Mong630

Yea

Hazard is a winger, he's not solely a creative player like Silva or Iniesta, he has totally different skill sets.
Also Neymar better than Bale/Hazard? Give me a break.
Bale>Hazard>Neymar.
Bale right now it better than Hazard, he's way more consistent, Hazard at his best is better but we only get that five games a season.

First half he created a very good chance for Chadli and he also put in a great cross but Lukaku was too busy doing a Torres standing still inside the box. And then in the second half he created the winner. That's end product.

NEWSFLASH: He is. Fair enough if you don't like his personality, it's not just him though. You seem to have it in for anything that's Belgian.
See, what kind of bs is this? Find me a legit quote where he says he "deserves" to be our "1st choice striker". You'd make a brilliant journo.
protip: stop reading articles published in Britain, find Belgian articles and translate them. There's handy tools these days to do so.
Perhaps listen to what Dutch or French speaking members TELL you what he actually said, oh wait several did to no avail.
I'm not denying he talks too much though. It's annoying. Mistranslations more so.

If lUkaku is really to leave Chelsea, it is because of pride. And in terms of the best young striker I have seen in the last 5 years, personal resentiments have to be cast aside. Rom deserves to play for us on merit of his abilites.

Are people still going on about those fake quotes? Stop being retarded and learn to interpret things for yourself. How many times have there been mistranslations in the British press this season? It's disgusting.
Always the same people making a fuss in this thread too.

Lukaku is 21y old. I've seen a documentary on him and it was unseen how mature and professional he is for a guy of that age. He breeds football 24/7. Unlike most players that age he doensn't care about going out, fancy stuff or hitting a different supermodel every other week. The only thing he cares about is his family and becoming the best player possible. I have the feeling he loves Chelsea more than any other team on the planet but when he thinks its the best for his career to move, he will.
What would you do? You played 2 great seasons and you know there is one player in the Squad(costa) that will always be higher in the picking order no mather what. One player who still gets and always will get more gametime because of his name, wage and a few very good seasons years ago. And one other decent striker.
Jose should finally set things straight. Get rid of Torres asap. Let him go for free if necessary. Maybe take a young youth player in the squad but at least give romelu the feeling that he is 2nd striker. He proved himself in PL and with the national team.
You say he must keep his mouth shut and show more respect for club and coach. I think respect works both ways. We know how stubborn jose can be and i fully understand lukaku doenst want to risk watching big games in the stands when he can play for atletico, juventus or Wolfsburg on weekly basis.

Lukaku is 21y old. I've seen a documentary on him and it was unseen how mature and professional he is for a guy of that age. He breeds football 24/7. Unlike most players that age he doensn't care about going out, fancy stuff or hitting a different supermodel every other week. The only thing he cares about is his family and becoming the best player possible. I have the feeling he loves Chelsea more than any other team on the planet but when he thinks its the best for his career to move, he will.
What would you do? You played 2 great seasons and you know there is one player in the Squad(costa) that will always be higher in the picking order no mather what. One player who still gets and always will get more gametime because of his name, wage and a few very good seasons years ago. And one other decent striker.
Jose should finally set things straight. Get rid of Torres asap. Let him go for free if necessary. Maybe take a young youth player in the squad but at least give romelu the feeling that he is 2nd striker. He proved himself in PL and with the national team.
You say he must keep his mouth shut and show more respect for club and coach. I think respect works both ways. We know how stubborn jose can be and i fully understand lukaku doenst want to risk watching big games in the stands when he can play for atletico, juventus or Wolfsburg on weekly basis.

You are all taking part in the plan of the english press to try and disable chelsea even before the season starts.
Form your opinion on how he'll perform on the pitch for chelsea, not on what's said in a written interview.
Problem of the world today, shitty journalism and the disease social media can be.

Sky sports are just reporting what was misquoted yesterday in online paper sites.
No big deal really..but Torres is the elephant in the room who needs to be taken out so young strikers like Lukaku and Bamford can do something worthwhile with all that playing time he gets .

People will realise the mistake we made when Lukaku goes on to score 20+ goals on a consistent basis (for his next club) and Costa turns out to be a flash in the pan

I want him to go out on loan to Everton or Southampton, they seem ideal for a player like Thorgan.

Unless you get some of that 90mil £ i dont see why you should be fine with it.
How exactly does a transfer record strengten us?
Its not like you can easely replace Hazard, not even with 90mil£
If we sell Hazard it will be a big loss for the club and even more for us, the fans.
Players that make you stand up each time they touch the ball are rare mate and cant be easely replaced

If we can keep Costa and Lukaku I will as first and second choice I will be happy even if Torres stays...But if Torres somehow forces Lukaku out or has more games than Lukaku next season, well Jose fuck off.
If we cant sell Torres, who says Jose needs to play him anyway? I just hope Jose wont play Torres ahead of Lukaku, that would be idiotic.

No I believe he deserves to play for us. Give him some chances and try him out before thinking about a loan move.

I think WC shouldn't change a lot of things about his future ... because Diego costa is about to sign..and there are still 3 strikers..I know Chelsea can’t afford to wait . but still it’s a pity we use to rely on “proven” /players (usually +-25yo) only. Meanwhile such great talents are slipping through the net. My guess: GL Rom in your future club . the guy is such a “unique” profile he knows clubs are interested in him. he is not like s1 who wants to lose time (remember the loan to everton). he won’t be satisfied with a kakuta like story. sometime soon we will regret. (you know...for instance : like signing an ex player.. ).. Anyway Guess what? KDB is playing better and better .both him and rom will be in starting line up in 2 weeks.. yes.. when u give trust and playing time it’s different story…


Business.

32 of his goals have come in PL in 74 appearances. a very good return for any striker. he is the 3rd highest goal scorer in PL in the last 2 seasons. or rather in terms of minutes, he has played 4766 minutes to score his 32 goals which is 149 minutes per goal (which includes his 10 appearances for chelsea too)
rooney's 44 goals in PL came in 132 appeareances.
2002-03 :1610
2003-04: 2442
2004-05: 2182
2005-06: 3072
an overall of 9306 minutes for 42 goals (since his last 2 goals may have come in 06-07 season where he turned 21) at an average of 221 minutes per goal.
the stat even for PL is as good as it gets for romelu.
for messi
2004-05 : 82 (1)
2005-06 : 909 (6)
2006-07 : 1995 (14)
2007-08 : 1998 (10)
2008-09: 2513 (23)
which means a total of 54 goals in 7497 minutes at an average of 139 minutes per goal which is better than lukaku's 149 minutes per goal but since the comparision is with the world's best player, we can probably give him that leeway.
lukaku has performed at every stage that he has been given. he has scored goals and played well whenever called upon. saying "most of his goals were in the belgian league" is a slap to his acheivement.
@skipper - half of his goals would be in the belgian league but even if we take them out, he still has a fabulous record. leading a team like anderlecht at an age of 16 and 17 is no small task. he even scored goals for them and that is what caught our eye.

it should not need a hat-trick from lukaku in a friendly match with belgium to make people say "he is ready". but since that is the exact thing that is happening, i feel there is something wrong with this forum.
lukaku has been ready to play for us for a year now. his stint in wba showed he had what it takes. his stint at everton just confirmed it.

Lukaku isn't 3 fucking years away from being ready to play. At the moment, he is already better than the three stooges Chelsea had in this season.

Probably a video few amongst you guys haven't seen yet.
This game actually meant the start of everything for him. 1/8 finale Cup game against Lyon in 2009.
Eden just turned 18... was starting and really made the game!
The commentator is really funny! Every Oh La La La = what an amazing boy!!!!
For those of you who haven't seen this before: Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmT1sExp624

So let me get this straight, This keeper, who is touted as the best young goalkeeper in the world by basically every pundit had the fucking nerve to say that he wants to play first team football?
After playing a big part in Atletico winning the La Liga and possibly a Champions League?
Fuck him. Sell him. Actually, fucking selling him, just release him.
Victor Valdes is available on a free, isn't he?

Courtois comments:
'The two of us want to play everything. Nobody will be happy to play in only the League Cup or FA Cup. Things are unclear at the moment,'
'I have the biggest respect for Petr Cech. He is one of the best goalkeepers in the world, so I think putting him and me in the same team is not the healthiest thing in the world'
Courtois paid respect to Cech and basically said it wouldn't be right for either keeper to sit on the bench at Chelsea next season.
Nothing wrong with those comments If you think there is something wrong with his comments, then I'm afraid you're digging too deep into a non-issue

Romelu has out-scored ALL of our strikers for TWO seasons running - fuck problems in play he might have, he can score and that is what football is based on!
I can't see a single reason why he shouldn't be here next season - he has shown, TWICE that he can score in the Premier League in double digits (which is more than any other striker we've had since Drogba) and he is still only 20 years old.

I'm not hating Mourinho for benching Hazard. But let us be honest, do we play better football than we did previous season? In the end, we will not win any trophy and we played like shit. That we will have more points than last year doesn't make sense to me. Especially after investing so much money (Matic, Schurlle, Willian). We don't play like a top team and we can't even win at home from Norwich and West-Ham. For once we have a future golden ball winner in our team, we should do anything to keep him! My point is that Mourinho is god here in Chelsea due to his history at the club. Any other manager would have been critisized for similar decisions. Jose is saying that Norwich didn't play to win, what did we do in Atletico Madrid and Liverpool? Every one may have an opinion and sharing opinions is the key of a forum.

So if he doesn't score three he had a bad game? Is that the new standard over here?
Imo he had a good game, winning headers, good link-ups, good passing..