Oleksandr Zinchenko - 2019/20 Performances

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karen7 said:
She said yes,awww

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Given the smirk on his face what do you think the question was?

;)
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
Zinchenko was magnificent in the Ukraine v Portugal match. He ran the game from start to finish in central midfield. He seemed to be playing a box-to-box role. It really made me think that Pep needs to give him a proper chance in this position. He looked much more mobile than Gundogan and at times he was spraying passes around like KDB. I realise it was only one match but would love to hear what Ukraine fans think. I wonder what a Zin and Foden mildfield would look like. Worth a punt in the Carabao Cup game perhaps.
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Our future midfield should be Zinny-Foden with Rodri anchoring them.

Zinchenko is perfect to play that in between role of playing defensive and offensive (box to box as you say), while Foden is the more clearly defined attacking midfielder.
 
WallyA said:
Our future midfield should be Zinny-Foden with Rodri anchoring them.

Zinchenko is perfect to play that in between role of playing defensive and offensive (box to box as you say), while Foden is the more clearly defined attacking midfielder.
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I hope he didn’t move box to box on his engagement night
 
I think he will be Rodri's understudy from next season, with the occasional game at LB.
 
WallyA said:
Our future midfield should be Zinny-Foden with Rodri anchoring them.

Zinchenko is perfect to play that in between role of playing defensive and offensive (box to box as you say), while Foden is the more clearly defined attacking midfielder.
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I watched that whole game the other night. It was an intense physical battle against Portugal, the current champions of Europe with a line-up including Bernardo, Moutinho, Neves, Ronaldo, Jao Felix, Carvalho. I was stunned really to see how well Zinchenko performed. He dominated midfield and, aged 22, was the main leader for his team in front of a hysterical crowd in Kiev.
Given that we were taken apart by Wolves midfield last week it did make me wonder if he could have made a difference in that central area where Gundo and Rodri were totally overwhelmed. He must be given a chance in his proper position.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
I watched that whole game the other night. It was an intense physical battle against Portugal, the current champions of Europe with a line-up including Bernardo, Moutinho, Neves, Ronaldo, Jao Felix, Carvalho. I was stunned really to see how well Zinchenko performed. He dominated midfield and, aged 22, was the main leader for his team in front of a hysterical crowd in Kiev.
Given that we were taken apart by Wolves midfield last week it did make me wonder if he could have made a difference in that central area where Gundo and Rodri were totally overwhelmed. He must be given a chance in his proper position.
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I think with Rodri they can make a good duo. They can rotate going forward to link with Foden, although I see Zinchenko doing this more than Rodri, and are both still very young, only 22 I believe.

I'd like to see it tried atleast once, maybe in a champions league game or cup game to see if it makes sense in practice.
 
domalino said:
I think he will be Rodri's understudy from next season, with the occasional game at LB.
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So I didn’t see the Portugal game but have seen him in a couple of other games for Ukraine and he looked excellent. If he is dominating internationals against opposition like Portugal surely he is worth a game in that position this season. Why not against Southampton in the Carabou cup? Midfield of Zin, Phil and Kev would look very tasty.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
So I didn’t see the Portugal game but have seen him in a couple of other games for Ukraine and he looked excellent. If he is dominating internationals against opposition like Portugal surely he is worth a game in that position this season. Why not against Southampton in the Carabou cup? Midfield of Zin, Phil and Kev would look very tasty.
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Yeah I'd be very happy with that midfield.
 
sir baconface said:
Don’t know what she sees in the talented, rich and ripped young athlete when (yes, I’ve checked) I have availability.
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He's one of the lowest paid players in the team though, with no raise after extension. He's no poor obviously but would be making triple that by now if stayed in Russia instead of coming to city.
 
romacito said:
He's one of the lowest paid players in the team though, with no raise after extension.
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I'm gonna call bullshit on that one.

I don't see any scenario in which he signs a 5 year deal/ 3 year extension in 2019 and stays on the same money he was in 2016 as an unknown 20 year old kid signed for £1.8m.

Not only does it make zero sense from his perspective, it makes no sense from our perspective to not reward Zinchenko financially for going from nobody to first team regular at City who's contributed to 6 trophies.

Not paying people what they're worth isn't clever squad management, it just leads to unrest in and makes the player susceptible to getting tempted away, especially the kind of player who is showing he could be a world class midfielder but is putting shifts in at LB to help the team and not starting every week.
 
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bobbyowenquiff said:
Given that we were taken apart by Wolves midfield last week it did make me wonder if he could have made a difference in that central area where Gundo and Rodri were totally overwhelmed. He must be given a chance in his proper position.
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Taken apart is a big overstatement. We hit on the break when we committed men forward. With a fern playing as makeshift CB and otamendi having his bad day
 
romacito said:
He's one of the lowest paid players in the team though, with no raise after extension. He's no poor obviously but would be making triple that by now if stayed in Russia instead of coming to city.
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Possibly. I don’t know. I’d be willing to swap places with him for a few days though.
 
romacito said:
He's one of the lowest paid players in the team though, with no raise after extension. He's no poor obviously but would be making triple that by now if stayed in Russia instead of coming to city.
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I imagine she has checked that out and it passed muster.
 
romacito said:
He's one of the lowest paid players in the team though, with no raise after extension. He's no poor obviously but would be making triple that by now if stayed in Russia instead of coming to city.
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Being from the Ukraine the last place that he would want to play would probably be in Russia - the two countries are in the midst of a cold war and Ukrainian citizens have been been arrested in Russia for dubious reasons.

I am just hoping that his bird moves to the UK and joins the cast of my wife's favourite program Real Housewives of Cheshire - the existing cast are a bit skanky and long in the tooth - e.g. Ashley Ward's wife Dawn. I hate the bloomin program and Vlada would improve it 1000%.
 
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