Playing balls into his feet under pressure as if he's suddenly going to be a great target man/hold-up play striker is a big issue. At the best of times it's wasting his other talents, in his current form you might as well just pass it straight to the opposition. If we want to use him as an easy ''out" ball from defence we'd be better off putting the ball into the channels for him to chase than trying to play fast into his feet or lumping it onto his head.
He's at his best when you give him decent service into the box, or on quick breaks when you give him something to run onto or he can use his movement to create space for others. If we continue to get the sort of service into the box as Dalot did against Fulham, Lukaku will prosper as he comes back into form.
This is football, modern football at that. Any footballer who you need to avoid passing the ball to his feet is a fecking con man and a masquerade. That should not be spun as some sort of fault of his teammates, who have the stupidity to pass the ball to their teammates feet. Not being good at football isn’t acceptable, and when the rest of your teammates are at the top of the game, it will naturally mean you can’t keep up with what they are doing.
Kicking the ball into the channel for your striker to chase like a dog in the park is no consistent formula at the very top of the game. It worked for Jamie Vardy for a bit, but it’s ultimately not enough in isolation. God forbid your striker actually catches up with the ball. Then what? Does the pass always have to be one that allows him to shoot with his first touch? If not, Lukaku needs to control the ball that is running away from him, under pressure from a centre half who is chasing him, and consistently bring others into play, or manoeuvre his man for a shot, which he’s very poor at for a top level striker. If there’s a man between him and the goal when he gets it, chances are he cannot get a shot on target.