A Gooner's POV

In search for the perfect solutions, the perfect players to replace our imperfect ones, we spend so much time thinking and talking about what players can’t do, we end up ignoring what they can do, what they do bring to a team. Zinchenko has been hearing a lot of criticisms lately because of his defensive lapses and reluctancy to invert to the mid third, leaving the left wingers in Martinelli or Trossard disfunctional in our current game. Is it something instructed or is it a weakness in Zinchenko's game is a good question. The scapegoating of Zinchenko is unreal on some forums. As the tagline of German series Dark says - 'Everything Is Connected' A player's productivity never drops for no reason. There is always a reason and it is almost always tactical or to do with connections with teammates, maybe a tactical shift or the absence of a key player for example. There are occasional exceptions, fatigue can drive a drop in form, as can something happening in a