He is look poor despite his goal, I just don't think we can play any high level technical football with him in the side.
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- Goals
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- Assists
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- Yellow cards
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Was curious to see where his goal record stands in comparison to others around europe, as i don't think it's been good enough despite obviously his goal record being the main reason why he was seen as a potentially top striker. To put his goal record into perspective, here are players that have as many or more in the top 5 leagues:
- Cavani 23
- Kane 23
- Salah 22 (not sure if today's goal is counted)
- Immobile 22
- Aguero 21
- Messi 20
- Lewandowski 20
- Neymar 19
- Icardi 18
- Quagliarella 17
- Suarez 17
- Falcao 17
- Aspas 16
- Fekir 16
- Mertens 15
- Thauvin 15
- Sterling 15
- Higuain 14
- Mariano 14
- Dybala 14
- Stuani 13
- Vardy 13
- Balotelli 13
- Gomez 13
- Aubamayeng 13 (+1 for Arsenal so 14)
- Ronaldo 12 (scored 2 today so at 14 I think?)
- Petersen 12
- Firmino 12 (not sure if today's goal is counted)
- Lukaku 12
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Finding stats for all competitions would be easier.
Theres a reason why its just the league, lets be honest.
Theres a reason why its just the league, lets be honest.
12 goals is pitiful, he needs to do so much better, I hope he can go on a run again soon.
No I took for the league's because I went on whoscored.com and they have a section that lists everyone in the top 5 league's all on one page
He's right. I love him but that's why I said previously his season can be considered decent at best currently. His numbers on their own doesn't look bad but compared to other top strikers, they're pretty underwhelming. I'm willing to give him a pass this season as he's still young, but similar numbers next season will be a concern for me.
He's a better player than the team is making him look. As with all attacking players, having options around you will aide you no end. But at this moment in time, we've gotten a midfield that doesn't help the defence, nor the attack. Matic has lost form, no longer brings the ball out of defence, Pogba is out of form and looks disinterested. Jose has his work cut out and by the looks of it he's reverting to safety first. Team certainly needs improvements with regard to midfield in the summer.
@el3mel
But he's not just playing league football, he's brought in to do his best in all competitions and that's what he should be judged on.
I don't think I've seen Firminhos league only stats posted anywhere but here for example. These stats are only ever posted to push home a point.
Lukaku didn't score many in mid December to mid January and he was fantastic during that period but our side shit the bed when Lukaku was waiting for a simple ball for a tap in or 1 v 1.
The problem is the games come thick and fast during busy periods in England so those league only games really add up at a fast rate. Its how Kane won the golden boot last year using the same principle.
A period of 4/5 games in 2 and a half weeks? Boom 10 goals and he's top scorer.
Put a FA cup weekend or a CL game mid week during that period and Lukaku holds on to win it.
Top players shouldn't be judged on league goals alone. That goes for anybody imo. Its a total disservice.
But he's not just playing league football, he's brought in to do his best in all competitions and that's what he should be judged on.
I don't think I've seen Firminhos league only stats posted anywhere but here for example. These stats are only ever posted to push home a point.
Lukaku didn't score many in mid December to mid January and he was fantastic during that period but our side shit the bed when Lukaku was waiting for a simple ball for a tap in or 1 v 1.
The problem is the games come thick and fast during busy periods in England so those league only games really add up at a fast rate. Its how Kane won the golden boot last year using the same principle.
A period of 4/5 games in 2 and a half weeks? Boom 10 goals and he's top scorer.
Put a FA cup weekend or a CL game mid week during that period and Lukaku holds on to win it.
Top players shouldn't be judged on league goals alone. That goes for anybody imo. Its a total disservice.
When a striker that you can clearly see with your own eyes is lacking a lot of things in his game also has pretty average stats. Its a pretty good chance that player is just that, average. Not bad certainly not great. Thats what he is. His return and general play is what id expect of someone that cost 40 million would give us.
In united i expect more from a starting striker. A lot more tbf.
In united i expect more from a starting striker. A lot more tbf.
Even if we counted the all competitions stats, His 21 goals in 39 games look pretty underwhelming compared to Kane's 34 goals in 35 games, Salah's 31 goals in 37 games and Aguero's 29 goals in 33 games.
He should have been closer to them by all possible means. 21 goals is a decent number, but compared to the top scorers in the country, it's not enough at all.
Lukaku didn't win the Golden Boot last year because he failed to pull away when Kane missed games at the backend of the season. Lukaku played seven more league games.
And unless I'm reading this incorrectly, Spurs were in the FA Cup up to the semi finals and in Europe up to this time last year. Everton had no Europe and were out of the FA Cup in the first round.
If that first page of Whoscored its true Lukaku has 20 goals all competions(not friendlies or nt football). Tbh i dont think is that bad considering majority of other big teams keep attacking and trying to score even when they are winning, and that is not our case
Pretty damning.
I like Lukaku, but I think it’s time to start Sanchez, Martial and Rashford as a front three for a few games.
Each of the mentioned players is capable of interchanging and effortlessly moving positions. It was that level of flexibility that kept defenders on their toes when Ronaldo, Tevez and Rooney were so damn good during the 07-08 season.
The part about us killing teams off is spot on. We seem to get a couple of goals and then sit back when we could push on and thrash some teams.
@Boycott
My posts were about bouts of form falling on different stretches of the season. Kane still needed to score a ridiculous amount of goals in a run when he only had league games left. If that happened earlier then he would need to extend that run by 2 or 3 games since those goals would be shared among other competitions.
Go on a 7 game scoring run starting last week and Lukaku would have half of those goals in 2 Fa cup games and 2 CL games.
Go on a 7 game run mid April when you're out of every competition then you shoot up the league scoring charts.
You cant isolate one competition since every game inbetween affects those stats as well. Its not as if they're resting up between league games.
My posts were about bouts of form falling on different stretches of the season. Kane still needed to score a ridiculous amount of goals in a run when he only had league games left. If that happened earlier then he would need to extend that run by 2 or 3 games since those goals would be shared among other competitions.
Go on a 7 game scoring run starting last week and Lukaku would have half of those goals in 2 Fa cup games and 2 CL games.
Go on a 7 game run mid April when you're out of every competition then you shoot up the league scoring charts.
You cant isolate one competition since every game inbetween affects those stats as well. Its not as if they're resting up between league games.
I've still got faith in Rom but I really think he needs to deliver tomorrow. I'm not super fussed if he doesn't find the net, providing he contributes to our overall team performance & makes himself a right handful for the Chelsea defence.
Need a big game from Rom tomorrow.
I don't think that Lukaku is average. For me he is good striker who is used wrong. Despite his size I firmly believe that Lukaku is not a target man and must be used in similar way to Aubameyang at Dortmund with lots of thru balls in space which he has to chase. Further more for me Lukaku did show very good movement at the beginning of the season and despite some glaringly bad finishing in at times, he is good finisher in general.
Despite his large frame he's not the type of striker who can play with his back to goal and bring other players into play. He's a bit too clumsy and has too bad of a first touch to be a target man. He's at his best when he is getting behind the defense or even running at defenders from the flanks. Obviously, he isn't as complete or even as good as some of the top strikers in the league in terms his skill set and movement but I don't think Jose has done enough to get the best out of him tbh. If your tactics is to hoof long balls blindly and expect your striker to knock the them down or even control them with a magical first touch Romelu Lukaku isn't your guy.
Man Utd 2:1 Chelsea
He's trash. Simple as. Waste of money and like fellaini, we'll be better off when we give up on him and get someone better who can actually control a ball in big games
edit: Your shite now go and do that again
edit: Your shite now go and do that again
Scores in a big game!
Well taken goal but god his holdup play is awful. In the build up to the goal his first touch from a ball passed along the ground took it up to a 5050 contested header
fecking a.
Had a few terrible touches initially, but credit to the big guy, he worked hard and came through when needed.
Feels nice to work an intricate goal through the middle for once. Well played Rom.
His first touch for the finish was perfect in fairness
That 10-second phase of play encapsulates Lukaku: a loose touch is immediately followed with a brilliant close-control, two-touch finish.
Thankfully the poorer passages of play are becoming less frequent and his improvement this season is there for all to see. On track for 30+ goals in his first season at the club. That's impressive in any context.
Thankfully the poorer passages of play are becoming less frequent and his improvement this season is there for all to see. On track for 30+ goals in his first season at the club. That's impressive in any context.
For a big man, he really seems to have trouble sealing off the player behind him and collecting the ball.
His hold up play is poor, not because of his distribution and technique once he has the ball, but because of his difficulty in collecting the ball in the first place.
His hold up play is poor, not because of his distribution and technique once he has the ball, but because of his difficulty in collecting the ball in the first place.
Was absolutely awful except for the goal. Nice to see him scoring in a big game
Interesting tactics from Mou — Lukaku drifting right and Sanchez going through the middle
Interesting tactics from Mou — Lukaku drifting right and Sanchez going through the middle
Hasn’t been great but scored which will help.
I do think playing two upfront will help him. He seems more comfortable with Martial being closer than out wide.
I do think playing two upfront will help him. He seems more comfortable with Martial being closer than out wide.
His touch honestly cannot get much worse today. It's been very bad.
He has had a terrible game and his touch has been horrendous but took his chance which he hasn’t done in other big games this season.
So pleased for him getting his goal.
I don’t trust him on the ball anywhere except in the box.
I don’t trust him on the ball anywhere except in the box.
Sloppy at times but good strength and composure for the goal
Had a poor half
The goal was Lukaku's strength and weaknesses on display. The 'control' was really the ball bouncing off him but was lucky it didn't destroy the attack as shown by Sanchez reaction. Once he got it under control showed intelligent passing, instinctive movement and good finishing in the box.
Utter fecking wank player, well taken goal though
Play to his strengths and he´s a good striker, play him like we do and he´s okey.
When he has his back to goal, he performs very well.
But we just keep lumping it up to him instead
But we just keep lumping it up to him instead
He is here to score goals and he is doing that. Others around him needs to give him service and step up.
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