What an embarrassment he really is.
The state of his physique is an insult to the fans who pay to watch Manchetser United.
The state of his physique is an insult to the fans who pay to watch Manchetser United.
Lukaku's "touch"
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State of this.
You're right, his first touch is a shot.
Im also shit and overweight. I mihjt give Jose a call sometime..
That's the point really.
Watching it in real time made laugh out loud, but this thread is also comedy gold.
It's like he's he opposite of a magnet. The ball just bounces off him.
Belgian Heskey.
Why did this make me laugh so much hahaha.
Belgian Heskey.
Why did this make me laugh so much hahaha.
We all laughed righteously at Liverpool when they signed Andy Carroll. But with Lukaku we have somehow managed to pip them to the title of shittest big money striker signing of any big team ever.
Not going to go into it but I'm pretty sure I could think of 12-15 current Prem strikers who would be an upgrade on Lukaku.
Not going to go into it but I'm pretty sure I could think of 12-15 current Prem strikers who would be an upgrade on Lukaku.
If Spurs counts as a big team (do they?) Vincent Jansen is up there..
Eh, Lukaku's been disappointing but I don't think he's been anywhere near as bad a signing as Carroll was for Liverpool. So far he's got a relatively respectable goals return (even if it doesn't make for his overall performances) and we were justified in signing him (arguably) in that he'd had a 20+ goal league season just before and had generally been a strong scorer in the league for a few years.
By contrast, Carroll had literally had about one decent half-season with Newcastle, and in his spell at Liverpool only managed six league goals, averaging about one every seven games. Feels hard to emphasise how genuinely bad a signing that was considering how much they paid for him, and considering how silly a panic buy it was when he'd done nothing to justify a reasonably large fee.
He's quickly turning into Akinfenwa without the heading ability.
Wtf is he even trying to do there ? Can someone explain ?
People laughed when Arnautovic was mentioned as a possible signing but he's a better footballer than Lukaku.
The sad thing is that he was actually a little better today than he has been most of this season. He managed to win the ball, hold it up and lay it off quite often, plus he scored a good goal.
Still nowhere near good enough though.
Still nowhere near good enough though.
I'd feel sorry for him if he didn't talk shit often. Then again he makes me laugh so he's great.
You all don't be talking shit about our only ray of enjoyment in this shit season now, will you?
You all don't be talking shit about our only ray of enjoyment in this shit season now, will you?
Considering all the money wasted post SAF, would it really have been too much for you lot to spend 100m on Ronaldo? Sure he might have 2-3 years left but he’s a goal scoring machine and I’m sure commercially it would have made sense.
I doubt he'd have wanted to come back at this point. More than anything else, he wants to do everything possible to go down as the greatest of all time. The best way of doing that is leading yet another club to a CL title. Something that looks a long way beyond us, even with him in the side.
No he’s not. He barely plays and they spent peanuts on him.
Lukaku plays every game and cost £75m which we’d never get back for him.
Meme player.
Good point and at worst he would wanna only win a league title which he has huge chances to do at Juventus than at United anyway
That's true. He is knackered after ten minutes.
I wish Lukaku was playing in the Caf's golden age of photoshoppers. Top and Ollie would have a field day with him
Watching it in real time made laugh out loud, but this thread is also comedy gold.
sold him in FM for 40 mil, signed Icardi. Never looked back.
I’m afraid his first touch would break the MRI scanner.
Typo or a serious look in the mirror is needed
Lukaku would struggle to get into most PL sides currently - overweight, no movement, not actually that good in the air (likely becuase he weighs about 100kgs), poor technically, poor with the ball at his feet....who would sign him?
In all seriousness some of the comments in here seem to act like Lukaku isn’t a genuinely class footballer. He’s obviously in the doldrums now and his confidence looks shot, but you could find videos of a million amazing players doing stupid shit.
My worry is we have a player who has scored 85 goals in the Prem before he’s hit the prime of his career and he looks dreadful. Make no mistake though, it’s not all his fault and he isn’t our main issue.
My worry is we have a player who has scored 85 goals in the Prem before he’s hit the prime of his career and he looks dreadful. Make no mistake though, it’s not all his fault and he isn’t our main issue.
Thank you.
Lukaku's first touch is one of the reasons why Pogba loses his motivation and gets called a virus by his manager.
This is what I don't get. We're happy to spend £80m on Lukaku and £50m on Fred in order to improve our team but we don't wanna splurge £15m on sacking Mourinho - which would actually improve the team right away.
Lukaku could perform for Belgium because the pressure is less. Not everyday he face against France, Brazil, etc.
At United you have to perform 99% of the time. First touch must be perfect every time. Remember those days when you feck your first touch and Cantona, Keane, Rio and co. will give you death stares? Yeah. That was the standard.
Lukaku is the version of Phil Jones when playing forward. Calamity striker.
At United you have to perform 99% of the time. First touch must be perfect every time. Remember those days when you feck your first touch and Cantona, Keane, Rio and co. will give you death stares? Yeah. That was the standard.
Lukaku is the version of Phil Jones when playing forward. Calamity striker.
That was too much to ask
. Rooney in his prime wasn't the cleanest in terms of first touch, but it was alright because he got other things he could do.Lukaku is just....gosh.
My 2 year old grand son has a better touch.
Did he actually get injured or was he fine? Didn’t he get subbed after?
He was getting a lot better
Then he got worse
Then he got worse
It's funny to think back at how much stick berbatov got. He was a class act compared to the donkey we have upfront now. Although standards were much higher back in those days.
Sort of. He's a bloody good striker when the team plays a very specific way, which we don't, and there is something seriously wrong with him to be carrying the weight he is.
Even with him in top form though, it's not enough. We can post all the videos we like of Berbatov but let's not forget, a player that good was still not good enough. Likewise Van Nistelrooy. For all his finishing ability, which was the best I've seen in the PL, we had to tailor our game to cover his lack of all round involvement and it coincided with the leanest period we saw since SAF became successful.
The strikers we have fielded in our most successful seasons have been extraordinary players, capable of doing anything and everything. Lukaku will never be that good.
This. He has always had his flaws but I would assume (and hope) the "he can't play football" posts aren't entirely serious.
Thanks for making my day! After the misery of yesterday's result I now can't stop laughing and am getting some strange looks at work!
Watching it in real time made laugh out loud, but this thread is also comedy gold.
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