Oleksandr Zinchenko: C’est Zinny

[Rasmi]

I already said he can't defend. And yes he can pass well. That's what I said too.

Then how is he crucial when he is net negative

 

[Gooner Zig]

Then how is he crucial when he is net negative

He's in no way a net negative.

 

[Dennis_Bergkamp_10]

Then how is he crucial when he is net negative

 

[Rex Stone]

If this guy was any other nationality but Ukrainian he’d have been binned long ago.

 

[Entropics]

Negative defensive plays = Letting Salah score

 

[Rasmi]

Negative defensive plays = Letting Salah score

That’s why stats are so misleading. His defending for Salah was inexcusable. Any half decent defender forces Salah out to the right on his weaker foot. And if he beats you from there then fair enough

But to let him turn inside to his left foot and just flick a foot out there lazily is pathetic.

 

[Dennis_Bergkamp_10]

That’s why stats are so misleading. His defending for Salah was inexcusable. Any half decent defender forces Salah out to the right on his weaker foot. And if he beats you from there then fair enough

But to let him turn inside to his left foot and just flick a foot out there lazily is pathetic.

And I agree, as I said before. He's not good enough defensively. You said he was sloppy on the ball, but in reality he adds so much to our possession play.

 

[Gooner Zig]

That’s why stats are so misleading. His defending for Salah was inexcusable. Any half decent defender forces Salah out to the right on his weaker foot. And if he beats you from there then fair enough

But to let him turn inside to his left foot and just flick a foot out there lazily is pathetic.

The stats aren't misleading, you're just disregarding them as they destroy your narrative that Zinchenko = liability.

 

[Rasmi]

The stats aren't misleading, you're just disregarding them as they destroy your narrative that Zinchenko = liability.

I trust my own eyes. Anyone who knows football knows Zinchenko is a liability

 

[Gooner Zig]

I trust my own eyes. Anyone who knows football knows Zinchenko is a liability

 

[Nunowoolmez]

Zinny is a midfielder who has been repurposed as a defender by Pep & Arteta. It's not his natural game & it shows. He is the weak link in our defence.

The off set is what he brings to the build up & link up play offensively.

Is it enough to accept the defensive lapses ? His end product doesn't add to goals or assists so I'm not sure tbh. He's a risk/reward player & tbh the risk outweighs the reward for me.

If we played him solely as a midfielder I would be cool with that..

 

[Entropics]

He's awful, doesn't really contribute anything meaningful. For all the lamentations about Xhaka leaving, probably the best thing he was doing last season was covering Zinchenko's irrelevance.

We're still waiting for him to compensate his clear deficiencies but all he's doing is overexert Gabriel really. Martinelli is a lost cause, Havertz is a lost cause, nothing in his side works properly but we're supposed to be grateful that he produces less effective cutbacks than Kolasinac's here and there.

 

[DJ_Markstar]

ITT: people have no idea what an inverted fullback does and will complain about our buildup whenever Zinchenko isn't in the starting lineup.

 

[Batman]

You can't be a crybaby and sign with Skechers. Good grief, pick a struggle.
https://www.si.com/fannation/sneakers/news/skechers-signs-premier-league-star-oleksandr-zinchenko

 

[SuperGoon]

Guys lucky he has a hot wife. Only reason I haven't completely turned against him yet.

 

[fute]

Thought he was playing left wing (no pun) today at times.

 

[Entropics]

Got an assist with Turner's help, but also keeps being the weak link where the opposition can find a goal.

 

[BigPoppaPump]

If you can’t see what he does for the team then you genuinely don’t understand football.

 

[Farzad Stoned]

If this guy was any other nationality but Ukrainian he’d have been binned long ago.

Havertz is Ukrainian? The manager can’t rate players; if Stevie Wonder can do a Google search he can rate players better than Mik.

 

[Farzad Stoned]

Zinny is a good back up midfielder, he is a cr.p fullback. My granny nan could dribble by him. He could contribute in a lesser role; but at the risk of sounding redundant the manager doesn’t know what he is doing. Just look; he makes an ok midfielder into a garbage fullback. And for 65 million and 1.2 milly a month; he turns a terrible striker into even more sh.t midfielder. Am i in the blooming Twilight zone; or did we hire a punchy manager who has had one too many close encounters with an onrushing keeper or goalpost?