Sticking him on the right wing would appear to be the short term answer.
Hoping Rashford or Martial make a leap in the next few months and force Mou to give them a chance through the middle.
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Sticking him on the right wing would appear to be the short term answer.
Hoping Rashford or Martial make a leap in the next few months and force Mou to give them a chance through the middle.
At Chelsea, Lukaku would have somebody like Alonso/Azpi to put in crosses to him. We would be frustrated that Morata isnt getting the service from out wide if he was here.
He’s not really the best footballer, but the thing worrying me at the moment is the number of headers he’s missing. Most being off-target.
I have to say it’s often like playing with a man down as he’s not much of an option for holding the ball up and giving it to a team-mate. You need to be pretty clinical with your finishing to excuse that at United.
I have to say it’s often like playing with a man down as he’s not much of an option for holding the ball up and giving it to a team-mate. You need to be pretty clinical with your finishing to excuse that at United.
I just think he needs a rest. Badly.
What irks me most is that he fails at the things he's supposed to be good at.
He is such a crap player, it's quite funny how Utd seem to like creating their own problems by signing players like him, even after so many managers. His numbers don't mean anything
If Mourinho is as ruthless as his reputation suggests, he should let Lukaku go soon enough.
If Mourinho is as ruthless as his reputation suggests, he should let Lukaku go soon enough.
So his poor form is down to our poor fullbacks? Top players don't have those kind of excuses and it's not like the fullbacks are to blame for how often the ball gets away from him when we are trying to build an attack, he's supposed to offset this by burying his chances but he had two good ones tonight and missed them both.
Benteke v2 - needs a full team to work towards him to get the best out of him.
José's quote about not being able to play rashford & martial in the same team is trash - both could be in partnership as strikers but the special one can only utilise strikers like lukaku & ibrahimpvic.
José's quote about not being able to play rashford & martial in the same team is trash - both could be in partnership as strikers but the special one can only utilise strikers like lukaku & ibrahimpvic.
We should've known before signing him that while he's evidently a decent footballer, his prime attribute is his finishing and his ability to score a ton of goals as opposed to his overall play. Give him service on a regular basis and he'll reap the rewards but if he's at all limited we'll struggle to get much out of him.
Will you stop with your exaggeration bullshit? First of all, we knew what we were getting and that wasn't Marco Van Basten type of striker for sure. He will not do fancy stuff or isn't technically the best striker around, but if you play to his strengths he can be damn effective as it was proven so far this season.
In all our games when we were on the front foot he was very good/excellent.
Take this Benteke v2 crap somewhere else.
In all our games when we were on the front foot he was very good/excellent.
Take this Benteke v2 crap somewhere else.
I got so much flack earlier in the season when I said he wasn't a top level striker. Now it seem's like everyone's on the bandwagon. As soon as he scores half the cafe will sway the other way again.
It's true either way. As soon as he doesn't score , he is not elite. Also, I don't think many called him lewandowski or cavani or aguero's level. I think many forget he is 24 and not 28. He will improve , we have to stop overreacting after every game.
Probably not a good time to critique individual players when still raging, but his football skills are shite, the fact he can put the ball in the net (though not tonight) will never catapult him into the elite bracket of strikers. Not ever.
Yeah. He doesn't look to get open enough but when the ball did reach him today he did some smart things with it. Lovely header to spring Lingard who fecked up the pass to Martial in the first half stood out in particular.
Lukaku in not being actually very good shocker.
Looking like we bought a pup of late.. Awful touch and no ability to hold off a defender and shield a ball - Jose/Zlatan need to get him taught asap, it's really poor.. He's not like a Costa type either, who give so much to the team when not scoring.. A bit worrying.
The goals will return of course, but his lack of all round game could be a problem..
The goals will return of course, but his lack of all round game could be a problem..
If somebody could actually give him a cross to attack or a ball into feet in the box, that would be a start.
Yes he should have scored that first half chance but it wasn’t exactly a sitter, apart from that he had sweet sod again.
Martial and Pogba are the only guys giving him anything to work with, the rest of the team need to do so much more.
Yes he should have scored that first half chance but it wasn’t exactly a sitter, apart from that he had sweet sod again.
Martial and Pogba are the only guys giving him anything to work with, the rest of the team need to do so much more.
that's not young in football anymore
I thought his all-around presence was fine but he really, really need to work on his finishing pronto. The likes of Kane and Lewandowski would comfortably have buried that chance he got in the first half.
Yeah and that also doesn't signify a complete player. He can still improve.
He could've and should've scored last night, he takes too many touches when he doesn't need to and he can be a little hesitant at times.
This is not a form thing, it's an observation of some facts over the duration of his time at United and Everton.
- Relative to his actual size and muscle mass he isn't very strong at all and can be dispossessed on the ball rather easily. Harry Kane, whilst not nearly as physically imposing rarely gets dispossessed with his back to the defender.
- He has a poor touch, plain and simple. It might improve, but his ceiling as far as becoming good technically is limited. On his best day his general technical performance will be below Jesus, Aguero, Kane, on their poorer days.
- That he scores a lot of goals obscures the fact that he lacks a serious level of composure in front of goal. He doesn't possess a great variation of creativity as far as finishing is concerned. He lacks the deft speed of thought and technique to perform nuanced shots if he's closed down quickly, and consequently his shots will invariably hit the keeper or the defender will get a leg in.
- Relative to his actual size and muscle mass he isn't very strong at all and can be dispossessed on the ball rather easily. Harry Kane, whilst not nearly as physically imposing rarely gets dispossessed with his back to the defender.
- He has a poor touch, plain and simple. It might improve, but his ceiling as far as becoming good technically is limited. On his best day his general technical performance will be below Jesus, Aguero, Kane, on their poorer days.
- That he scores a lot of goals obscures the fact that he lacks a serious level of composure in front of goal. He doesn't possess a great variation of creativity as far as finishing is concerned. He lacks the deft speed of thought and technique to perform nuanced shots if he's closed down quickly, and consequently his shots will invariably hit the keeper or the defender will get a leg in.
Looks like every time he doesn't score the army will invade this thread as usual, and even when he scores some will still moan it's an easy goal, ffs some fans really are unbelievable
What annoys me the most about him is his constant clapping to a teammate if they make a chance for him, as if it's the first time he has actually played football, like he will literally clap and acknowledge the chance for about 20 seconds, was he not used to getting this many chance's at everton? I know he should applaud a teammate for good play, but to me he seems to steep from a confidence issue maybe. This is Manchester united, the chance's will come romelu, and again. and again, just get on with trying to put them chance's away!
I've given my opinion on him a lot previously, but this guy worries me. I feel like we've committed to a certain path that isn't going to take us where we want to be. I just hope Jose or whoever is in charge over the next few years will judge this one ruthlessly and honestly, regardless of his price.
His job is to score goals so despite meaningless match like this one he could do bit better... but that can be easily corrected anyway, on Saturday with hopefully clever movement and distribution around him.
I agree he should do better but comparing with players from better/attacking sides is not fair.
I'm sure he would do pretty well with KDB, Silva, Sterling and Sane behind him.
I'm sure he would do pretty well with KDB, Silva, Sterling and Sane behind him.
My 5 month Standard Poodle has a better first touch with the ball then Lukaku. Thats actually not a joke.
A lot of the criticism is harsh but he is starting to put together a nice little montage of missed chances the pundits can play in pregame.
does not score when it matters
Absolutely. Some of the criticisms he gets here are ridiculous but the more chances he misses, the sooner it becomes a 'thing' for fans and pundits alike. That wouldn't do him any good.
It was about a month ago when I started thinking that maybe Morata was the better buy. They are similar but you just get the feeling that Morata has a way higher ceiling. Although Lukaku was the safer, less riskier buy.
I agree, such a shame that Perez was being impossible with us but accepted a lesser offer from Chelsea.
I feel the same way, great post
This was probably his worst performance for us so far this season. Doesn’t help when he’s pushed on the right to accommodate Zlatan for last 15 mins.
Imo The issue with his finishing is many times he just puts his head down and tries to blast it over the keeper's shoulder.
Fine against lesser/midtable keepers who go to ground early but the top keepers stand their ground till the very last milisecond. Need to place it in the corner against them or it's an easy push save
Fine against lesser/midtable keepers who go to ground early but the top keepers stand their ground till the very last milisecond. Need to place it in the corner against them or it's an easy push save
I don't think he even tries to aim that much tbh. You can easily spot a striker who tries to place his shots and another one who just shoots with the general idea of keeping it on target.
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Some of the postsMorata is on better for me technically in terms of link up, someone who can dovetail with Hazard because he makes runs and flicks a top level striker should be able to do and doesn't lose the ball through clumsiness or crap touches time and time again.
In the mean time, we need to do more to get the best out of him and honestly direct hoof ball isn't going to get the best out of him.. his touch isn't good enough, so we need to play into feet and tell him to drift into right wing positions to pick it up. Attacking wing backs is key and proper 10 behind him.
In the mean time, we need to do more to get the best out of him and honestly direct hoof ball isn't going to get the best out of him.. his touch isn't good enough, so we need to play into feet and tell him to drift into right wing positions to pick it up. Attacking wing backs is key and proper 10 behind him.
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Those opportunities are even more painful on replays that show just how much space either side of the keeper the striker had to work with.
The reason it's easy to overlook (for now anyway) is because it's his poacher like movement that gets him so many great chances. A striker like Zlatan may not miss those chances but he wouldn't get them in the first place because he doesnt have the same movement. Still..would be great if he uped his conversion rate
He is technically too inept to ever play in guardiola team.
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