82 | Rico Lewis - 2024/25

[BlueMoonRisin’]

The worry is Rico is not progressing. He's been looking lost this season, needs benching right now.

 

[Blue2202]

So where do we play him because he's not a full back

He's performed better playing full back but I don't think he shouldn't be a starter in any position. Utility squad player at best.

With injuries and the way they've planned the squad means he's going to get a lot of minutes and more likely than not start games.

 

[itisrising]

Just don't think he makes us better.

 

[Gaz76]

He just can't stand up, must be in triple figures at least the amount of times he has gone over when he has the ball

 

[toffee balls]

19 years old.

However, he makes Richard Edghill look accomplished.

 

[warringtonblue]

He's performed better playing full back but I don't think he shouldn't be a starter in any position. Utility squad player at best.

With injuries and the way they've planned the squad means he's going to get a lot of minutes and more likely than not start games.

Why not start Mcatee or Oreilly

 

[WallyA]

He simply MUST add more creativity or goals to his game in some way with all the midfield time he gets.

If he doesnt, there simply isnt a point to developing him.

Which is what we should be doing, he isnt suppose to be a starter, Pep is forcing him to be.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Unfortunate timing for him that the team as a whole has dramatically declined and he’s being used as one of the scapegoats.

 

[Sky Blue]

Shocking again. End this experiment Pep.

 

[Gigant]

We snubbed Cancelo just for him, cant believe how did had happend.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

Unfortunate timing for him that the team as a whole has dramatically declined and he’s being used as one of the scapegoats.

Another perspective would be that he came into a top side and rode on the coattails of others. Now the rest of the side isn’t good enough to carry him, he is showing exactly what he is…bang average.

 

[toffee balls]

Right, let’s get fuckin real.
If he played against us , what we we all think.

I am not blaming him at all.

If i was his dad , i would be fuming the way the club is dealing with him.

Take the boy out of the limelight before we ruin hin.

It really is that obvious.

 

[Blue-Ghana]

Overhyped because he is academy graduate , plays like a league one player

 

[OrigamiNinja]

We snubbed Cancelo just for him, cant believe how did had happend.

Unfortunately that is on Cancelo. If he wasn’t such a mard-arse, he could still be at the club.

 

[Blue2202]

Why not start Mcatee or Oreilly

Why not, couldn't do any worse... but then again I'd be inclined to say Ederson would be better in there than Lewis at present.

 

[chesterbells]

Another perspective would be that he came into a top side and rode on the coattails of others. Now the rest of the side isn’t good enough to carry him, he is showing exactly what he is…bang average.

Spot on

 

[K-Bo]

Haven't brought it up because he's academy player and you root for them. He has attributes, technical quality and tactical intelligence. But have always felt he's too small and weak for the prem. Today was brutal on that regard, shoved off the ball over and over and over again. Hot take but would actually sell in the summer.

 

[Damanino]

I think Pep now overcompensating on the fatal Palmer error. Lewis plays too much compared to his form. Palmer would have not get as many starts here with this many poor outings.

 

[Haaland94]

20 years old, so no longer a teenager, and he has declined in the last 2,5 years, if anything.

Physically so weak, slow, poor defensively, doesn't contribute offensively. People need to stop looking at him through their academy-tainted glasses because the academy has better players than him that are not getting their chances.

His win-loss ratio must be the worst in our team. Extremely overhyped, and he only ever looked half decent in games we dominated. He has a cult of followers here, mind, that are his knights in shiny armour ready to defend him no matter what, though.

Feelings can really cloud judgement, and unfortunately that seems to be the reality with him. Today, it hit hard. He has now been completely exposed both at RB and in the middle.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Another perspective would be that he came into a top side and rode on the coattails of others. Now the rest of the side isn’t good enough to carry him, he is showing exactly what he is…bang average.

Very harsh to call a 19 year old bang average. I can get behind criticising the senior players, the players who should be leading by example. Rico has done well since coming into the team, although the past 6 weeks he’s been just as bad as anyone else.