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Hello Zinchenko

lorddulaarsenal

He’s class

Ricky1985

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Absolutely love this.

The other players need to him watch and learn how to pass accurately, stay cool under pressure and retain possession.

Pepe LeFrits

He's so good technically

Gazza M

rarely plays a bad pass. love that about him

Rohit

Yeah, not many can match his technical excellence. It's incredible that he has completely changed our potency on the left. We barely attacked down that side last season and weren't great when we did. Jesus' tendency to drift left helps too. Once Saka and Odegaard find top form we will be a headache for opposition managers.

goon

I love Tierney and hate nothing more than dunking on one player to paise another, but you can see how much we've added by having someone there who is very comfortable linking up in the final third. Some of the combinations down that side yesterday were on another level.

Pepe LeFrits

I think Tierney and Zinchenko could work really well together down the left too

Gazza M

goon wrote:
I love Tierney and hate nothing more than dunking on one player to paise another, but you can see how much we've added by having someone there who is very comfortable linking up in the final third. Some of the combinations down that side yesterday were on another level.

I wonder if Tierney has been made tactically redundant. he can't do what zin does, and it's apparent that arteta prefers inverted fullbacks as auxiliary midfielders. he doesn't seem the type that will sit idly by as second choice for more than a season

goon

Arteta seemed to suggest that he likes the flexibility and unpredictability it provides, but I guess time will tell whether or not it's just a bluff.

Mirth

Tierney has a role to play this season too - he's clearly the better defender and if Zinchenko plays in midfield we would have a similar degree of mobility while staying defensively solid.

Doc

Yeah the are both really different players and will be useful at different times. Up to Arteta to get the best out of the squad

Using 2 inverted fullback makes it easy to use the 2323 formation in attack which I think is what Arteta wants as one of the main structures of play, and is pretty prominent for positional play from what I have read.. it has also let Xhaka push fwd a lot more, but KT will still be really useful when we want to put pressure/overloads on the left and he is a better defender obviously. Not quite convinced with Zinchenkos defending right now but still early days. Great options to have

Clrnc

Tierney definitely won't be made redundant. We absolutely need real fullbacks in certain matches.

Ricky1985

With the 5-sub rule and the demands of playing fullback, in-game switches when legs are tiring will be a big help. And being able to pick between Tomiyasu, White, Zinchenko and Tierney is a great position to be in.

banduan

Burnwinter

This guy's a bona fide football nerd isn't he, it's like the old stories about Bradman learning to bat by making straight drives of a golf ball with a cricket stump for hours on end.

Qwiss

He should just dribble into the box like that, defenders wouldn't know what to do.

lorddulaarsenal

He’s immensely talented. Can see why a few City players said he was up their as one of the best technicians in their squad

Ricky1985

Qwiss! wrote:
He should just dribble into the box like that, defenders wouldn't know what to do.

😆

I saw this come up on youtube, just so good. I think with Zinchenko, touch comps help you see just how much he can impact our build-up. He really is an incredible technician.

Qwiss

Yeah its been very clear, very quickly how technically adept he is.

deardevil

I hope we do end up trying him in midfield.

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