Yuri Zhirkov

[BomTrett 50]

I dont doubt that he's a good player, but as Zhirkov has said himself, Ashley and Florent are in such fantastic form, he'll struggled to get past them and into the team. I think he'll probably end up leaving unfortunately, even though he played for Russia the other day, Dick Advocaat has said he wants players like, Zhirkov, Pavlyuchenko and Bilyatedinov to play more regularly if they are to have a guarenteed place.

I wouldnt want him to leave, just think he might end up leaving.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

I wouldn't blame Zhirkov if he left. I think we should possibly consider loaning him out in January, please don't get me wrong though, I love Yuri. But I also want to see him grow as a player and perhaps with the form Ash and Malouda are in now, it may be hard for him to breakthrough.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I can see Yuri leaving, and that's through no fault of his own - Cole and Malouda are just simply fucking brilliant. Still I rate him and thought he was excellent when Cole was out between February and April - and I personally think that Yuri will play more games this season. He's our best cover for LB and I can see him playing in the CM positions quite often this year as cover for Essien/Mikel/Lampard/Ramires.

[BLionheart 516]

zhirkov is a very good player who can play in so many different places (LB - LCM - WF) .

but honestly i don't think his departure would have a bad effect on us , we have the LB covered with PVA and betrand . the CM we have lamps , essien , mikel , ramires also malouda and benayoun can be used there . and for the left winger we have malouda , kalou , anelka , sturridge and kakuta who can play there .

so you will always find benayoun and malouda getting a nod in-front of him to replace lamps , also kalou , kakuta and sturridge ahead of him to replace malouda , he is only first back up for ashley cole and we have two very promising youngsters in that area .

so if we can get back our 18 millions , i wouldn't have any problems with letting him go for that price .

[chrismada9 1,948]

If Zhirkov feels confident he can get a place in the team, then he will train harder, and then hopefully we can see the best out of him. Ashley Cole and FloMo are on top form at the moment, and that's what makes me worried about him. He's such a useful player to us I feel. He needs to be given more games.

[gary gordon 1,777]

I feel sorry for Yury. He is a good talent but he has come to Chelsea at the wrong time. . Malouda and Cole are too good to replace and unfortunatley i can only see Yury getting a run in League cup games and FA Cup..