11 | Oleksandr Zinchenko - 2021/22 Performances

[JewelZee]

I'm worrying more about Laporte's poor defensive form in every important game.

Pep loves Laporte but I'll take Dias and Stones over him at every turn...

 

[nellyonthewing]

he is not an Lb, never was, never will be. he does not have the basic fullback instincts to suss out danger and stop it.
cannot blame him for that, put Foden in LB and he would struggle even more imo.

madness we have Zinchenko as LB in CL final and this season again vs Real Madrid because we refuse to buy a proper LB. cut our losses on Mendy asap and replace him properly. Zinchenko should not get more than 4-5 games as LB in a season and those mostly should be FA cup or Carabao games.

Another example of poor strategical forward planning by those upstairs.

 

[applejuice]

I pointed that out earlier...whether he stays or not he should never line up at LB in a meaningful situation for us again...you can't have KDB, Silva, Haaland, etc. and then Zinny at LB...not personal and not his fault...he's just not good enough there for us...wasn't that him Havertz ran away from in CL final last May...

He shared some fault of Real's 2nd goal as well. He stood still in the box with no Real players nearby while watching Grealish defended 2 - of course he failed...

 

[BigOscar]

I am curious as to just how many years he has to play exclusively as a leftback for us before people stop trying to defend him by saying he's playing out of position.

 

[FromPollockToSilva]

I am curious as to just how many years he has to play exclusively as a leftback for us before people stop trying to defend him by saying he's playing out of position.

He's at circa 70% career appearances at left-back at this point

 

[Mike N]

Admit he was poor at West Ham but he’s not let us down before. He may not be physically tired at the moment but his head must be all over the place about the the war at home. Lapses in concentration or judgement happens to the best of footballers.

Great pro and a pretty decent footballer. Let’s keep the ball and our defence will be fine.

 

[Siker]

in the last matches he began to distribute assists, I'm glad for his development

 

[kaz7]

He is usually very reliable and a more than capable left back, short memories , he has had so much going on he can be excused anything right now

 

[eastmanc]

Admit he was poor at West Ham but he’s not let us down before. He may not be physically tired at the moment but his head must be all over the place about the the war at home. Lapses in concentration or judgement happens to the best of footballers.

Great pro and a pretty decent footballer. Let’s keep the ball and our defence will be fine.

This, not the best defender, but very decent on the ball. But it’s becoming more and more obvious that we need to prioritise signing a quality young left back in the window.

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

This, not the best defender, but very decent on the ball. But it’s becoming more and more obvious that we need to prioritise signing a quality young left back in the window.

Pretty good on the ball - actually - if not under pressure. But prone to mistake when immediately pressed.

Zinchenko is a great squad player; not a regular starter; valuable in our squad in a backup role. And yes, we could use a class young LB.