Would you pay £24m for Lukaku?

[BluenosePaul]

Won't take long for the fans to get on his back if he doesn't start scoring and learns how to control the ball

 

[Azzurri]

I actually thought that, brilliance for the goal aside, he was poor to be honest.

Doesn't win enough headers for a man his size because he can't utilise his strength. He made a couple of great breaks down the wing second half and made the wrong decision (should have played Mirallas in before he tried backheeling it to Naismith, for example). Work rate needs improving too, but that'll probably come with fitness.

 

[madkiwi]

Won't take long for the fans to get on his back if he doesn't start scoring and learns how to control the ball

He's a big strong lad, I'm sure he can carry us.

 

[BluenosePaul]

He's not a £28m player and never will be. Looks like we put all our eggs in one basket.

 

[efcfanwirral]

My dad & brother still don't rate him that much. Without sounding elitist here you can't half tell the difference in opinion between a fan who knows a lot about Everton & footy in general than one who has only a little more than a passing interest in the setup of the team. A common argument I hear is that he's "lazy" and at £28m he should be chasing everything down and dragging the team on by himself in the majority of games. Absolute bollocks.

It's the whole 'everton player' thing - moyes reinforced it, that to be such you need to run like a madman after every ball.

Andy Johnson was an 'everton player' and yakubu wasn't. 2007-08 showed which makes a successful lone striker.

Who would they rather be up front out of interest? Just Naismith on his own or have they got someone from another club in their heads?

I actually thought that, brilliance for the goal aside, he was poor to be honest.

Doesn't win enough headers for a man his size because he can't utilise his strength. He made a couple of great breaks down the wing second half and made the wrong decision (should have played Mirallas in before he tried backheeling it to Naismith, for example). Work rate needs improving too, but that'll probably come with fitness.

On the heading point maybe if we didn't randomly go back to punting up long in the air to him maybe he'd not have to. I don't think he should automatically become a target man just because he's big

 

[zirc]

He's going to on form against them. Wanting to prove they were wrong about him or something, and we'll get our first 3 pt win of the season!

Lukaku is boss

Too right mate these 1 point wins are doing my head in.

 

[barneygumble]

End of the day, if he gets an assist every game, it doesn't matter how poorly he plays throughout the season, if he got 38 assists/goals in the season we'd all be made up.

 

[Azzurri]

It's the whole 'everton player' thing - moyes reinforced it, that to be such you need to run like a madman after every ball.

Andy Johnson was an 'everton player' and yakubu wasn't. 2007-08 showed which makes a successful lone striker.

Who would they rather be up front out of interest? Just Naismith on his own or have they got someone from another club in their heads?




On the heading point maybe if we didn't randomly go back to punting up long in the air to him maybe he'd not have to. I don't think he should automatically become a target man just because he's big

Of course not, but everyone on the pitch should be expected to try as hard as possible to win every header, and every player is expected to win headers no matter what style of play both teams use.

 

[MartSlinger]

He's not a £28m player and never will be. Looks like we put all our eggs in one basket.

Quite possibly the worst post ever. Log out.

 

[Duncan Disordely]

He's not a £28m player and never will be. Looks like we put all our eggs in one basket.

I hope your life outside of this forum is a far happier more positive thing than your posts in it

 

[BluenosePaul]

I hope your life outside of this forum is a far happier more positive thing than your posts in it

it isn't

 

[Tubey]

I actually thought that, brilliance for the goal aside, he was poor to be honest.

Doesn't win enough headers for a man his size because he can't utilise his strength. He made a couple of great breaks down the wing second half and made the wrong decision (should have played Mirallas in before he tried backheeling it to Naismith, for example). Work rate needs improving too, but that'll probably come with fitness.

Yep this.

But that's Lukaku pretty much 90% of the time. One or two moments of pure magic, anonymity otherwise.

 

[DRM]

He's not a £28m player and never will be. Looks like we put all our eggs in one basket.

Apparantly, we're also having some eggs for Eto'o or Welbeck.

 

[Rook]

/Lukaku limps off
//Arsenal pushes everyone forward
///scores 2 goals in no time
////I've come to believe that these 2 things were related

 

[Khalekan]

Although he's obviously not fully match fit, anyone else think his general play in the Arsenal game was far and away better than what we saw from December onwards? His first touch, passing and hold up play was much more in keeping with what we expect. Hopefully this continues through the season.

For sure.

In fact, I would say that was his best game got us.