So, okay, here's the thing... Lewis is not a RB in any sense of the traditional word used. He has no defensive nous at all, doesn't look over his shoulder and isn't tactically aware in that position. He's only good going forward which places him more in the midfield position with an ability to cover the RB in a pinch.
We've seen in countless games where he's had the ball stolen or a player has stolen in behind him and he has no recovery place.
I don't give a shit that he's an academy player; that doesn't come before the team cohesion.
The only time he's been effective, for me, is against more naive teams that set out to take us on at our own game. This season I said he wouldn't start 10 games and he got the berth of those at the beginning of the season where Guardiola could afford to look at him and pretty much benched for the rest.
For me, that says quite a lot.
So, let's not do this with Lewis. He'll have the playing time of Palmer in the future and we'll see if that's enough for him.
That's how I see it for Lewis.