Good stuff mate, im not trying to win hearts and minds and i know im breaking ranks on pages and pages of basically the same post about him being gash, just stating my judgement and giving the context of weighing that judgement.
I think hes a talented player and a proven PL effective player - last year is a case in point. You look at Maddison and Grealish and you see the cost of that type of attacking return from someone playing between the lines, both are posting numbers less then Gylfi last year. As i said im not blind, i see hes not a 6 or 8, do i think he wants to play there? no not really, hes being a pro. Do i think hes good there, no not really. Hes a 10, at a push a wing forward, all day for me, but 10 is the number and when he got a run in the team there, he posted 13 goals and was very impactful, in fact match winning so.
Are we in a position to be binning players capable of bagging double digits in the PL, not in my opinion no. So where are we? A spot were we are playing one of the most impactful no 10's last season at 6 - that is down to poor recruitment to be honest, so i do have sympathy. Say Leicester sell Maddison and buy Gylfi would i bet against him not getting double digits next season given a run at 10, i wouldnt take on the bet to be honest.
That leaves me with the question, is the problem Gylfi or Everton. Its been a poor move for him, if he knew he would be playing under 6 managers in 3 years, be shunted around the field and playing a fair chunk of it as a play maker with no striker to aim at - i doubt he would have made the move. Its all well and good saying someone isnt good enough for us, but i think there needs to be a recognition that the environment has been terrible and not given him the foundation to work in, my opinion of course.
So where does that leave us, a cross roads certainly, the move hasnt worked out for him, i wouldnt blame him at looking for a move if an offer came in, there are less chaotic environments to work in. But does he still have a value for us, i have for the last few weeks that 4-4-2 has been made redundant, i actually dont think we persevere with it beyond this season as i think its to simple to work out and teams have cottoned on to it. So going on we could see something like a 4-2-3-1 - and variants does Gylfi have a role between the lines, i would think so myself.
All opinions of course, but as i said Gylfi is someone i have a lot of sympathy for given the chaotic environment he has worked in since being here, 1 season in my opinion we played him right and flourished, that begs the question is the problem us or Gylfi. if nothing else its a trigger for reflection, rather then black and white thinking.
If a manager of the calibre of Ancelloti can`t get a tune out of him mate, I`d say the answer is pretty obvious.
The only place he`d flourish is the likes of the MLS
