Huh? That makes no sense.
If anything, what will make the biggest difference in their tallies will be how good a season Chelsea have vs United. You'd have to imagine that a striker who signed for the reigning champions will have a slightly easier time of it than one who signed for a team that finished 6th.
Admittedly the wording was a bit clunky but I thought the premise was fairly straightforward. Lukaku is a goalscorer, Morata isn't. Comparing them in terms of goals will only show one side of the story, and it's heavily favoured towards Lukaku. Who has the better season is a much more even contest than who scores the most.
Undoubtedly the form of their teammates will have an impact but I was working odd the assumption that they'd both be top 4 contenders at a similar level. Even if they aren't, I'd have to disagree with you.
A great goalscorer in a weaker team will generally get more of the ball, a higher proportion of the chances and a lot more trust/stability. There's pros and cons on both sides but I don't think it's remotely true to say it's easier to score at better clubs. If Benzema was playing for us I'd expect him to score more than he has for Madrid simply because he wouldn't have to make as many sacrifices - he'd be the focal point of the attack.
In this case I don't see much difference between Chelsea and United in terms of how welcoming it is for a new striker. Similar quality overall, similar levels of creativity, very no other goalscoring to share the limelight with...they're both walking into good places.
Naturally you can't rule out Conte or Mourinho throwing their toys out of the pram and the team throwing in the towel for the season, in which case there's no point in comparing the two. Assuming that doesn't happen, I think my point holds true...
That's a bold statement to make given the fact that Costa scored 20, 36, 21,16 and 22 goals in all competitions(from wiki) in his last 5 seasons and led Chelsea as their main man for two PL titles in three years whereas Morata scored 20 goals in a season once and has never really led the line for an entire season. Personally I think there is a huge difference in their quality.
I was talking about style rather than quality. I you're wondering if I'm just saying it now he's been signed, this was from a couple of months ago...
Anyone else think he's a lot like Diego Costa, but with a different kind of mental fraility?
Although if you want to talk about quality...at the age Morata is now, Costa had never scored more than 10 league goals once in his career. I can't imagine you'd have been speaking too highly of him then.