Rodgers' glee at loan star's quality

by Setanta Staff , 23 January 2012 Rodgers' glee at loan star's quality

Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers has hailed the virtues of new midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson following his loan move from Hoffenheim.


Rodgers handed the Icelandic international his full debut on Saturday in his side's 2-0 defeat at Sunderland, and despite the result the Ulsterman was pleased with the efforts of the former Reading man.

Sigurdsson was eased into the reckoning by the Swans boss after appearing from the bench in the 3-2 win over Arsenal but it didn't take long for the 22-year-old to demonstrate the qualities that the manager knew he had over Arsenal.

The midfielder's pass created the winning goal for Danny Graham against the Gunners, and his creativity and eye for a goal was again evident at the Stadium of Light.

Rodgers, who worked previously with Sigurdsson at Reading, said: "Gylfi has been excellent. I know him well, and he's just finding his feet and getting back up to speed.

"He hadn't played a lot of games before arriving. But you can see his qualities - he fits in perfectly.

"That's the type of player we want to bring in here - players that technically are gifted and tactically understand the game."

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Team P W D L +/- PTS
1.
Man City
38
28
5
5
64
89
2.
Man Utd
38
28
5
5
56
89
3.
Arsenal
38
21
7
10
25
70
4.
Tottenham
38
20
9
9
25
69
5.
Newcastle
38
19
8
11
5
65
6.
Chelsea
38
18
10
10
19
64
7.
Everton
38
15
11
12
10
56
8.
Liverpool
38
14
10
14
7
52
9.
Fulham
38
14
10
14
-3
52
10.
West Brom
38
13
8
17
-7
47
11.
Swansea
38
12
11
15
-7
47
12.
Norwich
38
12
11
15
-14
47
13.
Sunderland
38
11
12
15
-1
45
14.
Stoke
38
11
12
15
-17
45
15.
Wigan
38
11
10
17
-20
43
16.
Aston Villa
38
7
17
14
-16
38
17.
QPR
38
10
7
21
-23
37
18.
Bolton
38
10
6
22
-31
36
19.
Blackburn
38
8
7
23
-30
31
20.
Wolverhampton
38
5
10
23
-43
25
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