Rather him than Kane. There I said it. Slaughter me Redcafe.
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- Goals
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I'm publicly one of his biggest critics but what nonsense are you talking? Most players hit that first time. He try wait and pick an opening and he found it. It might have not been 100% clean (hitting a leg on the way) but he found the opening nevertheless.
If only Pogba had Lukaku's mentality and attitude...
Chelsea fans thought Lukaku had weak mentality when he wanted to leave Chelsea as he wasn't first choice. Poor form doesn't mean poor mentality.
I thought he was well composed to hold and hold even more until a defender committed to tackling him.
Yes Pogba is going through weak patch but what Neville said about Pogba yesterday at HT is right too. I don't mean Pogba has "don't care" attitude but he does lack bringing in the required intensity and extra-fight needed in tough away games. Anyway, this can be taken to Pogba's thread. However I couldn't help but wonder what if Pogba fights for every ball like Lukaku..
I fecking love Rom
Easily one of my favorite players in the team. I think he gets a really raw deal at times and his goal return so far is great. I wish we could get better service to him and he would have scored even more. Keep it up big man Love his passion!
Top lad.
Top lad.
Involved in 30 goals this season in one of the least creative teams that's a great return. If we can become more fluid in attack he will score shedloads for us.
We need to give him more service, whats happened to all the chances we used to create last season? I remember we created a lot of chances but never finished them now we don't seem to create half as much, very strange.
Staying true to your name I see.
Now now, I completely agree. Admittedly it's still not top level, yet I can see his improvements on those already. Yeap, it can be frustrating for midfielders to play with him at times when the spaces is congested and he's not moving usefully as playing in small spaces is not his best strengths to rely on. Anyhow, his general chemistry so far with the other attackers except Martial is still not at an acceptable high level. Promising signs, just the first only season, should be a lot better next season.Agreed, I think it is an underrated goal especially as Matic went and eclipsed it a few minutes later. It reminded me of an RVN / Solskjaer finish who were both masters as delaying/dummying the shot and squeezing a shot past the defender / through their legs.
Rom has been superb the past month or so now, should have got our February player of the month over DDG for me.
Personality wise probably one of the most likeable guys at the club right now. Very hard to dislike.
That's 11 in his last 19. Had that period where he scored 1 in 12. And 11 in 10 prior to that shit run.
Ultimately, if you take that poor run of form out, he's scored 22 goals in 29 games (26 starts).
Ultimately, if you take that poor run of form out, he's scored 22 goals in 29 games (26 starts).
Yep such a shame he had that poor run, it really took away from a (so far) great season. He's looking much happier and and energetic recently, I just wish he would keep his movement up.
Underrated leader. A lot more encouraging than confrontational but you need both.
Agree. Very selfless guy as well IMO. Question him technically if you want but personality wise for me he is a world class individual - he's a fighter and a good team player who is a nice guy but has a strong will to win.
I just sincerely hope the rest of his game comes on leaps and bounds. Still scores which is a good sign but we desperately need a consistent focal point who makes the ball stick too.
Feel sorry for him to be honest, two full backs who don't overlap or get early balls in. Feed the man and he will score. Living off scraps
Spot on. For whatever reason last night Valencia just refused to provide the overlap, he even had Sanchez shouting at him to get up, that's why Jose said feck it, sub him and put Lingard at right back.
It was also great to see Lukaku urging his team players on, a true leaders performance last night.
Yeah, but, but Morata is much better. Amirite?
If we stop blindly hoofing the ball in the big matches, he would probably do better in those games. He certainly can improve a lot, but he has time and most importantly, the mentality to do it.
This team is screaming for a winger/fullback who can cross the ball properly.
This team is screaming for a winger/fullback who can cross the ball properly.
He's playing better now than at any time during the season, which is good to see as we need our primary striker bang in form for the crucial stage of the season. However, I'm not knee-jerking after a few long overdue positive contributions.
He has 14 PL goals all season, he's 10 behind Salah, despite enjoying over 200 minutes more pitch time. He's also 10 behind Kane and 7 behind Aguero, despite nearly 500 minutes more pitch time than the Argentine. He's only scored 3 more PL goals than Glenn Murray, despite nearly 800 minutes more pitch time. To put it into context, of the 12 players who have double figures for the season, only 3 have a worse goals to minutes ratio (Vardy, Son and Rooney) and the difference between them is very marginal. He does have a good assist ratio but it isn't any better than his closest competitors, bar Kane.
Now, you can argue that City, Spurs and Liverpool create more chances for their strikers, but do Everton, Brighton and Leicester? He needs to do a lot more from now until the end of the season and into next year.
There are encouraging signs and I like his personality. I also liked Diego Forlan's personality but you have to hit a certain standard at United, whether you are a passionate guy or not. I'm one for giving players time though and I will judge him properly at the end of next season (when he arguably should have a more complete team around him). Right now he has probably achieved the minimum that is expected of a 75 million pound striker.
He has 14 PL goals all season, he's 10 behind Salah, despite enjoying over 200 minutes more pitch time. He's also 10 behind Kane and 7 behind Aguero, despite nearly 500 minutes more pitch time than the Argentine. He's only scored 3 more PL goals than Glenn Murray, despite nearly 800 minutes more pitch time. To put it into context, of the 12 players who have double figures for the season, only 3 have a worse goals to minutes ratio (Vardy, Son and Rooney) and the difference between them is very marginal. He does have a good assist ratio but it isn't any better than his closest competitors, bar Kane.
Now, you can argue that City, Spurs and Liverpool create more chances for their strikers, but do Everton, Brighton and Leicester? He needs to do a lot more from now until the end of the season and into next year.
There are encouraging signs and I like his personality. I also liked Diego Forlan's personality but you have to hit a certain standard at United, whether you are a passionate guy or not. I'm one for giving players time though and I will judge him properly at the end of next season (when he arguably should have a more complete team around him). Right now he has probably achieved the minimum that is expected of a 75 million pound striker.
Honestly has stepped back up again. I've been critical of him but he has really tried to play himself into form. My problem will always be the big games hopefully he will show up on the weekend. But fair play to him.
What I'd give for him to get his 100th PL goal at the Stretford End against Liverpool.
Poetic.
Poetic.
Really happy that the general view on him has changed and many caftards are (finally) acknowledging his contribution. You really cannot fault a player who works hard, gives his best and clearly improves his performances.
No doubt. I am not a fan of his because I still don't think he has the quality to lead our line. He may be disproving me, but I will wait it out. No doubt about how likable he is though
What do you think about Romelu playing the Ronaldo role + someone like Benzema making opening runs?
Has been our best attacking player for a few games running and was against Chelsea as well. Have to say I was a sceptic for a long time but he’s won me over, specially after Chelsea. Let’s hope he cements that over the weekend!
Ummm. Why? He’s our player! If a player is doing well for us, to almost be hoping he’ll cock it up (and the club suffers) just so that your opinion is proven right seems unnecessarily self-centred and self-defeating!
He's winning me round. I'm happy to choke on my criticism.
You should be called overcriticalanalysis.
He does all those things you mention. Can he do better? Yes, every player can. But his improvement over the course of the season has shown he’s not one to rest on his laurels.
I already said he does those things, that's why I wrote it out. My point was he doesn't do any of them in a consistent manner for other players to react to.
E.g When a player looks up or even before that, the striker should be either gesturing where he wants the ball or they should already be making movements towards/away from it. Most of the time Lukaku seems to be waiting for something to happen first, which is not conductive for fluid football especially if the opposition is already sitting deep.
One one hand we talk about needing to give him service and providing a better attacking platform. On the other, whenever he gets the ball, too often we and probably himself doesn't know what's going to come out of it.
Sometimes he wants the ball to his feet/played to him when he's got defenders surrounding him and then other times when we have the ball, he's ambling around with inconsistent hold up play. Stylistically and fundamentally he's on another level atm. I'm not saying it's all his fault because it's most definitely not but those details matters.
Dunno where you got that from. I could care less if my opinion is proven right or wrong (as it literally doesn't matter what I think!) but I just feel I am right on this one though he may be proving me wrong.
To think some people would've rather have had Morata, remember that?! I've always believed in him, I think he's had a very good season, with better service from midfield he would most likely be on thirty odd goals by now. He worked so hard for the team, going out on to the right to try and make something happen.
I’m happy with his contribution.
Have to say that in a way I was more impressed with his goal than Matic's one. He showed that RVP calmness to wait for his moment and fake his shot until he seen the opening to score. Great finish too.
Still think he's being wrongly used as a target man. He's not a Drogba, he's a guy who thrives on running the channels, receiving through balls to exploit the defense with his pace and strength and is a great header of the ball in the box. I've actually been impressed overall with his general play especially coming from the right. Been Jose's best signing by a mile so far in my opinion.
Still think he's being wrongly used as a target man. He's not a Drogba, he's a guy who thrives on running the channels, receiving through balls to exploit the defense with his pace and strength and is a great header of the ball in the box. I've actually been impressed overall with his general play especially coming from the right. Been Jose's best signing by a mile so far in my opinion.
It was nowhere near as good and was also heavily deflected.
Agree he's a poor target man.
Ah didn't notice the deflection. I still think he showed good calmness in picking his moment to shoot, a good sign in a striker.
Well I try not to be too critical so yeah his performances are good all things considered. However, I'm not really talking about effort, application or mentality, it's just his instinctive play and general footballing intelligence isn't really polished or consistent enough for me.
So what if it was deflected? For a start it was good composure to get himself balanced. It was a big moment. There were players in front of him and he was hardly 30 yards out...so a deflection was always likely. It's not as if it was going miles wide or over the bar...If he can keep improving then that's great! He should target 30+ goals and who would back against him? Whether he get's that total, he's shown the right mentality. At 24, similar to Kane, the future looks bright.
Eh, are you having a laugh? He’s a very intelligent player. The only thing really holding him back consistency wise is his touch. Some times it’s magnificent, other times it’s off his shin and back past the half way line.
One of my fav players and will be here for a long time. I'm going to stick my neck out and say future captain.
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