Goals don't count lads
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Romelu Lukaku
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And yet, I could easily and accurately predict he wouldn't show up today when they finally played opposition of a certain calibre.
United haven't improved because of Lukaku. They've improved because Pogba has settled, Fellaini has been a star and the level of opposition has been average to poor. Arguably, they haven't improved at all - they did the same last season; ran over the first three games of the season and immediately got unstuck when they played a decent side. Lukaku is a flat track bully in terms of his goals - not one bit of his 'form' in front of goal has surprised me whatsoever for United thus far; yet simultaneously, his no-show today and his general average performances beyond goals thus far this season haven't surprised me either.
The evidence so far is clear - it wasn't Everton holding back Lukaku, because he's the same player now with the same strengths and weaknesses as he was here.
As for your last part, that's just pure nonsense - we didn't replace Lukaku, that's the issue. I'm not arguing that Lukaku would not improve us now - he would - because he's world class at grabbing goals. My view is simply that there's a better option going forward that we have yet to take because of yet another Moshiri masterclass of an aborted summer transfer window.
Bungle
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Goals don't win you games so it's a valid point.
Glad we've replaced his goals with a much more balanced attacking effort so far, with goals spread all over the place.
Just some utterly woeful excuses to justify hatred of a player for one reason or another.
Of course they do, but one striker who scores 25 in a season and offers next to nothing in general play beyond it (and as a result their team trips over in games against quality opposition) is an inferior player to a striker who gets 25 and is an asset to those around them and contributes to their team scoring goals in a variety of ways.
That's why Kane doesn't get the criticism Lukaku does - because he simply doesn't deserve it.
Pogba has been injured for the last month.
Can you spot a significant difference between him and Kane mate? I'm struggling but I guess there must be one to attract such vitriol to rom
Danny Rand
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Top of the attitude league.
And?
Bungle
Player Valuation: £90m
I sometimes hear those 'Kick out racism' types going on about there still being lots of work to do to eradicate it and think they're chatting crap, then I read this thread and accept where they're coming from.
Even with him injured they have been destroying teams.
Was it Pogba who made the difference against us?
Tubes just admit you were dead wrong on Lukaku and all this goes away.
No, he's not the only reason - it's part of it. They were examples, not conclusive reasons. The side have settled as a whole in their style of play.
To Mourinho's credit, he clearly identified that he didn't have the side to play the same way today and took the point. They have played to Lukaku's strengths magnificently - my point is solely that there's a ceiling on playing that way, and you saw it today. You can't play that way and have success against even decent teams, because you need to hold the ball in the final third to prevent a quick, quality opposition from picking you apart if you commit too many forward and lose the ball.
So basically you're saying he's useless when isolated and outnumbered by defenders? Particularly against the better clubs?
Which is fair if he just doesn't have that in him.
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