Finally, someone with some realistic expectations for him

That second shot on target for the season is gunna hit like crack

I imagine when he was in the bundesliga at this point in his career people were probably expecting to be comparing his game to the likes of Zidane and Mueller.

Turns out the true comparison was Lee cattermole

So first off if he’s consistently in good positons and his team mates never find him is he actually in a “good” positon. Might look like it to you watching from up high but you’re not on the pitch. A good positon is relevant to what your teammate is doing, where they are and what they can produce.

Secondly when he is found in good positons he doesn’t do anything with it anyway. He either tamely passes it on or doesn’t hit the target. I can think of two off the top of my head at utd and sevilla. Utd he didn’t even hit the fucking ball. At sevilla he at least got contact with the header but nowhere near the goal. In fact I’ve got a third, again against sevilla where he dallied on it until a player could block

Would be funny timing, kind of like a barb at Southgate

You don’t even need hypotheticals here, just look at Anthony and mudryk

For me the zinchenko debate is a very simple risk vs reward one, and I personally believe the risk is worth it

In a lot of our games at times it looks like he’s the only one at the back trying something a bit different or taking a risk trying to get the ball foward. I think he just needs partey next to him or to get used to rice (who naturally drifts to the left and is still getting used to not being the only playmaker like he was at West ham)

I’d say anyone blaming or singling out one player for yesterday’s performance isn’t speaking in good faith. The entire xi from back to front played absolute stinkers, paticularly in possession. There were levels to the stinkiness but I personally wouldn’t rate anyone above a 6 and multiple players at a 3/4

Now we have some sample size as well something just hasn’t clicked so far this season. Again I see a lot or people trying to point this out to one singular player (partey at rb, havertz, Eddie, ode) but it’s becoming apparent something has changed that just isn’t right, whichever xi is fielded. Not saying we have been awful all season, but something is off.

We need to be careful because it’s just as likely to start biting us in the ass as it is to suddenly start clicking into place