Martial has proven this season to be a better number 9 beyond any doubt
Romelu Lukaku | Napoli watch
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You’re being kind in saying he’s scored against big teams. None against the top four in the league. And, other than a meaningless goal against Barca, not a great deal more in Europe. He still hasn’t addressed this big game bottler tag.
So glad we got rid of him.
Lukaku is rubbish but scores 29 goals and 5 assists. Something doesn't add up.
He can never get rid of that tag, rightly so.
Still, he scored in big games i.e. against top teams, even-though the goals are too low, around 1 to 3 goals per season, ridiculous.
Past seasons - vs Chelsea, PSG, City, etc.
It will be interesting if we come up against him in Europe, I am sure he will be moving over to Lindelof’s side to get some joy so we will see who comes out on top.
It’s a pathetic record given the size of price tag. Compare him to someone like Vardy, it’s absolutely night and day.
Easy
rubbish in big games, good consistent scoring in the rest of the games.He scored 28 in his opening season for us. Sometimes you have to look beyond the pure numbers and assess basic things like technique, hold up play, link up – all of which are virtually non existent for Romelu.
Has the lad ever won a trophy? Not looking to be cruel, just genuinely interested.
I know right.
He is a weird player. Specialist flat track bully.
Vardy is really balance, a constant threat against any teams.
Never scored against City for us (not in a competitive game anyway). His record for us was
0 goals v City
0 goals v Liverpool
0 goals v Spurs
0 goals v Arsenal
1 goal v Chelsea
That got me curious.
Apparently only once, back at Belgium. Never again. Won many individual awards though.
Just one trophy for a consistent 20+ goals/season striker. Really odd.
Yes, not for us. He did for his previous clubs.
I think the younger versions of Lukaku are so much better, idk maybe he believed too much in his own hype and started to get lazier as he gets older.
If he checked his arrogant ego and was prepared to be a rotation player at a top club then he could have a brimming trophy cabinet. As it happens, he wants to be the main man, but is only really good enough to do so at second tier teams. I think it’s conceivable that he goes through his entire career without a league medal.
I just gave you my theory in a separate reply...
no not really. He scored yes, but should have scored more, and was camping in offside position whole game.
On of the things written about him after the game:
Paolo Menicucci, Inter reporter
'Out!' is Gazzetta dello Sport's front-page headline. "What a waste," the newspaper continues, lamenting that Lukaku scored but might have had three more.
Barcelona team that day: Neto, Rakitic, Todibo, Lenglet, Wague, Griezmann, Alena, Vidal, Umtiti, Junior Firpo, Carles Perez.
Suarez in -Griezmann out - 63 min.
De Jong in - Rakitić out - 63rd min.
Fati in - Carles Pérez out - 85th min.
Heh, so it was against a second string. Not surprised to hear that he missed a litany of sitters.
Shearer says hi
Ah well deal with it...
That's his biggest problem, he's not aware he's not really that good but thinks he is.
As you've said, he can easily be an ideal rotational striker for any top clubs. Bench him vs big teams, and always play him against the rest. Thinking he would do well similar to our 98/99 4 strikers rotations, but in modern football it's 2 striker rotation. Alas, he just refuse to be one. Left asap after being dropped with us.
Yeah Lukaku was the better buy in that scenario. Chelsea got shafted on that deal.
where were u 3 days ago?
His teammates should be screaming fecking hell lukaku when he’s missing those chances
Lukaku was always a good goal scorer but the issue is with him you become handicapped. If he was like a zlatan or Diego Costa like CF it would have made sense to keep him but he goes hiding when the situation becomes tough.
He was always going to kill it in Italy.
It was always the right decision to sell him.
He'd be a laughing stock in our current starting 11. An actual train wreck.
It was always the right decision to sell him.
He'd be a laughing stock in our current starting 11. An actual train wreck.
Not done bad at Inter but we haven't really missed him either. Martial has been fine, Rashford has chipped in many and Greenwood has come through and took to the league very well.
Yeah, suppose so... blud.
I think it makes a lot of sense really. He's a great goalscorer, always has been, so in a good team he'll rack up great stats. But the best teams will always lose something with him in the side, because he limits the way you can play, and his technical shortcomings means he'll always get shown up against the very elite, and as such he'll probably limit what his side can achieve.
Yeah, we should have saved ourselves £75m and given Martial his chance to be our #9
Read a bullshit article this morning saying Inter are tabling a bid for Messi. The idea of Messi linking up with Lukaku would be hilarious.
If he thinks he's better than he is then why did he go to Inter, and why would someone who has been the main goal scorer basically his entire professional career suddenly be fine with being a 2nd choice striker at 26-27 years old? I'd seriously question his drive if he was ok with going from being the main man to being a rotational player for United when we had been in a nose dive for 6-7 years, especially when he apparently didn't enjoy playing for us anyway. It's not like he was loving life and collecting trophies at Bayern Munich but chose to leave after being told that he wouldn't get as much playing time as before in favour of Lewandowski.
The argument that he's not good enough to be the main man at a top club so he should go there as a backup is also very "football manger-y" if you know what I mean. Even if that's his biggest dream in life there still needs to actually be a top club that wants to buy him, and with the price tag he's got on him after we bought and sold him I doubt the top clubs in Europa are lining up to sign him just so they can fill out their bench.
Absolutely. This transfer has worked out well for all parties, which is a nice thing to see in the modern game.
Barcelona B team - was actually the main culprit they lost the match, Napoli and Roma aren't even top teams this season, Milan were in shit form at the time - after the restart i think they're top 3
This was Lukaku vs Barca - they needed to win the match and he fecked up all these chances - in the end they lost
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Just like Sanchez, I pretend Lukaku lumbering about up front for us was never a thing that actually happened.
Great business getting rid of Lukaku when you look at the front three you have at the moment who could be tearing it up for a decade. Inter Milan have been a godsend for Utd by taking that donkey alongside Sanchez and Ashley Young from you.
Isnt that necessary to even be at the top level? They all think they're the best and usually on their way up they were. People like Gary Neville might joke how he was average now but at the time he thought he was the dogs.
I dont hold that against Lukaku. I hold his elephant like first touch against him.
It becomes a problem when it prevents the player from improving on improvable aspects of his game. The most disappoint thing about Lukaku is that he has barely improved or tweaked his game since age 21-22. Self confidence is a great thing to have but perfectionism and never believing that you made it is an even greater one.
Shearer won a league title and was the best player in that team, for Blackburn btw, while Lukaku has played for United and Inter as the main man for 3 seasons total and never won a thing (unless they get something this season)
Are we going to pretend he didnt score two goals that night in paris?
A) He was talking about his time at Inter
B) The two goals against PSG are an exception that proves the rule. No one is saying he is incapable of ever scoring against a big side, especially when the opposing team gift him chances like the PSG game, just that his record is laughably poor. He also scored against Chelsea for us, unfortunately that was the only goal he scored against the top 6 in the PL in 22 games
Yeah dunno why Contes helping us out but it's nice. The deal works out for Inter too as they get an upgrade on Icardi who wanted to leave, but I think Inter fans now that Lukaku has his limits. As good as a footballer he is with the ball at his feet, a traditional striker he is not.
He'll get goals so it's not a bad deal for them, but for 70m we significantly got the better end of the deal. Props to Ole for getting that one done.
Young and Sanchez unexpectedly both have been pretty good, both getting goals and assists.