82 | Rico Lewis - 2024/25

pudge said:
Wasn't awful at full back, the goal was a mix of everyone standing off the crosser and Akanji shitting the bed before it had anything to do with him.

The biggest issue is when he's moved into midfield. He's wank and hinders the whole team. He was nowhere near the final third when we took the lead, then Pep pushed him further and further as the game went on
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Pep should drop this inverted FB bollocks as it's not working anymore, problem is can he be a decent overlapping FB ? I'm not sure.
 
K-Bo said:
I don't think he's good enough to be a starter for city, I think he's good enough to be a utility squad player for city. I think that's what he would be without the injuries which have forced him to play every week.
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Exactly, injuries and Walkers form dropping off a cliff is getting him into the team, not his performances. It is what it is and we've got to get on with it until we can get some new players in.
 
K-Bo said:
I don't think he's good enough to be a starter for city, I think he's good enough to be a utility squad player for city. I think that's what he would be without the injuries which have forced him to play every week.
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It would also give him some more time to mature without being under constant pressure. I don’t think he’ll get any faster but it’s likely his reading of the game and strength will improve
 
I still like him. And I still think he'll come good. I will go further than that and say he already has come good.

To put it another way, imagine it had been your first game today; never been to a match before. You're in the pub after. And your mate (say, who had bought you your ticket) told you the right-back is basically a kid who was in the Reserves a year or so ago. You'd probably say, "OK, not everything was perfect. But he got stuck in. Didn't hide. And it's not like he got absolutely roasted time and again down his flank and continually gave the all away. Could have been worse (say, Ged Taggart against Blackburn million of years ago - and anyway, he learned from it and went on to have a good career)."

"But, the big lad up front (who cost God knows how much and is, apparently 'World Class') looked absolutely out of his depth - is he from the Reserves, too?"

If the young lad (Mubama?) on the bench had come on and ponced about like Haaland had all afternoon, you'd be saying he was way out of his depth.

Rico will come good.
 
He did better in some respects against Everton (worked harder defensively, won some 50:50s that he’s previously not looked interested in for months), but I watched him closely for a spell and he doesn’t know where to position himself defensively nor when players have the ball (he stands and watches them rather than making space for himself to be passed to).
 
The abuse this lad is getting from our fan base is a disgrace, you should be utterly ashamed.

Is Rico a great player, no, could be but he is a players that never goes missing or hides.

People slaughtering him are the same ones who used to say Phillips is a "nice" guy, Grealish will come good etc, we are always had a very weird element to our fan base.
 
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All 20-year-olds have room for development.
When we were winning, this guy came in for universal praise.
Now we are losing, he is one of a couple being singled out.
He is not one of our worst performers by a long shot.
He will make the odd mistake, as all players do.
 
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