He really wasn’t, you were playing a very poor Bournemouth team.
I watched the game, and am watching MOTD now.
What difference does it make who we play? He was.
No he was class.
My point is Arsenal have had a very easy start to the season and as usual Arsenal fans get carried away like you’re fighting for the title. Bournemouth were dire and would have made any player looked decent today. Just seen Keown on MOTD going on like Zinchenko was prime Scholes.
Yeah he was good, but far from class,
That just isn't true. His role isn't to whip crosses in for us so I doubt he gets loads of assists. His other work was perfect today, fautless.
Arteta and Edu initially targeted Martinez and failed for this Inverted LB role, then they turned to Zinchenko.
I have never mentioned crosses so not sure where that's come from?
Just isn't true. I think White was very good actually, and Jesus had a few good moments, but for me Zinchenko was probably the best person out there today.
Exactly, each to their own.
lisandro martinez was Arteta's first choice for the Left Back position.
Absolutely brilliant today. Great player
I love Zinchenko but he's been injured for almost half of it and they were playing just as well in the games he missed.
Strange. In no way is Licha a left back.
Zinchenko doesn't play as a traditional left back though. Look at the touch map, he spends most of his time infield. He inverts and becomes Partey's partner with Xhaka pushed up.
Aware of that. He’s still not best in that position.
The role is quite unique and in a well drilled team, I'm not sure you could say that for sure. He's certainly got the passing range and the tenacity. Do you not think he has the technical skill?
More that I think he’s better at centre back. You gain all those advantages you’ve mentioned and can still play someone like Zinchenko if you wanted to.
Zinchenko is slow tbf
Fair point. To be fair, left 1 on 1 Zinchenko isn't the best defender either, and can be exposed, we seen that a few times at City. Just think he getting more a platform to showcase his on the ball skills here on a more regular basis.
Agreed. Garnacho would have given him pause for thought.
I’m not arguing that Zinchenko is an ideal left back either
I thought Garnacho should have come on way earlier to see if Rashford could have done anything from the right.Arteta would have been using Martinez exactly how he's using Zinchenko - in this weird LB come midfielder role.
Yeah. He's good on the ball, calm, progressive and takes up good positions but he's a midfielder, who's a hard worker playing as a left back. It's not natural defensively.
I don't think that's quite right. The usual fill-in for Zinchenko is Tierney, and while I do like him, he's a completely different kind of player. Tierney is more of a hug-the-touchline and send crosses into the box - very much more in line with the traditional attacking fullback position. He's also a bit better defender, from my read.
