Romelu Lukaku

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Yes, he will score 25 goals a season and always will be a leading goalscorer. He will appear a success on paper.

I spoke to a few United fans this morning in work and they all said how similar his performance last night was to his FA Cup semi farce in 2016.
They are worried he is a flat track bully.
I just smiled.

He'll get enough opportunities provided to him by the quality they posses and his own ability in front of goal, so to that degree he'll be a success.

On the other hand, he's now undoubtedly in the limelight due to his value combined with the profile of Manure domestically and in Europe et al.

No matter how good of a finisher he is, there'll be no where to hide his limitations which we all witnesses - he may not anticipate the response.

If he scores goals, it's job done, that's all what matters at the end of the day.

 

[PhilM]

If he scores goals, it's job done, that's all what matters at the end of the day.

Totally agree and I always advocated this when he was here: if a striker is scoring goals then you can, to an extent, excuse the rest of his game.

My point was that being a Manure player brings additional and not always warranted pressure as they (the press, fans et al.) expect a lot more.

The analysis and criticism won't always be justifiable but it will be there because that's the situation he is now and they'll be much less forgiving.

 

[degsy]

If he scores goals, it's job done, that's all what matters at the end of the day.

Hopefully for United, they'll be able to live with/carry his deficiencies that go with his goals...but gawd help them in a tight game, when they might really need him.

 

[The Rhino]

Top class player. Had our pants pulled down for that fee.

 

[arch stanton]

Perhaps Crouch might be the answer to our target man issues

Ugly but effective player but hopefully we have moved on to better players in that mould

 

[Brendan Janus]

Lukaku would be World Class if he had a first touch !!

 

[PhilM]

Lukaku would be World Class if he had a first touch !!

Don't forget understanding and being able to apply the offside rule to his game.

 

[Tubey]

If he scores goals, it's job done, that's all what matters at the end of the day.

Bizarre mindset to have. That's like saying if the centre-halves keep a clean sheet, that's all that matters - even if they did spend the entire game thumping it out for a throw in so we never had an attack.

 

[pedro1976]

The most bafflingly over rated player I have seen in a long long time.

People assume he's gonna be great because of his size and athleticism just like they did when Frank Bruno was boxing...

Technically very poor unless it's on his left foot and he's running onto a pass.

Mentally he plays like a spoilt brat who thinks he's untouchable....

The worst thing for United fans is that this is likely to be the most interested and motivated that they will see him. Like we did when he played against West ham when he took a knock to his head.

It will be fun to watch the fall out when he starts getting subbed.... something our managers needed to do more.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Bizarre mindset to have. That's like saying if the centre-halves keep a clean sheet, that's all that matters - even if they did spend the entire game thumping it out for a throw in so we never had an attack.

If Lukaku scores 25 goals with some assists thrown in then isn't he doing what he's paid to do? if his scoring record was crap but his hold up play was great which led to a few other players scoring, does that make him better?

At the end of the day we know his hold up/all round game isn't great (I've had a pop at him plenty of times over it myself) but while he's banging them in then surely it's not a problem.

 

[Soap]

Rom is class. Second best striker in the league after Kane.

We've got Waz though so who cares?

 

[The binman chronicles]

If Lukaku scores 25 goals with some assists thrown in then isn't he doing what he's paid to do? if his scoring record was crap but his hold up play was great which led to a few other players scoring, does that make him better?

At the end of the day we know his hold up/all round game isn't great (I've had a pop at him plenty of times over it myself) but while he's banging them in then surely it's not a problem.

Depends if he is the one breaking deadlocks and unpicking tight defences. If someone else scores and then the opposition has to attack, Rom may get space and put a gloss on the scoreline. He therefore may get 20/25 goals, but when it really counts when you need to take one chance is he that person?

We will have to see what he does this season to find out the answer to your question.

 

[blue4eva77]

Lukaku would be World Class if he had a first touch !!

Agreed.

People were claiming he missed a sitter last night, but I saw that as a first touch to set himself up.

 

[PickeringBlue]

In my mind it was a classic Lukaku performance. The miss in the first half was bad-ish, but not end of the world bad. Thought his first touch had improved very slightly. Did nothing off the ball of note. Rashford was on the pitch for a third of the time, didn't score and to me was still better. I could say the same of Fellaini as well. That being said, Pogba looks to have forgotten how to play football.

Most stunning thing to me was how far ahead of United Real Madrid are...night and day. Also, having watched both the German super cup and the Charity Shield on the weekend, I'd give both Bayern and Dortmund a better shot at European success than even Chelsea.

 

[Elong]

Disagree. No individual is bigger and better than Everton Football Club.

Why isn't he still here then? It's a romantic view you have and I agree with the notion but it's factually incorrect.