82 | Rico Lewis - 2024/25

[Goater=Legend]

Watching the same move happen.

Lewis comes inside, we give the ball away, opposition runs into the space and nobody there covering...

 

[sh249]

Honestly think he's the new Zinchenko tbh. Neat, tidy, good at pressing, but just doesn't have a position where you'd want to play him. Too slow and weak at fullback and poor in behind, not creative enough to play in midfield. Just don't seem to have an obvious position imo, which us a shame as he's a good player, but just not one I'd want to play anywhere

To be honest, I think he‘d be fine if he played the same role as Zinchenko. Starting at full back and just stepping inside alongside the deepest midfielder. Instead, Pep‘s asking him to start at right back and get up 30 yards into the inside right position. Impossible task, and pointless anyway, given he doesn‘t really do anything creative in those spaces anyway.

 

[K-Bo]

needs to come out of the team for a bit

 

[city986]

Question you have to ask is would he get into another top 6 team

 

[chris85mcfc]

No where near up to the level to be playing as often as he does

 

[OrigamiNinja]

Can’t do anything. Never understood the hype. Don’t see anything special and it has nothing to do with this game it’s been like that forever for me.

He originally got into the side because Pep was pissed with Cancelo. He gets game time now because of injuries and Walker being 34 and playing like it.

I said it ages ago that Rico has become Peps pet project and is afforded mistakes/poor performances that others simply wouldn’t get away with. He’s either a RB who can’t defend, or an AM who doesn’t score or create. People get excited on here because he “knits things together”. Great.

When Pep goes, I am 100% convinced Rico won’t get a look in under a new manager.

 

[WestGorton]

Needs a rest but we can't give him one.

 

[EdersonsSmiley]

Had two simple 8 yard passes to put Phil and Haaland in 1v1 but chose to dribble and lose the ball instead.

He offers nothing in the final third and makes us much weaker defensively. I don't understand what Pep is trying to do playing him so high up the pitch, what wrong with the position Delph/Zinchenko played alongside the holding midfielder?

 

[eversince 76]

Yes go on. Lets start blaming a 19 year old academy kid of our own. That will help. Not defending a poor performance on the night by the player, but the comments I read on here and which are based on tonight's result is absolutely out of order. Get a fck grip.
Rico will come good. 100 percent he will.

 

[BigOscar]

To be honest, I think he‘d be fine if he played the same role as Zinchenko. Starting at full back and just stepping inside alongside the deepest midfielder. Instead, Pep‘s asking him to start at right back and get up 30 yards into the inside right position. Impossible task, and pointless anyway, given he doesn‘t really do anything creative in those spaces anyway.

That position only works if you're dominating games, as soon as they attack the right hand side, he's a free pass. If you're Dani Akves or Marcelo, sure its worth that risk, but if your Lewis or Zinchenko, and all you offer is more control, no actual creativity, then that's a bad trade off.

Without Rodri, I just don't t see how you can risk him I'm defence