The Gylfi thread.

[HoneyRoastHoax]

Should probably just have a Harte vs Gylfi free kick contest to settle the games between our teams this year

Like to see that

[Pepe the Horseman]

Should probably just have a Harte vs Gylfi free kick contest to settle the games between our teams this year

Like to see that

Can't see it happening tbf.

[Diddyroyal]

Maybe he just isn't that good? And that's the reason no other club has come in for him, To be honest most of swanseas team looked class last season, as a team they are great but indivdually are they? , a few ex Reading players have proved this theory.
Yes sig is class, but he didnt quite set the world alight in Germany, maybe has put a few of the bigger teams off

[winchester_royal]

Maybe he just isn't that good? And that's the reason no other club has come in for him, To be honest most of swanseas team looked class last season, as a team they are great but indivdually are they? , a few ex Reading players have proved this theory.
Yes sig is class, but he didnt quite set the world alight in Germany, maybe has put a few of the bigger teams off

Get out.

[Diddyroyal]

Sorry just took my Reading goggles off, back on now, what an outrage we haven't bid 50 million for him

[TBM]

Maybe he just isn't that good? And that's the reason no other club has come in for him, To be honest most of swanseas team looked class last season, as a team they are great but indivdually are they? , a few ex Reading players have proved this theory.
Yes sig is class, but he didnt quite set the world alight in Germany, maybe has put a few of the bigger teams off

Dont agree with that

Not saying he should be starting at Man Utd etc but you'd thought teams like Everton, Newcastle, Fulham etc would have at least enquired

[sandman]

He's dead to me now.

[Avon Royal]

It's not Gylfi's fault we didn't bid for him.

It's so sad that Swansea have more ambition than us. Maybe he's better off with them.

[pea]

The sell-on is based on profit only.

Complete speculation

Which makes it different to the vast majority of thought/ comment on here ?

Not at all, but people have been stating it the last few days like all sell-on clauses are profit only, which isn't at all true, and it probably isn't the case for this transfer.

[Friday's Legacy]

It's not Gylfi's fault we didn't bid for him.

It's so sad that Swansea have more ambition than us. Maybe he's better off with them.

Swansea could be about to spend £7m on one player. We on the other hand have an ambitious budget, are planning to expand to 38,000, build a new top of the range training ground, and upgrade the academy to cat 1 status? I would argue we are showing more ambition currently.

[ScottishRoyal]

Maybe he just isn't that good? And that's the reason no other club has come in for him, To be honest most of swanseas team looked class last season, as a team they are great but indivdually are they? , a few ex Reading players have proved this theory.
Yes sig is class, but he didnt quite set the world alight in Germany, maybe has put a few of the bigger teams off

I disagree, a lot of people have said he didn't set the world alight in Germany, but he was voted in the Bundesliga team of the season by his fellow professionals in his first season I believe. He obviously didn't see eye to eye with the Hoffenheim manager that came in last summer hence the loan move to Swansea, but the Hoffenheim fans at that time really weren't happy to see him go.

I can't believe the fee is only £6.8m. For Hoffenheim too make just a £300k profit on Gylfi (minus our clause fee) having him been a standout player in his first season and had a fantastic loan spell in England in his seconfd beggars belief.

[soggy biscuit]

Maybe he just isn't that good? And that's the reason no other club has come in for him, To be honest most of swanseas team looked class last season, as a team they are great but indivdually are they? , a few ex Reading players have proved this theory.
Yes sig is class, but he didnt quite set the world alight in Germany, maybe has put a few of the bigger teams off

I disagree, a lot of people have said he didn't set the world alight in Germany, but he was voted in the Bundesliga team of the season by his fellow professionals in his first season I believe. He obviously didn't see eye to eye with the Hoffenheim manager that came in last summer hence the loan move to Swansea, but the Hoffenheim fans at that time really weren't happy to see him go.

I can't believe the fee is only £6.8m. For Hoffenheim too make just a £300k profit on Gylfi (minus our clause fee) having him been a standout player in his first season and had a fantastic loan spell in England in his seconfd beggars belief.

Makes you wonder just how good a judge of player a bunch of interweb blokes hundreds of miles away really are when the top clubs don't go for him, the transfer fee is little more than we sold him for and his club in Germany are very happy to offload him

Maybe those on the inside know more about him than those that aren't

[sandman]

It's not Gylfi's fault we didn't bid for him.

It's so sad that Swansea have more ambition than us. Maybe he's better off with them.

+1

[ScottishRoyal]

Maybe he just isn't that good? And that's the reason no other club has come in for him, To be honest most of swanseas team looked class last season, as a team they are great but indivdually are they? , a few ex Reading players have proved this theory.
Yes sig is class, but he didnt quite set the world alight in Germany, maybe has put a few of the bigger teams off

I disagree, a lot of people have said he didn't set the world alight in Germany, but he was voted in the Bundesliga team of the season by his fellow professionals in his first season I believe. He obviously didn't see eye to eye with the Hoffenheim manager that came in last summer hence the loan move to Swansea, but the Hoffenheim fans at that time really weren't happy to see him go.

I can't believe the fee is only £6.8m. For Hoffenheim too make just a £300k profit on Gylfi (minus our clause fee) having him been a standout player in his first season and had a fantastic loan spell in England in his seconfd beggars belief.

Makes you wonder just how good a judge of player a bunch of interweb blokes hundreds of miles away really are when the top clubs don't go for him, the transfer fee is little more than we sold him for and his club in Germany are very happy to offload him

Maybe those on the inside know more about him than those that aren't

Perhaps, however being voted into thd Bundesliga team of the season and being Barclays Player of the Month in his second or third month at Swansea are two credentials that nobody can argue with, even taking bias out of the equation. Especially when those awards are voted for by his peers in Germany and a board of knowledgeable experts in the UK.

[Royal Rother]

It's not Gylfi's fault we didn't bid for him.

It's so sad that Swansea have more ambition than us. Maybe he's better off with them.

Swansea could be about to spend £7m on one player. We on the other hand have an ambitious budget, are planning to expand to 38,000, build a new top of the range training ground, and upgrade the academy to cat 1 status? I would argue we are showing more ambition currently.

And there we have it.

People who accuse the club of lacking ambition are beyond dim.

[Diddyroyal]

It's not Gylfi's fault we didn't bid for him.

It's so sad that Swansea have more ambition than us. Maybe he's better off with them.

Swansea could be about to spend £7m on one player. We on the other hand have an ambitious budget, are planning to expand to 38,000, build a new top of the range training ground, and upgrade the academy to cat 1 status? I would argue we are showing more ambition currently.

And there we have it.

People who accuse the club of lacking ambition are beyond dim.

Are you suprised? Same old

[Royal Rother]

Not really, no.

[JordCot]

I am so surprised by the amount of people that are comparing us and swansea and are saying the club lacks ambition. Its not like we are in the same position as them? Even if a player has history with us (which may not count in our favour as other people have said) swansea are a more attractive club to go to, they have had an extra year in the premier league, are playing good football and (assuming he doesn't go to liverpool) have a sought after manger so they must be doing something right??

[sandman]

Thank you for your irrelevant and incorrect opinion.

[Royal Rother]

Good grief. That's worse than Spacey.