Water helps too.
Lukaku : Bulking up with muscle hurt me
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
He said no, but i hear that we are looking to lure Zigic out of retirement while also trying to sign Shaq(tall, strong and marketable).
I can see the note Mourinho handed to Woodward: I want a top grade international striker who’s strengths are compatible with our goal of playing static, slow and simple football. Is Jan Koller still playing?
Muscle does not affect your first touch.
It was stupid. By him. By his coaching staff. By his mom. By the hairs on his beard.
"It's been a long, tiring season. Let me make it easier on my joints, my whole body by playing a summer tournament with an extra 10 kilos. Because the cost if that is far outweighed by how much harder it will be for CBs to push me around on the pitch. "
That is so feckin stupid, there's no way Lukaku thought that. Everything he has said here is a lie for the folks fat shaming him, an excuse for a simple mistake on his part - getting fat. Not with muscle. With fat.
The only other possibility is, and I'm shocked no one has mentioned it, is that Lukaku got fat (use bulked if it satisfies your political correctness meter ) because he was advised that the extra layer of blubber was necessary to survive the harsh Siberian weather he might face in Russia. Still a better feckin reason than it'd improve his football
Let's be fair to him. It's not fat. You can see how big his biceps and shoulders got. That's from working out a lot. Poor guy is probably shattered that he spent all those hours in the gym only to have people call him a fat bastard.
The fact he's still fat as shit is a giveaway.
If I'm in the gym and he goes anywhere near the weights I'd hit him with them, muscle slows you down, bloody hell, amature footballers know that.
He is a big lad anyway, didn't need more bulk, bad training regime whoever put him on it.?
He is a big lad anyway, didn't need more bulk, bad training regime whoever put him on it.?
Have a look at his cheeks, no fitness programs lead to cheek chubbiness.
Let's be fair to him. It's not fat. You can see how big his biceps and shoulders got. That's from working out a lot. Poor guy is probably shattered that he spent all those hours in the gym only to have people call him a fat bastard.
It's a nice mix haha bet he wishes fans went back to obsessing over his other fat limb...
Let's be fair to him. It's not fat. You can see how big his biceps and shoulders got. That's from working out a lot. Poor guy is probably shattered that he spent all those hours in the gym only to have people call him a fat bastard.
I love the guy, but he needs to trim and get back to scoring goals. It's too hard to ignore the technical deficiency the longer it goes
Sounds like excuses to me.
Learning from his Master EMou well -- how to make 'masked excuses deflecting blames/self-responsibilities' interviews, which many fans will buy.
If you are taking steroids, water may contribute to bulk. Otherwise, the only liquids that make you fat are beer and milkshakes.
I was about write that! He’s a decent striker Lukaku, but not worth that price tag. I would definitely have him as a striker, but not as the main striker.
Regardless of how much more agile or fast he becomes, his first touch will always prevent him from reaching the heights of Van Nistelrooy, Van Persie, Rooney etc
my initial reaction to this is what a knuckle head he must be to think he can play in the premiership bulked up. No fcking wonder he has looked like he is glued to the spot this season. And, what the hell are all the fitness coaches playing at letting him get in this state. Unless he starts to score big time dump him.
Surely the striker with the best first touch you have had in recent times must be Berbatov?
Improving his conditioning would go a long way toward improving those areas. He's not a donkey with zero instinct, otherwise he wouldn't be anywhere as good as he is
He doesn't look muscular in the same sense Traore or other units are. And no one can put on that amount of lean weight without vitamin S. So apart of being fat, he is also "a little bit" dumb for thinking that excuse will fly.
Yes, he was! I wish we used him more, hence I deliberately didn't include him.
I thought we're making fun of him
that's why I worked in the milkshakes!Large cod and chips with a pea fritter from Harry Ramsdens is technically fish and veg.
No tartar sauce? Cancel his contract!
Also known as the dart athletes' regimen. If it helps them hit the target, it's worth a try.
The 180(kg) diet.
Ridiculous excuse - His physique is bad for football anywhere, even for pickup games at the abandoned yard down the street.
Our health and physio department has been rubbish for years. We get an injury crisis every season. Its not a surprise they took so long to spot this as a problem, he looks like he's trying to become a bodybuilder not a top footballer.
That part of our club has needed restructuring but its as if the big honchos are too preoccupied with our next noodle sponsorship to care about under performing medical staff.
That part of our club has needed restructuring but its as if the big honchos are too preoccupied with our next noodle sponsorship to care about under performing medical staff.
World Cup was 5 months ago , what the hell has he been doing? Very easy to shred muscle if your not up keeping it.
Wouldn't be surprised if he has a health (thyroid) issue, water retention. Looks more weight gain then added muscle
Wouldn't be surprised if he has a health (thyroid) issue, water retention. Looks more weight gain then added muscle
You think?!? Well it's good of you to notice after 6 months, Rom!
What are our fitness coaches paid for if it took he himself noticing 6 months into the season. They should've flagged him in August.
What are our fitness coaches paid for if it took he himself noticing 6 months into the season. They should've flagged him in August.
Read the article before posting.
He has no idea what he's talking about when it comes to cutting.
How is he a profesional footballer? He talks a load of nonsense in terms of how fitness works. The part where he talks about "eating veggies and not working out" is hilarious.
How is he a profesional footballer? He talks a load of nonsense in terms of how fitness works. The part where he talks about "eating veggies and not working out" is hilarious.
No problem, misunderstandings happen from time to time.
Hey its cool, it happens.
Mate I'm not denying he got better at scoring headers but I'm trying to point out that we're talking about a whole different thing. Scoring headers involves much more than just jumping, you gotta know how to hit the ball with you head, you need some technique for it, much like with passing and shooting.
Help me understand one thing, he says he bulked up for the World Cup so much has his weight increased between the end of the PL season and the World Cup ?
As we all know, once a season starts, there's really nothing you can do to change the outcome. So actually, this is some pretty ground breaking stuff.
Exactly. He has the worst first touch of any United player I have ever seen.
Exactly what I thought. Absolute nonsense, he hasn’t got a clue
So go on then I'll bite. From finishing the season with United, to starting the first game at the world cup, how much muscle mass would he have put on in those few weeks if the above that you mentioned are perfect for him?
If you've bulked up in muscle you will run and move about in a fashion that's way more laborious. Don't know about it affecting the first touch but he's clearly been a lot less confident in receiving the ball this season because of it. That can play a role in some ways, however small.
It's nonsense. I'm telling ya, PR statement to excuse the fact he just got fat. His self analysis is Trump-worthy; genuinely makes no sense.
Reminds me of the Chris Rock bit where he gets caught cheating and exclaims, " who are you going to believe? Me or your lying eyes!?"
Cant see why the club havent pulled him up over this at the start of the season. Didnt they used to fine players for coming back after the summer being over their optimum weight, whether it was fat or muscle? He hasnt changed shape in over 3 months now, but only now doing something about it! Something not ringing true with this.