Because we play a 4-2-3-1. It doesn't mean both of the two have to be holding players, and Davies isn't a holding player anyway - he gets forward and that allows Gana to do the mopping up - but does have that discipline to maintain his position.
You play Gyfli deeper and, for me, you're wasting a lot of what he's good at because he's much better in the final third.
I've seen Gylfi play deep in a 4-4-1-1/4-4-2 on three occasions now - v Lyon at home last year, for Iceland v Nigeria in the WC, and against West Ham the other week.
Not once has he ended up on the winning side and not once has he been able to shield the defence and, frankly, this idea that he's going to turn into a pass master is a bit odd as well. His passing is good but it's not like he can ping a 40-yard diagonal. He's at his best with the ball in that area in between the opposition box and the centre-circle.
And while I'm not saying Davies is great at it, I'd rather have him there away at Leicester than Gyfli, and have Gyfli high up the pitch to start off with at least.
Now, if we played a flat three in midfield, I'd be all for it. Gyfli has played in a flat three for Swansea and played well. A three means that there is more chance he can bomb forward without leaving gaps behind him. But we don't play a three, at least not yet.
