Romelu Lukaku

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What it comes down to is that most are OK with him turning up once in a blue moon to put in a half decent performance. Probably the same people that Naismith blagged recently with his Hat-trick. Riding on the crest of the wave of emotion from the last thing he did.
 
Elong said:
Don't know if you meant it this way, but I don't want to see us use him as a target man to hold up play. I want the ball passed in front of him, I want him running at defenders and slotting. That's his best chance.
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But he has a stake in that. He has to be part of the buildup, as opposed to waiting in the box for Del to put it right on his toe. He'd see a lot more action in the opposing half if he was able to trap the ball, pass it and move. I think he's well above average, but that part of his game seems very slow in developing.

I mentioned it here before, but my biggest fear is that if Lukaku leaves us, it will be on his reputation and strike-rate alone, which is fair enough. But I'd prefer him leaving on the crest of a career-defining season, where he's far more consistent and he takes that next step in becoming that player we all know he can be. If he could achieve even a measure of that consistency, we could be a top 4 side. Believe me, I want the lad to succeed, and I have nothing but confidence that he eventually will. I would just hope that will, at least partly, happen in an Everton shirt.
 

blue4eva77 said:
What it comes down to is that most are OK with him turning up once in a blue moon to put in a half decent performance. Probably the same people that Naismith blagged recently with his Hat-trick. Riding on the crest of the wave of emotion from the last thing he did.
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Nope, I can tell the difference between Lukaku and Naismith. It's an ocean. "The same people", it's such a standoff statement, just agree to disagree mate, there's nothing wrong with that.

Lukaku's on track to get 25 goals this year, that's impressive, if he does nothing else all year I'll be satisfied with that.
 
Prevenger17 said:
But he has a stake in that. He has to be part of the buildup, as opposed to waiting in the box for Del to put it right on his toe. He'd see a lot more action in the opposing half if he was able to trap the ball, pass it and move. I think he's well above average, but that part of his game seems very slow in developing.

I mentioned it here before, but my biggest fear is that if Lukaku leaves us, it will be on his reputation and strike-rate alone, which is fair enough. But I'd prefer him leaving on the crest of a career-defining season, where he's far more consistent and he takes that next step in becoming that player we all know he can be. If he could achieve even a measure of that consistency, we could be a top 4 side. Believe me, I want the lad to succeed, and I have nothing but confidence that he eventually will. I would just hope that will, at least partly, happen in an Everton shirt.
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He won't leave us Prev, he's going to stay with us and win trophies with us.
 
Elong said:
Nope, I can tell the difference between Lukaku and Naismith. It's an ocean. "The same people", it's such a standoff statement, just agree to disagree mate, there's nothing wrong with that.

Lukaku's on track to get 25 goals this year, that's impressive, if he does nothing else all year I'll be satisfied with that.
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I was using Naismith as the example that people get carried away far too easily.
 
Unbelievable that after all these years of waiting for a striker that slots with regularity we now have one and he gets stick! His record is amazing for a lad his age.
 

Lukaku has scored 42 goals in 90 appearances for Everton. OK, his hold up play can sometimes leave a bit to be desired, but to say he is average and the stats back it up is just plain wrong.

He's the best goalscorer we've had in decades. As far as I'm concerned, he can toey it out for a throw in with every other touche if he wants as long as he scores us the goals. Which he is. And he's still 3/4 years off his prime. He's boss.
 
Tigger said:
Unbelievable that after all these years of waiting for a striker that slots with regularity we now have one and he gets stick! His record is amazing for a lad his age.
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Thats not exactly truthful though is it. He has played 9 games this season and has scored in 3 of those games. One of which against a side 2 divisions lower. This is not an attempt to take away his goal scoring record at all but the stats are slightly warped. My definition of scoring on a regular basis would be scoring in more games as apposed to scoring multiple in one game.
 
blue4eva77 said:
Thats not exactly truthful though is it. He has played 9 games this season and has scored in 3 of those games. One of which against a side 2 divisions lower. This is not an attempt to take away his goal scoring record at all but the stats are slightly warped. My definition of scoring on a regular basis would be scoring in more games as apposed to scoring multiple in one game.
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I don't know many players other than Ronaldo or Messi, or Kane last season, that slot regularly. I guess Defoe and Crouch used to when they played together. Rooney is identical to Lukaku in scoring.

Would be great if he could string it together though.
 

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