Lukaku

[Dexter]

Thats not a fact, its your opinion. He has been up and down in his performances since moving to Chelsea, but he has consistently scored goals. Whether you like it or not that scoring record in the league more often than not will mean he is a minimum 15mil, that fact he is scoring that much at such an early age will mean minimum 20mil I would think.

its pure conjecture to say he has a bad attitude. I dont care if he has an ego, so long as the boss thinks he fits in will. i don't mind he has flaws in his game and looks lost in some games because like with Ross you have to accept these negatives when you put faith in young talented players.

As others have said if he was full package right now and scoring that much he would be way out if our pricerange.

Bottom line for me is that he is a kid, and like with Robles it just seems ridiculous to be so scathing in criticism of players at this stage of their career.

I definitely want him to sign, so apart from being disappointed for him, It is no bad thing he isn't setting the world cup on fire.

Correct it is imo, i just predict problems with him in the future, at 20 odd mill

I hate that stat, I know its an important one as its his goal record which obviously is important as he's a striker

But, It does not tell the story that between Dec and May this season he scored 7 league goals in 22 games which is around the same ratio as Naismith

It seems he has the fan base split somewhat, I don't think there is any doubt Everton fans want the lad it seems the price tag has a lot of people worried

Add on another 2 competitive games, that's 7 in 24 hhmmm

 

[Baines' left foot]

This is getting boring. But, one question.

IF, he was our player, had been for 3 years, with 2 years left on a contract, and had scored 15-20 goals a season for us, would we want more than £20m?

Good question.

And yes, I think we'd want considerably more.

 

[griffla]

i don't mind he has flaws in his game and looks lost in some games because like with Ross you have to accept these negatives when you put faith in young talented players. As others have said if he was full package right now and scoring that much he would be way out if our price range ...Bottom line for me is that he is a kid, and like with Robles it just seems ridiculous to be so scathing in criticism of players at this stage of their career.
I definitely want him to sign, so apart from being disappointed for him, It is no bad thing he isn't setting the world cup on fire.

Great post, totally agree. We were blessed to get Ross and so lucky with Stones, let's do all we can to add another top class young player.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

He's got more positives than negatives, end of story...what we'll pay, if we can even buy, will be up to Roberto. Not worth this much discussion when nobody here has any influence on matters.

 

[Neiler]

FFs, he's 21 years old! Consistently scoring more PL goals then other strikers at their peak knocking around the league for fees of 15-20 mill.


I swear if Messi played for us people would say he is gash on corners!

 

[Dexter]

Yes mate just ignore the facts that his goals to games ratio was similar to Steven Naismith in the last 26 games of the season

Naismith 7 in 26

Lukaku 7 in 22

How often was Naismith played up front? How many games did he come on as a sub?

Nailed it, waits for the kopite-esque deeloodid excuses

 

[Del]

Lukaku has had just two touches of the ball inside the opposition box in over 113 minutes of football during the 2014 World Cup.

 

[Thuck ma Baws]

Nailed it, waits for the kopite-esque deeloodid excuses

To be fair, you're comparing Naismith's best form with Lukaku's worst. Much more sensible to compare them over a full season.

 

[roydo]

Lukaku has had just two touches of the ball inside the opposition box in over 113 minutes of football during the 2014 World Cup.

Christ. Thats only 2 more than me.

 

[Brennan]

FFs, he's 21 years old! Consistently scoring more PL goals then other strikers at their peak knocking around the league for fees of 15-20 mill.


I swear if Messi played for us people would say he is gash on corners!

Messi doesn't track back enough.

 

[Brennan]

Everton fans are dead weird when it comes to strikers. We all love McCarthy, and at the same time we've got a player who has only been outscored by two strikers over the past two years and people are saying he isn't worth £20m. Mad.

 

[Del]

To be fair, you're comparing Naismith's best form with Lukaku's worst. Much more sensible to compare them over a full season.

How many times in those 24 games would Naismith have started as a striker? How many times would he have come of the bench?

Lukaku started every game in his favoured postion

Did his form dip in the second half of the season at West Brom??

 

[Del]

Everton fans are dead weird when it comes to strikers. We all love McCarthy, and at the same time we've got a player who has only been outscored by two strikers over the past two years and people are saying he isn't worth £20m. Mad.

Were are you getting 20m?

Looks like Chelsea rate him higher than that

 

[Brennan]

Were are you getting 20m?

Looks like Chelsea rate him higher than that

£20m is the price that has been discussed in this thread the whole time, i don't really care what Chelsea might rate him at (i've seen no actual proof), the discussion has pretty much always been around whether or not he's worth £20m.

 

[Thuck ma Baws]

How many times in those 24 games would Naismith have started as a striker? How many times would he have come of the bench?

Lukaku started every game in his favoured postion

Did his form dip in the second half of the season at West Brom??

Lukaku had a bad run of form after his injury but he was still our top scorer by miles. He's worth £20mill IMO. And I love Naismith too.