Romelu Lukaku claims he was scapegoated with two other players at Manchester United

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To be fair though, if I were a professional footballer who couldn't trap a ball, and a professional athlete who couldn't sustain 2 sprints without a 20 minute respite, I'd probably be pretty insecure as well.
 

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he's basically describing what its like to be a forward at United

expectations are high and you get criticised if you don't perform

I guess he just wasn't at the right club if he has a problem with it
 

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:lol: that first one proper tickled me.

Feck it, @GifLord, it's time for a thread full of comedy Lukaku gifs. I know you want to.
The first time he really pissed me off
The match against city in 2017

Lukaku defending masterclass p1

Lukaku defending masterclass p2

Then had the chance to at least redeem himself - nope
 

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He's soft. The signs where there when he made that article talking about how mentally strong he is. Mentally strong people don't need to keep selling others on how strong they are mentally.

Compare his criticism to Pogba's. Night and day and Pogba actually has a ton more talent and much better performances.

Lukaku's been good at beating up on the small teams for Belgium the same way he was good against the smaller teams in England. Notice how his goals in the world cup didn't come against England, Brazil, France? You know. The good teams they played. He was abysmal in Euro 2016 too.

He's got a mental block to go with a terrible touch when it comes to performing in the bigger games and his insecurity also means when he's getting (warranted) criticism his head sinks and he can't get over it which makes his claims of being mentally strong total bollocks.
 

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The first time he really pissed me off
The match against city in 2017

Lukaku defending masterclass p1

Lukaku defending masterclass p2

Then had the chance to at least redeem himself - nope
The gall of him to turn around with arms out looking for answers from people after the first goal.

Useless lump of shit.
 

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The first time he really pissed me off
The match against city in 2017

Lukaku defending masterclass p1

Lukaku defending masterclass p2

Then had the chance to at least redeem himself - nope
Looking at the Lukaku's chance I noticed how amazing Ibra's control was. Wish he never got injured and stayed here for another season. Top player.
 

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0:32 on the video above just sums up Lukaku.

He should pipe down and just focus on Inter. He was an embarrassment last season.
 

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The moment Mourinho was sacked, he shit his pants. There was nobody to protect him. All he needed was to 'run through the wall' for Jose and he was safe. Didn't work with Ole and he started throwing toys off his pram. Never seen such an insecure player.
 

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Every time he opens his mouth he proves he doesn't have the mentality to succeed at a club like United.
He could have scored a thousand goals for Belgium, but when he played for united he looked slow, heavy, and poor on the ball.
I think its a shame because when he first joined and he was lean, he was really good for us, but his time with us obviously took its toll on him.
 

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The first time he really pissed me off
The match against city in 2017

Lukaku defending masterclass p1

Lukaku defending masterclass p2

Then had the chance to at least redeem himself - nope
That wildly mistimed punt at the ball to clear it, despite being in a position to do anything with it. Fecking Lukaku all over.
 

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What is obvious from this is how much time he spends on social media.
Sort your priorities and first touch out Rom.

Worst starting no.9 I’ve ever seen play for this club, awful player.
 

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Perhaps it was a tad over the top. Especially on social media where all sorts of cretins are posting this stuff directly to the players. On a related note I hope players start taking note that being a United player is a highly scrutinized task and you can eff off if you're not up to it. A guy like Schweinsteiger coming here for a retirement plan or people coming here to boost their brand can go elsewhere. Why I wasn't mad we didn't beg Dybala.
 

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Out of the 3 players he's saying were scapegoats I'd say he was the least of the 3. Pogba got the brunt of it (from the fans anyway) which I think was unfair, Sanchez for obvious reasons as the guy is just here for a paycheque and it's blatantly obvious. Lukaku just didn't reach the high quality he had potential of reaching and it's interesting he keeps mentioning he's international team, wasn't it those c*#ts who made him out on weight? which I think impacted he's performances at United??
 

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He brought up his international goal scoring record a lot but it's not what it seems when you look at the facts:

Friendlies: Russia (2), Netherlands, Luxembourg (3), Sweden, Iceland, Portugal, Switzerland, Finland, Norway, Mexico (2), Japan, Saudi Arabia (2), Egypt, Costa Rica (2), Scotland

2014 World Cup Qualifiers: Croatia (2)

2014 World Cup: USA

Euro 2016: Ireland (2)

2018 World Cup Qualifiers: Cyprus (3), Bosnia, Estonia (2), Greece (2), Gibraltar (3)

2018 World Cup: Panama (2), Tunisia (2)

18-19 Nations League: Iceland (2), Switzerland (2)

Euro 2020 Qualifiers: Kazakhstan, Scotland (2)


Half are goals in friendlies and the other half weren't scored against the best opposition.
 

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Out of the 3 players he's saying were scapegoats I'd say he was the least of the 3. Pogba got the brunt of it (from the fans anyway) which I think was unfair, Sanchez for obvious reasons as the guy is just here for a paycheque and it's blatantly obvious. Lukaku just didn't reach the high quality he had potential of reaching and it's interesting he keeps mentioning he's international team, wasn't it those c*#ts who made him out on weight? which I think impacted he's performances at United??
To be fair he did take a whole hell of a lot of stick, but it was more from here and social media than pundits who aim it more at Pogba and Sanchez. He might have gotten more stick than was warranted, but at the same time if he'd performed better then he wouldn't be in a position to get so much flack. He has no one to blame but himself for the state of his fitness last season.
 

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I still dont get the hate for Lukaku. I think hes ok. And I also think he is a good striker.
I don't get the hate either and I agree he's a good striker. He just didn't fit the manager's new system so he had to leave. I don't think he deserves to be ridiculed but what do I know.
 

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"So is it me? Or do we need to have a conversation from man to man and tell each other the rules?"

:lol:. He'll probably break down into tears the insecure grown ass baby.
 

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I don't get the hate either and I agree he's a good striker. He just didn't fit the manager's new system so he had to leave. I don't think he deserves to be ridiculed but what do I know.
I also think he's a decent player, but he's not taking any responsibility for the fact that he wasn't good enough for us and had some serious deficiencies to his game, particularly after his first season (weight, touch).
 

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I don't get the hate either and I agree he's a good striker. He just didn't fit the manager's new system so he had to leave. I don't think he deserves to be ridiculed but what do I know.
Didn't hate him until he started running his mouth. Talks a big game, can't even control a ball. He's been talking about joining the Serie A sinc he was a United player.

This latest interview, talking about being scapegoated, is another look at his piss poor mentality. Did Beckham cry about being scapegoated after the 1998 WC incident? No, he got back at it, put in great performances and won the Treble with us. Does Ronaldo complain that his teams rely on him too much to win games? I don't think I've ever heard him say anything like that. Roy Keane would die than say people are expecting too much out of him.

Then there's him bigging up his record for Belgium. Yeah good one Rom, playing alongside De Bruyne and Hazard and scoring a few goals against the world footballing powers of Iceland, Estonia, Gibraltar and Kazakhstan.
 

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This dude loves talking doesn't he, and every time he opens his mouth he comes across as a thick insecure whinging ass baby.

Student of the games he said. Moans about protection when Mourinho gave him all of it in the world while throwing his team mates under the bus, and he had the nerve to tell them to man up!! Full of excuses and thinks far too much of himself the shit cnut. Every time he'd throw his arm she up or point I literally wanted to smash my tv
 

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Lukaku's behaviour and disrespect towards the club over the past few months has been disappointing. I've lost respect for him.
 

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If we couldn't stand his game the fans at Inter will be no different. Once the new signing tag wears off and they see what Lukaku is really about he'll be fending off the same attacks from them
 

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Cant wait to see him go missing in the games against the better teams in Italy.
 

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Oh God, he's so insecure.

I thought him constantly talking on the pitch was him just trying to make things better in those 90 minutes. Now it just looks like he's one of those people that constantly talks about everything all the time like he's a wise guru and loves the sound of his own voice.
 

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Doesn't help anyone when you come out and bitch about your old club before having made an impact for your new one.

The arguments for why he looks better for country have already been made - lack of competition, lesser games, easier opposition, world-class players in his team. But the support is also obviously unconditional from any national team.

Club support is a give and take affair, you cannot put in terrible performances, turn up unfit, half-arse your way through games, cost 70m and a truckload of wages and expect the fans to still like you. Standards for United players are different.

While I do not agree with how our 'fans' and ex-players (Keane, Scholes, Neville) treat Pogba, there is nothing wrong in how Lukaku and Sanchez were called out for being overpaid disappointments.
 

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Lukaku played at the 2014 World Cup and it was clear as day that his touch, game intelligence and industry wasn't that of a top-quality striker. KDB also played in the same team and, while young, bossed the games for Belgium. Mourinho has never identified a young player who went on to make it big with the possible exception of Scott McTominay, he just buys expensive players and manages games well. It is a measure of Mourinho that he just looks at externalities like numbers (that Lukaku had scored heavily for Everton) and other people's opinion (that Conte wanted him at Chelsea), not the actual qualities Lukaku possessed as a player.

Interestingly, Lukaku is externally focused just like Mourinho. If you watch all his many mis-controls, mis-kicks he always either blames the turf, fakes an injury or blames a teammate right after when he knows the attention of cameras and other players will be on him. In contrast, for example just look at Martial right after he failed to stick his leg out at Rashford's wonderful cross in the first half at Wolves. You can tell he knows he made a mistake and is chastising himself for it. Lukaku, because he was more focused on how he was seen, never was self-critical and therefore never improved. Martial, Rashford, Pogba (e.g. after the penalty miss) are all self-critical players brought up in the highest standards of the MU tradition who will inevitably improve.

Mourinho was the worst hire Man Utd has ever made (yes, worse than Moyes or Obertan) because he was powerful and took us away from our philosophy. To right the ship will require taking our medicine (and Pogba does not want to be around while we right it) but right it we must. Lukaku is an example of us buying a 2nd-rate striker and glossing it up as MUQ, a feature of the Glazer era. #GlazersOut will help but in the meantime we need to get back to our way of doing things with Ole.
 
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