2017/18 Gylfi Sigurdsson

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Cack today.

 

[Pete Campbell]

We need to play him at 10

 

[riddick]

It is a complete and utter waste of £45m unless he is played in the position he plays best in. How, on EARTH, was he Koeman's #1 target after he got in two other players who play "best" in the same fn position?

 

[CRIMHEAD]

He played well as a 10 behind the two strikers, but I'm not sure that has much to do with Rooney being off. He played as an inside forward for Swans and was great, but we have no wide attack on the left. None.

 

[tommye]

 

[tommye]

Cack again today.

 

[gorgeousgeorgeEFC]

Gylfi has yet to impress me in a blue shirt, aside from his wonder goal in Europe of course.

It must be noted, though, that he didn't a play a single match during the summer. As such, he's obviously well behind the other lads in terms of fitness. I expect him to improve as the season progresses.

A gentleman sitting behind me today shouted, rather unhelpfully: "Gylfi, lay off the pies fatboy! Yer make f***in' Eric Pickles look like Cheryl Cole lad!"

 

[hetion]

Can't wait for him to absolutely run our attack. Or go some way to filling the creative hole we've had for years. Or create one or two chances. Or do anything at all, really.

Absolutely buzzing with anticipation.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

 

[Eggs]

......I think he's best playing in combination with a striker in much the same way as Alli plays with Kane at Spurs. Not sure we've had many free kicks on the edge of the box for him as yet.

 

[toffeejack]

He played central today and against Atlanta and has been shown up the twice, like he always will be when he plays there.

Worst thing about him though, he'll show himself up more if you try him top left in a front 3.

I've been following this board since he joined you and it's given me a few chuckles, I have to say. It's uncanny the things I've read here that I have moaned about him for at least the last season.

He's slow, painfully slow, he can't go past a man - I mean, like NEVER. His first touch is poor, this may seem against the grain because of all the lazy Match of the Day pundits who could never be bothered to analyse one of our games properly and who used to pick him out almost every time. He's got an awkward balance about him when the ball comes in. A bit like Bambi fresh out of the womb. He's poor in the tackle, he doesn't command games, has limited affect and an awful amount of touches, his key passes last season were in the bottom 25% of midfielders and he's a proper girl when things aren't going his way - arms flailing around the lot.

We shoehorned (a word I've read on this site a lot about him) out left, purely because we couldn't do without his long free kicks - his corners were always pretty [Poor language removed] or at best below average, but he could whip a ball in. The funny thing though, his assists from free kicks were also very average when he had Ashley Williams to aim for - 50 pence piece head had scored 1 in 5 years for us I think. Yeah, Mawson and Llorente made his free kicks look better and he got a lot of assists from them.

In open play though, a different story - 3 he had and I remember each one because his creation in this aspect of the game is dreadful.

For anyone thinking he needs to be central or your number 10, think again. Ross Barkley has ten times the zip and skill needed to be effective in opening up defences. Play a ball into Siggy back to goal 10 yards out off the 18 yard line and he wouldn't have the first idea what to do with it. You'd want a 10 to have nippy, quick feet and create just that bit of spark - you will only see that from Siggy when he's got the ball on a free kick, nicely rested just above the finely cut grass and nobody near him for 10 yards. Then he can look great.

Oh, and I am not a bitter Jack who's lost his "best" (sic) player - i've been saying this for ages, even to your fans when they've popped across to Planet Swans. Few good Siggy threads there - https://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/swanseacity/forum/

So his assists from free kicks were strange. Better goalscorers scored more from them, but worser scorers scored less. He's the best player to ever play for swansea mate, and they're going down now because they sold him and replaced him with mesa and clucas.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

He's got an awkward balance about him when the ball comes in

Funny you should say that, the lad who sit's next to me at the game said something similar, that he looks gangly, like he's going to fall over when he moves with the ball.

 

[granter79]

Improved when Rooney n Klaasen went off. Teams issue right there

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

He should play at No.10 or not at all. I've been thoroughly underwhelmed by him so far.

 

[mrb85]

I saw some promising signs yesterday with some lovely turns and sways that took him past players when in tight midfield positions.