Tomo

Oh look like magic we're suddenly pressing forcing mistakes and have 11 men in the build up play. I wonder what happened.

Tuchel's will ruin himself quicker than Conte if he keeps picking him.

To put that into context Agbonlahor was mocked for eight touches in one half when playing for bottom of the league Villa away to peak Pochettino's Spurs.

Our next FA Cup opponents play better football than what we do with Lukaku as a vocal point and i'm not even joking. The ONLY way this crap can be remotely justified is if it comes with a lot of W's.

Is that actually true?

We use to be the best in Europe off the ball, there's only been one change since.

If only we had a silky German forward who could drift in midfield and help with the ball transition.

He needs 4 to be on course for his minimum requirement of 1 a game.

I admire you for waiting that long.

Sick of this wanker being rewarded for his careless performances and shit attitude. You can say you're unhappy with him as much as you like Tuchel actions speak louder than words. Someone notify me if by some miracle he's finally held of account and taken off.

I'm sorry how anyone has come to the conclusion Hazard is a good idea is mindblowing. Our forwards for all their flaws are more useful than 2022 Hazard, yes even Lukaku.

This is why i never understood the binary thinking of "they've won X trophy so we should back their judgement in the market", was the same with Conte apparently the 2017 title meant we should have handed him a blank cheque. Great coaches can be shit in the market and vice versa.

The only thing that's shocked me is it's that high.

Imagine how many opposition counter attacks this guy would have started if he played for us under Frank.

Remember when we use to wonder how Hazard could show such little visible frustration when playing with the likes of Willian, Morata and Ramires? Now it all makes sense, he dealt with a lot worse at national level.

Yet we still signed a so so Ba and a past his prime Eto'o because he wasn't cutting it.

Really? I know we've had our disagreement's where he's concerned but one thing is for certain, he's not displacing Edou anytime soon.

He's taken his reduced status well and knuckled down and made a difference where he can. Also the Europa alone puts him ahead of Rom as will the league cup if we win it unless Rom single handedly drags us home at Wembley (highly unlikely especially if it's Liverpool). He absolutely has too. With his price tag combined with all the negatives he's bringing a goal a game average should be minimum requirement.

Player wise yes there's been a lot worse, but add his ego, stylistic mismatch and off the pitch antics to the mix and i'm stuggling to think of a bigger net negative at this point, Torres is the only one that comes remotely close.

I really hope so but as I said in response to @Superblue_1986actions speak louder and words.

If it was "just" the fact he wasn't good enough I would agree but when you add everything together he's a lot more destructive than anyone I can remember. He genuinely believes he's as good as Benzema, Suarez and Lewandowski etc al (I'm not even joking I'll post the video below). He has an over inflated opinion of himself which doesn't match his ability level or get even close, you can begrudgingly accept this shit if it's CR7, not with someone who struggles with the basics of football. At United he was so toxic even Pogba got fed up with him. Then there's what he takes away from this team from a fluidity POV and the fact we will likely struggle to shift him which is going to inevitably lead to locker room problems if/when he's finally held to account and out of this team. Is he the worst player purely based on his pitch performances? No (atleast not yet) but I don't think even Torres comes close to the sheer net negative of having this guy around, I still cannot believe we've been this stupid.

The frustrating thing is since Sarri i really felt we finally sorted the recruitment out. Yes okay a few haven't worked out as planned (yet) but they (bar Kepa) will fetch a resale fee not a million miles off what we paid for them and they (including Kepa) have some form of system fit that can be utilized. Lukaku feels like we've taken a massive step back at a crucial time. I genuinely feel we had a serious shot at retaining the UCL without his arrival, could you even imagine playing Bayern with him up top? My god. League's gone but we could end the season with 4 trophy's still (5 if you count super cup), with Lukaku relegated to a squad role (or better frozen out but realistically speaking sunk cost and all that) i genuinely believe we have a shot at all 4. If we rely on Rom i wouldn't be shocked if we blow them all.

If they were fluke goals I'd agree but they were practically playing like number 10s in possession and getting into the right areas. Many thought Trent and Robertson's freak productivity wasn't sustainable and look at them now. Not saying we don't need a couple of the forward player's to step up we very much do but I don't think that was a fluke purple patch from those two, far from it.

I really hope you're right but i'll believe it when i see it. We've had false dawns in this regard before. If selection is done on merit Lukaku won't see the pitch again until Plymouth come to town.

I just want accountability when it comes to him. I wouldn't be so vocal if i believed he will actually be punished with some bench time.