82 | Rico Lewis - 2024/25

[Crooked_rain]

Philipp Lahm eh?

Not even Phil Neville

 

[PragueBlue]

I thought he was shit again. He’s constant. Think I may have seen him play well once since he broke through and even then it wasn’t spectacular. If he didn’t play for us, none of us would know who is.

Sums it up.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Philipp Lahm eh?

Not even Phil Neville

I've thought for a while that he's our Phil Neville. He's got limitations to his game, he's not the reason for us playing poorly but it does highlight his weaknesses. He's not the heir to Walker or a Rodri stand-in.

Lacks pace, not good enough in the air, and positional lapses when defending.

He'll either settle into the position as a RB or be the perrenial utility player but might be at a different club.

 

[Haaland94]

He could have cost us today not just the 1 goal, but more. Completely left his man unmarked on at least 3 occasions, lost the ball multiple times as well. Almost every time he plays he costs us goals, and it's as simple as that. We can focus on feelings and how we wish him well and all that, but this has to be the biggest blind spot Pep has ever had for anyone in his time here.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

Can't defend, loses every physical battle, terrible positioning slow on the ball, but makes up for it by offering absolutely zero attacking threat. He's Zinchenko

Zinchenko was 10x the player that Rico is. Rico is absolute dump. He’s got absolutely nothing going for him. He can’t defend. He can’t attack. I have no idea how he has made it as a footballer, never mind seemingly made it here. Someone with his lack of physical attributes, would normally be unbelievably good technically, to counter the lack of physicality. He has none of it.

Watching him move into midfield, every single time we have the ball, is one of the worst things I have seen under Pep. Why do we need a guy moving into the centre, to receive the ball to pass it back to the guy who gave it him? It has added absolutely no benefit to our game whatsoever. Cancelo used to go into the middle, get his head up and look for a forward and sometimes killer pass. If Rico can’t get his head up, he shouldn’t be moving into midfield.

 

[philiph20]

He like our Phil Jones or Tom Cleveley, bizarre how the rest of the young lads are ignored and he plays every week, not good enough sadly

 

[pbueno16]

Never want to see him as a fullback again. Maybe he can transition to midfield, but even there he doesn't have the strength or ability to release the ball quick enough.

 

[Longballutd]

Dreadful stuff really just can’t understand how he is still getting game time, he’s a complete liability. Unable to mark whatsoever and has a habit for misplaced passes it’s just not good enough. He’s trying but he just isn’t at the required level.

 

[Tico Warrior]

Can't defend, loses every physical battle, terrible positioning slow on the ball, but makes up for it by offering absolutely zero attacking threat. He's Zinchenko

I wasn't Zinchenkos biggest fan but I think he was a lot better than Lewis. Had some moments where he really stood out, like when he came on and helped us score 3 in the second half to beat villa and win the league. Plus he was always played out of position for us.

 

[Mancityus]

Not too good but better than Halland and Foden who hardly have any impact on the game.