Romelu Lukaku

[Walken]

The level of rabid hatred in this thread never ceases to amaze me

 

[degsy]

im wandering how much ferguson is pulling the strings here.

the team have reverted back to his old way of playing.. it has me thinking he has been down on the training pitch..

Ole would be daft not speak with him now and again...and again...and again. Not saying take everything as gospel, but pick out the odd nugget
#speeddial.

 

[goodisonopheliac]

I don't hate him, I loved him when he played for us, I just think he's a bit of a tit. There are far more horrible players out there though.

 

[Abraders]

Miss you Rom x

 

[DixieDigne]

Looks like he plays with a deliveroo bag on his back.

 

[Tin-Tin]

Rashford 24 in 97 premier league goals
Lukaku 109 in 239 Premier league goals

When Lukaku is fit the man is a beast. We all saw it. His strength was incredible. We lost a tremendous front man. No point in bringing him down.

Nobody is knocking his goalscoring but he is not built for certain styles of play - like most footballers.

If you want to play fast, free flowing, 1 and 2 touch football with pace and movement, he gets nowhere near the team.

Not bringing him down, he's just not technically good enough for the top teams.

 

[Rob17896]

Tactically brilliant from Solskjaer today. His team selections have been flawless since arriving - the decision to leave this grock out of a big game was an educated one that his predecessor didn't make.

As I said last year, Rashford is a far better footballer that Lukaku and has a much higher ceiling to go on and be an elite level striker. He may not be quite there yet, but you persist with that quality instead of resorting to a player who has Conference standard technical ability.

You don't compete at the top level whilst playing with ten men every game. Football is a team game, and is especially so the higher the level you play.

Remember being slated when there was talk of him going and I said I would swop him and a lot of money for Rashford. Lukaku can score. Rashford can play as well, miles better

 

[Tubey]

Nobody is knocking his goalscoring but he is not built for certain styles of play - like most footballers.

If you want to play fast, free flowing, 1 and 2 touch football with pace and movement, he gets nowhere near the team.

Not bringing him down, he's just not technically good enough for the top teams.

Best way of describing it - for a top club, he may score 20+ goals a season, but he'll cost you 30+.

 

[The binman chronicles]

Statement from OGS:

The Norwegian said Lukaku, 25, remains "a big part of the squad".

Some might go as far as saying he IS the biggest part of the squad.

 

[marsh]

Anyone missing his 'POINTLESS' goals that turn a 2-1 into 3-1 or 4-1 yet?

 

[gonetomorrow]

Nobody is knocking his goalscoring but he is not built for certain styles of play - like most footballers.

If you want to play fast, free flowing, 1 and 2 touch football with pace and movement, he gets nowhere near the team.

Not bringing him down, he's just not technically good enough for the top teams.

He's a fair bet to end up back at us then.

 

[pedro1976]

Anyone missing his 'POINTLESS' goals that turn a 2-1 into 3-1 or 4-1 yet?

I'm certainly not missing his trampoline boots that turn attacks into counter attacks for the other side.

Most overrated player I have ever seen.... £75m for a 20 minute player. Great business.

 

[mawders]

Anyone who says they wouldn't want him back is either lying or a fool

 

[gonetomorrow]

I reckon Rom is due a bit of a renaissance before the end of the season.

 

[4737carlin]

I reckon Rom is due a bit of a renaissance before the end of the season.

He might get starts if Ole plays a weakened team once the Champions League starts again and he needs to rest first team players