Why did we let Zinchenko go?

[Mariosfireworks]

BUT NOBODY HAS BEEN PREPARED TO MEET OUR VALUATION OF HIM SO FAR>

Hope that helps you understand the different scenarios

Well his valuation is going down, so maybe we should have let him go, what happened to if a player doesn't want to be at the club then there is the door? Or are we if a player doesn't want to be at the club keep them against their will until we get the price we want?

 

[The slaughtered lamb]

Haaland is the problem, we try to hit him too quickly, we've changed a tried and trusted formula to incorporate Haaland, where we should just have carried on the same and he would have scored anyway just like Aguero used to do.

That’s an interesting perspective. I don’t think we’re trying to hit him anything like quickly enough, at least not lately. It would be one way of compensating for one less midfielder.

 

[Ric]

I don’t think letting Zinchenko go was the problem, per se. It was the failure to sign a proper replacement after missing out on Cucurella

 

[Tevez City]

Now why let him go ? while last season many were asking for a LB since they don't consider Zinchenko as " real" LB.

 

[Mariosfireworks]

I don’t think letting Zinchenko go is the problem, per se. It was the failure to sign a proper replacement after missing out on Cucurella

I dont think just signing a left back is the problem, the way i see it this season is we have problems all over the pitch, I dont think a LB alone would have solved our problems

 

[come-on-barney]

I don’t think letting Zinchenko go is the problem, per se. It was the failure to sign a proper replacement after missing out on Cucurella

Not Cucurella as the jury is still out, but the point is taken about a left back.

 

[Ric]

I dont think just signing a left back is the problem, the way i see it this season is we have problems all over the pitch, I dont think a LB alone would have solved our problems

Sorry, wasn’t suggesting that was our only problem. We obviously have a few right now.

 

[lasereyes]

Not Cucurella as the jury is still out, but the point is taken about a left back.

Watching him against us, I dont think it is ...

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

I said all along it was idiotic and unforgivable to sell him. Braid dead decision making from the board.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Funny how players get better by their absence - he was a decent wall to pass off for the better players, he had no pace so could only play against the teams that didn't have a pacey right winger and it wasn't very often he'd beat a man and get a cross in.

Imagine thinking it was his role to “beat a man and get a cross in”. Zinchenko is a world class inverted full back. He has everything you want in that position.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Now why let him go ? while last season many were asking for a LB since they don't consider Zinchenko as " real" LB.

What is any full-back, left or right, I've not seen any for years, not seen a decent tackler, one with any defensive nous. People talk about Cucaracha, has anyone seen him put a decent tackle in, I haven't. I wouldn’t even call them attacking half backs, it's a strange job, but one I thought Zinchenko was brilliant at.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Well his valuation is going down, so maybe we should have let him go, what happened to if a player doesn't want to be at the club then there is the door? Or are we if a player doesn't want to be at the club keep them against their will until we get the price we want?

Hardly being kept prisoner mate.

But Barca ( possibly being encoraged by Bernado imo ) think we should let him go for below his market value.

City disagree so far, and I totally agree with that .

 

[citymad]

Love Zinc, tidy and intelligent with the football. More reliable than Cancelo. No surprise he’s been Arteta’s first choice left back.

 

[Gazza]

Imagine thinking it was his role to “beat a man and get a cross in”. Zinchenko is a world class inverted full back. He has everything you want in that position.

Like World class defenders do?

 

[B\connellblue]

It wasnt hard to play left back when we had the ball and were on the offensive for most of the game. Manys a goal conceded at the back post whilst Zinch was stargazing. Not the only one guilty of that in fairness.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Hardly being kept prisoner mate.

But Barca ( possibly being encoraged by Bernado imo ) think we should let him go for below his market value.

City disagree so far, and I totally agree with that .

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Like World class defenders do?

He’s an inverted full back. It’s extremely low on the list of things an inverted full back needs to do.

 

[GoatersLeftShin]

Zinchenko was decent but no more than that. He had no pace and we frequently got caught out on that side.

I'm sure people think he's got better now he's not playing for us.

Our problem is that Sergio Gomez doesn't look good enough and Cancelo is probably the most hot/cold player I've seen as well as being completely unable to defend.

Once we find a competent left back we will stop talking about him.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

The problem isn’t the loss of Zinchenko on its own. When he left, Cancelo had zero competition and that affected him because he has once again become complacent and been utterly shit this season, so much so that Pep has had to play a CB there, one who offers no threat going forward at all and has also had to play a CB at right back a few times! Our signings were crap overall and that is what is killing us this season together with injuries. We got rid of 3 players who were decent rather than great and another retired. To replace them We have made one good signing, one with promise and 3 shit to average ones for me.

 

[Gazza]

He’s an inverted full back. It’s extremely low on the list of things an inverted full back needs to do.

No, let's have it right, he was a midfielder playing out of position at left back in the games where the opposition didn't attack much - if he'd have been World class he had got into our team in mid field his natural position.