Neville Kneville
Well-Known Member
Looks like he's our best left back, again, barring Ake.
That's criminal.Looks like he's our best left back, again, barring Ake.
he was awful last season and just cant defend or do anything going forwardTime to bring this guy back in starting 11
Ake can be great defensively but as a left back Zinchenko is best suited for the job
also we should consider February - May period in 2019 when he played great football
he was awful last season and just cant defend or do anything going forward
him and mendy are about the same tbh mendy have a decent cross but is awful as passing zin is good at passing and moving into the midfield but is awful going forward. Both are awful defensively. Both better in that position than cancelo. Maybe ake is the answer if laporte and dias are fit in the big games as he actually seems to know how to defend.Last season he didn't perform well - but we know his qualities and maybe this year he will repeat what he did in 2018/2019 season.
We have 5 options there:
Mendy -> we all know what to say here..
Cancelo -> Right Back
Ake -> Center Back
Zinchenko -> Has history (as well as bad history last year - but I would say that he was unlucky with those red cards) to perform well during number of months and what's more important during the vital period, when every game seemed like final.
So with Mendy we don't have such history - he always performs bad.
Ake and Cancelo don't have such experience, so I think Zinchenko has some advantage here..
he was awful last season and just cant defend or do anything going forward
By that logic we should have kept delph. Maybe the reason he was so bad last season was because he got found out in the same delph did the season before. Zin should have left in the summer to get first team football in his actual position.Our whole back line, bar Walker, was awful last season.
Zinchenko’s proved he can look very good as a LB in our system before, so I’m not against him being given a run of games whilst playing with decent CBs instead of Garcia and Otamendi.