2019/20 Gylfi Sigurdsson

[CahillsCornerFlag]

Can blame him all you want.

But when a manager is building a system to fit him in and then not in any way playing to his strengths, what can he do?

He drops back, and then neither Delph or Schneiderlin push on. So we have a massive gap.

He stays where he is, and the players don't get the ball into him.

Neither of the CM's pass to him, and when it goes out wide neither of the full backs cut the ball back to him either. He's regularly free on the edge of the area.

I'd be absolutely livid if I was him. It's impossible to play well if nobody ever passes to you.

 

[Tubey]

Neither of the CM's pass to him, and when it goes out wide neither of the full backs cut the ball back to him either. He's regularly free on the edge of the area.

I'd be absolutely livid if I was him. It's impossible to play well if nobody ever passes to you.

Because he hides behind the opposition defensive mid, 25 yards away from them.

 

[nsno-chris]

I am not arguing he should be playing.

But since he's playing, it'd be good to see the manager play a way which gets the best out of him.

there isn’t one, not mobile enough to play deeper and not strong enough

 

[Rudolf Hucker]

Bernard on at HT, move Iwobi into 10

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

Because he hides behind the opposition defensive mid, 25 yards away from them.

Is it his fault he's playing in front of two defensive mids who refuse to get remotely close to him? That's a tactical problem by Silva. He's isolated. And he repeatedly gets in good pockets but gets ignored.

Far, far too easy to blame Gylfi for the inadequacies of the rest of this team.

 

[Tubey]

I screencapped just one example as I knew people would start the "nobody passes to him" excuse.

The above happens constantly. He's never looking to receive a ball - he looks to hide between the lines. The above happens over and over again, every game, so the midfield has no choice but to look wide.

 

[BlueToff]

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I screencapped just one example as I knew people would start the "nobody passes to him" excuse.

The above happens constantly. He's never looking to receive a ball - he looks to hide between the lines. The above happens over and over again, every game, so the midfield has no choice but to look wide.

Again, I'm not saying he's been good.

 

[mightymoyes]

Improved since his withdrawal and goin down to 10 men. Not saying much mind

 

[Seathestars]

Sick of him hiding

 

[Kantareller]

Stats so far?

 

[nsno-chris]

Horrible, horrible player

a total coward

 

[kenada_blue]

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I screencapped just one example as I knew people would start the "nobody passes to him" excuse.

The above happens constantly. He's never looking to receive a ball - he looks to hide between the lines. The above happens over and over again, every game, so the midfield has no choice but to look wide.

Look how awful the positioning is.

 

[Archer]

If it wasn't for Bolasie he'd be the worst signing in the clubs history.

45m for this absolute bum.

 

[nsno-chris]

If it wasn't for Bolasie he'd be the worst signing in the clubs history.

45m for this absolute bum.

he’s worse, bolasie was a donkey but we knew that. People thought this clown was a midfield dynamo based off stats and YouTube clips

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Hey, he passed a ball through for Coleman towards the end though.

At least he did something. I make that the first thing he's done for... ohh, what, six months?

That's enough for his fanboys too say he had a boss game.