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it like last year when we tried to play Zlatan up front against a teams who famously play a high line, or at the end of te season when we left Rashford isolated.His hold up play just simply isn’t good enough. Cannot understand why we have signed him to play as a lone striker.
Again no problem in him passing through a drought out, it happens to the best strikers in the world. The problem is in his overall play. He just seems to get contained easily with defenders when no one is creating for him. I don't expect him to create for himself, but he should his build up to bully defenders and provide nuisance to them, to hold up the ball and bring the rest of his teammates up to the pitch. You can't be of that size and lose challenges that easily it's ridiculous.
If he wants to become an elite striker he must learn to play on his strength. Use your physicality ffs.
So you want him to run around smacking lads ?
What the actual f**feck is a striker meant to do when he gets no service ?
The man has proved he can score goals when he gets service.
If this the only thing you understood from what my post then it can't be helped.
Your post didn't make sense.
He is the type of person who is better looking by being hairy. Why did he have to be bald?He looks weird without a beard too.
Agree.He's not being utilized accordingly. He's pacey but not mobile, he turns rather slow. He should be on the end of accurate crosses/through balls running into space.
BINGO.Stick a lamppost upfront and it won't get any service.
Some reply that is. Absolute state.
Stick a lamppost upfront and it won't get any service.
Total BS. He's getting absolutely no service. So of course he's going to be miserable and frustratedAll that strength is a joke, he's not man enough to handle the big games, you can see it on his face. He scores against small teams while Utd are in control anyway.
He's feeble, just trash
Rashford is playing as a winger. It's his bloody job to run. If Lukaku runs around like a headless chicken, then who's going to maintain the shape needed to keep the opposition defense honest and play as target man. Some of you people are so clueless about the tactical aspect of the game its laughableRashford doesnt stop running and he didnt get any service.
It makes every sense.
A striker of this size should be winning challenges and aerial deals and holding up the ball under pressure with not much problem. On the reality it looks the opposite. He loses possession of the ball very easily under pressure. That's unacceptable for such kind of strikers.
He doesn't get enough service thus doesn't score much, that's normal and all but all the other things I want from my team's striker are done very poorly from him since Liverpool game.
If he doesn't play on his strength and use his physicality to impose himself on the defenders he won't become an elite striker.
This wasn't about service, he can't even handle basic football control. You just knew that nothing good would come from him today, he's so damn easy to defend against.Total BS. He's getting absolutely no service. So of he's going to be miserable and frustrated
You're talking out of your asss mate
Yes, this.He's an isolated #9 in a team losing the midfield battle. Do people not understand how football works?
All the wanking over Morata in the match thread and saying we bought the wrong striker is so dumb. Morata would be having the exact same problem right now in this side.
Not the exact same problem though. Morata is actually decent at linking up and holding on to the ball, at least winning FKs.He's an isolated #9 in a team losing the midfield battle. Do people not understand how football works?
All the wanking over Morata in the match thread and saying we bought the wrong striker is so dumb. Morata would be having the exact same problem right now in this side.
I like Rom, but stuff like this shouldn't be happening to a top level striker.
That isn't meant to disparage Lukaku either because Gómez scored 99 goals in his last 3 seasons at Bayern - which was an exceptional statistical target for any striker, particularly the 2012/12 and 2012/13 seasons:Hoeneß: "We now have alternatives for Mario Gomez. This is a prerequisite for success. He is good - but not very good."
Another average performance against decent team. He's still young though, and maybe can learn a thing or two when Ibra is back.
Not a kneejerk comment after the Chelsea match evidenced by posts in previous threads where some of the lingering concerns with him were voiced: e.g. Ultimately, I think Lukaku is what he is - we knew what we were getting based on the totality of his career. He's probably going to to be a Mario Gómez type player for United as far as the best-case scenario is concerned in terms of his production.
That isn't meant to disparage Lukaku either because Gómez scored 99 goals in his last 3 seasons at Bayern - which was an exceptional statistical target for any striker, particularly the 2012/12 and 2012/13 seasons:
In spite of the goals, Gómez faced criticism because he never quite had or developed the all-round play or compensatory workrate needed to be the leading center forward of an elite club. And it's unlikely that Lukaku is going to show great improvement in those departments at this stage of his career (24½ isn't exactly young - especially for someone who has played 330 club games and 60 national team games). Reckon over the next 2-4 years (timeline is dependent on the evolution of the team - particularly in the Champions League), it'll be a matter of either acquiring or developing (Rashford/Martial) better all-round fits and alternatives - like Bayern did with Mandzukić and Lewandowski in quick succession. Just hope that the decision-makers at United are proactive enough to make the admittedly harsh decision when the time is right because while he's good in terms of the production over the course of a season (especially when he goes on a purple patch) - he's not very good from a broader perspective, and doesn't have the skillset to become very good or a difference maker at the position.
