I don’t get all the hate for Zinny. I think he has been a great player for us and critical to the transition the club has made over the last couple of seasons. I also think @Electrifying maybe onto something by suggesting he could fill the LCM role. I would much prefer him in a more advanced role as he is generally good at progressing the ball and could create chances from that position.
On a lighter note, I stumbled across this interview with Zinny. Seems very genuine and speaks very fondly of the club. He also proudly says every inch counts!
those were high risk high reward passes.
if he made it, it would be an assist.
if he failed it, we might concede a goal.
I don’t hate him, just cannot rely on him as our regular starter.
I don’t even want to sell if we are financially sufficient.
He definitely brings something to the team, just NOT a regular starter/defender.
He can be really frustrating but there are other times when he is excellent. Maybe with less defensive responsibilities he will gain confidence with his passing.
He can’t provide what those two cannot do: creativity.
Zinchenko has always been a midfielder and was converted to left-back. He plays in midfield for Ukraine, and there is some use for him in midfield when the game is devoid of any creativity.
This is were Calafiori is going to be amazing, unlike Zinchenko, he doesn’t get to the halfway line and then stop to look for a pass, he’ll carry on moving forward and feed our attackers.
I think we’ll move on one of Kiwior or Zinchenko. With Timber and Tommy getting back to fitness (fingers crossed) then I’d prefer we sell Zinchenko as he’s going to be 3rd or 4th choice in his position. Kiwior gives us cover at centre back and on the left.
Makes sense as high squad numbers for key players is such an Italian thing. Might as well give Saka #77, Ode can be #80 like Ronaldinho was at Milan. Saliba can wear #95 like Bastoni.
My shirt number was 42. It made sense, as I was a #4 for my 2nd XV rugby team. It was also the street number of my home address, and I like Douglas Adams’ Hitchhikers series.
42 seconds is far too long to run an espresso though.
Lizarazu said that he would leave Bayern in the summer of 2004 and eventually signed with Marseille.[8] However, after only six months back in France, he returned to Bayern Munich in January 2005.[8] During his second spell with Bayern, ending in 2006 when he gave way to the emerging Philipp Lahm,[8] Lizarazu wore the shirt number 69; clarifying that it was not a lewd gesture, he said this was because he was born in 1969, his height is 1.69 m and he weighed 69 kg.[15] He made 268 appearances in all competitions for Bayern between 1997 and 2006, scoring eight goals.[16] 183 of these games were in the German top-flight.[17]
