Kurt Zouma

[Namika 922]

Play him against Swansea and Liverpool, two difficult away games.

[supporter 3,088]

[Rom2013 446]

I wouldnt play Zouma in away games in the Premier League already. I would play him in both cup matches but give the Swansea game to Cahill. Let Zouma play some more games at home and in the cup games. When he gets more confidence in the final third of the season maybe he can fight without any handicap.

Last game was an important step and he should start to fight for his place.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Has he had a bad game for us yet?

The moment in the second half where he picked up the ball on the edge of the box, had no pass on, so he just bombed forward with surprising speed and played the ball out wide into Hazard. Class. Very tidy little player and far more comfortable on Cahill who tends to hoof the ball upfield. I'll be surprised if Cahill isn't recalled at Swansea though.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Has he had a bad game for us yet?

Preseason aside, no. In fact, he has been outstanding whenever he has featured. The match against Newcastle was probably one of his less impressive displays and he still managed to have an excellent half.

[CFC888 219]

Completely faultless against Watford and Newcastle. He has come on in leaps and bounds since some awkward performances during pre-season. Just needed a bit of time.

For now I think Gazza is still the man to start alongside JT, but Kurt provides great cover until JT when he eventually calls it quits, when I think Kurt is most certainly the man to take over his spot.

[DH1988 1,276]

Young lad, all the attributes there as I've said before

Good

• Tank
• Speed
• Positioning alot better

Improvements

• Telegraph his passing less
• Backing off (Cahill is guilty of this too, perhaps its something they are told to do than risk a foul so close?)

Most impressive about Zouma?

Attitude.

Keep it up.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Young lad, all the attributes there as I've said before

Good

• Tank
• Speed
• Positioning alot better

Improvements

• Telegraph his passing less
• Backing off (Cahill is guilty of this too, perhaps its something they are told to do than risk a foul so close?)

Most impressive about Zouma?

Attitude.

Keep it up.

THIS.

[Magic Lamps 11,655]

THIS.

Pressign x all the time is probably easier than timing your tackle. Since fifa 13 not only gamers are containers.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Pressign x all the time is probably easier than timing your tackle. Since fifa 13 not only gamers are containers.

it's very annoying when our CB's let the opponent run into our box freely...

[manpe 10,861]

it's very annoying when our CB's let the opponent run into our box freely...

And then tackle for a penalty. Tbh it may be because they don't have necessary reaction speed to recover if they get trunked. Luiz never did that, actually he was sometimes too eager to leave the line and win the ball back early, sometimes that worked against him, but on another day he was brilliant doing that. A defender of Luiz's type but with better awareness and concentration would be huge for us.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Zouma is a very proactive defender, sure he backed off a bit against Newcastle in the first half but if you noticed in the 2nd half he really went for it and won numerous of balls by just getting to the ball first or closing a man down as soon as possible.

If you think Zouma backs off any near as much as Cahill does then you're just basing that off one half of football which is ridiculous.

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Zouma is a very proactive defender, sure he backed off a bit against Newcastle in the first half but if you noticed in the 2nd half he really went for it and won numerous of balls by just getting to the ball first or closing a man down as soon as possible.

If you think Zouma backs off any near as much as Cahill does then you're just basing that off one half of football which is ridiculous.

Yup spot on. Cahill backs off cause that's how he defends. I believe Zouma only backed off because he's probably not 100% confident yet to be aggressive in a completely new league against teams and players he doesn't know. You could already see his confidence improve in the second half. So like you said, nothing to worry about.

[supporter 3,088]

With each minute passing I am more convinced Zouma will live the same process of adaptation to the starting eleven experienced by Azpilicuela last year when he was the backup of Cole and step by step he took with a guaranteed place in our starting eleven at the end of the season, being Azpilicuenta one of our most important player at the end of the season. .

Kurt is going through the same phase of acclimatization, step by step, and now he is ready to start playing every game. I think he should play 5 games left to us in January in starting eleven. I'm sure that would strengthen their mentality completely, and would make him a TOP Centre-back.

I hope this season Zouma can be the same as Azpilicueta was the last season.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Flying High Up In The Sky

[Barbara 15,149]

Flying High Up In The Sky

dude, that's crazy

half of his (huge) body is above the closest player to him who's also a bit off the pitch.

But compare him to the the guy with the back to the camera - who's standing on his feet - and Zouma is nearly all his height above the player.

That's insane

[BlueLyon 9,359]

dude, that's crazy

half of his (huge) body is above the closest player to him who's also a bit off the pitch.

But compare him to the the guy with the back to the camera - who's standing on his feet - and Zouma is nearly all his height above the player.

That's insane

Quality of jump also depends on timing and if Zouma further improves his, I think no one will ever win header in duel with him.

[rantdeville 195]

Quality of jump also depends on timing and if Zouma further improves his, I think no one will ever win header in duel with him.

Lol I know what you mean. When he first got here I remember thinking that vertical was something you see from receivers in the NFL and NBA players, but he didn't seem to have the timing. There were times when he would jump way too early and end up contorting his body sideways and having to head the ball as he was falling downwards. All that aside, an absolutely incredible leap.