Oleks Zinchenko - 2018/19 Performances

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Dax777 said:
But he was way better than Sane, David, and Laporte. The other 3 guys on the left side with him. But I'm sure if I check those threads, you wouldn't have been on any of them claiming they aren't good enough.
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Er, because they are???

Laporte has been outstanding all season (Spurs CL leg2 aside). Silva is well, probably they best player ever to pull on a light blue shirt. And Sane is one of the brightest talents in world football, a game changer, a genius.

Zinchenko is a very limited footballer. His footballing brain runs at 0.5 MHz, compared to Silva's 4GHz 10-core. He receives the ball, ponders about for ages, and then passes it backwards 90% of the time. He has little natural ability and is pretty ropey at both attach and defence. But he tries hard. I thought "trying hard" was not the benchmark we aspire to.

Seriously, I don't have a downer on the lad - he seems like a good bloke and he does try. I just don't think he's that good tbh, and for me is an obvious weak point in our team. Left and right backs have been a weak point of ours ever since Zabba went past his prime. Left back we've been weak for donkeys years.
 
He is good at the following : ball control, passing & crossing

Below average at keeping the ball under pressure & dribbling.
 
Tevez City said:
He is good at the following : ball control, passing & crossing

Below average at keeping the ball under pressure & dribbling.
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His ball control is one of his weakest points. He's let the ball go into touch 3 or 4 times just this week failing to control simple balls, he's coughed up possession with some awful stray passes too.
 
domalino said:
His ball control is one of his weakest points. He's let the ball go into touch 3 or 4 times just this week failing to control simple balls, he's coughed up possession with some awful stray passes too.
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I'm afraid this is true. How anyone could have awarded him MOTM today is quite beyond me.
 
domalino said:
His ball control is one of his weakest points. He's let the ball go into touch 3 or 4 times just this week failing to control simple balls, he's coughed up possession with some awful stray passes too.
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He let the ball run out once from his poor control
The other 3 were from poor right footed passes from Laporte. I am not sure if there was poor communication but I have never seen Laporte pass so many times with his right foot. Zinchenko was bullied out of it today but where are other left backs!!!
 
Xhavenjoe said:
He let the ball run out once from his poor control
The other 3 were from poor right footed passes from Laporte. I am not sure if there was poor communication but I have never seen Laporte pass so many times with his right foot. Zinchenko was bullied out of it today but where are other left backs!!!
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Well that's the issue, isn't it? As a squad player and a midfielder who has been thrown into LB, Zinchenko like Delph last season has been absolutely excellent.

However, once you look at him purely as a LB on merit, is he good enough to start for City? He's only getting in the squad as a LB, he's not going to break into the midfield ever, so you have to weigh up having him at LB vs. any other LB we could potentially buy this summer.

I like his attitude, I love that Pep's made a 1.8m signing into a viable LB in a team this competitive, he's had some really good games since coming back into the side in Feb/March, but I'm not entirely convinced he's a going to be a world class LB any time soon.


Personally I think we'll sell Delph, get a proper LB in, and Zinchenko barely play next season.
 
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