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anyone who watched the spurs game will have seen how Lukaku could easily have walked away with a couple of assists or a goal on another day through no fault of his own. I didn't watch much of Rom at United but he's doing very well for us even without scoring.
 

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anyone who watched the spurs game will have seen how Lukaku could easily have walked away with a couple of assists or a goal on another day through no fault of his own. I didn't watch much of Rom at United but he's doing very well for us even without scoring.
He attempted the impossible - assisting Werner
 

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anyone who watched the spurs game will have seen how Lukaku could easily have walked away with a couple of assists or a goal on another day through no fault of his own. I didn't watch much of Rom at United but he's doing very well for us even without scoring.
He was a Fat track bully* at Utd.

*as in he was out of shape and shite in big games.
 

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He was a Fat track bully* at Utd.

*as in he was out of shape and shite in big games.
He got so butthurt being called fat and slow and then later said Inter's medical team found out that he has a condition that made him fat and blamed United (which in turn also admits he was fat).

No doubt a very good player but a true "snowflake" if you have to pick one player in European football.
 

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In a more cheery mindset, and having of course not watched the game, was this your typical Lukaku performance against a decent team, stats look bad, no shots, 50% pass completion, only 6 completed the whole game?
 

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In a more cheery mindset, and having of course not watched the game, was this your typical Lukaku performance against a decent team, stats look bad, no shots, 50% pass completion, only 6 completed the whole game?

Ball absolutely bouncing of him again. As mcmanaman said, it needs to stick, throwing the hands about as well moaning because the perfect ball wasn't played into him......while at same time he couldn't play a ball himself. Reminded me of his time here
 

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In a more cheery mindset, and having of course not watched the game, was this your typical Lukaku performance against a decent team, stats look bad, no shots, 50% pass completion, only 6 completed the whole game?
Similar to the second half at Anfield to be honest. He was completely isolated. The very little involvement he had wasn't great anyway, but because we were penned back in our own half for much of the game, Lukaku wasn't really a factor. Not sure why we didn't use him as an out ball more often. The few times we managed to get the ball out to him, he managed to roll his defender before being rather cynically fouled. Both Laporte and Dias took yellow cards in those situations.
 

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Ball absolutely bouncing of him again. As mcmanaman said, it needs to stick, throwing the hands about as well moaning because the perfect ball wasn't played into him......while at same time he couldn't play a ball himself. Reminded me of his time here
That only really happened once. He was OK in that aspect apart from the one time it bounced horribly off him.
 

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In a more cheery mindset, and having of course not watched the game, was this your typical Lukaku performance against a decent team, stats look bad, no shots, 50% pass completion, only 6 completed the whole game?
It would have been a difficult game for any striker. But this isn't a game where Lukaku shines. Also had a few moments where you go, "ah there's United Lukaku"
 

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Ball absolutely bouncing of him again. As mcmanaman said, it needs to stick, throwing the hands about as well moaning because the perfect ball wasn't played into him......while at same time he couldn't play a ball himself. Reminded me of his time here
That’s what I don’t get with Lukaku either, it’s soo annoying to watch him play with the way he gets frustrated and points every single time he doesn’t get a pass he wanted.

Playing with him must be 100x annoying because he’s the worse with the ball at his feet and makes clumsy passes all over the pitch in that Chelsea team.
 

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In a more cheery mindset, and having of course not watched the game, was this your typical Lukaku performance against a decent team, stats look bad, no shots, 50% pass completion, only 6 completed the whole game?
 

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That’s what I don’t get with Lukaku either, it’s soo annoying to watch him play with the way he gets frustrated and points every single time he doesn’t get a pass he wanted.

Playing with him must be 100x annoying because he’s the worse with the ball at his feet and makes clumsy passes all over the pitch in that Chelsea team.

Was getting deja vu at him pointing and throwing the hands up at times when it would be impossible to even hit the ball to him, and then if it managed to fluke to him you'd be expected his first touch to be spot on.

Was always the most frustrating aspect of him when he was playing for us
 

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If you are trying to pin this loss on Lukaku, you are just stroking a hate boner. He was not bad.
 

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If you are trying to pin this loss on Lukaku, you are just stroking a hate boner. He was not bad.

What? :lol:


No one pinned anything, it's main football forum, he's got his own thread where people can discuss his performance.


If that's too heavy for you, be best heading over to the shed for blue tinted chat.
 

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It was a pretty par for the course performance for Lukaku against a team that isn’t cannon fodder.
 

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Lukaku hasnot scored against bigger teams..again...Liverpool..Totenahm and Mancity .. his demons are back..
 

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He's making the difference we all expected him to.

Theyd better hope he bangs them in against the cannon fodder because he turns wins against the big teams into draws and losses. Tuchel had the making of Liverpool and City last season, but not anymore. You can't match those teams with such a limited player in the lineup.
 

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No but that's not really a measure of how great a player is as Zlatan Ibrahimovic has never won one but is still one of the best strikers of the last generation. Nor did RVP.
Neither has Maradona ever won a CL. :D
 

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No but that's not really a measure of how great a player is as Zlatan Ibrahimovic has never won one but is still one of the best strikers of the last generation. Nor did RVP.
That's fair.

Do you think that Lukaku's supposed struggles vs top teams will lead to Chelsea winning a CL again with him being the main striker against ALL top teams? Just want to know your opinion.

Think Tuchel may have to use Havertz a bit more in some top games.
 

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That's fair.

Do you think that Lukaku's supposed struggles vs top teams will lead to Chelsea winning a CL again with him being the main striker against ALL top teams? Just want to know your opinion.

Think Tuchel may have to use Havertz a bit more in some top games.
If Liverpool can win a CL with Firmino, I think Chelsea can win it with Lukaku. Might need some favorable draws though.
 

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That's fair.

Do you think that Lukaku's supposed struggles vs top teams will lead to Chelsea winning a CL again with him being the main striker against ALL top teams? Just want to know your opinion.

Think Tuchel may have to use Havertz a bit more in some top games.
I think Chelsea would be more likely to win another CL by mitigating Lukaku's weaknesses than playing to his strengths. That may include dropping him for big games as he's shown he's mostly unable to impose himself against well set-up defences.
 

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Nor Ronaldo.
Great as he was, he would be crucified for that CL-record in todays internet-age.
Of course there is luck involved, he also had injury struggles, but he did play for top teams for the vast majority of his time in Europe.

Then again, his NT record arguably makes up for it.
 

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Chelsea won the CL last season with a miss firing Werner, though granted he makes up for that in other areas. They can clearly win the big trophies with Rom uptop, but others may need to be more relied upon.
 

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He wasn't that bad though yesterday?
He was mostly anonymous, but City forced us into just parking the bus so he was isolated for most of the game. This forum hyper focuses on his negatives though, so you'd get the impression he's a walking disaster if you're just reading this thread.
 

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He was mostly anonymous, but City forced us into just parking the bus so he was isolated for most of the game. This forum hyper focuses on his negatives though, so you'd get the impression he's a walking disaster if you're just reading this thread.
He had chances where he could have done way better than he did. Like the Werner cross where he fluffed at the ball or the counter you had vs 2 city defenders and Lukaku instead of playing a through pass played the ball straight at the city defender...
If you had Havertz in his place you might have fluked a win.
 

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This forum hyper focuses on his negatives though, so you'd get the impression he's a walking disaster if you're just reading this thread.
majority of caf don't even watch football. take Cavani for example. he was being called donkey on here even after 15 years of consistent scoring and making fools of defenders. they see one bad miss or missplaced pass and that's all they remember.
 

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He had chances where he could have done way better than he did. Like the Werner cross where he fluffed at the ball or the counter you had vs 2 city defenders and Lukaku instead of playing a through pass played the ball straight at the city defender...
If you had Havertz in his place you might have fluked a win.
Could have done better is still not necessarily very bad though. He was okay-ish with the little involvement he had. Held the ball up decently enough when he had the chance with the occasional stray touch or pass. I'm just saying reading this thread, your selection of gifs in particular :D , you'd think he dropped a 0/10 disasterclass
 

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He was mostly anonymous, but City forced us into just parking the bus so he was isolated for most of the game. This forum hyper focuses on his negatives though, so you'd get the impression he's a walking disaster if you're just reading this thread.
He kind of is though.

Doesn't score against the better teams, his record against the top teams is actually appalling for a player with over £200m of transfer fees.

He can't control or trap a ball very well, can't pass very well, can't dribble very well. He is a great goal scorer against the average to poor teams but that is it.

He is not a very good footballer really, he is just a good goal scorer.