82 | Rico Lewis - 2024/25

I don't think he's the messiah we all hoped he'd be.

The fact he's a mancunian blue clouds people's judgement on him, he's not or never will be a decent right back, he lacks pace and awareness, he finds himself out of position way too much, but this could be down to Peps instructions.

I'd love him to prove me wrong, but I just don't see it.
 
King Jay said:
I honestly don’t understand the hype of some people here. What exactly is his strength? I am serious.
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If we had paid money for him, people would be tearing him to shreds for the “defensive” side of his game. Hes playing right back and he spends most of his time, 20 yards out of position, jogging towards our own goal, 5 yards behind the opposition winger. No other defender gets the free pass he does and it’s because he came through the academy.

He can’t defend, he’s slow and weak. Hes decent enough on the ball but nothing remotely extraordinary. Theres no way what he does in the opposition half, covers his glaring weakness in our own.
 
He has to play midfield or not at all for me. He is never a right back in a million years and with that lack of pace and tactical awareness of what is around him, he is going to get skinned against better players. Poor signings in the last window have left us in trouble.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
He has to play midfield or not at all for me. He is never a right back in a million years and with that lack of pace and tactical awareness of what is around him, he is going to get skinned against better players. Poor signings in the last window have left us in trouble.
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Yep. It was obvious that we needed to strengthen at RB, Midfield and a back-up CF in the summer. Neither was addressed. Bizarre.
 
he is overplayed at the moment. he pretty much playing every 3 days and most of our players' form is nowhere near their best, while we are 4/5 injuries away from our best 11.

I think it will click for him once but needs to go through these development phase all younger player have to weed out basic mistakes and he has to do it here in the first team given wasnt loaned out.
 
So we have a new whipping boy now (or when we get beat)

The first goal today originated down our left hand side (same as the wolves goal) and we were beaten in the transition….playing the role Pep asks of him, he was always going to struggle to get back into position.

I thought Rico grew into the game tonight and maybe it’s lack of movement that restricts his passing

Anyway some of the criticism of him is way over the top….reminds me of The treatment that Edghill received.
 
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