I think all arguments about Siggy are valid to a degree. He does need to be involved more but he’s created numerous quality chances that DCL and Walcott have spooned wide of the target. Highly creative, goal scoring attacking midfielders/ number 10s, are few and far between. They tend to be one or the other.
It’s been probably been mentioned in the formation thread, but I think Marco would like to play a 433, like Klopp. Attacking fullbacks, 3 solid box-to-box midfielders and 2 inverted goal-scoring wingers playing off a striker. He plays Sig because he’s here and he’d be hard to shift, and he might as well use him as best he can.
Rather than try to reinvent the wheel and ditch Sig completely, I think he should just be played 10 yards deeper. Digne aside, he’s the most intelligent player we have, he just doesn’t have the pace to operate that high up the pitch. I think Iwobi and Bernard would lose the ball even more than Sig does, if they played as close to the opposition CBs and he’s told to.
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Agree with most of this apart from I think the 10 yard deeper thing isn’t really an option/ solution.
If he really wanted a significant increase in his involvement he’d be looking for it naturally.
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@brap2 says, at 29 he’s not going to start now. And let’s face it, it has been a successful model for him.
If he did drop deeper I’m sure an opposition defender would follow and it’s then when it shows how much you really want the ball.
He is what he is, we have to find ways/ players to provide what he doesn’t in the type of fixtures where he struggles to impact the general play.