Lukaku's first touch

His first touch in the build up to the first goal somehow ended up on his head,but it ended up in the net which is all i care about.

He is a mixed bag, but he works his socks off up top and puts a shift in, especially the times when he has had zero service.
 
What an absolute rubbish. Inconsistent first touch IS bad first touch.
 
Yeah, that Chelsea goal sums him up. Horrible first touch, ball over his head, knocked out Christensen for a second in winning it again, getting through and scoring with a very good first touch and cool finish.

Rooney comparison is pretty good in that sense, frustrating one second, excellent few moments later. One of Rooney's greatest goals, that overhead kick was followed after an awful first touch in the build-up moments before. He is also obviously a confidence player as few great moments will make him pick up his game and playing much better.

Don't know just why we don't play more balls into the channels like Scott did before the second goal.
 
He's improving. It's clear his all round game is developing even if not fully consistent yet.

He's only 24 so quite confident he'll continue to do this and study the game.
 
As I said previously it looks more inconsistent than being bad in general. Some times he controls it very well and some times very bad. If it's just inconsistent it'll hopefully improve later on.
 
I still think this is blown way out of proportion. Lukaku usually receives a pass with a defender at his back or surrounded by defenders, there's obviously more pressure involved when compared to where Martial or Alexis receive the ball. He's no Messi, but from what I've seen at United, his first touch is no better or worse than Kane's.
 
reddevil702 said:
I still think this is blown way out of proportion. Lukaku usually receives a pass with a defender at his back or surrounded by defenders, there's obviously more pressure involved when compared to where Martial or Alexis receive the ball. He's no Messi, but from what I've seen at United, his first touch is no better or worse than Kane's.
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What the hell, the ball seems like it's glued to Kane's foot. I definitely wouldn't say the same about Lukaku, more the opposite..
 
Mickfoley said:
What an absolute rubbish. Inconsistent first touch IS bad first touch.
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100% this.

Mr Bob is a great penalty taker. Sure, he misses more than he scores, but here's a video of him scoring one to prove how great he is.
 
TheReligion said:
He's improving. It's clear his all round game is developing even if not fully consistent yet.

He's only 24 so quite confident he'll continue to do this and study the game.
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I'm not of of his haters, i dont think his season is bad. His first touch can improve but i think he is an efficient player anyway.

What worries me most is that he is playing professional football since he was a 16 years old. I saw the example of many Brazilian players that started as young as Lukaku and when they were in the middle of their 20s, their level dropped very fast. I hope this will not happen with Rom.
 
luke511 said:
What the hell, the ball seems like it's glued to Kane's foot. I definitely wouldn't say the same about Lukaku, more the opposite..
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I think Kane is the best striker in the world atm but there is nothing special about his first touch, especially to say the ball is glued to his foot. I would save that for someone like Suarez. Now I'm not saying Kane has a bad first touch but simply using him as a reference since he doesn't have that stigma and yet imo very similar skill level to Lukaku.
 
Hmmmmmm?????


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We look much better and more fluid without Lukaku.

Some players, a la Berbatov who was mentioned, have that magic touch.
Lukaku got that tragic touch.
 
reddevil702 said:
I think Kane is the best striker in the world atm but there is nothing special about his first touch, especially to say the ball is glued to his foot. I would save that for someone like Suarez. Now I'm not saying Kane has a bad first touch but simply using him as a reference since he doesn't have that stigma and yet imo very similar skill level to Lukaku.
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you seriously think Kane has the same standard first touch as Lukkaku ?
 
reddevil702 said:
I still think this is blown way out of proportion. Lukaku usually receives a pass with a defender at his back or surrounded by defenders, there's obviously more pressure involved when compared to where Martial or Alexis receive the ball. He's no Messi, but from what I've seen at United, his first touch is no better or worse than Kane's.
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I will have some of what you are smoking please
 
reddevil702 said:
I think Kane is the best striker in the world atm but there is nothing special about his first touch, especially to say the ball is glued to his foot. I would save that for someone like Suarez. Now I'm not saying Kane has a bad first touch but simply using him as a reference since he doesn't have that stigma and yet imo very similar skill level to Lukaku.
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reddevil702 said:
I think Kane is the best striker in the world atm but there is nothing special about his first touch, especially to say the ball is glued to his foot. I would save that for someone like Suarez. Now I'm not saying Kane has a bad first touch but simply using him as a reference since he doesn't have that stigma and yet imo very similar skill level to Lukaku.
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Nothing special about Kane's first touch, but he has effective first touch. Thinking with his head. Lukaku? he just hope for the best.
 
I am starting to hate him, almost like he is doing it on purpose. it is worse than playing with 10 men.
 
Lukaku has a poor first touch, but what drives me crazy isn't just how poor it is, but how stupid some of his first touches are. A poor first touch can be made up for by having your first touch go into space around you. But in order to pull that off you have to be aware of who is around you and he just doesn't pay attention. His first touch is always straight back in the direction that it came from, or it gets caught up in his feet. Just this past weekend in the game against Fulham he was given a pass where his closest defender was beside him on his left. The ball was passed to his right. He tried to collect it and ended up giving it away. All he had to do was let the ball run through and he was gone on goal. But he just doesn't pay attention to these things and has no idea where his defenders are. It's so frustrating...
 
So frustrating to watch. And still Mourinho doesn't want to gamble on Mason in this game? What's the risk?
 
Is Berbatov an ambassador for Man Utd now? I love the guy, he usually articulates well but I don't know what he was speaking about there.

He contradicted himself by saying a strikers job isn't only to score goals but Lukaku is actually offering nothing at the minute.

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The ball bounces off him like a rugby ball ffs. Its ridiculous. His movement is also non-existent. He literally stands square in front of the defenders asking for the mids to thread the eye of a needle for him. How can anyone provide him service like that?

It's beyond a joke.
 
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I find it funny how he always seems to prepare himself for the first touch, like you can clearly see him adjusting his body to receive it in a "oke any time now!" way.
 
His touch was comical last night. That first exchange on the video above where he messed up a very dangerous counter was excruciatingly bad. Got to feel for him at this point. Flogging a dead horse.
 
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Let's be honest, he simply doesn't deserve to play.

Awful touch and an awful physique that has slowed him down considerably.

Especially his acceleration and gas tank. Both are completely shot. Should no longer play any games for us until he deserves to. Should be eyeing potential replacements asap. Let him go to Italy if he wants.
 
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Berba is a great character! I agree with his points about slowly building Lukakus confidence, and Berbatov would actually know what Lukaku is going through, since he experienced something similar in his first few seasons at United (the big difference being that the team was actually winning at that time). We already know from last season that Lukaku is a much better player than he is currently showing, so I think confidence is a big part of the problem.

On a side note, his statement that "some of the fans are not happy about the performance of the team" might be the understatement of the century.
 
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