Kurt Zouma

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I don't think that account's official.

Drogba tagged him in another pic using this account name. Though he could be mistaken.

[Jase 43,479]

I don't want to be harsh on Zouma but really, he was partly at fault for the goal. Caught ball watching and allowed Van Persie to get away from him. Poor.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Young and needs to learn from this.

The best way to learn is through mistakes. If he wont learn, thats another problem.

[The Chels 2,502]

Young and needs to learn from this.

The best way to learn is through mistakes. If he wont learn, thats another problem.

If Jose hadn't subbed him on, Luis would have been marking van Persie and he might have actually got to the ball first. Bringing Zouma on just for his aerial ability wasn't the best idea.

[Rekin 835]

It is exactly the kind of mistake young players make though. Zouma showed in preseason that his weakness is both his technique with the ball but also his positional ability.
In order to truly develop it is essential that he gets to play more. I am not confident with him as right-back, but I think it might be beneficial for him to play there against QPR (which I assume is the case) since it will be a challenge to him.
The best way to develop youngsters is to challenge them, let him play CB against Shrewsbury & Maribor while he can be RB against QPR. If he does well in those games than he is ready to start against mid-table teams more often.
There needs to be a certain kind of progress in the way youngsters are introduced, and the next couple of games are the perfect arena for him.

I am not fully convinced by him yet, but he is still young and have not developed yet tactically to the point where a CB should be.

[Jype 6,398]

The best way to develop youngsters is to challenge them, let him play CB against Shrewsbury & Maribor while he can be RB against QPR. If he does well in those games than he is ready to start against mid-table teams more often.

Ivanovic will serve his suspension tomorrow so he'll be back for QPR and there's no chance Zouma will play RB for that one.

Other than that I agree, playing well against Shrewsbury and Maribor would go a long way in convincing Mourinho he can do the job when called upon and that there's no need to move Ivanovic to CB if Terry or Cahill get injured.

[iseah100 5,612]

Shame he came in for a few minutes and made a mistake. Meh.

[Stats 7,142]

Everytime I see Zouma play I keep thinking he is Demba Ba. They look so alike. Got a striking resemblence.

[roba3y 28]

Zouma was heroic tonight.

[lito 180]

solid defence but he need to improve his skills on the ball.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

solid defence but he need to improve his skills on the ball.

This.

Looks a very good defender but making a 5yard pass looks so difficult for him

[Special Juan 28,122]

Personally thought he should of buried that header early on. He had a decent game and I am still amazed that this guy hasn't actually flown over a stadium yet.

[Beepu 1,714]

Thought he did well, showing potential but obviously still quite raw. Loves how he looks like he's trying to do a curling screamer when he does a simple short pass.

[dUMB 189]

He's still young but with proper training he can become a great defender. Has all the physical qualities.

[Siwy_CFC 7]

I think that blaming Kurt because of our points losing against United isnt fair. He came in for last few minutes, he dont feel the match yet and its probably the main reason of this mistake. He get better with every match we will have a lot of good things with him in future.