Don't think it's that - it's the fee that's the issue. Most people would want him here, but the question is whether he's worth pretty much our entire transfer budget when he's spent the best part of six months doing his best Heskey impression.
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Lukaku to Spurs
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Don't think it's that - it's the fee that's the issue. Most people would want him here, but the question is whether he's worth pretty much our entire transfer budget when he's spent the best part of six months doing his best Heskey impression.
Tchnique
Player Valuation: £5m
I'll subscribe to that belief. But I think a lot of people think that he's going to be a world class, ballon d'or winner. Or at least that whats they expect out of him. He may not be that kind of player. But what he can be is an accomplished and dangerous front man.
Seems it in a way, however tongue in cheek that is. Honestly feels like he thinks he proved his point with his little streak at the start of the year and is in holiday mode now ahead of the world cup.
Thing is, if we spend £15-20m on him, I think we'd recoup at least £12-15m on him in the future regardless of how big a flop he is, so it really depends on your perspective whether this is a no brainer of a signing if possible or not.
All I can say is that I wouldn't be as devastated about him leaving as I would have been last year.
Tchnique
Player Valuation: £5m
We've only conceded 36 this year, compared to the 40 last year. However we're 7 over our goal total from last year, and that's with two games left. Take away Lukaku and we're gonna be sitting lower than 6th during this campaign.
cjuk87
Player Valuation: £10m
He's 20.
Everyone wanting Bony, when he was 20 he scored 6 goals in a season, and not in the prem.
Lukaku has been overplayed for a 20 year old, just because he's big and strong doesn't mean he can cope with every game, see Sterling last season for them, burnt out due to overplaying.
He's 20.
He's 20.
Everyone wanting Bony, when he was 20 he scored 6 goals in a season, and not in the prem.
Lukaku has been overplayed for a 20 year old, just because he's big and strong doesn't mean he can cope with every game, see Sterling last season for them, burnt out due to overplaying.
He's 20.
He's 20.
Del
Ric Wee fan club member 2014
Oh it wasn't in jest Tubey
I honestly believe the lads coasts along in the knowledge he doesn't really have to impress anyone at the club because he already thinks he's better than he is and see's himself at a massive club come the summer
He offers very little in most games imo and don't get me started on his first touch and link up play
Azzurri
Player Valuation: £70m
Is this a fact?
Obviously if you completely remove him and we play with ten men, yes, but who's to say Naismith wouldn't have scored more than him if he started every game instead of Lukaku?
But does that explain his terrible first touch pretty much all season long and a seeming inability to play with his back to goal?
I agree completely with giving young players time, and the same reasoning can apply to Barkley lately for example, but... I'm concerned that he doesn't have the right tools to be a top, top player, and for what will be our transfer record fee you've got to be sure about what you're getting surely? And after a season of watching him I still don't know if he's the next Drogba or the next Heskey, or something in between.
It's a gamble either way. For £15m, yes, any more than that though and... well, who knows.
Eric Djemba-Djemba
Player Valuation: £60m
I'd imagine we'd be quite a bit lower in the table if we're starting with 10 men in every game.
bluestevon
Player Valuation: £80m
I just think he's found the first season starting in the league as a lot more demanding than he thought mate, his legs look gone, the thing is for certain we need to add this summer a striker who can slot in this league and a creative play-maker as their the two massive gaps in our current teams permanent starting 11, if we do address those then the play-maker types gonna have to be a bit of a gamble as theirs no one who can be guaranteed to do the job - especially as it's likely we'd be bringing someone in totally new to the league for that role, don't think we can then gamble on a striker we aren't sure can adapt - for that reason in itself Lukaku is a must imo
My massive concern is that he came here with a point to prove to Mourinho, got all the plaudits, made the "meeja" talk about how Mourinho was mad to let him go... and then job done, down tools, who's arsed. Because if we're all being hand on heart honest here he's played well in about, what, five games since the end of November.
Del
Ric Wee fan club member 2014
Yep
Turns it on here and there but how often does he go missing
Anyway he's not ours after another 2 games and needs replacing
That's very possible, but in that case the price tag should reflect that struggle. I'm finding it hard to think of what he's done to justify a £20m price tag that is always touted around. If he did kick on and develop, then that's a bargain, but it's a massive gamble for a club with our finances and when you see his utterly inept performance today then you begin to wonder.
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