As the song goes, "If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with."
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Why did we let Zinchenko go?
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As the song goes, "If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with."
Stiff Little Wingers
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Ha ha. Hanx! They are still good live but I guess the time comes when rock bands just need to call it a day.Your name is ace, seen still little fingers about 7 times in the early eighties.
Good luck to himHe seems to love the Arsenal fans now, it’s like seeing your ex bird out on the town with her new bloke totally loved up
He is a class act on and off the field, any football supporter would respect that and he is a dream to have at any club.
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We miss Sterling’s pace and Jesus’ tenacity and both of their pressing in the final third more than we miss anything Zinchenko brought.
meeesh
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We miss Sterling’s pace and Jesus’ tenacity and both of their pressing in the final third more than we miss anything Zinchenko brought.
Well according to gossip column,Chelsea are willing to listen to offers for Sterling,already,doubt there will be many takers and we certainly won’t be one of them…….I hope
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Exactly, what he said. He was an Arsenal fan and the move was a dream for him.We didn’t get rid of him, he wanted regular guaranteed starts and he was an Arsenal fan!City wanted to keep him
Centurions
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So you agree with the previous poster, it wasn't very often then?Funny that because I remember him coming on at 2 0 down to villa at home and he beat several men to set up the first goal, zinchenko changed that game, without him the dippers would be champions
shevtheblue
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Zinchenko was excellent, i personally think he brought a lot of control to the game for us but he just didn't (often enough) provide a killer ball. But tbh Walker doesn't do that either, obviously he has other elements that help us but i think Zinny did as well. The biggest problem is Zinny had clearly (and rightly so) felt he had developed past being a squady and wanted in the first 11, i think what he had shown to our successes over the last few seasons proved he was right. He wasn't openly searching, as far as i understand, but when Arsenal came in and offered him guarantees it was an easier decision for him. Not only has he improved them when he's playing, i think he's brought along some steel in Arsenal's way of thinking as well. Something that we are clearly missing.
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Nope. Nothing to do with Saturday or any other game.Hindsight is a wonderful thing isn’t it,even in football,he was let go as was deemed not good enough,and as a match goer myself I could fully see why,but how some are making him out to be the new Philip Lahm are still hurting from yesterday,and need to have a think
He was an excellent squad player. We are now weaker as a squad now he has gone. It really is that simple for me.
Centurions
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Yes, he was an excellent squad player but that isn't what he wanted any longer. Some of the reactive crap on here is beyond parody though. Apparently he was a certain starter every game and won games all by himself. Damned if I remember all of these games.Nope. Nothing to do with Saturday or any other game.
He was an excellent squad player. We are now weaker as a squad now he has gone. It really is that simple for me.
Some of the idiots are only seen when we lose so make of them what you will, but others seem to have very selective memories.
stonerblue
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Was a stupid decision at the time and is even more stupid now.The decision to let him go is getting worse & worse as the season goes on… especially with how Cancelo is performing atm & how he played at the back end of last season.
GaudinoMotors
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What a pathetic response.What a pathetic thread he has gone he wanted to go end off!
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ironic thing is with Zinchenko, he'd have been playing every week when fit given Cancelo and Walkers form.
Was probably out biggest act of self sabotage since Pep joined letting him go and bringing in Gomez, we were already 1 short at fullback and it cost us in the CL.
Was probably out biggest act of self sabotage since Pep joined letting him go and bringing in Gomez, we were already 1 short at fullback and it cost us in the CL.
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Are we talking about Zinchenko or Lionel Messi here?
Some of you need to get a hold of yourselves
Some of you need to get a hold of yourselves
What a pathetic response.
Things that has happened can not be changed you can moan whinge to the cows come home the facts are he wanted to go to get more game time.
Things that has happened can not be changed you can moan whinge to the cows come home the facts are he wanted to go to get more game time.
He should have been getting it here. Cancelo has been dreadful for a long time and yet Zinchenko was still only getting in the team from January onwards every year (and we always improved after he got back in).
The reason Jesus, Sterling and Zinchenko all felt the need to leave was that one of the crucial parts of Pep's philosophy - that he'll pick the XI that deserve to start, not the biggest names - was completely obliterated last season. If I was watching Cancelo dropping clangers from the bench, or Grealish picked over me despite being well below his best, I'd want to leave too.
He should have been getting it here. Cancelo has been dreadful for a long time and yet Zinchenko was still only getting in the team from January onwards every year (and we always improved after he got back in).
The reason Jesus, Sterling and Zinchenko all felt the need to leave was that one of the crucial parts of Pep's philosophy - that he'll pick the XI that deserve to start, not the biggest names - was completely obliterated last season. If I was watching Cancelo dropping clangers from the bench, or Grealish picked over me despite being well below his best, I'd want to leave too.
Well pep didn’t think he was good enough to play week in week out when he could of.
Hardly a surprise that people are questioning the wisdom of allowing Zinchenko to leave, given the current situation at full-back.
All the less so since Pep’s main plan for working with Haaland seems, fairly obviously, to be to have one full-back coming infield alongside Rodri, and to have De Bruyne plus one other (ideally Gundogan) play closer to Haaland. And Zinchenko is extremely adept in that ‘inverted’ role, while Walker and Cancelo aren’t. Perhaps we thought Cucurella could do it (though I’m not really sure on what basis?). But now we’re in a situation where the only full-back we have who looks comfortable in that role is Lewis, who, while a superb talent, is still a kid.
All the less so since Pep’s main plan for working with Haaland seems, fairly obviously, to be to have one full-back coming infield alongside Rodri, and to have De Bruyne plus one other (ideally Gundogan) play closer to Haaland. And Zinchenko is extremely adept in that ‘inverted’ role, while Walker and Cancelo aren’t. Perhaps we thought Cucurella could do it (though I’m not really sure on what basis?). But now we’re in a situation where the only full-back we have who looks comfortable in that role is Lewis, who, while a superb talent, is still a kid.