82 | Rico Lewis - 2024/25

[Dawsenna]

Give nico oreilly his shirt there’s no way he could be any worse unless he was to flick the ball up and fire it straight into our net. At least nico has a bit of height and physicality about him rico is 5’5 at most and he’s not quick fit or tenacious so what on earth does he offer

 

[lancs blue]

Agree and that should be the basis moving forward.
Obviously hard with stones being so injury-prone, but just use gvardiol as needed as his replacement. Akanji and Ake should be the fullbacks.

On current form Akanji should be benched if we had a fit defence, he was especially poor yesterday.

 

[shemnel]

Lewis is decent enough but he looks a bit jaded and, for me, really needs a little time away from the XI, i think he's coming across a bit bewildered.

 

[sh249]

On current form Akanji should be benched if we had a fit defence, he was especially poor yesterday.

Ideally, agree 100%. But he’s just a lesser evil than Walker and Lewis at the moment

 

[pride in battle]

The tackle he dipped was inexcusable.

To be fair he didn't jump out of the tackle he knew the Liverpool player was going to blast it against him to win a throw in...but he should have just tried to win the ball.

 

[Mon Autre]

Hes shown plenty of potential for a young player but after the initial period of excitement, his shortcomings have become extremely clear. I don't think Pep is really helping things though as he's giving this kid way too much responsibility, way beyond his capabilities and in a team where the senior players are completely failing around him. It's doing nobody any favours.

 

[Oooh Curley Wurley]

Lewis should be proud of his achievement of making the first team.

However every game is showing he is not for this level of football

As I keep saying to my friend as we leave the games, whatever the question is Rico Lewis is not the answer.

Wish other young players from the academy are given the minutes Pep gives him, McAtee Wright etc

 

[M23 Citizen]

Seeing him jump out of that tackle after 10 minutes, when we were backs to the wall, is all I need to see thankyou, and just adds fuel to the fire.

Nothing footballer, and I'm bewildered as to what people actually see in him, he does nothing.

I'm still confused as to what position he played in the academy? That was his 80th game today, and I've seen absolutely nothing in the last 30 or 40 to suggest he's going to get any better, or that he's even improved.

Not his fault he's playing so often, but then you can't have your cake and eat it, as Palmer found out. Been given a huge opportunity in the last 18 months, and has been massively found out.

Someone was telling me recently that he thinks City will never produce a good defender through the Academy because, right from a young age, we have the ball all the time and don’t have to defend so don’t learn how to in game situations.

 

[franksinatra]

Someone was telling me recently that he thinks City will never produce a good defender through the Academy because, right from a young age, we have the ball all the time and don’t have to defend so don’t learn how to in game situations.

I understand your point, it’s perfectly logical, but you would think they would learn how to defend transitions and understand the requirements of playing a high line.

As for Lewis the jury is out for me. I have seen him play well but like all kids he needs a bit of time out of the firing line.

I think within the first minute the ball came to him and, instead of taking a touch, he ballooned it straight out of play. It was clear then he was not going to play with much composure or thought.

When he went centrally he lost all discipline and provided zero shield to the back four, jogging back from an offensive position, when the move had broken down.

The lad needs a break.

 

[M23 Citizen]

Just watched the highlights back, that shot Lewis had at 1-0 was absolutely terrible. Like he’d never kicked a football before. It wasn’t even a hard chance, he had time and space.