82 | Rico Lewis - 2024/25

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The Blue Eh said:
This part is not correct. Philip Lahm was playing that role for Pep about 10 years ago. Pep likely saw a lot of Lahm in Lewis’s game — if anything, the young lad is even more versatile and can hold his own in positions further up the field. Big shoes to fill with the Lahm comparisons, but what a prospect we have.
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I have heard Pep say, on more than one occasion, that we play this way, because Rico showed us how to.
 
The Blue Eh said:
This part is not correct. Philip Lahm was playing that role for Pep about 10 years ago. Pep likely saw a lot of Lahm in Lewis’s game — if anything, the young lad is even more versatile and can hold his own in positions further up the field. Big shoes to fill with the Lahm comparisons, but what a prospect we have.
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Lahm didn't play like this. He wasn't attacking the inside channel, sitting in an attacking midfield position or making late runs into the box to finish off moves.

I haven't seen anyone play this role before. He's almost present in every third of the pitch at all times.
 
Tugay One Cup said:
Lahm didn't play like this. He wasn't attacking the inside channel, sitting in an attacking midfield position or making late runs into the box to finish off moves.

I haven't seen anyone play this role before. He's almost present in every third of the pitch at all times.
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Closest I can think is the way Udogie and Porro play at Spurs.
 
Tugay One Cup said:
Lahm didn't play like this. He wasn't attacking the inside channel, sitting in an attacking midfield position or making late runs into the box to finish off moves.

I haven't seen anyone play this role before. He's almost present in every third of the pitch at all times.
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this. rico and lahm are nothing alike. lahm was a monster defensivily at a very early age and almost never lost possession but lacked the offensive capabilities rico has.

will be interesting to see how other teams react to our tactical tweak.
 
what a football player this kid is, a jack of all trades as bernardo but he does that stones roaming thing way better than john
 
He’ll likely get very little credit for it, because apparently he can’t defend very well, but Rico saved us from a Hammers equaliser at a crucial moment in the match with some astoundingly good last man defending, forcing Bowen to play the low cross wide, which forced Kudus to take a touch further wide and hit the shot on to the post. Lesser defending and Kudus likely gets to one time it from the centre of goal.

And I thought he was quite good, otherwise, as well. He only actually let Kudus get off one dangerous cross (the other he had played Kudus in to an offside position), and actually pocketed him in the later stages of the match.

Oh, and he was again absolutely everywhere.
 
Kudus is one of the toughest tests he'll have in the prem given his pace, power and flair. Rico did well in defence. Rico played incredibly overall. Always in the right place and always moving.
 
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