Rico Lewis | Set to sign a new 5-year contract (pg33)

mattcity5 said:
Watch that Palace goal here if you like. His positioning is fine, he's in line with the other defenders. Problem is the pass down our left and then a good cross being put over without challenge.

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Good defensive line but where is Eze?

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You can just see his leg in the left of the screen now. He's a mile offside. It's why he had a headstart. It's difficult to defend against because he's still inactive at this point.

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Now Eze is behind the ball so on, but Lewis hasn't managed to close the gap enough.

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It's a good ball over. Ederson may have been put off going for it by the other Palace striker. Easy for Eze.

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It's a tough goal to stop but it's the organization, or balance, or someone on the other flank at fault here.
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Trafford saved one of those chances yesterday, by being another yard forward in his starting position and he just dived on the ball and stopped it going across the goal.

That goal down both our left and right sides, was scored at least 15/20 times in all competitions last season.

We need a Walker replacement or at least a dedicated proper right back, but that might not happen until next season.
 
Mr Ed (The Stables) said:
Trafford saved one of those chances yesterday, by being another yard forward in his starting position and he just dived on the ball and stopped it going across the goal.

That goal down both our left and right sides, was scored at least 15/20 times in all competitions last season.

We need a Walker replacement or at least a dedicated proper right back, but that might not happen until next season.
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Agree with you, but even a young Walker doesn't fix this issue - it's not the player, it's finding a better way to cope with the situation. If Trafford's going to do that regularly, that might be what's needed.
 
oldius said:
Walker had pace and strength, but he was probably the weakest technical player in the team.
I think this criticism of Rico is still because so many English fans value those qualities above all others.
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Walker had low technical ability but he had a good understanding of the game. Also I think it was perfectly understandable when we had KDB, Bernardo, Gundo, Mahrez etc with bags of technical ability.

Now that we’re rebuilding, I don’t think it’s that crazy to want a RB that isn’t weak. When there’s corners his marker easily gets past him.
 
I wouldn’t be Rico’s biggest fan but if he’s said that to Pep he has some bollox like some and he deserves every bit of a chance to stay unlike some

I thought he played well Saturday and he does most times at right back got hung out to dry in midfield sometimes last year due to his physicality

Good luck to him and hopefully he gets the chance to stay
 
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BluestBlue said:
Walker had low technical ability but he had a good understanding of the game. Also I think it was perfectly understandable when we had KDB, Bernardo, Gundo, Mahrez etc with bags of technical ability.

Now that we’re rebuilding, I don’t think it’s that crazy to want a RB that isn’t weak. When there’s corners his marker easily gets past him.
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It's not unreasonable, and it may be your preference, but what you describe there is exactly what I have been saying. A team is a blend of strengths that creates a high-functioning whole. Rico has a particular skillset which helps to dominate the ball. Controlling the ball makes us less vulnerable, concede fewer set pieces, and less counter-attacks.
It doesn't need to be either/or. We may buy a more physical full back, but it doesn't mean we don't recognise Rico's strengths. We may want a more powerful full-back, but it doesn't make Rico 'awful' , nor someone whose had 'a handful of good games'. As posters here, we all want the success of our team, but we can be balanced in our criticism, recognising contribution to the whole, strengths, and areas for development.
 
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Fair play to Rico for staying and fighting. Personally I don’t see him ever being a regular starter for a top end premier league club. I think his physical limitations outweigh his technical attributes. But if we give him a season we will know for sure and hopefully he proves us doubters wrong.
 
Tier2Blue said:
Fair play to Rico for staying and fighting. Personally I don’t see him ever being a regular starter for a top end premier league club. I think his physical limitations outweigh his technical attributes. But if we give him a season we will know for sure and hopefully he proves us doubters wrong.
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Same height as Lahm and Alves, could be perfectly fine yet.
 
Tier2Blue said:
Fair play to Rico for staying and fighting. Personally I don’t see him ever being a regular starter for a top end premier league club. I think his physical limitations outweigh his technical attributes. But if we give him a season we will know for sure and hopefully he proves us doubters wrong.
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Totally agree with this. Was a fan when he broke through but I don’t see him kicking on either.
 
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