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Don't see a great deal wrong with those two moments.
The first he finally used his strength well to break free , heavy pass though.
The 2nd, good running off the ball. Again he uses his physical advantage well but it was a good stop from Ederson.
He plays with his head down too often though, which is why in the 1st clip his pass is off for offside.
Does well first, just makes the wrong decision in both situations. Once he doesn't play through Ziyech instantly he either has to go for the shot himself or pass it wide to Alonso, the reverse pass to Ziyech is the most difficult one with the least likelihood of succeeding.

Second one, Ederson is almost 16 yards off his line, go for the chip. The early shot, unless it's a chip, is never on, and the end result is at a perfect height to save as well. Either chip or hit it hard and low.
 

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First clip is terrible decision making, and weight of pass, but I don't see much wrong with the 2nd clip. That's great keeping to come out and really close down any angle to shoot towards. He couldn't do much more with that.
It's a poor shot at perfect height for Ederson, chip or go hard and low.
 

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Tuchel not happy with donkey Rom

Interviewer - "Lukaku needs service"

Tuchel - "sometimes he needs to do the service, he had many ball losses without any pressure in very promising circumstances. The performance upfront needs to be much better".
Lukaku is a poor footballer but this is cnutish from Tuchel.
 

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I said it before and I will say it again.
Lukaku makes chelsea play worse. He ruins their pressing scheme and free movement. Why? Because he is very static, no quick movement, no proper pressing is ever done by him and his hold up play doesnt work all the time.
Despite him winning the league title with us last season these problems were still evident in his gameplay and it drove us crazy (most of us were happy when he left anyways). The only difference is that Conte made the system just for him to thrive and cover most of his limited attributes all the time. Take all of that out and you end up with a useless player at the pitch with some questionable decision making (whether its on the pitch like today or outside). Chelsea should sell him somehow he is clearly not preferred by Tuchel.
 

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Luca Toni too, crazy how many of the same striker type Bayern went through during that period.

Mad to think Mario Gomez is also younger than Ronaldo.
Mandzukic was a great striker, he didn't score much, but he was very mobile outside of the area, and had an amazing workrate.

I don't even know why bring Mario Mandzukic as non-mobile striker, when he was the opposite...he wasn't a great goal scorer, but did lot of work outside of the small area.

He is talking about Mario Gómez.
 

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Hey PSG, do you need a striker who has scored over 250 career goals who is in his prime? Give us a call. Please?
He'd do alright in France, probably better than Italy.

However they're never winning a champions League if he's a starter.
 

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This almost word for word what I was saying in summer about the kind of striker I wanted. Our biggest problem last season was finishing all the chances we create. I was very concerned about this idea people had about just sticking a #9 up there and suddenly we have someone to finish all the chances we create. The #9 is a huge part of the chance creation and for me, I wasn't sure Lukaku was it.

 

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Nothing wrong with the second shot, it was a great save by the keeper.

I don't rate Lukaku, but seems like people are exaggerating.
He didn't make it difficult for a keeper of Edersons quality at all. A top quality striker makes him a work a bit.
 

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Elber. Even though I always loved Makaay. But the Dutchman was really a pure and single minded poacher, while Elber was a great all around player. His reputation would have been so much better if his relationship with the Brazilian national team would have been better.
I caught the tail end of Elbers career so don't remember much but Makaay was some player, just so powerful! Bayern have had some phenomenal goal scorers haven't they :lol:
 

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This almost word for word what I was saying in summer about the kind of striker I wanted. Our biggest problem last season was finishing all the chances we create. I was very concerned about this idea people had about just sticking a #9 up there and suddenly we have someone to finish all the chances we create. The #9 is a huge part of the chance creation and for me, I wasn't sure Lukaku was it.

That’s pretty blunt from Tuchel. Lukaku seems to be a bit thin skinned at times - wonder how we will take this

In any case, I’m sure Chelsea were expecting more than 5 league goals by mid January. Even if he is no good in the buildup, he can usually get the goals vs. the weaker teams.

If I were Chelsea I would get rid in the summer, and go in another direction.
 

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Also, is it just me who finds managers that value strikers like Lukaku in particular as a potential weakness in their ability?

I was surprised Tuchel joined the list of Mourinho and Conte - who are/were all good managers but maybe not exactly the Klopp and Pep level either.
 

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Also, is it just me who finds managers that value strikers like Lukaku in particular as a potential weakness in their ability?

I was surprised Tuchel joined the list of Mourinho and Conte - who are/were all good managers but maybe not exactly the Klopp and Pep level either.
Of course, it was my biggest disappoitment with Mourinho, I find it amazing that someone like him or Tuchel would spend good ampunt of their budget on someone like Lukaku.
 

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This almost word for word what I was saying in summer about the kind of striker I wanted. Our biggest problem last season was finishing all the chances we create. I was very concerned about this idea people had about just sticking a #9 up there and suddenly we have someone to finish all the chances we create. The #9 is a huge part of the chance creation and for me, I wasn't sure Lukaku was it.

I wanted Sancho personally!
 

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Any video of best striker in the world against City?
Not just the best, but also the most intelligent. I get sick of hearing it. He’s always been massively overrated.

Lukaku is a poor footballer but this is cnutish from Tuchel.
Why is it? 100 million, gives it the big man all the time. Fair enough to put pressure on him. I know there‘s a convention that you don’t criticise players in public but this is fair comment. I do get the feeling he wasn’t exactly what Tuchel wanted…
 

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Glad he’s being exposed as the useless lump most of us knew he already was in his underwhelming 2 years with us. Inter will be calling again soon and I think he’s a lock to take the coward’s way out again in a few years.
 

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Tuchel - "sometimes he needs to do the service, he had many ball losses without any pressure in very promising circumstances. The performance upfront needs to be much better".
But we were told none of that matters by some on the caf? He just puts the ball in the net and that's all he needs to do? Problem is apart from those brief moments he's a problem for the team, which is what we've always said.
 

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I’m glad we got rid of Lukaku. There’s a decent striker in his boots but he’s a bit fukked in the head.
 

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Glad he’s being exposed as the useless lump most of us knew he already was in his underwhelming 2 years with us. Inter will be calling again soon and I think he’s a lock to take the coward’s way out again in a few years.
It'd be brilliant if he went back to Inter this summer for half the fee. At least we made a profit on him! Chelsea do like selling for outrageous fees to the likes of PSG though...
 

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That first chance above, he is so desparate to shift blame on Ziyech, like he sent him a perfect pass, perfect ball and poor guy fecked it up, when reality aint even close to that.
 

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It's quite outstanding how bad he is in big games
Which got me thinking, will Tuchel be thinking about benching him for CL, and/or domestic cup finals?
He has managed cup runs very well so far, lets see what he does.
 

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That’s pretty blunt from Tuchel. Lukaku seems to be a bit thin skinned at times - wonder how we will take this

In any case, I’m sure Chelsea were expecting more than 5 league goals by mid January. Even if he is no good in the buildup, he can usually get the goals vs. the weaker teams.

If I were Chelsea I would get rid in the summer, and go in another direction.
It is very blunt, maybe a bit too blunt but he's not wrong.

I don't know what Chelsea will do because he's on 375k a week and we'd probably want to try and recoup most of the £97m we paid for him. He's a pretty unmovable asset unless a team like PSG or Newcastle can convince him of their project and are happy to match his wages. Both seem like a pipedream to me.
 

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It is very blunt, maybe a bit too blunt but he's not wrong.

I don't know what Chelsea will do because he's on 375k a week and we'd probably want to try and recoup most of the £97m we paid for him. He's a pretty unmovable asset unless a team like PSG or Newcastle can convince him of their project and are happy to match his wages. Both seem like a pipedream to me.
Maybe a Serie A club would pay £50-60m or something? Thats where he has most recently had success, so there might be a club who feel they can strike a bargain.
 

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Maybe a Serie A club would pay £50-60m or something? Thats where he has most recently had success, so there might be a club who feel they can strike a bargain.
I can't think of a Serie A club who could match his wages, or would even want to, and that's assuming Chelsea would even want let him go at an almost 50% discount just 12 months after dropping almost £100m on him, which is very unlikely. Unless we get super lucky in the market, we're stuck with him I'm afraid.