He's been brilliant so far this season, on his way into developing into a top striker.
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I reckon he already is a top striker, he was developing into one while at WBA.
Where will he eventually move to? Maybe back to Chelsea if Costa keeps pushing for that move back to Spain?
He's quality.
He's been quality for ages and becoming more consistent every season.
I wanted him instead of ibrah, but who knows.
Maybe we will end up with him now mourning is here and ibrah goes?
I wanted him instead of ibrah, but who knows.
Maybe we will end up with him now mourning is here and ibrah goes?
Never gonna be a world class striker that can perform at the worlds biggest clubs. Absolute must dodge!
I'm still not convinced that his combination play is good enough for a truly top club. For a player his size, he also should be more productive scoring on headers, although that may be starting to change (he has never had more than four headed goals in a season but has three already this season). But he is definitely a very good and very dangerous player.
One of those guys who would attract a huge fee and then you'd be lumbered with him for ages as you try and build the team around him and realise he isn't really top drawer.
I'm going to go against the grain here, I actually think he could make the step up to a bigger club, and think he'd fit in wonderfully at United.
How many do you expect? Falcao and Drogba are probably the two best I remember aerially, I don't think they scored more than 5-6 headers a season.
He could definitely slot in to a bigger club and when we were heavily linked with bringing him back to Chelsea this summer I was for it, but for the fee it would take to sign him (which will probably only rise if he stays in this form) I wouldn't touch him. He's always going to have a decent goal tally but he's a level below the likes of Agüero and Costa as a footballer.
Playing for Everton and West Brom is way different than playing for a club like Chelsea or United where opposing sides set out from minute 1 to stifle any attacks and restrict space.
Honestly, the only two big clubs that I can see him moving to are PSG and United. Teams that can afford to spend £70m on a player like its nothing.
Who's the better player between him and Kane?
He may struggle at a big club because his first touch, close control, technique, intelligence and link up play are all average at best. In a mid-table team, see Benteke, you can get away with all those weaknesses, at a big club it will see you fail.
Kane's a more polished, intelligent striker, Lukaku has physical advantages like pace and power.
He's a tricky one, not sure if he could make the step up and lead the line for a club like United especially technically but we could definitely use him, he defo looks better than Bony/Benteke, consistent goalscorer too over 4 years in the premier league for mediocre sides
Well, he only had 8 total in the three years previous to this one. That is one more than Aguero and the same as Kane had despite him really only playing two of those seasons, etc. An elite header of the ball like Giroud had 15 over that period. Point being, maybe he doesn't need to improve that much but a massive striker like him - the guy is both very tall and incredibly strong - should probably be scoring meaningfully more goals on headers than Sergio Aguero.
Would agree with that. Kane currently has the higher floor, Lukaku has way more potential.
He is good but not great. Martial is much better.
These stats don't tell us much though. Maybe he just gets no good crosses for his head at his current club while others include their strategies on them?
Plausible. But its not like Manchester City under Pelligrini, Arsenal under Wenger, or Spurs under Pochettino have been clubs set up to make crossing the focus of their attack. The same was true of Everton under Martinez of course. Ultimately, you'd want more refined statistics that somehow account for these contextual factors but we have what we have.
Am warming to the prospect of him in a red shirt....
Quality striker. Can see us going for him in the summer.
Fits in with Jose's 'don't want to go for impossible signings' comments
Will be in Chelsea blue next season for mega money. Supposedly almost happened last summer and has said himself that he'd be open to returning.
Seems to score a lot of his goals in one off games. Blows very hot and cold otherwise. Seen him have some shockers. Would rather us look elsewhere.
I hope so. Real step down from Costa.
Didn't he come out in an interview and make himself pretty about how he'd love to play with Pogba? He said it in the same interview where he talked about how Pogba was buzzing when he told him in the USA that he was returning to MUFC.
He's fecking quality.
No he's not.
You tell yourself that.
Never gonna happen. It would be Mourinho admitting his mistake.
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I wouldn't worry about his goals per game ratio as he is only 23, at the same age RVP's was 0.40 and the pattern is the same for many top strikers when they were younger.
I wouldn't worry about his goals per game ratio as he is only 23, at the same age RVP's was 0.40 and the pattern is the same for many top strikers when they were younger.
He's top scorer in the Prem ffs.
On what basis?
Lukaku is delivering an actual end product, while Martial....not so much.
Last season, league goals: Martial (11), Lukaku (18)
This season: Martial (2), Lukaku (16)
In 2 years, it may be a different story (Martial is 2 years younger), but as of 04/02/2017, if end product is what you are looking for, Lukaku is much better - it's not even close.
Main thing for me is he's 23 years old! Even with a 2 year bedding-in period (to reach consistency and work on his game), he's got so many years in him.
He's a bit too patchy for me, even still.
His proven track record of getting goals is pretty much there per league season: 17 goals, 15 goals, 10 goals, 18 goals 16 goals (so far) - which is very good for a 23 year old striker, but I still can't warm to him enough. It must just be a stylistic thing and how every ball seems to bounce off of him for Belgium where the onus is on his side to dominate near every game they play rather than an equal footing.
His proven track record of getting goals is pretty much there per league season: 17 goals, 15 goals, 10 goals, 18 goals 16 goals (so far) - which is very good for a 23 year old striker, but I still can't warm to him enough. It must just be a stylistic thing and how every ball seems to bounce off of him for Belgium where the onus is on his side to dominate near every game they play rather than an equal footing.
Not necessarily a mistake. Lukaku left for game time, and he left on good terms with Jose. There is a quote where I think he thanks Jose for letting him leave or something along those lines. Everton made a big offer and it was a good move for Lukaku at that time in his career.
We have plenty of other top class players that score goals, so unlike at Everton the burden wouldn't completely be on him.
I think we'll sell Costa and bring in 2 new forwards. Lukaku & Morata.
Think he thanked him for letting him know he won't have many minutes to play.
Why would you sell Costa? Have I missed something?
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