I think he has taken on the role of senior player at Arse. To me he is playing with a little more confidence and freedom and his team mates often play through him. To me that has resulted in him playing more consistently and his game has gone up a notch.Is it just me or is he playing / doing the EXACT same thing he did while he was here? if so, how come no one noticed how he was "re-inventing" the leftback role until he left City?
More consistently? Yes.I think he has taken on the role of senior player at Arse. To me he is playing with a little more confidence and freedom and his team mates often play through him. To me that has resulted in him playing more consistently and his game has gone up a notch.
That pretty much sums it up.He trebled his wage, wanted to go and we got what we thought he was worth.
He was great before but prone to some defensive blips. I havent seen that yet with Arsenal and without checking I bet his touches per game are up because he is even more involved. I love zinc and was gutted when he was sold. I just think we didn’t reach his ceiling.More consistently? Yes.
Up a notch? No
Looks like same ol' zinchy too me.
A back Line that qouldve coped a lot better wirh injuries if zinchenko was srill there..Why did we let Zinchenko go?....
- Because he wanted to leave
- Because we couldn't guarantee him a place in the first XI
- Because the transfer money we received was more than fair
- Because we didn't want to pay him what Arsenal pay him
- Because he wasn't actually a left-back
There's no point complaining about it. Zinchenko will be forever loved by all of us at City. He's a great guy (I've spoken to him a couple of times), a very good footballer, and a City legend!
If Arsenal pips us to the Premier League, it won't be because they signed Zinchenko, it will be because we haven't performed and we've had many injuries that have disrupted our back line.
As soon as you’re under pressure down the left, he’ll be off and Tierney will be on, as has already happened a couple of times. Wait until everyone remembers to isolate him against someone who can head the ball and he’ll struggle as he did here. Don’t get me wrong, he was a top squad player and a great feller, which is likely how he’ll end up at Arsenal, if you get any sustained success. Remember, he started only 10 games here last season and cost us more than once in those games; as for the CL final against Chelsea I still have nightmares about him………Zinchenko playing the role he does for us has been great. he seems to have a greater freedom under Arteta than he did with Pep.
He has always loved the spotlightHe's really started loving the camera since going there.
A decent player for us but looks like he could end up getting a little too big for his boots if he's not careful darn sarf