Romelu Lukaku

[bicycleheader]

Did very well. Great goal

Shows how we are crying out for a playmaker when Rombo was the best player at holding the ball up and licking play

 

[MartyMcFly]

Did very well. Great goal

Shows how we are crying out for a playmaker when Rombo was the best player at holding the ball up and licking play

His touch is so much better and he's now using his strength although he was poor in the 2nd half.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Real shame we have no midfielder capable of feeding him on a regular basis. He's more likely to run onto a mishit back pass than be played through by one of our team.

 

[4737carlin]

Great free kick, i think the wall and Mandanda thought Barkley was going to take the free kick

 

[marsh]

Great free kick. Made up with Rom. Always liked him

 

[Abraders]

Real shame we have no midfielder capable of feeding him on a regular basis. He's more likely to run onto a mishit back pass than be played through by one of our team.

Completely agree.

He can be a bit more static than I'd like to see at times, but he probably knows no through balls are coming any time soon anyway haha

 

[barneygumble]

I always use the argument of

What is stekelenberg on the pitch for? To stop goals.
What is Rom on the pitch for? To score goals.

He's done that yesterday and had to live off scraps throughout. He's getting back to his old self, and had 5 in his last 4.

He desperately needs someone up top with him!

 

[davids]

If we only had someone up front strong in the air he could play off.

 

[davids]

Great free kick, i think the wall and Mandanda thought Barkley was going to take the free kick

Remonstrated with the wall as if he expected them to jump,seems the Kevin de Bruyne free kick had them in two minds.
http://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/7174/damien-delaney-pins-blame-palace-wall-not-jumping/

 

[suey_11]

Real shame we have no midfielder capable of feeding him on a regular basis. He's more likely to run onto a mishit back pass than be played through by one of our team.

Normally agree with a lot of your posts but I feel the midfield don't have faith in him and it's his lack of intelligent movement that slows our game down.
The amount of times he tries to take a man on and fails has me screaming at him.
Don't get me wrong he's a great finisher and love him to bits but is that enough to be top level.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Three years = zero success, comedy we haven't built a team around and allowed him to flourish with decent playmakers, he's on fire at the moment and maybe we are finally doing just that?

 

[ToffeeTim]

Normally agree with a lot of your posts but I feel the midfield don't have faith in him and it's his lack of intelligent movement that slows our game down.
The amount of times he tries to take a man on and fails has me screaming at him.
Don't get me wrong he's a great finisher and love him to bits but is that enough to be top level.

He can improve don't get me wrong but I think his movement demands good through balls. He is slightly lacking in his movement from wide crosses I'd accept. But generally I think we fail to utilise his enormous talent.

 

[Nil Satis Niasse Optimum]

Wait... he's scored in 2 games out of 6 that he's played, hasn't he? And also gifted a goal he didn't touch. And?

 

[DRM]

Wait... he's scored in 2 games out of 6 that he's played, hasn't he? And also gifted a goal he didn't touch. And?

Give it a rest.

 

[DRM]

Three years = zero success, comedy we haven't built a team around and allowed him to flourish with decent playmakers, he's on fire at the moment and maybe we are finally doing just that?

Like how Aston Villa and now Palace acknowledged that there probably isn't a better header than Benteke, so they feed him with crosses and ... he scores.