82 | Rico Lewis - 2024/25

[M23 Citizen]

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.

I don’t know. When we beat Arsenal in the FA Cup Fourth Round in 2023, he was poor at right back defensively that night and people could see that he didn’t look a good defender even taking into consideration his age, and said so at a time we were winning regularly.

 

[Akira]

At present, he's not at the level needed to be a starter at City. Unfortunately, until we get a proper RB in or have all our defenders back fit so we can play Akanji or Stones there, there isn't much of an alternative solution. Because even if Walker's back fit, he'd present a different set of problems.

 

[sh249]

Didn’t play especially well (who did?), but I wouldn’t make him the main culprit for their goal. Akanji much more culpable, and Kovacic should have done more to stop the cross.

 

[M23 Citizen]

Didn’t play especially well (who did?), but I wouldn’t make him the main culprit for their goal. Akanji much more culpable, and Kovacic should have done more to stop the cross.

It was more Doku and Bernardo who could have stopped the cross.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Feel like I should just copy and paste my same comment after every game.

He needs cutting some slack. He’s a kid still learning. He should be under someone’s wing and being introduced to the first team slowly, like Foden was at his age.

Instead he’s playing every game in a team full of checked out lazy FOCs and players that just aren’t good enough.

Rico has bags of potential and this current situation isn’t his fault.

Call the older players as many names as you want but I’m not having people bullying a fucking kid.

 

[sh249]

It was more Doku and Bernardo who could have stopped the cross.

Stopped the ball coming inside, perhaps. But once there, Kovacic did nothing to engage Doucouré - just stood right next to Ake doing fuck all.

 

[Roachy]

Can't fault his endeavour and energy. He's a tidy little player with some obvious shortcomings. Will be interesting to see what position he eventually ends up in.

 

[oldius]

Can't fault his endeavour and energy. He's a tidy little player with some obvious shortcomings. Will be interesting to see what position he eventually ends up in.

A nice, balanced post.

 

[Pelegrinni]

An absolute calamity defensively, offers next to nothing in possession. Seems allergic to playing a forward pass. What are his strengths? Someone please tell me

He played as expected yesterday and was not directly responsible for the goal.
However, it doesn’t matter what happens on the field, Lewis will never win with some fans.

 

[Pelegrinni]

He's done really well before the goal and I honestly don't think you can blame him too much for it.

The goal was not his fault either.
The deflection took the ball away from him and landed at the feet of the Everton player.
Go and rewatch it.