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Guys, he played against Arsenal. The team that got out played by Brentford. Lukaku was always able to bully small teams. Let's see what he does against the top teams. Then you'll know if he really improved or not.
Are you deliberately deleting the 2 Inter years inbetween the United and Chelsea period for Lukaku out of existence because it doesn't fit your narrative ?What’s level headed to you? We finished second last year and above Chelsea for 2 years in a row now. For two years straight Chelsea fans have argued against us about who would finish ahead of who in the league and for two years it’s been your lot that have been wrong.
Don’t take offence at Utd fans not rating Lukaku, we had 2 years of him and we reacted in the same manner when Everton fans tried to warn him off us. You will just have to learn the hard way ala Lampard v Ole.
I think I know where you’re going now. This appears to be a bit of a vent towards Ole as a result of a bad day today. Using Lukaku as the platform to do this is a bit of an odd move, though. Existing players at the club have improved under Ole’s disposal. Lukaku isn’t one of them because he didn’t want to be here and wasn’t a right fit for the club. Playing the Captain Hindsight card with Lukaku is only ever going to be disingenuous.Where I’m going with this is that the really top managers (the ones that win major trophies, the sort of manager we once had at United) have an uncanny ability to get the very best out of the players at their disposal. And it always reflects badly on a manager when they sell a player and he immediately looks twice the player he was before his move.
Lukaku’s obviously one of the very best strikers around and would be a huge improvement to our squad (a point rammed home by Martial’s diabolical performance today) so this idea that he’s “not a United player” when he hits the ground running for a manager that has out-performed Ole since he took over at Chelsea (the reigning CL champions) really makes no sense at all.
This is called being deluded and why we laugh at RAWK. Fergie would have absolutely loved this version of Lukaku. Everything else youve spewed is romantic propaganda you've filled your mind with. Go write a poem while you are at it and post it via RAWK style.
What’s that got to do with Utd? I’m not over here rating Ashley Young over Shaw because of his time in a weaker league.Are you deliberately deleting the 2 Inter years inbetween the United and Chelsea period for Lukaku out of existence because it doesn't fit your narrative ?
Fergie have signed a lot of players who were worse than Lukaku. Are you implying that Ferguson had never signed a shit player in his 27 years at United ?
You're kidding right? Ferguson wouldn't have gone near a player as limited as Lukaku. This is the man who shipped Ruud Van Nistelrooy out once the goals were no longer enough. Not a chance in hell he would have bought this, or any, version of Lukaku.
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You're kidding right? Ferguson wouldn't have gone near a player as limited as Lukaku.
You are definitely talking a lot of shit. It’s the sheer arrogance for me. ‘Bigger beasts’ that hasn’t won a trophy in four years but trust the process. Give your head a wobbleThis doesn’t just apply to United, I’m afraid. Some clubs are just bigger beasts. He’d sink at Liverpool, too. As he would at Madrid and Barcelona. He wouldn’t fit at any of those clubs either, in part due to what those clubs expect from their forwards, in part because he would crumble (again). I’m not strictly partisan, you see.
Lukaku is a wonderful fit for Chelsea and he could well help you on your way towards the title this season. I’d be content if I were you.
Weaker league ? What about his 25 goals in his last PL season with Everton ?What’s that got to do with Utd? I’m not over here rating Ashley Young over Shaw because of his time in a weaker league.
2 years of Lukaku is enough to judge him by. If not then why is it ok to rate him based on that exact same timeframe in Italy?
I’m not the romantic type, I’m afraid. It’s perfectly reasonable to suggest that Lukaku didn’t have the stones for United and that the heavy weight of the shirt (as well as an obvious lack of build up play) played into his failure as a star striker at the club.This is called being deluded and why we laugh at RAWK. Fergie would have absolutely loved this version of Lukaku. Everything else youve spewed is romantic propaganda you've filled your mind with. Go write a poem while you are at it and post it via RAWK style.
Nobody has ever doubted Lukaku ability to score?Weaker league ? What about his 25 goals in his last PL season with Everton ?
When are you going to realize that United is the only anomaly in his career so far ? He has been a success everywhere so far regardless of us liking him as a player or not.
Lukaku had been a success at WBA, Everton and Inter. He's also been a success for his national team.Nobody has ever doubted Lukaku ability to score?
Again, you’re missing the point. Nobody has ever said he doesn’t score goals. Even at Utd he scored a lot of goals and you yourself are calling him a failure.Lukaku had been a success at WBA, Everton and Inter. He's also been a success for his national team.
It's literally only United so far that he failed with.
Do you apply the same logic to when that great manager we used to have had players leave that went on to perform better? Tevez for example?Where I’m going with this is that the really top managers (the ones that win major trophies, the sort of manager we once had at United) have an uncanny ability to get the very best out of the players at their disposal. And it always reflects badly on a manager when they sell a player and he immediately looks twice the player he was before his move.
Lukaku’s obviously one of the very best strikers around and would be a huge improvement to our squad (a point rammed home by Martial’s diabolical performance today) so this idea that he’s “not a United player” when he hits the ground running for a manager that has out-performed Ole since he took over at Chelsea (the reigning CL champions) really makes no sense at all.
Well, I'm sorry but that's honestly laughable to say that the success of striker isn't based on the number of goals he scored.Again, you’re missing the point. Nobody has ever said he doesn’t score goals. Even at Utd he scored a lot of goals and you yourself are calling him a failure.
Ask yourself why is that?
He was the best player in Serie A last season.Guys, he played against Arsenal. The team that got out played by Brentford. Lukaku was always able to bully small teams. Let's see what he does against the top teams. Then you'll know if he really improved or not.
Because he's taking pens. He'd score over 20 in the league for utd if he took pens. Scored 15 in the last 2 seasons. Take them away and his league tallies are 16 and 17. And then you take a closer look at the other topscorers and it become very clear it wasn't anything special to begin with.Well, I'm sorry but that's honestly laughable to say that the success of striker isn't based on the number of goals he scored.
He failed at United because he wasn't scoring at a similar rate to his other teams. His last season at Everton he scored 25 in the league, then with Inter he scored 23 and 24 in the league alone as well. At United he couldn't manage more than 16 goals a season in the league. His last season he only scored 12 in the league and 15 in all competitions, which isn't his usual scoring rate at all.
Clearly, neither us nor him managed to fit with each other. It happens. To base your opinion on him as a player on these 2 years and ignore that he has been a success at his other clubs before and after United makes no sense.
Lukaku is a very good player regardless of us liking him or not. He didn't fit with United, it happens. I have seen a lot of great players who made missteps in their career or failed at one big club because they couldn't fit into the team's structure and plan. It doesn't mean that they're shit.
I don't know about fail like he wasnt scoring. He still had a rate of a goal every other game, same as at Everton though it picked up at Inter.Lukaku had been a success at WBA, Everton and Inter. He's also been a success for his national team.
It's literally only United so far that he failed with.
Serie A wasn't as strong last season as it has been previously. No team in the CL quarters, Lukaku's Inter knocked out in the group stages behind Borussia Monchengladbach (8th in Bundesliga) and Shakthar Donetsk (2nd in Ukraine, 11 points off top). There was also only one Serie A team in the Europa quarters.He was the best player in Serie A last season.
And his last season at Everton his whole 25 goals included only one pen, meanwhile he scored 28 league goals with United in his both seasons combined.Because he's taking pens. He'd score over 20 in the league for utd if he took pens. Scored 15 in the last 2 seasons
Lukaku's rate of scoring with us was really poor imo in comparison to his usual self. His first 2 months he was on fire and scored like 10 goals in 9 games or something, but then for the rest of his first season he was scoring about one or two goals every month. Things got worse in his second season of course. He was also missing chances I wasn't expecting him to miss really. Clearly, it wasn't working with him for us.I don't know about fail like he wasnt scoring. He still had a rate of a goal every other game, same as at Everton though it picked up at Inter.
Fergie wanted to keep Tevez.Do you apply the same logic to when that great manager we used to have had players leave that went on to perform better? Tevez for example?
Lukaku failing at United was on Lukaku, not Ole. His attitude was awful, by all accounts he was a toxic influence in the dressing room, and he needed to go as much as we needed him gone.
He's done well since leaving, mostly because he's applied himself well, like he did during his first season with us. There's a legitimate question though around whether he can maintain that application over multiple seasons in the same place. For me that's what will show if he's grown since his time with us.
To be honest, I only got sucked into this thread by your weird - and obviously nonsensical - claim that playing striker for United poses a unique challenged that he won’t experience at Inter or Chelsea.I think I know where you’re going now. This appears to be a bit of a vent towards Ole as a result of a bad day today. Using Lukaku as the platform to do this is a bit of an odd move, though. Existing players at the club have improved under Ole’s disposal. Lukaku isn’t one of them because he didn’t want to be here and wasn’t a right fit for the club. Playing the Captain Hindsight card with Lukaku is only ever going to be disingenuous.
There are reasonable criticisms of Ole out there but I wouldn’t hang your hat on selling a fat, disinterested Lukaku two months into the job as one of them.
Will get haaland in January mate with the rumour of him have release clause set to start in january.Played very well today. Still expect him to feck up his fair share of attacks though, mainly against better opposition. With the prospect of them getting Haaland, I'm pretty relieved they've ended up with Lukaku.
If Fergie truly wanted to keep Tevez, we'd have kept Tevez. How many more decent seasons did City get out of him? 3?Fergie wanted to keep Tevez.
To be honest, I only got sucked into this thread by your weird - and obviously nonsensical - claim that playing striker for United poses a unique challenged that he won’t experience at Inter or Chelsea.
There are obviously other, more obvious, issues to bring up if my priority today was having a go at ole. But I’m happy to leave that to everyone else for now. God knows there’s no shortage of critics at the moment.
You genuinely think you’ll get Haaland in January?Will get haaland in January mate with the rumour of him have release clause set to start in january.
We spent literally zero in this window and won't rule us out of chasing haaland.
That wasn't my claim, it was another poster.Fergie wanted to keep Tevez.
To be honest, I only got sucked into this thread by your weird - and obviously nonsensical - claim that playing striker for United poses a unique challenged that he won’t experience at Inter or Chelsea.
There are obviously other, more obvious, issues to bring up if my priority today was having a go at ole. But I’m happy to leave that to everyone else for now. God knows there’s no shortage of critics at the moment.
Lukaku affected how we were able to break low blocks down and the quick interplay in and around the box ( hence the many pens over the last 18 months after we settled since his move)Well, I'm sorry but that's honestly laughable to say that the success of striker isn't based on the number of goals he scored.
He failed at United because he wasn't scoring at a similar rate to his other teams. His last season at Everton he scored 25 in the league, then with Inter he scored 23 and 24 in the league alone as well. At United he couldn't manage more than 16 goals a season in the league. His last season he only scored 12 in the league and 15 in all competitions, which isn't his usual scoring rate at all.
Clearly, neither us nor him managed to fit with each other. It happens. To base your opinion on him as a player on these 2 years and ignore that he has been a success at his other clubs before and after United makes no sense.
Lukaku is a very good player regardless of us liking him or not. He didn't fit with United, it happens. I have seen a lot of great players who made missteps in their career or failed at one big club because they couldn't fit into the team's structure and plan. It doesn't mean that they're shit.
It isn’t unique at all? I think it’s a tougher gig than either of those tasks you mention, for reasons I’ve already explained. Much in the same way I’d argue that a move to Madrid, surrounded by white handkerchiefs and immense expectation, is a fairly unique challenge for a multi million pound striker. Certainly moreso than playing at Stamford Bridge every week. Plenty of folk have been quick to criticise this which I accept, but they’re not off on a bizarre tangent surrounding Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.Fergie wanted to keep Tevez.
To be honest, I only got sucked into this thread by your weird - and obviously nonsensical - claim that playing striker for United poses a unique challenged that he won’t experience at Inter or Chelsea.
There are obviously other, more obvious, issues to bring up if my priority today was having a go at ole. But I’m happy to leave that to everyone else for now. God knows there’s no shortage of critics at the moment.
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Yeahhhnooo you won't. Appreciate the optimism though.Will get haaland in January mate with the rumour of him have release clause set to start in january.
We spent literally zero in this window and won't rule us out of chasing haaland.
His style of play not fitting with how we wanted to play doesn't mean that he's shit. I replied on that already. It means that he wasn't fit for us, which happens. It still means that in the right team and with the right system he would be very good.Lukaku affected how we were able to break low blocks down and the quick interplay in and around the box ( hence the many pens over the last 18 months after we settled since his mice)
That’s nothing to do with goals and we can 100 percent judge him on that. We will get arguments about Lukaku v Utd player on here but that isn’t what we are aiming for. No side with Lukaku up top will ever overcome Man City and that’s our goal.
Rashford has a fantastic G+A record over the last two seasons as he is questioned. We have a 19 year old with 9 (?) in last 10 and nobody is claiming he is the catalyst for our rest attacking play. Bruno is the most productive attacking player in the league and this place would choose rival players because they don’t give the ball away as much. Their influence falls down when the striker, as Martial today, does little in the build up phase
“bizarre tangent”. Good one.It isn’t unique at all? I think it’s a tougher gig than either of those tasks you mention, for reasons I’ve already explained. Much in the same way I’d argue that a move to Madrid, surrounded by white handkerchiefs and immense expectation, is a fairly unique challenge for a multi million pound striker. Certainly moreso than playing at Stamford Bridge every week. Plenty of folk have been quick to criticise this which I accept, but they’re not off on a bizarre tangent surrounding Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
I never had you down as such a Lukaku advocate, mind.
That was 30 years ago! And he broke his leg before anybody could find out how good he really was.Dion Dublin says hi.
Fergie never signed a player as limited as Lukaku to lead the frontline. Nobody even close.Fergie have signed a lot of players who were worse than Lukaku. Are you implying that Ferguson had never signed a shit player in his 27 years at United ?