Yeah like mentioned before, his service last season was prob bout 50% of previous seasons! we were so obsessed with possesion stats that we prob played it into r own box more then the oppositions, the lad was coming back to the half way line just to get a touch of the ball! yeah playing with his back to goal is part of his game but not in the middle of the park! with his strength and speed its our own fault we’re not getting more out of him!! need to go take someone like oscar on loan for a season, tho prob burnt r bridges with chelsea last year!!
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He might score 6/7 but that's alright because he runs around like a headless chicken
Fair point this.
However at what point does playing every minute of every game, plus internationals etc, get to be more of a hinderance than a help? I know Rom is young but surely getting very little rest has to take the edge off at least you mental reactions even if still physically fit?
Kiwi
Say NO to Ginger Managers
To be honest though, the lid scored 20 in a team that was pretty crap this season. Call it a poor season from him if you must, but the lid scored 20 in a team that wasn't flowing with creativity and was pretty frail, and didn't really put its 'ideal' first XI out more than a few times over the entirety of the season. And he played with a toe injury and lost his best mate. That shows his underlying quality IMO.
I expect a better return than the 10 in 36 he scored in the league, he scored 15 in 31 and 17 in 35 the 2 previous seasons, so 5 less goals is a poor return in my eyes.
His league "form" like the entire squads, was terrible.
He performed superbly in Europe, just like everybody 8 in 9 is a wonderful return.
Theres no need to get angry my Friend, Im a fan of Mr Lukaku and would very much like to retain his services long term, im just not gonna whitewash a very poor season for the lad.
Pabbers
Player Valuation: £60m
You never see other strikers goals getting analysed like Rom's are , by Blues.
You don't see Ronaldo's 5 against a whoever used as a stick to beat him with.
People are not excluding Austin's 2 yard tap ins, or Alan Shearer's/ Matt LeTissier's penalties !!
Yakubu's 22 goals are not pulled apart, pens' open nets, or goals when we lost, or goals when he was playing poor.
Saha scored half his 1 season tally against Blackpool.....but nobody goes on about that!!
You don't see Ronaldo's 5 against a whoever used as a stick to beat him with.
People are not excluding Austin's 2 yard tap ins, or Alan Shearer's/ Matt LeTissier's penalties !!
Yakubu's 22 goals are not pulled apart, pens' open nets, or goals when we lost, or goals when he was playing poor.
Saha scored half his 1 season tally against Blackpool.....but nobody goes on about that!!
Seamus Colemole
Previously deathbyropeandglass
I like Lukaku and was glad we signed him, and you're right, he is the best striker we've had for a long time (since Yakubu).
But it's very close to verging into "At least he's not Brett Angell" territory. I'll admit that most of the complaints i have about him i make such an issue out of them because people seem to ignore them and simply mention his age and make excuses for him.
The whole "as long as he scores goals nothing else matters" stuff, which Greame Jones himself has disproved recently.
I don't expect him to be fully developed and perfect. But he's got worse instead of being better every season like people claimed he would.
Taking everything into account, the fact he is the most expensive player in our history, the fact he has played over 200 compettive first team games at a high level, the fact he has had top level coaching from the Belgium national team, Chelsea and Everton yet still has trouble controlling a ball and bringing his team mates into play when asked to do so.
Which admittedly, is just as much Martinez's fault for trying to make him play a way he isn't suited rather than using him in a way to get the best out of him.
But i'd like to think that considering how good people talk about he is (you know, more goals by 21 than Messi and gonan be the best striker in the world) he'd be able to do the basics better than he can at this stage of his career.
And if we are gonna keep using him the way we do, and he is gonna play how he did last season, we might as well flog him for a profit and get a striker who out performed him last season but will play the lone striker role better and more suited to how we play as a team, thus making us better as a team.
Oh wow. There it is. He's lazy too right?
paulbefc
Player Valuation: £60m
It seems that to some, Rom's back-to-goal play leaving something to be desired means that his all round game is terrible and he must therefore contribute nothing of any use at all outside the opposition 18 yard box. I would speculate that anyone who holds this belief is probably a bad racist or was, at the time of posting, under the influence of some quite powerful medication.
The idea is hopelessly incorrect. His seven assists last season and the quality of the assists (especially the ones vs Arsenal, West Ham away, Wolfsburg away and Kiev away) show he offers a lot more. His running on the ball is also a great asset, his aerial ability, his occupying of defenders etc. He's probably one of the better crossers of a ball in the side too, sadly.
The idea is hopelessly incorrect. His seven assists last season and the quality of the assists (especially the ones vs Arsenal, West Ham away, Wolfsburg away and Kiev away) show he offers a lot more. His running on the ball is also a great asset, his aerial ability, his occupying of defenders etc. He's probably one of the better crossers of a ball in the side too, sadly.
I did say in 1 of my other replies that at times, the word lazy could be directed his way, yes.
But on the whole hes a hard working lad, near the end of games he starts to tire, which is normal for a man of his size and age.
Who?
Can't think of a particularly long list, let alone those who we could afford and would join us.
TheHumbleEgg
Player Valuation: £15m
Yes, but it couldn't be found within the confines of the club could it, there is literally nothing else there at his level and my fear is, great, we cash in, make a few quid and replace him with.........Hmmm.....what? Sadly we're not a big draw and won't attract anything like him, potential or otherwise...
Jan Klass Huntelaar would have been a much better option, for 18m less.
Hahahahaha you Champ Manager playing scrote.
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