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Zinchenko is concerning, he hasn’t been playing great for a while now. Hope that he can quickly figure it out.
I’d like to see Tomiyasu get more chances, he struggled a bit when he replaced Ben White but always looked much better at LB.
Yeah agreed and I think he’s usually a brilliant player for us. Wonder if teams are specifically targeting him as he vacates the left back space and isn’t the best defensively.
That said - that early yellow card did him absolutely no favours on Saturday.
I said it after watching Timber play one game for us that Zini is in trouble. Now it seems Tomi is doing the Timber thing. Zinis top on the ball but the extent over other players isn’t big enough to justify his defensive flaws IMO. I’d like to see what he can do in midfield.
Tactical demands are way too high this season without Xhaka. Carry the build up, dictacte play and create from the left channel AND defend as a fullback? You’d need a guy with 20 in every stat on FM to do that.
It’s clear Timber was supposed to bench him and Zinchenko was to be used for rotation
I’m not sure it was. I think the the plan was to rotate with White at RB, he played at LB because he was just too good on the ball to not play there while Zinchenko was out. I think after Tierney leaves next summer we’ll buy a left footed LB. Ornstein said we’d go for a LB after Tierney is sold.
I don’t think that’s right.
We brought in Timber knowing Tierney wasn’t going to be here and knowing Timber can play in a number of positions across the back, so it was never this guy is replacing Zinchenko
Could be true. People forget Zinchenko was the second choice signing for that position after Lisandro. Arteta wants a defender with midfielder like quality on the ball.
Although my feeling was that two might have played together, with Zinchenko used as an actual midfielder.
Agree. I love Zinny but I won’t be surprised if Timber or someone else we bring in becomes a long term replacement for him. Arteta definitely wants someone who can defend in that role.
tbh I don’t think Lisandro is as good on the ball as Zinchenko is
Im guessing the lack of a proper pre season is evident, especially when there’ve been as many changes to personnel and roles round him too.