82 | Rico Lewis - 2024/25

[Durutti City]

I like him. He'll come good.

 

[silvathechihuahua]

I like him. He'll come good.

don’t see it happening unfortunately

 

[chris85mcfc]

Thought he did OK today. Better than he has been and I’m sure a bit of a break helped that.

Still doesn’t particularly offer much, though, but the signs are there for a decent player if he can improve.

So how would you summarise the just shy of 80 appearances he's made for the first team?

If he still doesn't really offer much, then when will he, and what will it be?

Ive never seen a player in him throughout his whole first team career. He's done OK in patches, but my opinion is that he's been given a golden opportunity to showcase his ability, with ~80 first team appearances, and we are still all trying to work out what he does, and what his position is.

 

[Whether or not]

I find the vitriol levelled at Rico shameful and frankly pathetic. I was at Villa today with a load of mainly younger blues behind me who hammered him from minute one. He is a young player who we have played in a different position every week, often like today two or three positions in the same game. He never hides, he seeks to get on the ball and there are far bigger high profile, big name, problems in our team, than Rico, but no, let’s scapegoat the academy graduate who is an easy target.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

I find the vitriol levelled at Rico shameful and frankly pathetic. I was at Villa today with a load of mainly younger blues behind me who hammered him from minute one. He is a young player who we have played in a different position every week, often like today two or three positions in the same game. He never hides, he seeks to get on the ball and there are far bigger high profile, big name, problems in our team, than Rico, but no, let’s scapegoat the academy graduate who is an easy target.

To be fair to him he wasn’t anywhere near the worst player. He does try hard and I would never doubt his application (I would with some of the others currently!)

My only concern is that he isn’t quite at this level. He should always start over Walker though. He is done. Completely finished.

 

[pudge]

He's just so painfully not a midfielder

I'd rather he take his lumps at right back exclusively

 

[RayCTID]

Until we the injury crisis ceases there is nothing we can really do to shake up the pack unless we bring in more squad fillers in January. Even that is the magic silver bullet we are hoping for.

 

[warringtonblue]

He's just so painfully not a midfielder

I'd rather he take his lumps at right back exclusively

Nowhere near defensively aware enough

 

[Damanino]

wish Palmer got as much playing time when he was here even if he played mediocre.

 

[pudge]

Nowhere near defensively aware enough

True but I think he'd at least learn more from that position, where if he is ever going to make it that's where it'll be.