Oleks Zinchenko - 2018/19 Performances

[FantasyIreland]

Played in midfield and impressed against the Dippers,apparently.

I'm not quite as surprised as some appear to be,because.....

A) He's a midfielder

and

B) He has plenty of ability

Given our perceived lack of cover in the middle of the park,perhaps he may be worth keeping after all.

 

[doobyedoobye]

If there really aren't any more available CM options this summer then maybe Pep will give him a run in the middle

 

[aguero93:20]

Played in midfield and impressed against the Dippers,apparently.

I'm not quite as surprised as some appear to be,because.....

A) He's a midfielder

and

B) He has plenty of ability

Given our perceived lack of cover in the middle of the park,perhaps he may be worth keeping after all.

It was more that he was playing in Dinho's position and impressed that was surprising.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

If you can play leftback then you should be able to play as a DM pretty well. A full back requires the most intelligent positional play and ability to read the game / similar to DM. The only questions for me are could he handle the physicality of it and is his heading up to it. On the ball i would have no concerns.

 

[FantasyIreland]

It was more that he was playing in Dinho's position and impressed that was surprising.

I understand that but my point stands.

Played in the position he favours,he's a kid who can dictate a game and excels with the ball at his feet,the defensive duties of last season may just have provided another string to his bow.

The recent criticism of him,as a full back,by the usual know nowts,has been wholly unfair.

 

[aguero93:20]

I understand that but my point stands.

Played in the position he favours,he's a kid who can dictate a game and excels with the ball at his feet,the defensive duties of last season may just have provided another string to his bow.

The recent criticism of him,as a full back,by the usual know nowts,has been wholly unfair.

Well, I'd rather see him where he played last night than full back. Handled Liverpool's high press extremely well, no problem sidestepping an onrushing player and picking a good pass.

 

[Barcon]

He played well last night. Possibly our best player (or Eric Garcia). I would keep him around if possible.

 

[oldius]

He is a very skilfull, intelligent player who is vulnerable to pace in behind him. Full back is not his position but he is potentially excellent in the DM role.

 

[NorCalBlue]

If you can play leftback then you should be able to play as a DM pretty well. A full back requires the most intelligent positional play and ability to read the game / similar to DM. The only questions for me are could he handle the physicality of it and is his heading up to it. On the ball i would have no concerns.

I seem to remember him being pretty good in the air last season, and a quick look on WhoScored.com supports that - he won 16/19 aerial duals last season. Apart from experience in the role, he really does have all the attributes to be the perfect DM.

Perhaps we'll soon be calling him mini-Ferny instead of mini-Kev!

 

[TRUE BLUE NO1]

Anyone interested, here is highlights of Zinchenko's touches last night....the commentary is not English but you'll get the idea. He seems a better fit in midfield then he is at LB.

 

[FantasyIreland]

He seems a better fit in midfield then he is at LB.

 

[cjn]

Was very impressed with Zinchenko last night, if we don't bring in another player he should obviously stick around. While I'm not positive he has the energy to play the six over 90 minutes he was finally able to show some of the creative ability we know is there but haven't seen much of at left back.

 

[Cityfan]

...the communtary is not English

Nor is the post ;-)

 

[aguero93:20]

Nor is the post ;-)

Nor is the post ;-)[/QUOTE]
The quoting is the worst part.

 

[Cityfan]

The quoting is the worst part.

Bloody phones. Got the edit in first though.

 

[TRUE BLUE NO1]

Nor is the post ;-)

lol!....lucky I can edit!;)

 

[aguero93:20]

Bloody phones. Got the edit in first though.

Not when I posted you didn't :)

 

[bobom]

I didn't watch the march. He doesn't put a foot wrong in that video. Really composed and some great passing.

 

[ADegenerate]

He looked great last night. I’m in the pass on Gundogan as a 6 camp and think OZ would beat him out for minutes there. Gomes/OZ/Gundogan fighting it out for ‘backup’ is plenty good for me.

 

[starsandstripes]

He looked great last night. I’m in the pass on Gundogan as a 6 camp and think OZ would beat him out for minutes there. Gomes/OZ/Gundogan fighting it out for ‘backup’ is plenty good for me.

Delph is an option as well. I think we'll play 3 at the back more often this year, and he doesn't strike me as a good fit for lwb although he's clearly good enough to warrant minutes somewhere.