Romelu Lukaku | Chelsea

United in sin said:
Bruno has scored a bunch of penalties for united, who cares? Lukaku made a great individual career choice joining Conte at Inter
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You clearly do, making up goal records he never even got close to.

Fact is, it was a great move by Ole to get rid of him, he only went to Inter because they were the only ones stupid enough to pay the money Utd wanted. It worked out for them he scored a few goals and they got to sell him to Chelsea for a nice profit.
 
tenpoless said:


Skysports is making fun on him (they also posted it on their site and Youtube). Have never seen a media making fun of a player to that degree. It's like they want to show the world just how BAD Lukaku is. It's not like he missed a penalty in a final.
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This bad from Skysports. There is no need for this really.
 
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Mb194dc said:
Scapegoating is way over the top, he doesn’t suit our style of play. He's still the same player from Inter last year, in a team playing to his strengths would bang goals in.
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Who was still the same player who left us.

No team that hopes to challenge for anything can play to his strengths. Inter have realised they are better off without him too.
 
WeePat said:
This bad from Skysports. There is no need for this really.
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99% of the fans saying there is "no need for this" were probably having a right old tug when his "first touch" clips came out when he was at United.
 
Big Andy said:
99% of the fans saying there is "no need for this" were probably having a right old tug when his "first touch" clips came out when he was at United.
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I suppose there is a difference between fans creating fail comps and Skyports doing it.
 
As he was offside for the goal attempt, does that mean he actually only had 5 touches?
 
Mb194dc said:
Scapegoating is way over the top, he doesn’t suit our style of play. He's still the same player from Inter last year, in a team playing to his strengths would bang goals in.
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He had the perfect formula in Italy. Strike partner next to him to do some of the dirty work, up against slower defences, in a country where he wasn’t meme’d by virtually every fan and pundit going. He’s a fool for leaving.
 
hasanejaz88 said:
This needs a bit of context, what are similar stats for other strikers in the league?
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Here's a comparison with some strikers. City and Leeds are a bit complicated so left them out.

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DWelbz19 said:
He had the perfect formula in Italy. Strike partner next to him to do some of the dirty work, up against slower defences, in a country where he wasn’t meme’d by virtually every fan and pundit going. He’s a fool for leaving.
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Wanted the dollar too much. Apprantly told by people close to him not to leave but did it anyway.
 
WeePat said:
This bad from Skysports. There is no need for this really.
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He’s set a record for the most anonymous performance since records began. It would be weird if they simply ignored it. Especially given his price tag.
 
11101 said:
Who was still the same player who left us.

No team that hopes to challenge for anything can play to his strengths. Inter have realised they are better off without him too.
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Not entirely the same player. He got fitter, lost considerable weight, and that did help him regain the scoring form that he showed at Everton and to some extent in his first United season.

His ratio for Belgium also is much better over the last 2.5 years than over the seasons prior to that Inter move.


Inter made a smart choice buying Correa and Dzeko, to replace him. But Correa's injury forced them to use Dzeko more than what his 35-year-old legs really warrant. Dzeko was kind of underwhelming against Liverpool, it was his 4th start in 10 days, and you could see some Inter fans on Twitter pretending Lukaku would have made the difference. I tend to believe the opposite and I felt that Dzeko's technical quality helped them cope with Barella's absence and go toe to toe with one of the very best teams in Europe. At least for 75 mn. But Dzeko doing the "Lacazette job" made him less present in the box.
 
youmeletsfly said:
I have only one question about him, why in the feck did he bulk up again?
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He doesn't bulk up, he gets fatter. He does it whenever he isn't 100% happy anywhere. Hes a ridiculously highly paid professional and he can't even be bothered to keep himself in peak shape when things are going his way. This is one of the many reasons there is very little love for Lukaku.
 
youmeletsfly said:
I have only one question about him, why in the feck did he bulk up again?
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I think he/the club feels he needs to for his hold up play. He's ridiculously weak at holding the ball up and battling headers for a guy of his size. In Italy the game isn't played that way so he didn't need to worry about it but back in the PL he's getting bullied by defenders he is twice the size of.

We all thought he was just being lazy when he did here but it cant be coincidence he's doing it again now.
 
youmeletsfly said:
I have only one question about him, why in the feck did he bulk up again?
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At Inter, the club has a nutrition specialist monitoring the eating habits of some players.

For Lukaku it was published that he was put on a specific diet with sweet potatoes and shirataki noodles. Mostly low calory stuff that would give your brain a higher sense of satiety and prevents the absorption of fats.

It would be interesting to know how clubs in general work with these things, and to what extent players are just trusted to take care of themselves and follow some unwritten rules.
 
11101 said:
I think he/the club feels he needs to for his hold up play. He's ridiculously weak at holding the ball up and battling headers for a guy of his size. In Italy the game isn't played that way so he didn't need to worry about it but back in the PL he's getting bullied by defenders he is twice the size of.

We all thought he was just being lazy when he did here but it cant be coincidence he's doing it again now.
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But wasn’t the story put out, I presume by Lukaku or Inter, that they’d identified and solved a dietary problem he’d had while at United? So they were putting his physical condition while here down to an issue rather than a conscious decision.
 
For a striker of his physique and size, he is bad at winning headers and holding the ball, but his anticipation where the long ball is going to land is even worse.
 
Brophs said:
But wasn’t the story put out, I presume by Lukaku or Inter, that they’d identified and solved a dietary problem he’d had while at United? So they were putting his physical condition while here down to an issue rather than a conscious decision.
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Probably a PR fluff piece to make him look better. He's always coming up with excuses and distractions.
 
Brophs said:
But wasn’t the story put out, I presume by Lukaku or Inter, that they’d identified and solved a dietary problem he’d had while at United? So they were putting his physical condition while here down to an issue rather than a conscious decision.
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11101 said:
Probably a PR fluff piece to make him look better. He's always coming up with excuses and distractions.
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Not a fluff piece. And if it was, it would be making Matteo Pincellla look better, not the players who can't take care of themselves. He was brought to work with the entire team at Inter. Not specifically for Lukaku. Pincella is still working with Inter.

Pincella worked also with Italy during the summer, thanks to Mancini's connexions with Inter.
 
Mb194dc said:
Scapegoating is way over the top, he doesn’t suit our style of play. He's still the same player from Inter last year, in a team playing to his strengths would bang goals in.
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Commenting on individual players playing poorly isn’t scapegoating. People will go in to a specific player’s performance thread here and question why everyone there is scapegoating that player after a bad performance. Mental.
 
Mb194dc said:
Scapegoating is way over the top, he doesn’t suit our style of play. He's still the same player from Inter last year, in a team playing to his strengths would bang goals in.
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Why did you buy him if he doesn't suit your style of play?
 
Oranges038 said:
You clearly do, making up goal records he never even got close to.

Fact is, it was a great move by Ole to get rid of him, he only went to Inter because they were the only ones stupid enough to pay the money Utd wanted. It worked out for them he scored a few goals and they got to sell him to Chelsea for a nice profit.
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Making up goal records? Did he not eclipse R9's goal record at Inter with 13 games to spare before adding four more? Lukaku scored 64 in 95 for Inter, Ronaldo scored 59 in 99. Ronaldo also scored 15 penalties for Inter. Lukaku was also the first Inter player in 71 years to score in four successive Milan derbies. Challenge those stats please. Facts are he made a wise career decision leaving united. He won a league title and broke records while united remained in the doldrums under Solskjaer. Deal with it

https://www.givemesport.com/1670632-romelu-lukaku-surpasses-ronaldo-nazarios-inter-milan-record

https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/luk...ie-a-leaders-inter/1b4kcdybm0n771qt2rmwhpzj34
 
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Mb194dc said:
Scapegoating is way over the top, he doesn’t suit our style of play. He's still the same player from Inter last year, in a team playing to his strengths would bang goals in.
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Why is it always scapegoating when it comes to Lukaku? What is it about him that elicits sympathy? Never seen any other 100m+ player get babied like this.
 
mu4c_20le said:
Why is it always scapegoating when it comes to Lukaku? What is it about him that elicits sympathy? Never seen any other 100m+ player get babied like this.
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Was the same rubbish with Torres.

It's almost as if in some quarters the more a player costs the more excuses they get.
 
Dancfc said:
Was the same rubbish with Torres.

It's almost as if in some quarters the more a player costs the more excuses they get.
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Coutinho, Dembele, Neymar, Graelish, Sancho, Maguire get attacked on all quarters. None of them get as many excuses made for them as Lukaku.
 
Wednesday at Stoke said:
They will after they sell Kane.
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How does that make sense? Kane has less years on his contract than Lukaku, and is older.

Chelsea won't sell for less than what they bought him for, Kane value is probably halved since last summer and Lukaku has a higher wage than Kane.
 
United in sin said:
Making up goal records? Did he not eclipse R9's goal record at Inter with 13 games to spare before adding four more? Lukaku scored 64 in 95 for Inter, Ronaldo scored 59 in 99. Ronaldo also scored 15 penalties for Inter.
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No he didn't. Ronaldo's record was scoring 25 goals for Inter in the Serie A. When it was by a good margin the strongest league in the world. And at the same time one of the lowest scoring top leagues.

Lukaku (including Penalties of course) scored 24 in Serie A when it is at best the 3d/4th league. And at the same time the 2nd highest scoring league. Football has changed.

Icardi scored 29 league goals for Inter before they had Barella, Eriksen, Hakimi. When they were happy to grabb a 4th spot finish. Lukaku's numbers are pale in comparison, given how much the team at his disposal had improved.


Lukaku was also the first Inter player in 71 years to score in four successive Milan derbies. Challenge those stats please. Facts are he made a wise career decision leaving united. He won a league title and broke records while united remained in the doldrums under Solskjaer. Deal with it
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It doesn't happen often that Inter are consistently superior for 2 seasons in a row and with the same forward. Icardi scored 5 goals in his last 4 derbys, helping his team to even better results wiht 3 wins and one draw.
 
United in sin said:
Making up goal records? Did he not eclipse R9's goal record at Inter with 13 games to spare before adding four more? Lukaku scored 64 in 95 for Inter, Ronaldo scored 59 in 99. Ronaldo also scored 15 penalties for Inter. Lukaku was also the first Inter player in 71 years to score in four successive Milan derbies. Challenge those stats please. Facts are he made a wise career decision leaving united. He won a league title and broke records while united remained in the doldrums under Solskjaer. Deal with it

https://www.givemesport.com/1670632-romelu-lukaku-surpasses-ronaldo-nazarios-inter-milan-record

https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/luk...ie-a-leaders-inter/1b4kcdybm0n771qt2rmwhpzj34
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This post led me to imagine Lukaku trying to play against 90s Serie A defences. Thanks for the laugh :lol:
 
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