There is no subtelty with his finishing most of the time, it's just about blasting it as powerfully as possible.
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What? What RvN did against arsenal (big team of the time) in those days? He used to score yes but his hold up play was dreadful in those games.
He won the header and flicked it onto the path of martial who scored. And against arsenal there was nothing bog standard. the third goal especially was great play from him with his perfect lay off onto the path of lingard under pressure from koscielny. His perfect cross for Rashford for Pogba’s goal vs Newcastle, his cross for Rashford for the goal vs Huddersfield all show that he is quite capable of creating chances (just off the top of my head).
Maybe you should actually watch what he does. He isn’t the best but he is clearly not as bad as you make out to be.
Low confidence aside, he had the same deficiencies in his game you could see at Everton. His game isn't good enough to be a United no.9 longterm.
Newsflash people, Morata isnt any better than Lukaku. Morata's hold up play is FAR worse than Lukaku's, you would break a fuse if you watched Morata flop to the floor 10 times every game when he could hold up the ball instead.
He's also incapable of holding the ball up, which is unfortunate, because he usually plays as the lone striker.
This. Don't think Morata has impressed for long periods either.
Got to be honest, it looked like Benteke with a red shirt on and that's saying something as Benteke is absolutely atrocious at the moment. I'd still say Benteke wins more headers though.
One of the worst performances I've seen from a United player in a long time. Looked like he was starstruck and didn't know what he was doing or how he got there.
Completely agree, a good number of the balls to him were horrendous. However, this a gameplan that Lukaku not only should be used to from his days at Everton, but also one where he should have a greater impact on the overall game than this.
Just because you keep repeating it doesn’t make it true. I just quoted examples of him holding the ball up and drifting through the channels to create chances for others. All in the last month or so.
First he loses the ball which leads to a free kick and the he doesn't even clear it to make up for his mistake. Utd are never going to win anything with him as the main striker because he rarely scores in the big games or when it matters most. Instead he comes up with these misses in front of goal and then acts like it's nothing. Never wanted him at utd. Waste of money.
How long will his run in the side continue before Jose mans up and drops him. Surely Zlatan must start soon?Not only is his form poor but he's a liability when he tries defending as seen last week against arsenal and now against city.
He played quite well against Arsenal and was important in that win and in midweek he was back on the scoresheet. But today he has taken a big step backwards and you have to worry about his confidence now. At least we have the option of Zlatan.
AgentP royally screwed us.
Zlatan is back. Drop him.
The problem with Lukaku is when he is not playing with confidence his technical deficiencies are heightened even more.
He will start scoring again, and everything will look rosy, but hes always going to lack that high level of technical ability you would expect from a striker playing for a elite team
He will start scoring again, and everything will look rosy, but hes always going to lack that high level of technical ability you would expect from a striker playing for a elite team
I find myself not believing in him at all when he's on the ball, which isn't good for such an expensive star signing.
Lukaku was poor today. But, did Zlatan do much when he came on in recent games to justify that? I'm not sure.
Which is irrelevant as per this game.
On today's display they never would have. For all their possession today they had only 2 more shots on target. Probably the two gifts from Lukaku. Today we could and should have beaten them. They wont play this badly against us in the return fixture.
He's a streaky striker and will get back amongst the goals and you will all fall back in love with him.
But that's exactly what scares me about him. We will be back to another phase like this thereafter. He was like this in his Everton days. But more is expected at United.
But that's exactly what scares me about him. We will be back to another phase like this thereafter. He was like this in his Everton days. But more is expected at United.
At least give him more minutes. Can't do any worse than the quicker Hesky atm if given the chance.
I had to give myself time to calm down after that septic team performance. But as for this good for enough, completely useless fecking donkey.. he isn't even related to a footballer. 75m?.. seventy five fecking million!
He offers absolutely nothing.. if I was offered £30m for him the morning I'd carry him myself to his next club myself. It was honestly like playing with 10 men.
I'm sorry but feck Lukaku..
He offers absolutely nothing.. if I was offered £30m for him the morning I'd carry him myself to his next club myself. It was honestly like playing with 10 men.
I'm sorry but feck Lukaku..
Only thing he could've done to imitate Heskey even more is to try some stepovers and trip himself to the ground.
I do think he’ll be a lot better next season. Big players are nearly always better here during the second season. He’s been fairly poor overall this season when it matters. He was pretty good last week but he, along with Pogbas red card lost us the game today.
Morata s by far a better footballer and despite being smaller, much superior in the air. Our team would be a lot more fluid in the same way that the movement was suddenly miles better when Saf chose Saha over Ruud
I can't help feeling we have paid way too much.
He's still young but so is Kane and you can rely on him far more even without having the physicality.
Disappointed.
He's still young but so is Kane and you can rely on him far more even without having the physicality.
Disappointed.
Problem with Lukaku he missed the chance against Liverpool the chance against Watford and it repeats it self here again , today twice, one we was put through by martial the ball stuck on his feet in the box, at least shot meeen, then the big one 4 yards out, just square it LOW in the net do not shot hard.
Two mistakes at the back carbon copy of what de gea saved against Arsenal when Lukaku almost scored an own goal..
In short nothing new Lukaku did today in both ends of the pitch
Two mistakes at the back carbon copy of what de gea saved against Arsenal when Lukaku almost scored an own goal..
In short nothing new Lukaku did today in both ends of the pitch
Heskey could actually defend
Some vultures have been circling from the day he signed. Sadly because of the fee people expect the finished article but he isn't (by his own admission). That said over the last few weeks whilst he's not scored, I've elements to his build up play that's amounted in goals. Patience, and in a couple of years and we'll have a world class player that will be more than just a goal scorer. We lost today but let's not use Rom as the scapegoat as our issues are a lot deeper.....
He needs a rest for a few games as he has had a few shockers lately, today and the Basel game spring to mind. Time to bring Zlatan in for a while until he repairs his confidence. He is still a more than capable player for us though.
Shame he didn't net that chance in the 2nd half, instead of booting it right at Ederson's mush. That would have been a huge goal for him and could have done him a world of good. It's just not going for him right now, but I still have a lot of faith in him.
Whenever he has a stinker, there seems to be a constant cry of "should've got Morata" but to me Lukaku is more suited for us under Mourinho and his style, and Morata - whilst having some good games (as Lukaku has for us!) - I don't think he's doing anything that puts him above Lukaku. Different players, but both are around the same level IMO
Whenever he has a stinker, there seems to be a constant cry of "should've got Morata" but to me Lukaku is more suited for us under Mourinho and his style, and Morata - whilst having some good games (as Lukaku has for us!) - I don't think he's doing anything that puts him above Lukaku. Different players, but both are around the same level IMO
Come on man. That was fecking shit today. No agendas. It really was crap.
I can. He did that against Chelsea in the 2015 FA cup semi-final. He was basically unplayable that day.
But we will also see this side of him too. He did that in the Semi against United in the very next round.
I am team Lukaku and not a Morata fan( who I think would have had his own problems here), but today was just bad.
Lukaku has been in the PL for 7 seasons now.
This is by no means kneejerk. When he was signed we were happy we had a goalscorer which is what he is but almost all said his first touch, technique and big game performances had to improve or else he wouldn't be good enough. Fast forward 6 months and yup he ain't good enough.
The man is a donkey and a flat track bully. This has been his career so far and is likely to continue to be his story.
This is by no means kneejerk. When he was signed we were happy we had a goalscorer which is what he is but almost all said his first touch, technique and big game performances had to improve or else he wouldn't be good enough. Fast forward 6 months and yup he ain't good enough.
The man is a donkey and a flat track bully. This has been his career so far and is likely to continue to be his story.
Where did I say he wasn't?
I like Lukaku I'm a big fan of his, but he was diabolical today. There's really nothing more to say. He assisted both goals for City and missed a short from 2 yards out by hitting it directly at the keeper. Was coming too deep, was regularly making the wrong (and riskier) pass. Was just a terrible game from him all around.
He needs to improve a lot if he wants to be our main striker going forward.
Bingo. No amount of confidence will make up for his technical deficiencies.
That's a great point, but our attack is much more fluid with Lukaku than it was ever with Zlatan. Despite missing chances.
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