Christos Tzolis: It’s Tzol Good

[CannonBals]

The good thing about his dribbling technique is he takes small touches directly at the defender and doesn't signal which way he is going to go until the final second which forces the fullback to backpedal into his own box. It's much easier for a defender if a winger chooses a side to run down so they can read and intercept but he doesn't really do that. By the time he gets towards the edge of the box, he then uses his vision to find a pass.

Traditional wing play has always involved beating the defender and than finding the pass - but no-one said it must be that - if you create enough uncertainty in the fullback to not engage - that creates the room to find a pass without having to beat them.

Yes. Also his first touch is good enough to take out the defender if he does not time his press well. He will be good against most teams. But against good/elite defender he will be lacking. I mean I'll be confident for Timber to lock him up. Hopefully he develops an edge there aswell or maybe he has that in the locker already but I haven't seen that yet.

 

[Fabregasm]

Yes. Also his first touch is good enough to take out the defender if he does not time his press well. He will be good against most teams. But against good/elite defender he will be lacking. I mean I'll be confident for Timber to lock him up. Hopefully he develops an edge there aswell or maybe he has that in the locker already but I haven't seen that yet.

He played well against Man City and Chelsea... By all means already good/elite defenders profile there

 

[DanDare]

He/we haven't figured out how to get him shooting much yet. There's more to come from him

 

[CannonBals]

He played well against Man City and Chelsea... By all means already good/elite defenders profile there

Surely Nunez and Neto are not good defenders.
Players yes/maybe but they are not good defenders.

 

[ArsenesCoatMaker]

Surely Nunez and Neto are not good defenders.
Players yes/maybe but they are not good defenders.

He had Neto and Acheampong doubling up on him while being isolated against Chelsea, where as Saka had 2/3 of the team on his side of the pitch.

 

[Kuroske]

You can see he’s a really solid player, but he’s pretty average physically. No real pace or 1v1 ability.

I like that he acknowledges this though and doesn’t dwell on the ball (which Trossard did sometimes). Just gets it, makes a good pass or cross. Really efficient.

When you’re not physically gifted, you have to compensate for it with your decision making. Against Chelsea, his decision making was impeccable, and it was such a revelation compared to what we used to see from Martinelli. You won’t see him beating his opponent by sheer speed very often, but if the defender leaves an opening, he will capitalise on it.

Excellent rotation player and should do the job this year. Lets hope there is a level raiser available next summer.

 

[Olympiakos 7]

Excellent rotation player..

 

[Rasmi]

This man will change @A_G views on Greek people single handedly

 

[OnlyOne]

Boring player

 

[Entropics]

Really smart releasing the ball for the assist before Ben White almost ruins the play

 

[kraphtous]

No doubt an upgrade on Martinelli and perhaps Trossard. Shame he doesn‘t have any competition there, as Eze seems lost on the left.

 

[Ash10]

Good cameo. Should've scored with that chance tbf

 

[blaze_of_glory]

Might be signing of the season across all of Europe tbphwaoy (to be perfectly honest with all of you)

 

[TH14shahriar]

Football IQ 10/10

 

[AlexGR77]

This man will change @A_G views on Greek people single handedly

It's never too late to convert

 

[MutableEarth]

His goal's gonna come. Smart player man.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

The movement around box is something I never knew or saw from his highlights videos at Brugge look like we trying to unlock another thing from his game.

 

[Red London]

4 assists in 5 games if you count the Community Shield.

Assists against City, Chelsea and Napoli away.

Not bad at all.

 

[Red London]

I really like this guy so far.

His intelligence, positioning, vision and decision making are all great.

His ball striking is very clean, I look forward to see if he can execute goals / finishes with more guile. The one today he just went power mode but I think he has more in his locker accuracy wise.

He is pretty strong with his left foot too, crosses well with it.

He lacks in pace and dribbling. But you can still be a very good player if you become top 1% in the other areas I mentioned.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

4 assists in 5 games if you count the Community Shield.

Assists against City, Chelsea and Napoli away.

Not bad at all.

I think grounds like Sunderland etc.. Will be more real tests for him because the opposite fans and players could easily get into your head like what they did in villa game.