Lukaku - A Fond Farewell

[Sarnia Kevin]

He never was and never will be an Evertonian, but he did a job for us while he was here. It would be nice if he were to say something positive about his time at Goodison, but he seems to prefer to talk about where he is going rather than what, and who, got him to where he is now. Immature really.

 

[willo30]

He wants to go and play for the best fans in the world. How he'd actually know what they are like without playing for them is beyond me but it shows how little he thought of us.

 

[BlueToff]

Pfffft!

If/when Sigurdsson signs, our dealings in this window come to approx £145m, not inclusive of the whole Rooney deal.

Then you have the £44m spent in January on Lookman. We had a 'positive' net spend of circa £10m last summer as well.

So £185-190m this calendar year.

So far, we've raised - in this calendar year:

£10.5m - Deulofeu
£8m - Cleverley
£90m - Lukaku

And probably another £3m from the sale of McGeady whenever it happens.

So, approx £110m raised in sales. Positive net spend this calendar year of circa £75/80m...

 

[dandydan]

Can see why we get called bitter tbf.

 

[Darth Toffeeman]

Well said. A 25 goal man, is rare. A player that can score 10 - 15 a season is not. In fact we have just signed a bunch of them. I don't think we are going to be the "one trick pony" we were last season. We won't miss Lukaku's goals.

I wish Lukaku well. Do I wish him success? Not so much.

Sandro is a total unknown, he might be able to outscore Lukakus total of this season. He has scored goals against the very best in Spain.

I remember when the RS lost Torres.
I was glad to see the back of him even though his performances had dipped.

They brought in Suarez.

 

[Number_25]

Not that arsed, to be honest.

I wish him the best at United, but all too often players leave and fail to reach the heights they attained on the hallow turf of Goodison Park.

 

[Zezti]

He was our focal point, our best finisher by some margin which is why he was involved in so many of our goals.
In Utd's squad, with the likes of Pogba, Rashford, Mata, Mikitarian and others who all have good shots and can create chances, I doubt Rom will get the same goal tallies as he got with us.
Look at Rooney, only twice in 13 seasons did he get over 20 goals in the league in a season. It's not the United way to have one player score all the goals. Of course, most of those were playing Ferguson's way so under Mourinho it could be different.

He'll still win stuff, but I doubt he'll win the golden boot any time soon.

 

[Dylan]

If we improve with a bear net spend it will be entirely down to a massive level of fortune where all signings click from the off.

That is a good way to just dismiss good work. "Fortune". Seems a little bitter. If they do all click, you should credit the management team for getting in the right players, and integrating them into the squad successfully, not giving it the bitter old 'they succeeded in spite of the management team'

Without Barkley (probably) and Lukaku - who are the heartbeat of this team - we are gambling.

They were the heartbeat - sometimes. We were far too reliant on Lukaku for goals. Right now, we are not. Even if Lukaku were to stay, we have other sources for scoring now.

We needed to build around them. For one reason or another (finance and politics) we wont get that.

If they can be retained on Everton's terms only. It is clear that Lukaku's head was turned a long time ago, and now it looks likely that he will be joining the rest of the Raiola stable at Man U, with his best mate Pogba.

Next season is a roll of the dice when it should have been one of steady building to our strengths with added quality.

Every single season is a roll of the dice. That is the nature of a competitive league.

 

[People75]

I hope i won't miss Lukaku to much next season.

 

[Biff malibu]

I hope i won't miss Lukaku to much next season.

Something's telling me we'll miss the 25 goals, but I also think we will start a shift in playing style towards a classic Cruyff.

 

[4737carlin]

Its funny that Rooney is the main story all over the radio and TV and not Lukaku haha a total no mark who scores goals, while Rooney is an icon

 

[PITA]

Time for bed Dave, it's been a busy day and you must be knackered looking for attention.

Get a good nights sleep and go again in the morning

Fixed.

 

[Darth Toffeeman]

He was our focal point, our best finisher by some margin which is why he was involved in so many of our goals.
In Utd's squad, with the likes of Pogba, Rashford, Mata, Mikitarian and others who all have good shots and can create chances, I doubt Rom will get the same goal tallies as he got with us.
Look at Rooney, only twice in 13 seasons did he get over 20 goals in the league in a season. It's not the United way to have one player score all the goals. Of course, most of those were playing Ferguson's way so under Mourinho it could be different.

He'll still win stuff, but I doubt he'll win the golden boot any time soon.

I am not that certain of this.

There are 7 clubs all pushing for top stop and there is always a side that comes from the pack in the cups (Southampton should have won the LC).

Competition will be fiercer than ever.
And we all know Rom loves a bottle job when the pressure comes (FA Semi, pen in Super cup for Chelsea). He has no history of success.

 

[kithnou]

Nice words from Rom thanking us. All the best to him.

 

[Frank Butcher]

Hope he rots, the bad egg.