Chelsea v Arsenal is a big game so it's really pathetic to try and pretend otherwise in an attempt to say Lukaku didn't score in big games which is complete nonsense
Romelu Lukaku | Chelsea
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None of them were as bad as him
Yeh as a rivalry. Same as Utd vs Leeds is a big game but not on quality! The reality is Arsenal are absolutely shite the critasism is that he doesn’t score in the biggest games against the biggest teams which based on his career is entirely correct!
He makes sense in a Chelsea shirt. Don't know why but it looks right. It never felt he belonged when he played for us.
Slimmed down a lot at Inter and it helps his game immensely
Yeh was thinking the same thing!
Very impress with his preformances. Been a constant threat throughout the game, with few chances to score. His hold up play has been top class.
Lukaku vs VVD will be interesting
To be fair all you have to do is look at the picture comparisons to see this isn't the Lukaku we were stuck with. Still don't think this version fits with us though, but he'd certainly do better than the version we got.
See that’s the kind of game I see him really struggling in. Will be interesting for sure!
Agreed. He must be 10kg lighter now!
Could be the most significant signing of the season, even with the uncertainty around Kane.
If Lukaku hits 25-30 goals, Chelsea will be right up there as favourites.
If Lukaku hits 25-30 goals, Chelsea will be right up there as favourites.
It's only against Arsenal but that was a monster performance. Absolutely bullied them.
It’s been the case since Inter but he looks to have truly mastered his physique now.
I was always a fan of his prior to his United days & remain of the belief that he could have been handled better by both managers he had at United.
Absolutely criminal the amount of talent we’ve seen pass through the club of late.
I was always a fan of his prior to his United days & remain of the belief that he could have been handled better by both managers he had at United.
Absolutely criminal the amount of talent we’ve seen pass through the club of late.
I remember people saying that even about Lewandowski before he won the UCL in 2020. People saying that he always disappeared against top teams in UCL KO games.
Meh. He will do nothing at Anfield next week bar miss a sitter and his critics will say "typical Lukaku".
Exactly this. Anybody revisiting the Lukaku experiment with hindsight and pretending that we should have stuck with him (and vice versa) is being disingenuous. Never a United player.
He’ll score a shit ton in this Chelsea team.
Good start.
Hate to say it, he looked awesome. Proper centre forward performance, compare that to the dross Martial put out there earlier, night and day
Did what was expected, but couldnt have asked for a better opponent. Arsenal are so soft at the back it is ridiculous.
Never a Ole player.
He would have fit like a glove in some of our old sides. His in much better physical condition now and is brimming with confidence after being the man in a title winning team.
Liverpool next, we will know more next weekend.
typical Lukaku. scoring against midtable dross
Nah. He didn’t and still doesn’t have the metal to be the main man up top for a successful Manchester United side. That isn’t to say he isn’t a very good player. He is. I said as much when we sold him. But he wasn’t a fit here.
You see Cavani and that’s a fit, even in his older years. Lukaku never had that.
What was successful about that Man Utd side? He has the metal to play for the current European champions though?
Which ones exactly?
Does it bother you that 48.8% of Bruno's goals for us are penalties? The same stat was 23.4% for Lukaku at Inter, less than a third.
Mate it’s been one game against Arsenal. Chill out!
Funny enough we haven't beaten Arsenal in the league since Jan 2018, Wenger's last game in charge at OT! We've failed to beat them overall since Jan 2019 in the FA cup and have only scored once against them once in our last five matches. Solskjaer has failed to unlock them
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This Exactly
I'd literally rather we'd played Arsenal today instead of Soton.
Arsenal are an absolute shambles at the minute.
It was a very good second debut. Only once did his dodgy touch rear it's ugly head and all the other aspects of his game were pretty much spot on. He's on a high at the moment with the big transfer and Arsenal were so poor so it will get harder for him.
Very little. He was part of the problem.
Playing for Chelsea, European champions or not, isn’t the same as leading the line at Manchester United. It just isn’t. Few players can live up to that job and Lukaku isn’t one of them.
The mental fortitude to withstand scrutiny and perform your best day in day out. RvP explained in an interview sometimes back, he said he was alone at Utd the moment the criticisms piled in (compared to at Arsenal - still a top 4 team then under Wenger).
Lukaku was on the record saying that he wanted out as soon as the 2nd game. The fact is no matter how well or badly we do as a club, the pressure is on another level and few are able to thrive in that environment.
This is a very strange notion. What’s the difference?
Chelsea will finish with 100 points this season. Tuchel is a pure football professor
It’s difficult to describe, to the point I struggle to articulate it aside from it just is.
I’m expecting Gary Neville to do a piece on it at some point, as he’s already made similar noises.
Ultimately, Lukaku played at United as if the weight of the world was on his shoulders. He wasn’t up to it. I don’t think he’d be up to it now. He’d score goals, but he wouldn’t carry the side and grab games by the scruff of the neck to get us over the line. Old Trafford. The expectation. The lineage of great strikers. It’s just that bit bigger than Chelsea.
Sometimes there is just a feel. You just need to look at a player to know whether or not they’re a United player. Bruno is one. In the same way that Rooney was one. Throw him in some sort of time machine and Cavani is one. Lukaku? He doesn’t have the stones for it here.
I’m not expecting you to get it but I’ve given it my best.
Wish we had him
Conte has worked wonders for him.
and people dont want him at United, Conte that is.
and people dont want him at United, Conte that is.
Gotta say, Holding was working hard to get for him the 2nd goal.
How bad was he when he finished top scorer in the only season we finished north of 80 points in the league in the post Fergie era? Did he fail in leading the line when his two goals saw us go past PSG in the CL?
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We won the league with Chicarito leading the line ffs.
Is there a massive difference in profile in Lukaku and RVN?
Fergie would have loved Lukaku. Unfortunately the time Lukaku played for us we were in a dark place.