balotelli's back pocket
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He's a midfielder. Can he play that full back role at times? Yes. Can he play it when our defence is fucking shot? No.
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82 | Rico Lewis - 2024/25
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chris85mcfc
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How is he a midfielder?He's a midfielder. Can he play that full back role at times? Yes. Can he play it when our defence is fucking shot? No.
Traits of a midfielder are ball playing and being able to get around the pitch, or be able to control the midfield with passing ability
Then an ability to help defend and to score or create goals
Lewis does none of the above, and has been upgraded because he came through the academy
He's an absolutely average footballer who excels at nothing
01cravend
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Slides in, rolls over ball, knocks it towards our goal megging Gvardiol in the process and trips Josko over, thus playing Brighton in. Sums him up defensivsly
Scottish Cityzen
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He gives up cheap possession 3 or 4 times every game it seems and puts us on the back foot/in trouble.
The role that’s asked of him is so difficult, he’s not got the pace or athleticism to recover a lot of the time.
That’s a good few goals this season where players (scorers) have run off his shoulder as he isn’t a natural defender.
Given Walker is having a mare as well we really need Akanji at RB for the next while.
The role that’s asked of him is so difficult, he’s not got the pace or athleticism to recover a lot of the time.
That’s a good few goals this season where players (scorers) have run off his shoulder as he isn’t a natural defender.
Given Walker is having a mare as well we really need Akanji at RB for the next while.
Pubteam Lomas
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Good footballer but hasn't got a position.
Not quick enough to play full back and not good enough on the ball to play in midfield.
Not quick enough to play full back and not good enough on the ball to play in midfield.
Trojan1962
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Too small, falls over, can’t tackle, doesnt make forward passes. Needs to be taken out of the first team
Millwallawayveteran1988
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Not been a good week for him. Awful.
Colin Bells Boots
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Our Tom Cleverly.
Get fucked you ****.
ninjamonkey
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Sadly he was awful for both goals. Just doesn't have any defensive nous at all.
If he was in position for the first goal he wouldn't have to come steaming in trying to get goal side and ending up on the floor and stopping our other players from clearing the ball. Second goal, I've absolutely no clue what he thought he was doing by pushing their player onto the ball whilst simultaneously putting himself into a position where he cannot defend from.
We all love an academy graduate but the reality is he is not offering us much on the ball and certainly not enough to get even close to justifying the gigantic hindrance he brings to the defence as a result.
First half he was slightly more restrained with his positioning and sat deeper, where he should be more often than of late instead of just roaming into a striker role for no reason, as the game went on, his discipline waned.
we can carry him in certain games when we have a fit in form defensive line and a protected midfield, we don't have that or anything close to it and he's making it worse. A more conventional fullback in JWE would be far better option right now even though he's nowhere near as good of a player as Lewis.
If he was in position for the first goal he wouldn't have to come steaming in trying to get goal side and ending up on the floor and stopping our other players from clearing the ball. Second goal, I've absolutely no clue what he thought he was doing by pushing their player onto the ball whilst simultaneously putting himself into a position where he cannot defend from.
We all love an academy graduate but the reality is he is not offering us much on the ball and certainly not enough to get even close to justifying the gigantic hindrance he brings to the defence as a result.
First half he was slightly more restrained with his positioning and sat deeper, where he should be more often than of late instead of just roaming into a striker role for no reason, as the game went on, his discipline waned.
we can carry him in certain games when we have a fit in form defensive line and a protected midfield, we don't have that or anything close to it and he's making it worse. A more conventional fullback in JWE would be far better option right now even though he's nowhere near as good of a player as Lewis.