debatably because he didn't take set pieces. He was great at Spurs.

Are you in communication with @RickyRiders by any chance ?

 

[Connor]

Recall that Messi missed one, can't sell him?

We don’t own him so we can’t sell him

 

[CRIMHEAD]

Again, if that's what you think then you don't understand football. Sorry, but you don't. You used the example of Brazil playing one touch football, so by your logic no Brazil player can ever be said to run a game because they don't 'possess the ball' whatever that means. That's not the case though, they absolutely can. The point is simply that Sigurdsson doesn't fall into that category.

I am well aware, but that's what people are saying. That's EXACTLY what they are saying. And I agree with you, their logic is insane and they don't know football or understand it.

But if you find it OKAY that he doesn't hold the ball, his production per touch is insane in terms of goals, assists, key passes, whatever stupid metric you want to use. I'm not sure what there is to argue.

The other issue is that many here don't watch matches of other teams and never saw him play before he came to Everton. Last year was his least productive year, but there were pretty obvious reasons for that. It was a bad year for lots of Everton players.

 

[roydo]

Are you in communication with @RickyRiders by any chance ?

I am absolutely convinced that loon is currently compiling tons of You Tube clips proving that the pen miss was the best pen miss in the whole wide world, ever.

And deffo not Gylfis fault.

 

[Deckard2049]

Because he's been special everywhere else he's been.

It's a stylistic issue and frankly, a bit of a issue with understanding the game and the different ways it can be played successfully.

I don’t doubt that he’s a good player. But special? Pure hyperbole.

Roberto baggio was a special player. Andres Iniesta is a special player. Ronaldo both Brazilian and Portuguese are special players. If Gylfi is special what adjectives describe those players?

Gylfi is a good premier league footballer. That’s all.

 

[Azza]

Dead ball specialist though.

 

[CRIMHEAD]

It doesn't really. Not in the grand scheme of things.

Yes, goals and creating goals don't matter.

 

[Papa Shango]

I am well aware, but that's what people are saying. That's EXACTLY what they are saying. And I agree with you, their logic is insane and they don't know football or understand it.

But if you find it OKAY that he doesn't hold the ball, his production per touch is insane in terms of goals, assists, key passes, whatever stupid metric you want to use. I'm not sure what there is to argue.

The other issue is that many here don't watch matches of other teams and never saw him play before he came to Everton. Last year was his least productive year, but there were pretty obvious reasons for that. It was a bad year for lots of Everton players.

Because he was bog average.

He may be great for us next year, let's hope he is. But so far he has been a very run of the mill Everton player excuses or not.

 

[CRIMHEAD]

I don’t doubt that he’s a good player. But special? Pure hyperbole.

Roberto baggio was a special player. Andres Iniesta is a special player. Ronaldo both Brazilian and Portuguese are special players. If Gylfi is special what adjectives describe those players?

Gylfi is a good premier league footballer. That’s all.

That's pretty subjective, though. Certainly he was special for Swans and Iceland.

He is indeed a very good PL player. That's all.