Great control in the build up to his goal
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- Appearances
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- Goals
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- Assists
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His build up play is actually good when the play is quicker and there is movement and people making runs off him.
Yep. Noticed that. He was on the edge waiting for the counter. Was pleased to see that.
First touch is still loose and still doesn't do well enough to aim for the corners on shot attempts. Age is on his side as he's a good attacker once he has the ball under control. The timing and weight of his passes are some of the best in the team
Not a fan, and would still rather he wasn’t in the team.
Haven’t seen us play football like we did at Everton for years, ever since we started playing with a 6’4 striker last season at least. Martial-Jessi-Mata for me.
That said, I wouldn’t mind seeing Lukaku playing inside right as he has done a few times.
Haven’t seen us play football like we did at Everton for years, ever since we started playing with a 6’4 striker last season at least. Martial-Jessi-Mata for me.
That said, I wouldn’t mind seeing Lukaku playing inside right as he has done a few times.
What a motivated and hardworking lad.
The difference between lukaku and Welbeck is actually lukaku can finish.
He is one amazing striker!
The difference between lukaku and Welbeck is actually lukaku can finish.
He is one amazing striker!
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Goal and an assist. Not bad.
Felt his improvisation for his goal was fantastic. The ball from Martial was slightly behind him. Love the way he took a touch and just let the ball roll through his legs, which gave him a shooting opportunity.
Felt his improvisation for his goal was fantastic. The ball from Martial was slightly behind him. Love the way he took a touch and just let the ball roll through his legs, which gave him a shooting opportunity.
I like him and think hes perfectly good enough to be our main striker but lets not pretend that was anything other than a screwed up first touch!
Steady! It was Derby in the 90th minute mate, when they were pushing men forward to try to grab an equalizer.
Did that give him magical powers to have good first touch and control?
I'd say the fact that he was "closed down" by Tom Huddlestone who's one of the slowest players helped. 
Between him and Blind, who's slower? I always thought Blind was the slowest footballer on planet.I'd say the fact that he was "closed down" by Tom Huddlestone who's one of the slowest players helped.
I'm liking his recent attitude change. Liking it a lot. The core group are mostly still young players, so it's likely we're just watching growing pains at times.
Finally he's getting his beard back and getting back to be the player he used to be at the beginning of the season before he shaved.
Please don't shave again.
Please don't shave again.
Years? We played better at Leicester a couple of week ago,with lukaku being the best attacker on the pitch. We should of scored 4 or 5 if anyone had bothered putting any of the chances away which romelu was putting on a plate for them.
I'm disappointed overall. 10 goals in 21 in the Premier League is very disappointing.
21 goals and assists in 31 games is a good record.
I noticed the same but it's possible he was just given Mkhitaryan's role from set pieces to avoid confusion for everyone else.
You are kidding right? Newcastle last month was just the same. We had lots more dominant games than Everton away.
He has a 1 in 2 goal scoring rate for us. Kane is close to a 1 in 1. It is a disappointing return for me considering hopes and expectations before the season started.
Even 21 in 31 G+A is a long way off Kane with 27 in 26.
He is on track to score 30 goals in a season, that's a good return.
Obviously not as good as Kane but then again we are talking about arguably the best striker in the world.
I guess you can't expect to get a top striker for £75m these days anyway, 30 goals in 55 games is about what you would expect. Kane would be worth £180m or something right now.
It wasn't the 1st time he showed that kind of skill.
Not to mention, he nearly fluffed the finish trying to rearrange his body to get the shot off.
He will probably end the season (providing he stays injury free) with around 30 goals / 10 assists, which is a very decent return he can build on next term. Sure we expected his ratio to increase from his Everton days, but it's not like he's missing a bucketload of sitters each game. He has missed his fair share, but overall I think he's been fine on the finishing side. A little bit inconsistent as expected IMHO.
Guaranteed some will never be pleased with him. I feel sorry for them though as Rom will be our main striker for 5 years min so they'll need to get over it.
Are you for real?
Comical isn't it? How dare Lukaku can't dribble as smooth as Messi?
Some nice agenda posting in here.
They'll be satisfied if he scores a 1st, winning goal, in about 65th minute by dribblling messiesque pass the whole deffence, lifts the ball himself to score from a scissor kick.
Dominance is not my point. We dominated at home against Fulham under Moyes, where we must have broken a record for aimless crosses into the box.
My point was actual quality. There was far more control and purpose against Everton. In my opinion, that was the most class I’ve seen in our play. We barely put a cross in all game, and fashioned real chances with one touch play and movement.
Im still confident he will get 25-30 goals in the PL alone. I reckon he will finish with closer to 40 in total for the year.
Are you for real?
Yes. His build up play was excellent, all I was saying was that he took an age to rearrange his body to use the right foot and hit it straight at the keeper. Just responding to the 'what a goal' comment. It was a good goal taking into account the hold up play he showed.
It wasn’t “straight at the keeper”
Away to Leicester was every bit as good, complete with the great chances. Only Leicester weren't as pathetic as Everton in attack and we fluffed our own chances, so the result was different. To argue that the problem in our play has been Lukaku based on that game at Everton is obvious agenda posting.
Hit the keepers hand without him even moving. So yes it was pretty much at the keeper. You could argue he meant it, which is fair enough but you can't argue it wasn't hit where the keeper was standing. Not that it matters, it went in - which is what counts.
Martial's pass could have been better, Lukaku had to break his stride to control the ball.
I think he's played quite well for about 3/4 games now, let's keep our fingers crossed that he's back. December was gruelling for all our players, only a few seemed to play to the best over Christmas.
Agreed, just saying Lukaku's first touch there against a better defender would have probably prevented him from getting a shot off and secondly, that shot would have been saved by a better keeper there. Even taking into account the poor pass, his first touch there should be cushioning that ball in front of him and then taking it ahead of defender then finishing it. Margins, but against a better side those little technical things come into play.
Nope, it’s a difference in opinion. Away to Leicester was good, but I saw something stylistically against Everton that I didn’t know we had, and I’d like to see more of it.
I’ve said before, I’d like to see Lukaku on the right if anything. Ultimately though, yes, I do not believe he is the man to build our attack around for the next 4 or 5 years, I think we can develop a better team if we went in a different direction.
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