82 | Rico Lewis - 2024/25

applejuice said:
Not only stick to the same set up.

The only game we won we ditched the reverted fullback bullshit and put Gundo Grealish double 8/6.

Then he could not help to play Rico reverted again and again lost one drew one now.

In the 2nd half he should take Rico off but nope he just moved Doku Grealish and Bernado around thinking it the problem with the wingers not the problem at the base!
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Who played in the game we won? Akanji and Ake

Who was injured for tonight's game? Akanji and Ake

Do you see the problem here?
 
He's done well in the past for a young lad but that's when he had other players around him that can guide and protect him through a game.

Now he's at the point where he has to stand on his own two feet and it looks like he's not going to cut it.

I'm not really sure what his strengths are. Sometimes he's pretty good at neat play in tight spaces in the final third. Apart from that, he hasn't got an awful lot going for him, certainly not the kind of attributes required at CM or full back.

More than happy to be proven wrong but he doesn't look like he's progressing at all.

Maybe it's harsh because he's not the only one not playing well but you can only call it as you see it. If I was an opposition player and had been watching City for the past two months and saw him in the starting lineup, I'd fancy my chances winning that battle.
 
Crooked_rain said:
He's done well in the past for a young lad but that's when he had other players around him that can guide and protect him through a game.

Now he's at the point where he has to stand on his own two feet and it looks like he's not going to cut it.

I'm not really sure what his strengths are. Sometimes he's pretty good at neat play in tight spaces in the final third. Apart from that, he hasn't got an awful lot going for him, certainly not the kind of attributes required at CM or full back.

More than happy to be proven wrong but he doesn't look like he's progressing at all.

Maybe it's harsh because he's not the only one not playing well but you can only call it as you see it. If I was an opposition player and had been watching City for the past two months and saw him in the starting lineup, I'd fancy my chances winning that battle.
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It’s very harsh. He’s been taught a certain way to play all his life and that system isn’t working now but I still think he’s a decent player. He just looks bad because of the form of the whole team but people don’t want to point fingers at the legends we have, understandably.
 
sarcastico said:
It would be interesting if City get a result VS Utd on the weekend.
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We will beat Utd, you heard it here first. Just like we beat Forrest. Play 4 CBs instead and we will win. There is a reason why that was the one game we won. It was the only game in weeks/months where Rico was benched.
 
Citizen of Legoland said:
It’s very harsh. He’s been taught a certain way to play all his life and that system isn’t working now but I still think he’s a decent player. He just looks bad because of the form of the whole team but people don’t want to point fingers at the legends we have, understandably.
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A lot of those legends are finished it’s as simple as that.Rico unfortunately is extremely limited and will never be an elite player at the level we’ve been at. Reminds me of a few rag kids over the years who got in their team young and got hyped up. A few England caps follow and then they get a move to an Everton type team after a couple of years before drifting further down the football ladder.
 
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Craig said:
A lot of those legends are finished it’s as simple as that.Rico unfortunately is extremely limited and will never be an elite player at the level we’ve been at. Reminds me of a few rag kids over the years who got in their team young and get hyped up. A few England caps follow and then they get a move to an Everton type team after a couple of years before drifting further down the football ladder.
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I wouldn’t say “extremely” limited, I think he has a good attitude, gets into good spaces and has shown some nice skills. Of course when the team is struggling you notice the poor stuff much more.

I just don’t think targeting a young player is the right thing to do at the moment.

Personally I don’t much rate Savinho but I accept he’s young and still learning. Lewis is only just ahead of him in terms of experience.
 
Haaland94 said:
We will beat Utd, you heard it here first. Just like we beat Forrest. Play 4 CBs instead and we will win. There is a reason why that was the one game we won. It was the only game in weeks/months where Rico was benched.
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Who are these 4 CBs you tlak about because Stones/Ake and even Akanji can't keep themselves fit?
 
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