Every striker misses sitters. Not many coming back from injury or not will miss all of the ones he did yesterday.
He should have scored at least 1 or 2, fully fit or not.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran discuss United's thrilling but ultimately disappointing 3-3 draw with Galatsaray. They talk Onana, our fading hopes of getting out of the group, and whether we want Europa League football or not.
They also discuss a comfortable (?) win at Everton and probably don't spend long enough talking about THAT goal and Kobbie Mainoo.
Finishing with a look ahead to a punishing December schedule which will make or break the season.
He should have scored at least 1 or 2, fully fit or not.
The thumbnail to that video is brilliant. Imagine being a self professed "world class striker" and missing chances that an infant would be ashamed of and then afterwards you have (a no doubt perplexed) Thierry Henry consoling you. It must make him feel even worse knowing that the guy putting an arm around his shoulder used to score wondergoals in his sleep.
But who also was criticised for not doing it in the big games.
Holy mother of Gabriel Jesus! Didn't see the game, but saw highlights of those misses. One could be forgiven for mistaking him to be a Croatian defender. What a bottler!
If he’s half fit he shouldn’t have been picked, I don’t get why any manager would opt for a player with no sharpness in a competition where you can be out after 90 minutes. 
I do feel a bit bad for him, maybe I’m soft.
I do feel a bit bad for him, maybe I’m soft.
Same. I've not disliked a United player as much in a longgg time (Until Ronaldo recently who easily surpasses Lukaku in the dislike scale) and so I always enjoy when he craps the bus. Same with Moyes. Moyes, Lukaku and now Ronaldo are three individuals I will always enjoy seeing flounder.
That's why xG can be a misleading stat. If you didn't see his chances and look at his xG alone, you'd think oh wow he's such a good striker perhaps unlucky.
Nah he's shyte.
Nah he's shyte.
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His goal record has always been okay, even with us he got 1 in 3 which would have been perfectly fine if it came with a good all round game. That was never the reason he attracted the critics he has.
There's a reason he didn't get his first piece of silverware in a major league until he was 28, and even then it took a manager who made even Victor Moses a Champion.
Still not a good enough excuse for missing sitters that even amateur players are expected to put away.
He's probably the least clutch striker of his generation.
Cried after the game. Whatever happened to “grown ass man”
Surely you’re not trying to say Lukaku performed the same at United as he did at Chelsea?
Would be best outcome, Serie A suits him well.
Don't patronise me child, of course I know who he was and I saw him play. You missed my point completely, and went away with the fairies.
Injured or not a half fit prolific striker would score at least one of his chances. I hope the masses finally realize that he's nothing more than a flat track bully.
As for the being unfit excuse. He was literally missing the same chances under Conte when he was supposedly in top form.
We're talking about Martinez here. The butt of all managerial jokesIf he’s half fit he shouldn’t have been picked, I don’t get why any manager would opt for a player with no sharpness in a competition where you can be out after 90 minutes.
I do feel a bit bad for him, maybe I’m soft.
I think he gets too hard of a time on here sometimes but it’s obviously hard to defend him after that cameo against Croatia
2 sitters and a 3rd chance where he was asleep at the wheel and just didn’t anticipate the ball coming to him. Comically bad.
2 sitters and a 3rd chance where he was asleep at the wheel and just didn’t anticipate the ball coming to him. Comically bad.
Truly the anti-Drogba, who he was often compared to as young.
Tbf it was actually an improvement on his usual big game performances, usually he doesn't even get the chancesI think he gets too hard of a time on here sometimes but it’s obviously hard to defend him after that cameo against Croatia
2 sitters and a 3rd chance where he was asleep at the wheel and just didn’t anticipate the ball coming to him. Comically bad.
It was always a lazy comparison.
Even if we factor out their mentality differences they are both completely different in terms of style.
Lukaku shares more in common with Torres than he does Drogba.
Yup. Can’t stand him. A cowardly bottler. Mental midget with an ego as big as any in the sport.
Torres at one point was the 2nd best striker in the world behind David Villa.
Lukakus never even been the best striker in his respective league let alone the world. He may have turned shit, but put some respect on Fernando's name.
I'm talking more in terms of stylistical play, at which level they were doing it is irrelevant in that context.
Disagree he was 2nd best in the world though. Eto'o, Drogba and Rooney were all better than him aswell.
07-09 he was probably a top 5 if not top 3 striker in the world
Ballon'dor 3rd in 2008, 2 times in a row in the EPL TOTY, FIFA World 11 2008 and 2009, UEFA team of the year 2008.
He was carrying pool at times
His main strengths in my opinion was his insane acceleration and his strength (which went massively under the radar, I still remember well that goal when he knocked Rio out of the way like he was a feather). How many of Torres' goals came by him knocking the ball slightly ahead then using his acceleration to get the advantage on the defender? It felt like around 2/3rds.
I felt technically he was pretty limited in comparison to those I mentioned in the previous post, hence why they all could still impact games when their athletic features declined while Torres turned into one of the worst strikers in the league, he had to start getting by with his pure technical and tactical level which just simply wasn't up to scratch (the latter was the most infuriating thing when he was with us, his movement was absolutely appalling).
Don't even think their styles are the same though?
07-10, he was better than all 3 of the strikers you listed.
That Jose era had some proper fan favourites aye?
All the miss highlight videos have been removed. Conspiracy? 
Do you see compilations of Kane's and Lewandowski's misses all over the place? Thought not.All the miss highlight videos have been removed. Conspiracy?
wtf are you on about?
I'm in the Lukaku thread and all of @GifLord 's clips have disappeared and so has the tweet.Never has a chip been greater than the one that remains cemented to Romelu Lukaku’s shoulder.
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Chelsea should sign him.
What was the goal like?
Impressive, his penalty in the weekend and his goal tonight means he just doubled his goal tally this season (2+2 now instead of 1+1 league + CL).
Handsomely silencing his critics from the World Cup.
Absolute donkey.