I'll fecking cry if we sign this donkey.
Romelu Lukaku | United confirm deal subject to medical and personal terms
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Extremely underwhelming signing if this ends up being our big one
As Eric said, he moves like he is carrying a trailer. Everyone else gets stronger and we just sit still with Rooney
He will get goals. If he can score 20 plus goal almost every season at Everton, he can score 20 here at United. Not worth £100m though. £60-£80m max. However, we need to add creative players behind him.
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someone like J. Rodriguez
Incredibly overpriced and overrated, lacks the football intelligence to take him to the next stage in world football, has all the physical attributes but lacks the brain be very disappointed to spend near £100 million on him
"Lacks football intelligence"
"Hasn't got a football brain"
Can we stop with this lazy stereotyping please
"Hasn't got a football brain"
Can we stop with this lazy stereotyping please
I wasn't trying to bad mouth Jose or Lukaku. I was just wondering if Jose would buy the player back or there was a reason why he would not. He of course could, just an innocent question.,
Regardless of the player, the world record fee being mentioned seems madness.
It's not stereotyping i've watched him more then enough.
stereotype? What do you think is the origin of those remarks?
I apologise. Guess I misinterpreted what you said.
I could get used to that.
I'd be amazed if Jose goes for him, especially at the likely price.
Bellotti is the target i reckon.
Looks like i was right re.Griezmann hey @shaky
Some players are just seriously loyal
Looks like i was right re.Griezmann hey @shaky
Some players are just seriously loyal
It's not stereotyping in the slightest.
Torn on this. I'm neither for against this transfer. I sort of rate him, but I'm unconinvced.
Problem is, there isn't a striker I desperately want that I think is realistic, so I'm leaning towards wanting this to happen, though begrudgingly so
Problem is, there isn't a striker I desperately want that I think is realistic, so I'm leaning towards wanting this to happen, though begrudgingly so
Not the answer to City's signings so far. He's very good but not special.
Unless we get Mbappe, don't you think that ship has sailed ? Who else is there to take ?
They signed only B.Silva and a GK.
For a player built like him, his hold up play is incredibly underwhelming. He plays much smaller than his actual size.
That moment against us where Ashley Williams was unloading on him for not even trying to hold on to the ball sums him up for me. In a match where his teammates desperately needed him to hold on to the ball to relieve pressure, he does the exact opposite of what is needed. They are screaming at him and then the next moment he turns around and does the exact opposite yet again.
I regard Silva as a special talent. Might be wrong though.
Hope we don't buy this loser.
He's. I was just pointing that they didn't make many transfers to talk about ours competing them or not. It's still early.
Lukaku will probably be a very very good signing for us. When he is on song - he is a class above everyone else on the pitch. Not sure if he will be able to hack it in the CL though. I think he goes missing in many games. We already have quite a few of those - can't afford more.
I apologise. Guess I misinterpreted what you said.
I could get used to that.
No problem, mate.
What exactly is that based on? He's scored consistently in the PL averaging somewhere near a goal every other game from a young age, since about 2012. How many players are doing that in a top 5 league in their early 20's?
He's evidently not the finished article and nor would he be at 24. His style of play is obvious, physical and its easy to make those kind of assumptions. He might not be the most skillful player, or fit the stereotype of what some might think is a "world class" striker, but all of those criticisms were leveled at Drogba when he first cam to the PL and Mourinho shelled out what was then a big fee on a player who'd had a couple of decent seasons and he built a side around him that went on to win a European Cup.
The kind of fees being chucked around these days are so ridiculous it almost makes the fees irrelevant. The bottom line is whether people think he's a world class forward or not only time will tell when he does move on - but if he signs for a big club and bangs in 25+ goals consistently he'll be doing what top strikers do. There's every chance he'll do that here (or at another top side) because he's done it for Everton and he'll be surrounded by better players creating more chances.
I suspect United have lots of irons in the fire so I personally take this with a pinch of salt the way Journo's recycle nonsense stories on twitter by the minute. That said it makes me laugh that some fans would take an Mbappe after an (albeit very good) debut season for £100 million but complain about United going after a 24 year old who (according to a cursory internet search, and assuming it's correct) had scored more clubs goals by the age of 23 than Ibrahimovic, Suarez, Villa, Rooney and Ronaldo.
Some interesting a surprising stats overall, from the article from last year.
http://www.football365.com/news/romelu-lukaku-the-ridiculous-statistics
He's not an ideal signing but some of the comments are way off the mark. It's not like he isn't a good player. And he's young too.
Of course, no one is going to pay Everton 100m for a player who wants to leave for a bigger club. That's just beyond stupid. They might get 50-60m for him.
Of course, no one is going to pay Everton 100m for a player who wants to leave for a bigger club. That's just beyond stupid. They might get 50-60m for him.
Wouldn't spend £100m on him, not in the slightest! He's a good player thats true, but he's not a world record fee kind of player!
If we could get him in the region of £40 - £50 million then it'd be worth going for him
If we could get him in the region of £40 - £50 million then it'd be worth going for him
Your game iq reflects in the decisions you make and how quickly you make it. Lukaku leaves one scratching their head more often than he should e.g. trying to go solo when he should hold the ball and let his team mates enjoy some possession and the defence have a breather. Instead he loses the ball and the pressure is back on his team.
Unfortunately, stats is only a part of it as they cannot measure the level of difficulty e.g. was the striker under pressure or the ball having too much pace.
and a lot of those goals come against the weaker oppositions.
Each of those strikers are better than Lukaku
I feel the kid has a lot of potential (liked him when he was still at Anderlecht), but just doesnt seem to have developed much in 4 seasons at Everton. He has great pace for someone with such a big frame but I think he relies on his physical attributes too much and has not developed the other aspects of his game as much as he should.
Kinda weird if we're in for him. Mourinho was the one who sold him in the first place , after that missed penalty vs Bayern ?
A lot of people seem to think of Lukaku as a big physical lump of a striker but if we looked at the goals he scored for Everton this season I'm fairly sure we'd see that they tend to come from his pace and ability to find space in the box rather than him actually outmuscling defenders physically. He actually regularly scores the sort of goal I associate with someone like Chicharito, where he suddenly seems to have been left on his own right in front of the goal for a relatively easy finish.
His physique is a bit misleading in that sense.
His physique is a bit misleading in that sense.
Not sure about him in all honesty. He gets a decent amount of goals every Premier League season, but a lot of his efficiency is due to him playing nearly every single minute.
At United he'd have to be managed playing in 4 competitions, rather than just one so I think he'd end up being a sub 20 goal striker over say 2500 minutes in the PL.
Still a return of a goal every 135 - 180 minutes is good but for maybe £70m+ you'd be starting to get into truly world class territory in terms of both goals and technical ability. You'd also be looking for someone who scores against the big teams; he's been very poor in that sense and is untested in latter stage knockouts or the CL.
In that sense Lukaku is still very much 3rd tier, with the likes of Kane, Aubamayang & Aguero miles ahead and naturally the Neymar's of this world in a different stratosphere.
I also think it puts us in the same position as last season. Focusing all our play through one central goalscorer so when he has an off day we invariably drop points. I'd prefer to sign a better goalscorer in a supporting attacking role that would spread the contribution.
He is a Mourinho type striker through and through though...
At United he'd have to be managed playing in 4 competitions, rather than just one so I think he'd end up being a sub 20 goal striker over say 2500 minutes in the PL.
Still a return of a goal every 135 - 180 minutes is good but for maybe £70m+ you'd be starting to get into truly world class territory in terms of both goals and technical ability. You'd also be looking for someone who scores against the big teams; he's been very poor in that sense and is untested in latter stage knockouts or the CL.
In that sense Lukaku is still very much 3rd tier, with the likes of Kane, Aubamayang & Aguero miles ahead and naturally the Neymar's of this world in a different stratosphere.
I also think it puts us in the same position as last season. Focusing all our play through one central goalscorer so when he has an off day we invariably drop points. I'd prefer to sign a better goalscorer in a supporting attacking role that would spread the contribution.
He is a Mourinho type striker through and through though...
Yea, good shout. Now that Griezman is not available.
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His only weakness is his first touch is utterly inconsistent. He can go from the sublime to being worse than Chicharito at holding on to a ball. Everything else he has. Things like pace, power, aerial threat, ability to work the channels and finishing. Any big club that invests in him has to have a manager with the patience to polish him further for a year or two. Because his first touch needs polsihing and the discipline to consistently work the channels and bother defenders with his pure power need to instilled.
fecking hell, every striker thread on this sub-forum after missing out on griezmann is either:
"donkey, loser, average player". Can we stop with the salt and hyperbole. We laugh at RAWK and Bluemoon for this shit. If we signed lukaku or lacazette or belotti, we would be getting a very good player, it's not like we're signing Joey barton or fecking bebe.
"donkey, loser, average player". Can we stop with the salt and hyperbole. We laugh at RAWK and Bluemoon for this shit. If we signed lukaku or lacazette or belotti, we would be getting a very good player, it's not like we're signing Joey barton or fecking bebe.
Yeah. He scores his goals on the break mostly and is an excellent finisher with his feet. Functionally, he's similar to someone like Aguero or Defoe in that way, just much bigger physically. If he can find a way to use that size he can improve, but for now the United forward I think he would most resemble is someone like Andy Cole, if the signing is a success.
Blind idiots?
He does not lack football intelligence or footballing iq whatever the feck that means. He has one glaring weakness which is hold up play. Aside from that he's a very good striker. Pace, dribbling ability, good movement and plenty of fecking goals. Unfortunately with the way Jose plays good hold up play is quite essential which is probably why he's not the right player for us.
Those calling him a donkey or a shit player or brainless lack a few brain cells themselves I'd wager.
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