Maybe this season he hasn't made a lot of assists or key forward passes from open play, but what has he had ahead of him through out the whole season? Llorente that's a big lump and not one for running off the shoulder of CB's and apart from Sigurdsson himself they don't really have players that break from deep and get in the box. Fer does/did now and again but Sigurdsson seems the one to get forward and offer a goal threat.
I see a lot say "well he only assists from set pieces..." But I think they underestimate what a plus that can be for us. In certain games it could and can be the difference. Look at last week when he stuck a FK in at OT, that gained Swansea a point, now we took a point away at OT and if he does that for us he could be winning us the game. It's the same at West Ham the other week, a dreadful game of football but if we get a FK or corner with a player like Sigurdsson in the ranks, he could potentially put it on a six pence and someone slot an header away or he hits the top corner and we come away from a sh#*$¥ game with 3 points in the bag rather than one and over the course of a season that sort of thing can be handy cos more often than not you could turn draws into wins.
It's about having game changers, players that can make the difference and with his set piece ability he's got that in his locker. He's also a really good player with other strings to his bow and who wouldn't want a player like that?!
