Romelu Lukaku

[orly]

Lads? You know who you are. Don't make me do this please. Just come into the open raising your hands and confess you know nothing about football and are one utter stain on Everton.

this thread is essentially a litmus test for racism, you bad bunch of frauds

I am running the tap on the Waters of Forgiveness

 

[marsh]

If he hadn't of scored today this thread would probably be full of shouts of get that Ulloa in holds it up well, good in the air hahahaha


Yes Romelu

 

[kithnou]

Whatever the future holds ,it's been great to witness a proper No. 9 at the club again.( and yes I know he's actually No.10,but you get what I mean)

 

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

Great goal for at that time drawing level. Broke away from defenders and a perfect header. I hope he reups in the summer.

 

[riddick]

wasn't it a MOTD stat that started this daft theory originally?

The "problem" is that it negates that it REALLY is a top 7. I'd love to see a stat there. Don't expect it to be much different honestly but still, the top goal scorers being in a top 7 team really shouldn't be surprising.

 

[a bell maul]

it's 'complement'... quite a few people get that wrong (using 'compliment')

 

[Chunky Frankfurter]

Whatever the future holds ,it's been great to witness a proper No. 9 at the club again.( and yes I know he's actually No.10,but you get what I mean)

Exactly. It's part of football that players come and go, but it's the nice part of football to enjoy watching great players.

He is for sure one of our all time greats. Up there with Cahill as the best in Premier League era for us.

 

[Chunky Frankfurter]

No, no player is bigger than the club...but he is the reason we've had a decent season and he will be a nightmare to replace.

Disproportionate to every other club he is responsible for his team's fortunes.

Us and Man U. A big area for improvement this summer.

Unless Ross 'As good as Beardsley' Barkley steps up.

 

[TheBigIguana]

23 goals.

23.

In 2017. While we're 7th.

23. Ffs.



But he's a bit lazy and doesn't weep into the Everton crest when he scores, so sell the fraud. Give me a Marcus Bent or a Stracq any day of the week.

Don't bring the Stracq into this

 

[Norwegian Cow]

Who is?

Courtois , Terry, kompany, lampard. Drogba

 

[Chunky Frankfurter]

Courtois , Terry, kompany, lampard. Drogba

Which Everton player should get into that?

In recent years, I think maybe only Cahill or Coleman would. Lukaku didn't play with Cahill, so maybe only Coleman not there is a surprise, but those five are great players. Would not be a good five-a-side team, but...yeah.

 

[terraloon]

We saw the strength and weakness today....strength is he gets on the end of service, weakness is he relies on service (times he had to do stuff on his own he struggled/on one occasion fell over). It's nitpicking yes, but I'm judging him against the very best and he's nowhere near it. Talk of 65 to 70 mill is utter madness, but that's the way the game is going. His own goal tally masks the flaws in his game. Mentioned before, I'd rather have a 15 goal a season forward that makes the attack function really well in every game, than a 25-30 goal forward who adds nothing to the attack as a whole and is invisible against better teams.

Some qualities a top forward needs; A top forward compliments the team and creates for others, a top forward is not anonymous in games when the service isn't on a plate, a top forward has quick movement (especially in the lightning quick modern era), a top forward stretches defenders and pulls them all over the place, a top forward can run the channels and hold the ball up, a top forward has a quality first touch and can interplay with others (quick one twos etc.). Lukaku has none of these things. It's why he is quiet in games against better quality teams when the midfield is pushed back and isnt able to just swing balls into the box on a plate for him. He's too one dimensional to be a top forward. Being an excellent finisher isn't enough. With the exception of Arsenal there is not one team in the top six where he would get in the starting XI. United are short upfront, but his non movement wouldn't compliment Ibrahimovic who needs a mobile player to work off him.

I had to double take this post.
I think there is no doubt that RL has some flaws in his game just as every player has things they can improve on but come on his game primarily to score and then link the play. For me the problem isn't so much he doesn't do it but more that no manager yet has worked out how to provide him the players to link up with.
For me when the ball is played in to him players busting a gut to get forward rarely get close to him instead they seem to either want to get forward of him or the seem to run into wide spaces whereas truly smart players go in and then out which tends to drag at least one of the covering defenders away freeing more space for the advancing midfield to be the out ball
Watch Costa he is far from the greatest when it comes to running with the ball at pace the number of times it gets caught under his feet is quite ironically he doesn't possess the speed to do the sort of damage that RL does when he runs with the ball.
For me this isn't about RL inability for me it's far more about the players around him.

 

[cadex]

Rom's hold up play was much better. No hopeful shots from improbable angles. Connected with teammates 68% of the time when in possession (26/38 attempts). Hopefully, more of the same from the big man.

 

[Niapper]

I'd rather get a striker who scores goals with a low work rate than a one who doesn't score with a high work rate

 

[Carlito]

Lads? You know who you are. Don't make me do this please. Just come into the open raising your hands and confess you know nothing about football and are one utter stain on Everton.

I heard the groans of the faithless as he Heskey'd around Anfield and Old Trafford, and I smiled.

For I knew the truth; that he was simply saving himself for the big one.

Hala Madrid, Romelu. Hala Madrid.