Sig Watch

[John Madejski's Wallet]

Shorey and Bertrand shit all over him.

You mean the guy who rarely cut out crosses and was consistently mugged for pace?

He was great going forward and and great for a brilliant team (by building a good "partnership", but please don't pretend he was anything other than a very average defender

[Maguire]

Shorey was twice the player Armstrong is.

Genuinely talented footballer v honest lower-league trier

[Royal With Cheese]

Shorey was twice the player Armstrong is.

Genuinely talented footballer v honest lower-league trier

I begrudgingly agree with that Mags. Shorey's problem was always inside his head. Getting that England cap was the worst thing that could have happened to him (with hindsite natch). Looks to have sorted his mental problems out and has slotted quite nicely into WBA.

[Row Z Royal]

Shorey was twice the player Armstrong is.

Genuinely talented footballer v honest lower-league trier

A bit harsh on Armstrong but otherwise 'greed.

[Maguire]

Okay, slightly hyperbolic to make my point

[brendywendy]

Have we got any midfielders who are going to score 20 goals a season and produce brilliance consistently? Let me guess, Chris 'he was really good because he was consistently average when the rest of our team bottled it under Coppell' Armstrong will transform us overnight in the middle? Today we played with a winger and one trick pony in midfield alongside the young Karacan and it showed - I lost count of the times we gave the ball away needlessly, as we do all the time under McPassnot.

bollox was armstrong just average before his injury

He was average, he just didn't make many mistakes - Shorey and Bertrand shit all over him.

so because the best two left backs ive seen here are better than him means he's average?

more bollox imo

[Terminal Boardom]

As I see it. Armstrong is an ok player. Neither shit nor brilliant. He does just ok. Reading are considerably worse off without Gylfi. It is up to the manager to make the best with what he has or he goes to the muppets in the ivory towers with a shopping list. January will show which direction the club has decided to go. As it stands, we are nearer the play offs than relegation zone so I do not expect any players to be coming in.

[Wycombe Royal]

As I see it. Armstrong is an ok player. Neither shit nor brilliant. He does just ok. Reading are considerably worse off without Gylfi. It is up to the manager to make the best with what he has or he goes to the muppets in the ivory towers with a shopping list. January will show which direction the club has decided to go. As it stands, we are nearer the play offs than relegation zone so I do not expect any players to be coming in.

The thing with Sig was, that in a game like the one on Tuesday he was the one player we had who could have provided a moment of magic to get us back in the game. We have noone else in our squad who can do that.

[Terminal Boardom]

As I see it. Armstrong is an ok player. Neither shit nor brilliant. He does just ok. Reading are considerably worse off without Gylfi. It is up to the manager to make the best with what he has or he goes to the muppets in the ivory towers with a shopping list. January will show which direction the club has decided to go. As it stands, we are nearer the play offs than relegation zone so I do not expect any players to be coming in.

The thing with Sig was, that in a game like the one on Tuesday he was the one player we had who could have provided a moment of magic to get us back in the game. We have noone else in our squad who can do that.

I totally agree with you. He was our "go-to" player to coin a phrase. from what I have seen and heard this season, we are too one dimensional.

[Big Foot]

As I see it. Armstrong is an ok player. Neither shit nor brilliant. He does just ok. Reading are considerably worse off without Gylfi. It is up to the manager to make the best with what he has or he goes to the muppets in the ivory towers with a shopping list. January will show which direction the club has decided to go. As it stands, we are nearer the play offs than relegation zone so I do not expect any players to be coming in.

The thing with Sig was, that in a game like the one on Tuesday he was the one player we had who could have provided a moment of magic to get us back in the game. We have noone else in our squad who can do that.

Kebe can

[Hoop Blah]

Kebe can

Not as consistently and reliably as Sigurdsson could though. If we get that one half chance to kill a game or nicked the points then Kebe will be just as likely miscontrol it, spoon it or contrive some way to cock it up whereas Sigurdsson had the ability to nail it 9 times out of 10.

It's the reason Sigurdsson sold for £7m and Kebe's still with us.

[rabidbee]

As I see it. Armstrong is an ok player. Neither shit nor brilliant. He does just ok. Reading are considerably worse off without Gylfi. It is up to the manager to make the best with what he has or he goes to the muppets in the ivory towers with a shopping list. January will show which direction the club has decided to go. As it stands, we are nearer the play offs than relegation zone so I do not expect any players to be coming in.

The thing with Sig was, that in a game like the one on Tuesday he was the one player we had who could have provided a moment of magic to get us back in the game. We have noone else in our squad who can do that.

Our problem at Bristol was coping with City when they had the ball. They did to us what we used to do to other teams a couple of years ago - brilliant movement and fast players cutting into the middle from wing. We were static and clueless. Gylfi wouldn't have helped much there, although obviously having a player on the pitch more likely to retain the ball would certainly have helped overall. On Tuesday, Brian should have got Howard on much earlier, and gone to five in midfield, just to close down the space for City to operate in.

[prostak]

Gylfi played the entire second half for TSG on Saturday, for those still pining. Kicker gave him 4,5 (I now appreciate that some of you need this explaining as being roughly equivalent to 2 or 3 out of 10), but also considered him coming on for support striker Mlapa a 'defensive move by Ralf Rangnick' so God knows how accurate that may be. More to come in the European Leagues thread when I get round to watching the highlights later.

[LoyalRoyal22]

Hoffenheim play tommorow?

[prostak]

Yes - against Hannover, 15:30 UK time I think - on ESPN for those that have such things. Should be a good game, two sides with a fair shout for European qualification and looking for a win to that end. Don't expect Sigurðsson to start, but he's been coming on for at least 15 in most of TSG's games.

[LoyalRoyal22]

Yes - against Hannover, 15:30 UK time I think - on ESPN for those that have such things. Should be a good game, two sides with a fair shout for European qualification and looking for a win to that end. Don't expect Sigurðsson to start, but he's been coming on for at least 15 in most of TSG's games.

thanks for that mate, let us know how he gets on, i dont have ESPN

[prostak]

He did start today, and I think this is the game where he 'arrives' - 50 minutes gone, 2 goals and 1 assist for our former golden hope. Hannover do have an awful defence, but he's looking scarily confident.

[Rev Algenon Stickleback H]

He did start today, and I think this is the game where he 'arrives' - 50 minutes gone, 2 goals and 1 assist for our former golden hope. Hannover do have an awful defence, but he's looking scarily confident.

Shades of anfield about his penalty. A little half-stop in his run-up before sending the keeper the wrong way.

His first was a bit scrappy though. A delection/mis-hit looping in rather fortunately.

Was the third from a Sigurdsson cross?

[prostak]

Was the third from a Sigurdsson cross?

Yes, from an indirect free kick.

[loyalroyal4life]

Gylfi Sigurdsson scored two goals and set up a third as Hoffenheim jumped to third place in the Bundesliga with a convincing 4-0 victory over 10-man Hannover.

Hannover went a man down after just 19 minutes when Manuel Schmiedebach received his second yellow card. Sigurdsson then scored on the stroke of half-time and doubled the lead with a penalty three minutes after the restart.


ANyone know where highlights to see the action are online?