Lukaku

[mythbuster]

really??? you playing on fifa and footy manager - how is Lukaku's rating in season 2018 does his first touch improve?

Tell ya what, start watching footballers, use your own judgement, not stats - its amazing the players you may have a differing opinion on to others who just read forums or watch MOTD.

Its been enoyable for me spotting Gudjohnsen playing for Bolton and calling him a class act who will go to the top, I particularly enjoyed telling people that James McCarthy was a class player who would be better than Felllaini a year or so back.

Hahahaha. What?

Listen to Hafnia folks, he once said Gudjohnsen was class.

 

[RaleighBlue]

Oh, so Costa is replacing a player who's never started a game for them, and not the massively paid striker they've just let go? How convenient....

But Lukaku hasn't played for them the past 2 seasons.

He doesn't need replacing.

 

[Tubey]

Mourinho believed they were bring in another striker at Christmas, he thought they'd done a deal to get Rooney. In the meantime Rooney had a change of heart as Utd dug in and handed him a bumper deal to stay. It's common knowledge.

And they would have offloaded Ba either in January or the summer at the latest if it had happened.

http://metro.co.uk/2014/01/23/demba...nsfer-only-for-chelsea-to-block-deal-4274903/

http://www1.skysports.com/football/...to-fernando-torres-means-no-move-for-demba-ba

 

[mythbuster]

He's replacing both! Eto'o is gone, Lukaku comes back but isn't in their plans and will be moved out, so when Costa comes in they're back to three strikers - this isn't difficult maths, the only difference is they won't have a player out on loan for a season this year.

To be honest mate, they should just give us Rom for free.

 

[RaleighBlue]

Saying Chelsea would need to replace Lukaku is like saying we need to replace Magaye Gueye.

Neither of them played any meaningful minutes for the first team.

Difference is that Lukaku has market value.

And isn't Magaye Gueye.

 

[hafnia]

What are you talking about now? Mourinho was aiming those comments at his squad of last year, Lukaku wasn't in their squad last year. Try and stay on track and don't attribute a description Mourinho made about his strikers last year to Lukaku. You're grasping at straws.

He made this comment May 2014 - close season - err like last Month... err Lukaku is actually as at May 2014 being paid by Chelsea... this comment was made when quizzed about Diego Costa.... he didn't say "ah we have no worries Romelu is back, i've no reason to spend £32m on Diego Costa"....

Think its pretty conclusive ya know.

 

[mythbuster]

He made this comment May 2014 - close season - err like last Month... err Lukaku is actually as at May 2014 being paid by Chelsea... this comment was made when quizzed about Diego Costa.... he didn't say "ah we have no worries Romelu is back, i've no reason to spend £32m on Diego Costa"....

Think its pretty conclusive ya know.

Err, nope, we payed Rom until June 1st.

 

[hafnia]

They had Ba, Eto'o and Torres for the entire 2013/14 campaign - three strikers. Lukaku quite simply would not have been allowed out on loan with no option to recall if they wanted to have four first team strikers.

You are aware that we got Lukaku only because they rejected our approach for Demba Ba...

 

[Dithering Dougie]

And they would have offloaded Ba either in January or the summer at the latest if it had happened.

http://metro.co.uk/2014/01/23/demba...nsfer-only-for-chelsea-to-block-deal-4274903/

http://www1.skysports.com/football/...to-fernando-torres-means-no-move-for-demba-ba

So they might let Ba go now and bring a replacement in for him, they've just done it with Eto and Costa.

 

[Dithering Dougie]

Err, nope, we payed Rom until June 1st.

He's desperate isn't he

 

[hafnia]

Err, nope, we payed Rom until June 1st.

without getting picky we paid the loan deal for the season... A set fee, % of wages and as at final whistle of last game he was effectively a Chelsea player whilst having been an asset of theirs for all of last year...

 

[Tubey]

So they might let Ba go now and bring a replacement in for him, they've just done it with Eto and Costa.

So that would mean they would sign someone else to have the full compliment of three strikers. Torres, Costa and another.

 

[Dithering Dougie]

He made this comment May 2014 - close season - err like last Month... err Lukaku is actually as at May 2014 being paid by Chelsea... this comment was made when quizzed about Diego Costa.... he didn't say "ah we have no worries Romelu is back, i've no reason to spend £32m on Diego Costa"....

Think its pretty conclusive ya know.

Even when Lukaku was there at the beginning of the season they were trying to bring in another forward (Rooney) to strengthen their squad. Costa isn't anything to do with Lukaku. He's Eto replacement. It really is that simple.

 

[Dithering Dougie]

So that would mean they would sign someone else to have the full compliment of three strikers. Torres, Costa and another.

If he's happy with 3 strikers why was he banging on last season about being short of strikers?

 

[RaleighBlue]

If he's happy with 3 strikers why was he banging on last season about being short of strikers?

Because it's questionable whether Torres is a footballer, let alone a striker.