Love his reaction after the first. Like he was somehow wronged
In the second, he shows exactly where he will finish, making it easy for Ederson. Still good keeping though.
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Love his reaction after the first. Like he was somehow wronged
In the second, he shows exactly where he will finish, making it easy for Ederson. Still good keeping though.
Nothing wrong with the second shot, it was a great save by the keeper.
I don't rate Lukaku, but seems like people are exaggerating.
He'd do alright in France, probably better than Italy.
However they're never winning a champions League if he's a starter.
Again, the scapegoat used to excuse Chelsea's abysmal display.
Oh yeah. And one of the few Bayern players who are basically universally beloved in Germany. He’s just such an incredibly likeable dude.
This almost word for word what I was saying in summer about the kind of striker I wanted. Our biggest problem last season was finishing all the chances we create. I was very concerned about this idea people had about just sticking a #9 up there and suddenly we have someone to finish all the chances we create. The #9 is a huge part of the chance creation and for me, I wasn't sure Lukaku was it.
He didn't make it difficult for a keeper of Edersons quality at all. A top quality striker makes him a work a bit.
I caught the tail end of Elbers career so don't remember much but Makaay was some player, just so powerful! Bayern have had some phenomenal goal scorers haven't they
Was never good enough, but today is not on him. Chelsea are a rich man's Wolves.
That’s pretty blunt from Tuchel. Lukaku seems to be a bit thin skinned at times - wonder how we will take this
In any case, I’m sure Chelsea were expecting more than 5 league goals by mid January. Even if he is no good in the buildup, he can usually get the goals vs. the weaker teams.
If I were Chelsea I would get rid in the summer, and go in another direction.
Also, is it just me who finds managers that value strikers like Lukaku in particular as a potential weakness in their ability?
I was surprised Tuchel joined the list of Mourinho and Conte - who are/were all good managers but maybe not exactly the Klopp and Pep level either.
I was surprised Tuchel joined the list of Mourinho and Conte - who are/were all good managers but maybe not exactly the Klopp and Pep level either.
Won't be at the club come October.
Of course, it was my biggest disappoitment with Mourinho, I find it amazing that someone like him or Tuchel would spend good ampunt of their budget on someone like Lukaku.
He was poor but the whole team stunk up the place. Tuchel got the selection wrong.
Not just the best, but also the most intelligent. I get sick of hearing it. He’s always been massively overrated.
Why is it? 100 million, gives it the big man all the time. Fair enough to put pressure on him. I know there‘s a convention that you don’t criticise players in public but this is fair comment. I do get the feeling he wasn’t exactly what Tuchel wanted…
Glad he’s being exposed as the useless lump most of us knew he already was in his underwhelming 2 years with us. Inter will be calling again soon and I think he’s a lock to take the coward’s way out again in a few years.
But we were told none of that matters by some on the caf? He just puts the ball in the net and that's all he needs to do? Problem is apart from those brief moments he's a problem for the team, which is what we've always said.
I’m glad we got rid of Lukaku. There’s a decent striker in his boots but he’s a bit fukked in the head.
It'd be brilliant if he went back to Inter this summer for half the fee. At least we made a profit on him! Chelsea do like selling for outrageous fees to the likes of PSG though...
A hundred million for a glorified Hernandez
Hernandez was twice the footballer too.
That first chance above, he is so desparate to shift blame on Ziyech, like he sent him a perfect pass, perfect ball and poor guy fecked it up, when reality aint even close to that.
Was it not flagged? If so he seriously can’t moan surely
It's quite outstanding how bad he is in big games
It was. Ziyech was offside. He should have played in Alonso.Was it not flagged? If so he seriously can’t moan surely
Which got me thinking, will Tuchel be thinking about benching him for CL, and/or domestic cup finals?
He has managed cup runs very well so far, lets see what he does.
It is very blunt, maybe a bit too blunt but he's not wrong.
I don't know what Chelsea will do because he's on 375k a week and we'd probably want to try and recoup most of the £97m we paid for him. He's a pretty unmovable asset unless a team like PSG or Newcastle can convince him of their project and are happy to match his wages. Both seem like a pipedream to me.
Same here to be honest.
Maybe a Serie A club would pay £50-60m or something? Thats where he has most recently had success, so there might be a club who feel they can strike a bargain.
I can't think of a Serie A club who could match his wages, or would even want to, and that's assuming Chelsea would even want let him go at an almost 50% discount just 12 months after dropping almost £100m on him, which is very unlikely. Unless we get super lucky in the market, we're stuck with him I'm afraid.
Usually I would agree but if there's one thing Rom can fully trusted on is that he will find a way out if he's not playing.
In terms of starting Xl hopefully Broja will get us off the hook the way Mendy did re Kepa.
I can't see a scenario where Chelsea don't come out of it as the big losers. Lukaku could well force his way out, but the chance of Chelsea ever recouping [most of] his transfer fee is slim to none. The idea is almost not even worth entertaining to be honest.
In the press today that both Broja and his family want to stay at Southampton. Young players want guaranteed game time.
Really hard to see now how Chelsea haven’t made a mistake with the likes of Tomori, Lamptey, Livramento and Broja. They could be two CBs down by the summer for nothing, have no cover at RWB and have the likes of Abraham gone and Broja out on loan that could well be offering something similar to Lukaku.
They should have embraced the youth where they had it and added to it, rather than replaced it. It would have given the team more character too.
Not really sure we can be blamed for Lamptey and Livramento. When you're producing so many in one go some will slip through the net due to there simply being no room (like Barca losing Cesc and Thiago all be it getting the former back).
What a nightmare!
We made the team we had worse by burning over 100 million.
I said the problem wasn't over with the apology for the interview.
The problem is that he is a noxious element in the locker room that will cause problems and sportingly he is a disaster because he makes everyone who plays with him worse.
He has to leave the team.
Assume the mistake and loss of money.
Insisting will be worse.
Loan to some team that can get him playing to try and sell in the summer.
Include him in a player swap deal.
Or leave him in the stands, away from the team, any solution but to see him wearing our shirt on the pitch again.
You are a disgrace Lukaku.
We made the team we had worse by burning over 100 million.
I said the problem wasn't over with the apology for the interview.
The problem is that he is a noxious element in the locker room that will cause problems and sportingly he is a disaster because he makes everyone who plays with him worse.
He has to leave the team.
Assume the mistake and loss of money.
Insisting will be worse.
Loan to some team that can get him playing to try and sell in the summer.
Include him in a player swap deal.
Or leave him in the stands, away from the team, any solution but to see him wearing our shirt on the pitch again.
You are a disgrace Lukaku.
I have defended Lukaku before, but he has been really poor recently.
He has not improved Chelsea as I thought. They needed a striker though, but got someone at Werner level rather than better.
He has not improved Chelsea as I thought. They needed a striker though, but got someone at Werner level rather than better.
Would be funny if he goes back to Inter, starts talking about loving the club but since there's no Conte around he finds himself in the same situation and struggles. How long do you think before he talks about Everton and how he was one of the biggest Everton fans???
I think Broja stays at Saints tbh. Hassenhuttl has clearly had Broja's family in his ear saying he should stay there, and their CEO is talking to Marina. So some sort of deal will be done, i am convinced. Out of loyalty bias and as a fan i hope he stays, and although we are the bigger club, you simply cant keep them all just because they look decent. Some of them simply have to go. But im always skeptical with youth, i think often they are seriously overhyped and expectations need to be lowered; because playing U23 football is nowhere near senior football. Clearly the ones you named have progressed since leaving. But i remember the days where Lewis Baker was the next big thing but in reality he was shite. He couldnt get in the Boro, Reading and Leeds sides half the time. Lewis Hall was very neat and tidy v Chesterfield in the FA Cup and people on social media started wanting him in the first team, but its fecking Chesterfield. 5th tier of English football, probably the standard he is used to week in week out. Give him some experience on loan, first.
Think there will be a lot of unhappy fans of ours over next 18 months because i can foresee a lot of talent leaving. I think Gilmour will have another loan, which i agree with, i rate him but he is not strong enough yet.
Sadly and one i totally disagree with is Gallagher staying at Palace, too. They'll be in for him.
Broja, I think if Bayern or BVB came back in for CHO at anything over 40m, you'd have to take it. He just isnt kicking on. Then you have people like Pulisic, Werner, Ziyech, Christensen all potentially off this summer. Huge few windows coming up