Quote Originally Posted by Mac76 View Post
I don't - he often gives the ball away in dangerous positions and gets the opposition onto the front foot - you could pick this out 2-3 times in every game, so he doesn't provide safety and when he isn't giving the ball away, he just slows our attack down by clogging up the midfield, taking too many touches and often not doing much with his passing
Not sure I agree wholly. I think that Zinchenko offers passing options that a more traditional LB simply doesn't provide. He takes risks that can expose us yes - but by the same token we are not the same going forwards without him. This for me is the dichotomy with Arteta's current team in general - the fine balance between attack and defence sometimes goes wrong. And here is where I feel we need to find more ruthlessness in finishing chances. It certainly seems as though we create many goal scoring chances but are not efficient in putting them away. A proper no 9 might solve this?