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Dennis Cirkin

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Ohnonotagain said:
It’s not constantly though. Only when the defence is in possession. It’s what good teams do. Isador, Mayenda and Brobbey don’t do it. They amble sideways across the pitch. You don’t let the back four have time on the ball.
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They do press when the back 4 have it, depending on the situation. If we're winning we seem more than happy to let them have the ball in those areas, at times. It's fluid.
 

Regis said their change of shape impacted us because we lost our references of when to press. Looks as though he was told to engage their wing backs in the press and he was out of sorts for the rest of game when they changed shape.

I thought Cirkin was good first half and he was overlapping and linking up well but then second half was exposed, he seemed to be following Aaronson centrally and didnt know when to stay/go. For what its worth I didnt think Hume was great either, Okafor caused us problems down his side.
No doubt Reinildo and Mukiele at full backs and youd almost guarantee theyd have got zero change from either and a different game but Cirkin and Hume are still learning at this level and I think a lot of it was a tactical issue dealing with their shape.
 
I thought he did alright yesterday, given the situation (not kicked a ball in months, new league, step up, new team mates, makeshift team).

He looked lost a few times positionally, and him and adingra at times played like they'd never met before (at least twice first half he ended up in no man's land after a half hearted overlap attempt and sort of just stood awkwardly like he'd run out of ideas).

But his fitness was better than I'd have guessed, and he didn't look totally out of place, so bodes well for him. Reinaldo clearly first choice but he's able backup for now I'd say.
 
Nedved said:
I thought he did alright yesterday, given the situation (not kicked a ball in months, new league, step up, new team mates, makeshift team).

He looked lost a few times positionally, and him and adingra at times played like they'd never met before (at least twice first half he ended up in no man's land after a half hearted overlap attempt and sort of just stood awkwardly like he'd run out of ideas).

But his fitness was better than I'd have guessed, and he didn't look totally out of place, so bodes well for him. Reinaldo clearly first choice but he's able backup for now I'd say.
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I thougjt Cirkin and Adingra did better after first 20 min of Second half but Cirkins positional sense is alarming and he has form for it.Does not seem to learn imo but it is what it is till Afcon resolves itself.. Others have other views of Cirkin🤣
 
TheCat99 said:
He’s never going to be Reinildo but he will have a part to play from now until the end of the season. People writing him off after one game is pretty poor mind. Cirken had he stayed fit and us not gone up would have got himself a prem move, let’s not forget this time last year he was being called the best left back in the championship.
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At the same sort of age that Cirkin is, Reinildo was playing for a lower level, second tier club in Portugal Called Sporting Covilha. In case you hadn't heard, players can, and do, improve.
 
Nedved said:
I thought he did alright yesterday, given the situation (not kicked a ball in months, new league, step up, new team mates, makeshift team).

He looked lost a few times positionally, and him and adingra at times played like they'd never met before (at least twice first half he ended up in no man's land after a half hearted overlap attempt and sort of just stood awkwardly like he'd run out of ideas).

But his fitness was better than I'd have guessed, and he didn't look totally out of place, so bodes well for him. Reinaldo clearly first choice but he's able backup for now I'd say.
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It was because of their formation they had 5 midfielders and 2 strikers we were getting overrun
 
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