And people who are hellbent, for reasons unknown, to push the idea that he's "underrated" according to a standard that fits their purpose.
Haha well I guess he himself basically shows that he relies on his physicality and shielding the ball more than any sort of great technique. More like a center of the 90s in the NBA posting up in the box rather than a moving cog in the larger tactical machine.You have this
Lukaku 's reputation at Everton was that 1.) His first touch was abysmal. 2.) He was lazy and 3.)He went missing in big games. And 4.) Many Evertonians were happy to get the 75m for him. But Everton built their team around him, and Martinez was the guy who got the best out of him by calling him phenomenal every game. Lukaku is one of the best finishers in the game there is no doubt about that, but there are better all rounded strikers than him and he is not a team player.
12 in 20 games (2 in ucl)
It doesn't matter in which competition, as long as the game is official. Actually, 12 in 20 is much better than many would have expected. I don't follow Italian football so somehow thought he was doing worse than that.
It doesn't look that good when u see the goals. 4 tap ins, 3 pens, 1 worldie and a few headers.
I am not a Big Rom fan, but a goal is a goal. A tap in and a worldie count the exact same. If we had somebody to score tap-ins we would be top 4 (Not Rom though!)
Totally agree. We have Rashford with 13 goals and it's his best ever season performance-wise. The second best goalscorer we now have is ... Mason Greenwood at 6 goals (jointly with Martial, Ok)
All I saw in that video was Carragher wearing an Everton jersey?!You have this
Tbh you could create a fail video for any player.
Yeah you could, but would it be 10 mins long for half a season?
At least with Lukuku videos you know they have to be in widescreen
I find it hard to hate Lukaku, but
Exactly
Its not just that, its the consistently bad finishing. Could you imagine our 2008 team with this bloke instead of Tevez? Ronaldo and Rooney would two foot him before half time. Begs the question, why was he ever fecking signed...
I don't know. I can think of plenty of times someone like Rashford looking clumsy as feck. Rooney when he was out of form as well.
Mourinho had this idea of him being the next drogba or something. The fact was that his holdup play and first touch wasn’t good enough to be a drogba like number 9.
He's doing well. Just, not quite well enough. He's been bad in virtually every big game except slavia prague away
God. That very first clip sums up exactly why I'm glad he left.
Drogba was a beast. A one off.
He’s just as gash as I remember then. On a side note, watching that does make you appreciate the atmospheres we have at PL grounds. I can see why foreign signings always say they’re struck by how seriously we take football over here. Most of those stadiums sound dead.
he was also very technically gifted. The two players are incomparable.
1.35 I burst out laughing
My man was standing in an offside position and calling for the ball to be played to him. I can see Inter looking for an upgrade next season.
The 5:50 one is pure comedy gold.
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That is instinct, not something you can ‘get’. Yes coaching can improve but some players just have that knack and others don’t.
Lukaku's goal scoring record looks better this season as he is taking penalties now, before at ManUtd and Everton Baines and Pogba took the penalties.
For Inter right now he's good, but he isn't a big game player at all, which in later years will impact them, but if they can win league or some cups and keep making CL, they'll be happy with that investment.
