82 | Rico Lewis - 2024/25

[WallyA]

Mold him to be a future 8. All that defensive side of the game he learned is still valuable as a hard working 8.

He will never be a city quality defender, he isn't fast or strong/tall enough.

If he had speed, then he could make up for the lack of strength or height.

If he was tall and strong, then you could forgive the lack of speed.

But he has neither, I simply do not know many fullbacks who lacked both and were elite, its quite rare.

 

[levets]

Bit harsh mate. He does remind me of cleverly. Neat and tidy, no progressive threat, has a mistake in him and weak and most rival fans I have spoken to can’t understand why he’s getting a game for us, other than that he came up through the academy. Again, much like Cleverly.

Didn’t Cleverley transfer from Bradford City?

 

[levets]

Fernandes and Gvardiol also made a mess of that situation, it wasn't just Rico, why is everyone dumping the blame on him?

Fernandes?

 

[ninjamonkey]

Mold him to be a future 8. All that defensive side of the game he learned is still valuable as a hard working 8.

He will never be a city quality defender, he isn't fast or strong/tall enough.

If he had speed, then he could make up for the lack of strength or height.

If he was tall and strong, then you could forgive the lack of speed.

But he has neither, I simply do not know many fullbacks who lacked both and were elite, its quite rare.

Du du duuuuu....

 

[Middedon]

Fernandes and Gvardiol also made a mess of that situation, it wasn't just Rico, why is everyone dumping the blame on him?

Check Josko’s thread. He’s apparently the reason why this is the worst defense in the last 6-7 years. Or all the posts about how we will never win unless we get LB in January.

I just don’t think either one should be judged by yesterday’s game.

and the game was a bigger mess than I thought if Fernandes was there!

 

[David White]

Fernandes and Gvardiol also made a mess of that situation, it wasn't just Rico, why is everyone dumping the blame on him?

Who is Fernandes?

 

[Craig]

Du du duuuuu....

Strength?

 

[ninjamonkey]

Strength?

Height and speed. He was harder than jaap stam.

 

[Craig]

Mold him to be a future 8. All that defensive side of the game he learned is still valuable as a hard working 8.

He will never be a city quality defender, he isn't fast or strong/tall enough.

If he had speed, then he could make up for the lack of strength or height.

If he was tall and strong, then you could forgive the lack of speed.
lvaa
But he has neither, I simply do not know many fullbacks who lacked both and were elite, its quite rare.

That will probably be his best position. However do you see him becoming good enough there for a team pushing to win a title most years? I know the bar has been set high with Silva, KDB and Gundo. That’s what we should be aiming for though and us allowing that level of recruitment to drop recently is a big reason why we’ve seen a big drop in the quality of our play

 

[WallyA]

That will probably be his best position. However do you see him becoming good enough there for a team pushing to win a title most years? I know the bar has been set high with Silva, KDB and Gundo. That’s what we should be aiming for though and us allowing that level of recruitment to drop recently is a big reason why we’ve seen a big drop in the quality of our play

Will depend on him if he can up his quality in the final 3rd.

He uses his small frame well to keep the ball, turn quickly and make space for himself, makes good decisions quickly, and he is clearly a warrior.

He is kind of like Bernie but without elite ball control.

He can be that 8 who pushes into the pockets, and all you need from that player is to link defense to attack, and hopefullt get some goals or assists, but not rely on it.

He is still super young at 19/20, so has time to get there.

But it wont happen as a defender.

For all the hate Cancelo got, we all knew he was tall, strong and fast enough for a city RB, and was crazy creative.

He was just unfortunately a bit of a baby and made mistakes in defense.