We don’t really play a number 10 anymore. It’s more like 2 number 8s that also drift out wide to help the wingers. Looking at him he will play in the Bellingham, Rigg or Browne role. As others said, we won’t be letting him sit in the u21s.
Oh, I know the first team has pivoting 8s (which would suit Aleksic even better), but the u21s played the last match against Liverpool with a 10. 4-2-3-1 I think first half with Watson as 10 behind Trey O as the 9.
Thick skin brother and it will take more than a forum post to get to me lolAgree. But be careful there’ll be someone to come along and tell you to calm down
Yep
Think he'll be eased in slowly myself, it's basically the strongest part of our squad. I wouldn't be surprised if he makes less than 5 starts this season.
Looks like forward thinking to me, if we don't get promoted, replacement for Bellingham or Rigg who possibly could be poached imo.
He'll get plenty of chances anyway, as we'll have to manage the minutes of Rigg and Jobe. Absolutely have to be more mindful of not working them to the bone like we did with Jobe last season.
Will something change?
A better manager with more options.
Imagine cirkin trying navigate that
Do you think Jobe has got a guarantee of minutes in his contract as rumoured with Jude at Dortmund?
Not a guarantee of minutes as such but I do think he's got one that says he can go for cheap if he doesn't play a set number, as that's how we got him so cheap from Brum in the first place. So why would it be any different with us?
None whatsoever but very little difference.
Hopefully with the new depth we will be subbing a bit earlier and more often that we have been. Also nowadays they can track everything in terms of their performance and fitness. I imagine if they are beginning to wear down it'll show up in the data and they will rotate. Part of the issue is with all of the international breaks, our midfield (sans Neil) won't get that time to recover like others.
Cirkin needs to learn how to protect himself. Seems like a few of his injuries have been a result of playing like he is invincible. Part of why some players ( Clarke, Jobe, Rigg, Roberts - though he was injured some last year) don't get injured often is because they are able to assess whether or not they are going to get there first and if they need to pull out of it. Cirkin just crashes though everything bombing down the wing. Luke plays with the same sort of reckless abandon, but Luke is also maniac who would rather die than pull out of a challenge
It's why I think we left ourselves short of a versatlle full back. We can't say when Huggins will be back and Alese is out this month. O'Nien is probably gonna get some minutes as a full-back.
As much as people don't like pembele he shouldn't have left if nobody was coming in just like I'd keep either Adil ba or jewi we need some depth
