Romelu Lukaku | Chelsea

adexkola said:
Yeah, blaming this on Lukaku is a huge stretch. And I'm being generous.
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Probably, but his record against the big teams is undeniable and it will certainly limit Tuchel in how he plays.

Chelsea beat City last year playing three quick, technical forwards and holding the ball high and keeping possession. You can't do that with Lukaku in your team.

WeePat said:
This is the only forum that views Lukaku like that. Yes he has his limitations but saying a player who has over 300 career goals is a walking disaster is quite the claim.
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Because we are the only top team who has experience of him on a weekly basis. You lot will come round to it soon enough.
 
No surprise he isn't doing much in big games, just as it will be no surprise when he beats up on the lesser sides in the good PL run they have coming up.

Which tbf is all they really need him for in the league at least.
 
GifLord said:
He was amazing.
A brilliant non threatening header, a decent chance - shot from 5 yards gone over and a majestic cross that almost ended on the other side of the pitch.
A trully changed man
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am i late to the party, or do you have a serious dislike for Lukaku.?
 
Pexbo said:
Delighted with this to be honest. He will get 20 goals for them easily but it won’t effect their league position.
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Pexbo said:
He will score 20+ goals, I’m fairly sure of that. He’s got to get more than 2 or 3 against the top 6 for it to impress anyone though. Little point scoring 20 goals with a hat trick against Norwich and braces against Brentford, Newcastle, Palace and Watford while offering nothing in the way of his performances across the season other than goals.
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Standing by these.
 
Every time I switched the channels I saw at least one bad bit of play from him.

He also had a good chance from a cross he put inexplicably wide.
 
sullydnl said:
No surprise he isn't doing much in big games, just as it will be no surprise when he beats up on the lesser sides in the good PL run they have coming up.

Which tbf is all they really need him for in the league at least.
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Don't agree with this thought process. Chelsea's tactics rely on a goalscorer, it was their problem last season. We're now in a league where you need to be beating all those teams and getting results against the top 4 or 5 to win the league.

If he's not scoring against the top 6 teams in the league, Chelsea aren't getting those results, Chelsea aren't winning the league.
 
Pexbo said:
Standing by these.
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You need goals against low-mid table sides to compete for a league title though, and its not as simple as "Chelsea would just beat them anyway", they struggled with that last season when they didnt have a consistent goalscorer.
 
SalfordRed18 said:
Don't agree with this thought process. Chelsea's tactics rely on a goalscorer, it was their problem last season. We're now in a league where you need to be beating all those teams and getting results against the top 4 or 5 to win the league.

If he's not scoring against the top 6 teams in the league, Chelsea aren't getting those results, Chelsea aren't winning the league.
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Fair point, though I would probably argue that City will have a similar problem due to their lack of a goalscorer up front. I'm not sure you need to be that perfect a side to win the league this season, but we'll see.
 
Eugenius said:
Typical Lukaku performance of spooning your team's best chances in a tight game. Did the same thing here game almost every big game in his first season.
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Both seasons really.

Only scored once against a big 6 side for Utd and that was against shitty old Chelsea!
 
sullydnl said:
Fair point, though I would probably argue that City will have a similar problem due to their lack of a goalscorer up front. I'm not sure you need to be that perfect a side to win the league this season, but we'll see.
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Yes I think they will. I think city have a bit more to them to combat that but they'll have a similar problem potentially.

It's a season in which in honestly believe if United pulled their finger out it's for for the taking.
 
duffer said:
So half your attention on each then.
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I had 4 vlc's open. I have 2 1440p screens so i can easily watch them. And yeah he was pretty fecking bad. I think you made a big mistake by signing him because you look like playing with 10 men vs good teams.
 
The annoying thing about this thread is that the criticism for Chelsea's flat performances should be going Tuchel's way, however Lukaku will be used as a scapegoat (at least on here).
 
adexkola said:
The annoying thing about this thread is that the criticism for Chelsea's flat performances should be going Tuchel's way, however Lukaku will be used as a scapegoat (at least on here).
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£100m striker should really be able to influence the game even if the team isn't firing on all cylinders (see Ronaldo for example).
 
Eugenius said:
£100m striker should really be able to influence the game even if the team isn't firing on all cylinders (see Ronaldo for example).
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It's not his fault that Chelsea paid $100M for him

Lukaku isn't faultless but again, for other teams the buck stops with the manager for not setting up his team properly. On here, Chelsea are a Lukaku away from 2 wins against City and Juventus...
 
GifLord said:
I had 4 vlc's open. I have 2 1440p screens so i can easily watch them. And yeah he was pretty fecking bad. I think you made a big mistake by signing him because you look like playing with 10 men vs good teams.
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You're watching 4 matches at once? Blimey!

You obviously hate the guy and that's fine but don't pretend it's anything other than that.
 
Best thing for Chelsea to do is to play him against the lesser lights and drop him against the top sides (go with Havertz as a false 9 or something).

Unfortunately, Lukaku is under the misguided impression that he isn't a donkey so will probably throw his toys out of the stable if Tuchel only feeds him the cannon fodder of the league.
 
adexkola said:
It's not his fault that Chelsea paid $100M for him

Lukaku isn't faultless but again, for other teams the buck stops with the manager for not setting up his team properly. On here, Chelsea are a Lukaku away from 2 wins against City and Juventus...
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In ordinary circumstances I wouldn't rag on a player, but this is the same Lukaku with a massive ego who tells us he should be mentioned in the same breath as Benzema, Suarez, Lewandoski etc. But yet again proves himself a flat track bully. And the Chelsea fans crowing in here before he kicked a ball for them, claiming Utd fans are only saying that because they're bitter. :rolleyes:
 
BerryBerryShrew said:
Best thing for Chelsea to do is to play him against the lesser lights and drop him against the top sides (go with Havertz as a false 9 or something).

Unfortunately, Lukaku is under the misguided impression that he isn't a donkey so will probably throw his toys out of the stable if Tuchel only feeds him the cannon fodder of the league.
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Chelsea with Havertz/Werner up top against top teams and Lukaku for the rest. Actually think that’d be a great tactic.
 
Eugenius said:
In ordinary circumstances I wouldn't rag on a player, but this is the same Lukaku with a massive ego who tells us he should be mentioned in the same breath as Benzema, Suarez, Lewandoski etc. But yet again proves himself a flat track bully. And the Chelsea fans crowing in here before he kicked a ball for them, claiming Utd fans are only saying that because they're bitter. :rolleyes:
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Ha... So far his record does shout flat track bully (not that this is necessarily as bad as some on here make it out to be!!)
 
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