This makes no sense, the entire point is that those comparisons have never made sense. He has never had a similar play style to Drogba, they never had any similarities.
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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?
Please just use Google. You’ll see this is incorrect within about 1minute.
What are you talking about, what am I supposed to see within minutes?
It would've taken you less time to google it than writing this post.
You're wrong (on me not watching him). Being incredibly fast is also not something that was part of Drogba's game. He was closer to Eto'o without the workrate if you really wanted to compare him to someone (although he didn't fulfill that early promise) but build-wise he looked like a player that was supposed to play like Drogba, hence the comparisons.
Which is part of the point. He was always compared to Drogba despite their playing styles being very different... for obvious reasons.
Again, this has nothing to do with him being similar to Drogba. Of course he was his idol, why not?
The best comparison that I have is Mario Gomez, big and fast goalscorers that do not play a physical game at all.
@tomaldinho1 Lukaku got fat in the head and body. Ego too inflated and too many chips is what happened between his early WBA days and now.
I can't think of a single player that "bulked" and got better. Beckham maybe but he didn't bulk in the way these players are today. I can't help thinking they're using aesthetics lifting routines rather than functional ones.
I can't think of a single player that "bulked" and got better. Beckham maybe but he didn't bulk in the way these players are today. I can't help thinking they're using aesthetics lifting routines rather than functional ones.
If we had a choice this season between Weghorst and Lukaku, who would we pick? As crappy as the Belgian has been, I'd go with him. I know its not saying much.And you pair him up with Lautaro Martinez of all peopleJust brutal, has to be up there with the worst attacking duos in history. Wouldn't trust them to bag one in if the game was being played for 2 hours more last night.
Both of them going 2 on 1 against the keeper and my bet is they will feck it up somehow.
He was absolutely nothing like Drogba. The comparisons were just incredibly lazy. A lot of Drogba’s game revolved around his aerial dominance, which has always been something Lukaku struggles with.
I think its just boils down to them both being black, very physical and both them being strikers with ties to Chelsea. Otherwise they have almost nothing in common.
100% true. I am no fan of Lukaku but the grief he is getting on the block and it being a surefire goal is over the top. Dias would have cleared the ball off the line.
Lukaku looks big but not very physical imo. I still remember playing for us he usually lost the ball because some defender outmuscled him.
Yeah true.
Cristiano?
Henry, Mbappé and Haaland also bulked.
I just checked his last Instagram post & as I predicted, it’s gone there.
Lukaku has been an arsehole in recent years, so its fun to take the piss out of him, but i can't help thinking if the roles for the first chance had been switched you'd have Lukaku getting the bulk of the criticism for not being calm enough to direct the header slightly, or bring it down with his chest instead.
Lukaku does the right thing by moving forward in anticipation of the keeper getting a hand to the first header, or a rebound from the bar...he just doesn't get the positioning quite right and it goes slightly over his head. Slim margins of a not too different angle of rebound and he has a good chance to score the follow-up header (or makes himself an even bigger laughing stock by missing at close range again).
Dimarco has a couple of seconds to take in everyone in front of him between the first header and going for the second, not much, but it is enough to register where Lukaku is and that he has space in front and to the left.
He then does what a lot of players (especially non forwards) even great ones would do in the same quick reactions, very high stakes situation, and instinctively lunges into an undirected header. I think it's just a chance where maybe 70% of players it ends up the same way, but you'll have a not insignificant number of players with the poise, finishing and penalty-box awareness (and good enough in the air) to either score with a better header, or control it with their torso for the easier close range shot.
Lukaku does the right thing by moving forward in anticipation of the keeper getting a hand to the first header, or a rebound from the bar...he just doesn't get the positioning quite right and it goes slightly over his head. Slim margins of a not too different angle of rebound and he has a good chance to score the follow-up header (or makes himself an even bigger laughing stock by missing at close range again).
Dimarco has a couple of seconds to take in everyone in front of him between the first header and going for the second, not much, but it is enough to register where Lukaku is and that he has space in front and to the left.
He then does what a lot of players (especially non forwards) even great ones would do in the same quick reactions, very high stakes situation, and instinctively lunges into an undirected header. I think it's just a chance where maybe 70% of players it ends up the same way, but you'll have a not insignificant number of players with the poise, finishing and penalty-box awareness (and good enough in the air) to either score with a better header, or control it with their torso for the easier close range shot.
I don't think of them as "bulking" specifically. They just continued to grow up. Versus actually trying to put on weight specifically
Ronaldo most definitely bulked up specifically
Hmmm perhaps that's where a lot of the agility and nimbleness was lost in favor of strength and power. Compared to others he def managed to stay lean
Zlatan is a good example. He was always tall but in Ajax he was not particularly very big and couldn't boss defenders around like he did later.
I think Ibra clearly got worse when he bulked in Milan too.
His best seasons are probably his final 2 at Inter.
I think he actually reproduced that level (if not better) with PSG, but even though they were too strong for Ligue 1 (including the rich Monaco of that period) they didn’t have a strong enough team to win the CL. They were always 1/2 injuries to key players (Motta, Silva) away from trouble.
Is it wrong to say god bless the Saudis if they bail us out of this Lukaku problem?
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Not to mention mindset aswell.
Drogba saw competition for his place as a challenge to overcome while Lukaku saw it as a reason to sulk and rage quit. And I don't think I need to mention their contrasting records in big games.
I always saw him as bigger and stronger version of Javier Hernandez when he was there, but not as good with his runs. Gomez is probably a better comparison
Has a footballer peaked earlier and then regressed quite like him? When he was on loan at WBA, he looked like he was going to become a reliable 25+ a season goal getter even if his style is not your cup of tea.
Darren Bent?
Yes. You should say yarhamuk allah instead.
Saudi's the best move for everyone, he won't fit in back with us and I don't think Inter can afford either his transfer fee or wages.
Bent's best scoring numbers were probably a division shorter than the premier league though.
Tbf he's had 20+ goal seasons 7 times, 25+ goal seasons 5 times and 30+ goal seasons twice (at Inter where he won the title)
I'm not sure if understand your point. Bent best scoring season is 24 goals in the PL, his second best is 18 goals. Lukaku best PL season is 25 goals and second best 18 goals.
It will be criminal if any club bail Chelsea out of the shit by taking Lukaku off their hands. They should be made to suffer the consequences of their 100m mistake.
He’s not very much like Drogba at all.
Thank you for sharing that. Goretezkas transformation is an example of what I'm referring to. In the article you linked is the following quote:
Goes on to mention a balance between muscle mass and being lean. A lot of players, like Lukaku, are bulking without these considerations and winding up slower and hurting their game. I wonder if they're trying to do so w proper coaches or maybe that's who the issue is to begin one. Lukaku was allowed to eat crap while ar United and then Conte forced him to eat more greens. So perhaps the sports science support isn't as strong