Kirchhoff


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He plays behind the midfield so he's not really in a position to offer decent passes forward; it's a very simple role in one way but it's a really hard role to play well, as anyone who's played football at any level would recognise. You get a lot of the ball in hard places, you need to be calm on it and aggressive off it.

There's maybe an argument that players who play that position well get over-praised in England because they're nearly all imports (presumably because English kids don't get taught the same ball skills or awareness) but Kirchoff is undeniably class at playing there and one of the better players Sunderland have signed in the last decade. Not panicking with a lot of boys milling around you is hard - if Shelvey had to pick the ball up deep consistently he'd look even worse than he does.
 
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He plays behind the midfield so he's not really in a position to offer decent passes forward; it's a very simple role in one way but it's a really hard role to play well, as anyone who's played football at any level would recognise. You get a lot of the ball in hard places, you need to be calm on it and aggressive off it.

There's maybe an argument that players who play that position well get over-praised in England because they're nearly all imports (presumably because English kids don't get taught the same ball skills or awareness) but Kirchoff is undeniably class at playing there and one of the better players Sunderland have signed in the last decade. Not panicking with a lot of boys milling around you is hard - if Shelvey had to pick the ball up deep consistently he'd look even worse than he does.
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