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da 888casino： Could it be a case of the best is yet to come in regards to Birmingham City’s Ivan Sunjic?
Whilst he has clearly impressed a number of Birmingham City fans so far with his efforts, there is still the potential for his talents, and as a result the team, to flourish even further.
With an average of 2.3 tackles a game and 1.3 interceptions a game, he’s not afraid to put in a defensive shift when he needs to. Combine that with a pass completion percentage of 79.8% and you can see he’s got an ability to dictate play.
Alright, he’s not quite Andrea Pirlo in his prime, but it’s enough to keep the team ticking along.
If you have that one man in front of the defensive line taking care of the ‘dirty work’ and acting as the man to get moves started, then it allows your attacking players that little more freedom.
This is why the Blues should consider changing to a 4-3-3.
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If you have Sunjic in front of that backline, you can insert two other central midfielders to control the middle of the park like Jude Bellingham and, whenever he finally breaks into the first team having spent what seemed like an eternity on trial, Josh McEachran.
As for the front three, as has been pointed out previously on FFC, if you carry on with Dan Crowley out on the right-wing, then all you need to do is figure out who is going to be playing on the other side of Lukas Jutkiewicz up top.
Whilst he’s currently injured at the moment, Jefferson Montero could be a prime candidate for that role, but in the meantime, you could place Odin Bailey or Fran Villalba there. Both of them scored last Friday so have staked their claims well in recent times.
You could even make the argument they should switch to more of a 4-2-3-1 on some occasions if they want that extra bit of protection when they play the bigger teams and have him partnered with another defensive-minded player like Gary Gardner.
Whichever way you look at it, Sunjic is the kind of pillar that Birmingham should be building a team around.
Whilst they may have a lot of options, and other names to choose from, he must be one of the first on every team sheet.