82 | Rico Lewis - 2024/25

He's definitely not a bad defender. I find him to be very intelligent in his defending, especially for his age

He just gets done for pace a bit much. But he's still young. He'd do well to watch old clips of Zabaleta, as he made up for his lack of pace really well in his pomp
 
Don't see him as a full back tbh.
Not sure I see him as a midfielder though either right now. He's at a crucial point in his career with us. Either he really improves the weaknesses in his game or it could be a tricky position for him to be in if he doesn't push on significantly by 12months time.
 
Really ? If we had paid 25 million he would be slated today...yes he's a clever player but he's struggling with the pace and physicality of the premier league...way TOO slow at full back if they have pacy forwards, defending today was horrendous.

yeah, i disagree, walker couldnt even get to traore either so
 
He's definitely not a bad defender. I find him to be very intelligent in his defending, especially for his age

He just gets done for pace a bit much. But he's still young. He'd do well to watch old clips of Zabaleta, as he made up for his lack of pace really well in his pomp
Omg Zaba, what a player he was for us.
 
Walker is probably the most capable full back for beating pacy wingers in the history of the game and even he got beat for pace by Traore today.

There’s no stopping Traore, we and every other team are fortunate that he’s never been able to figure out how to pass and finish effectively.

Ridiculous to criticise Lewis.

Bernardo had Robinson on toast and he has the pace of a snail.

Lewis is 19 and already good enough for the first team and not in his favoured position.

He’s better than Zinchenko ever was at defending!
And Cancelo for that matter.
 
Kyle hasn't exactly covered himself in glory with his defending recently, and he doesn't have the excuse of inexperience.

When you're never gonna get any faster or put on the right amount of muscle, it doesn't matter how "experienced" he gets.

He's useful in that position against teams that don't have particularly good tactical wingers, so he tends to look better than he is.
 
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Walker and defensively sound in the same sentence is absolutely laughable.

I really wonder what player people have been watching for the last two seasons to say something as ridiculous as that.

Well, dummy, I never mentioned Walker being 'defensively sound' in the sentence. That's why it seems ridiculous to you. That was about Lewis and what he's not as people want him in RB over Walker.

As for Walker the speed he has left is more than what Lewis will ever achieve, so is STILL a better RB than he is. Cos his speed still gets him out of a defensively poor positioning, for 95% of the time.
 
looked way out of his depth today.

As for the prick sat behind me in the south stand shouting he wouldn't get in his Sunday league team…leg it!
 

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