Oleksandr Zinchenko: C’est Zinny

[El Duderino]

Careful, Newcastle might buy him as Burn's replacement

Who, Kai? Id drive him there myself.

 

[Farzad]

Kai and Viera aren’t good enough and Zinny is a bad fullback but good in buildup he has to be played at number 8. Now one said it is ideal but we upgrade two positions with this switch. It is the best of a bad world as we spent 105 million on that position to get two duds

 

[TheEliteMaster100_]

Wasn't that bad, tough ask to defend vs Mbuemo who is very light on his feet, agile and loves to get in behind.

Crucial goal clearance too.

 

[Heavy Duty Rom]

Wasn't that bad, tough ask to defend vs Mbuemo who is very light on his feet, agile and loves to get in behind.

Crucial goal clearance too.

Wasn’t that bad? He was very good. That goal line clearance was great, every bit as good and important as the Rice one.

 

[Taylor Gang Gunners]

He was fantastic. Close to being MOTM imo. Was interesting to see him play more as a traditional LB rather than inverting for the majority of the game.

His goal line clearance was vital.

 

[ThlRama]

I love him, his technique and touch are unbelievable, a beauty to watch. He might become my favorite player the way things are going.

 

[TheEliteMaster100_]

Wasn’t that bad? He was very good. That goal line clearance was great, every bit as good and important as the Rice one.

He was the one who got dispossessed whilst dawdling on the ball that led to Brentford having that big chance in which Zinchenko atoned himself by making that goal line clearance. We need to watch the entire action as to why Brentford had that chance to begin with.

Think of Jorginho vs Sp**s. Our players need to be aware of their surroundings whilst on the ball, especially in our defensive third.

 

[Ash10]

He was the one who got dispossessed whilst dawdling on the ball that led to Brentford having that big chance in which Zinchenko atoned himself by making that goal line clearance. We need to watch the entire action as to why Brentford had that chance to begin with.

People are casually ignoring this. He did atone himself so won't be criticizing him for it but he has these moments too often

 

[TheEliteMaster100_]

People are casually ignoring this. He did atone himself so won't be criticizing him for it but he has these moments too often

Lens heavily exploited Zinny's side in the away game, look at Wahi's goal in which Saliba himself could have also done better if he had watched the space (as Henry mentioned in the CBS Post match and on the podcast with Shearer/Linekar/Richards).

Now we got Lens on Wednesday at the Emirates, they'll be looking at to exploit that side once again.

Our left 8 must also do a better job in occupying the space that Zinchenko vacates, something Xhaka would do. So yeh Gabriel does have his work cut out for since he has to also play LB out of possession.

 

[HollandGooner]

He was fantastic. Close to being MOTM imo. Was interesting to see him play more as a traditional LB rather than inverting for the majority of the game.

His goal line clearance was vital.

Still think he could do a very proper job for us at no 8 and play a pure left back as a left back.

 

[Maybe]

Now we got Lens on Wednesday at the Emirates, they'll be looking at to exploit that side once again.

They'll be looking at conceding less than 5 goals

 

[Thrice]

They'll be looking at conceding less than 5 goals

They tried.

 

[Macho]

Quietly putting in great back to back performances this guy.

I remember us being concerned, but it seems to be a case where if we’re not dominating he will always look bad.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

I think it helps that he's been playing fairly consistently since arriving here. At City he was always in and out of the side and when he first signed as a midfielder who had to be converted to his new LB role. That past year and a half almost has helped him develop into the role a bit more due to the consistent playing time he's got.

 

[Pop Tart]

for the love of god bin him ffs. got away with first half . always mistakes from this ****

 

[boonthegoon]

Getting really frustrated. Such a beautiful player on his day but come on the whole game he wanted to gift wolves a goal and did so eventually and almost cost us.

 

[BenTal]

why? seriously? wtf?

 

[TheEliteMaster100_]

Had many bozo concentration lapses in the first half when he's losing the ball in possession like last week vs Brentford (he redeemed himself with that clearance).

Got punished with Wolves scoring from his stupid mistake.

Zinchenko cannot be relied upon in knockout games or tough away games.

 

[Batman]

 

[Bagels]

Such a weird player, incredibly technically gifted and when he’s on is easily one of our most influential players.

Inconsistent though, and is always a brain fart away from costing us.