He nearly scored an own goal for Arsenal too if not for De Gea's super reflexes. I put it down to bad luck at the time but today makes me feel differently. Perhaps he has difficulty in judging aerial balls?
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 51
- Goals
- 27
- Assists
- 10
- Yellow cards
- 3
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) was joined by comedian Ali Woods to look back at the best and worst moments of a rollercoaster season with the annual United Hour Awards.
Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
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We supposedly took him right under Chelsea's nose when they thought they had him, then they "settled" for Morata.
You can slaughter him as you want in his thread. This is Lukaku's one though and if you don't think he deserves criticism today you're deluded, sorry.
When do we stop making excuses for him.
Lukaku is still young considering all, he should be rotated vs a steady strikers to stay hungry but we are thin upfront.
Ah fair enough.
That's the thing. I wouldn't be so frustrated about Lukaku being wasteful and completely useless in chance creation (nevermind his errors leading to both goals conceded) if he was half decent in what are his apparent strengths. Lost so many headers today, he couldn't keep the ball at all, couldn't finish the brilliant chance he had (and I'm pretty sure he would've bottled the Rashford chance) - such a passenger against any decent side. I wasn't a big fan of bringing him in, but watching him play this season - and it's not only about today - I am quite convinced he's not the player who will help you win the league or any major trophy. So dissaponted.
I was worried about this signing when we were first linked. The only decent game I can remember he had against us was for West Brom in a dead rubber. For Everton against us he was regularly shite.
In the FA cup semi final at Wembley, he not only missed a penalty against us but also a couple of clear chances. His touch that day was dreadful and stuck in my mind when we were linked with him.
His start to the season and regular goals made me think I was wrong about him. Today however brought all the bad vibes back. He was atrocious when we needed him most. Ok, the rest of the team weren't great but he was the difference.
He's been described as a Donkey by many today. Harsh maybe, but he has a lot of work to do before he is anywhere near the level we need. Deserves a decent spell out of the team.
In the FA cup semi final at Wembley, he not only missed a penalty against us but also a couple of clear chances. His touch that day was dreadful and stuck in my mind when we were linked with him.
His start to the season and regular goals made me think I was wrong about him. Today however brought all the bad vibes back. He was atrocious when we needed him most. Ok, the rest of the team weren't great but he was the difference.
He's been described as a Donkey by many today. Harsh maybe, but he has a lot of work to do before he is anywhere near the level we need. Deserves a decent spell out of the team.
No excuses from me, he's just a very limited footballer. His confidence might be at an all-time low but I'm sorry he's only slightly less limited than Hernandez was during his time with the club.
Matic aside the transfer business of the summer has been average yet again.
I work with two Everton fans and given the number of goals he scored for them you'd have expected them to be gutted he'd gone. That wasn't the case, they were happy to have the money and made it clear he was incredibly average off the ball and on it.
Matic aside the transfer business of the summer has been average yet again.
I work with two Everton fans and given the number of goals he scored for them you'd have expected them to be gutted he'd gone. That wasn't the case, they were happy to have the money and made it clear he was incredibly average off the ball and on it.
at this point i'm starting to believe we would be doing better with Vardy
Spurs would not want him.
Lol no thanks.
You could see his head wasn't in it any more as soon as he made that botched clearance which leads to City's second. Fantastic talent, but with all the misses he's had in front of goal lately and tendency to disappear when the going gets tough, I think it's valid to question whether he has the mentality to succeed with us.
Lukaku so poor today. He hasn't got the quality to ply for us. He is clumsy and lacks real quality in his build up play and his finishing. Has been poor most of this season even after his goalscoring start.
Like I've said all season. All the reservations we had about him before coming here have come true.
Terrible in big games and horrendous technique and first touch.
He has such a high opinion of himself but the truth is he's no where near good enough to start for a club of our stature.
Terrible in big games and horrendous technique and first touch.
He has such a high opinion of himself but the truth is he's no where near good enough to start for a club of our stature.
They would have found another way. They are a superior team. Nothing wrong in admitting that
Had a mare today. Hope he gets back into form sharpish
He looks incredibly low on confidence to me. I think a bigger ego would help him.
Now i noticed one thing. In build up of his chance, zlatans hold up play. This is how you do it ffs. Why he can't do it like that.
All fears about him being a limited striker is coming true. He still has age on his side and can improve, but he has been disappointing overall and has not done much other than some tap ins. He has been decent with a couple of good assists but his overall game is very limited and it looks like we have a limited striker on our hands for the next 4 years. Rashford and Martial should have been the ones regularly starting in the middle and now are being shunted to the wings.
He's always had these patches at Everton. I'm sure I commented on it. People who watch football far more than me chose to ignore that when it was as plain as day that he tends to disappear at times during a season. One of the reasons I was so against the club paying all that money for him. Should have invested in another midfielder and a winger and put Martial up front. The kid has technique, composure and all sorts, so we didn't actually need to spend that money up front. Plus we have Rashford as well.
In any case, it's done now so we need to support Lukaku, and hope he comes out of his slump pretty quickly.
Requires technical competence
I noticed that. I don't see how anyone could be bothered with that.
What I meant was, couldn't we have gotten someone who could at least hold the ball up and bring his team mates into play for 80m?
If he were at PSG or Real Madrid or City they'd get rid of him and spend whatever it takes on a world class striker. But we won't do that.
Do you discount first goals in a game or goals that gives us a lead? Cos he has scored plenty of those just midweek he scored an equaliser.
Yes it was, also big didn't do well in big matches
Abysmal performance imo
If Spurs do miss out on top 4 and Kane looks for a way out we should do all in our power to dump Lukaku and sign Kane.
Admittedly service to him was poor. But for someone of his size, power and pace he doesn’t do enough to effect games
I think lukaku needs to be dropped and conditioned. His aerial quality is non existing, he cannot carry the ball, his strength, which was finishing, even that is deteriorating now. We neef him big in the champions league.
Also I think, jose is not using him properly. We have a squad that has got good height. We should have a spot kick specialist, and our coaches should have proper drills in training for corner kicks and spot kicks. We have players like pogba, martial, rashford who can draw fouls, we should just be drilling them proper.
While for the time being, I would much rather want us to play a 3-4-3, with smalling, lindelof and rojo or Jones as our center backs, 4 mid fielders, playing mata /Jesse /mikhi in that hole and martial and rashford up top.
Also I think, jose is not using him properly. We have a squad that has got good height. We should have a spot kick specialist, and our coaches should have proper drills in training for corner kicks and spot kicks. We have players like pogba, martial, rashford who can draw fouls, we should just be drilling them proper.
While for the time being, I would much rather want us to play a 3-4-3, with smalling, lindelof and rojo or Jones as our center backs, 4 mid fielders, playing mata /Jesse /mikhi in that hole and martial and rashford up top.
Poor guy. Completely out of confidence. Maybe needs to be benched for a game or two.
Money makes no difference. Zlatan cost nothing doesn’t mean that if he has a bad game we can console ourselves by saying ‘at least he was free’. He has been fine so far. Can be better but overall he has done well. Like I said before, he did well for our goals vs spurs and arsenal so his link up play is fine.What I meant was, couldn't we have gotten someone who could at least hold the ball up and bring his team mates into play for 80m?
If he was 3 inches shorter and a few kgs lighter he would still be at West Brom.
I`m getting pissed off now. How many good games has he had? Not nearly enough. I'm thinking Zlatan is a better option now.
No hold up play, not winning headers effectively only slight touches, defensive mistakes and missing a huge chance is really poor. A rest I hope should give him a kick up the ass that he needs now.
No hold up play, not winning headers effectively only slight touches, defensive mistakes and missing a huge chance is really poor. A rest I hope should give him a kick up the ass that he needs now.
What is idiotic is those that think that peformance is acceptable from a United number 9. Go back and watch Oren of RVN and RVP to see what a United striker is supposed to do.
Zlatan is always better Lukak in the buildup. Not that I care. If we've had two CFs who aren't below the required standard then the manager still isn't doing enough.
Fantastic talent? We haven't seen much of that. He can score a few chances when they are served on a plate, but anyone who has played football could do that.
I think the problem Mou faces is that his confidence is shot. Benching him would be the natural thing to do due to his poor performances however it will probably send him even deeper into his rut.
What needs to happen, and probably will once summer comes round is to buy another striker. I can't see Zlatan staying beyond this season. Yes we could potentially playe Martial or Rashford up top however if any of them succumb to injury, we're proper fecked. Maybe competition is what Lukaku is missing. He's wasn't up for fighting for a chance in Chelsea. At Everton he knew he was the main man no matter what. At united, yes Zlatan is back but I still think Lukaku will start most games. We need an Aguero/Jesus situation to keep the strikers on their toes.
Me too.
The mrs was watching the match with me. I wasn't giving Lukaku a hard time, she's not seen other matches recently, and as a lay person and a neutral person, she could spot that he was just being there, and wasn't contributing much at all, and either getting in the way or looking clueless when he was within range of a finish.
We're overplaying him. Did the same with Zlatan last season. Does Jose not rotate strikers or something?
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