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It is not possible for a face to look disinterested. Stan Collymore loves the word but he has no clue what it means. Disinterest is a legal state of being, you cant demonstrate it with body language. It is something you are, or are not. It is possible to look uninterested however. Every time Collymore, and other football people, use the word disinterested, they think they are saying someone is, or looks, uninterested but they are not.
That said, the enormous popularity of football suggests that if the word disinterest continues to be misused in discussing the game, its meaning will eventually morph so that it comes to mean what Stan and his mates think it means already. That would be a shame. We have two perfectly good words, disinterested and uninterested, to convey two entirely different concepts. Why confuse the issue?

95 % passes completed (team highest), no turnovers, dispossessed only once. Pay attention or don't comment pls.
Yes maybe, just maybe he comes really close in dribbling since he actually got twice the amount of succesful dribbles than the second best player so far this season in the EPL while simultaneously keeping the amount of unsuccesful dribbles low (67% succesful).
Also had the highest amount of key passes from open play last season so I think he's pretty good at "assisting". And please define "total skills" lol.

"Question marks have been raised regarding Lukaku's technical ability and in that sense he certainly is no like-for-like Drogba replacement. He gave away possession due to a poor touch an average of 1.6 times per game last season, meaning he did so with 4.2% of his touches. That in itself seems like quite a lot of the time; more than 1 in every 25 of his touches would go straight to the opposition.
Drogba, though, did so with 14.5% of his touches in the Champions League last season, while Costa lost the ball with 6.5% of his in La Liga last term. The teams played a similar proportion of their passes long (Everton 12.2%, Atlético 11.8%) so it is not as if Costa's job was more difficult in this regard, and with fewer still passes played long at Chelsea (11.2%), Lukaku's so-called poor first touch certainly wouldn't be a problem."

http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/is-chelsea-decision-sell-romelu-lukaku-right-one

And strangely the two of them have more or less the same passing acuracy, lukaku wins more header scores at a better rate than Drogba and is less often dispossed. He is not easy on the eye but a good player he is.
http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2014/08/01/romelu-lukaku-has-already-proven-he-is-a-better-option-than-di-1/

Bamford is decent but like seriously some of you are overrating him way too much without seeing him play in the PL. If I disagree with something I will challenge them on it. I agree with some comments on Lukaku where he is criticised before people consider me as someone who keeps defending him. But Bamford is 4 months younger, so in other words the same age and has only had a quarter of the season in the Championship with the majority being in League 1 while Lukaku has played the last 2 seasons in the PL and scored. Bamford is better technically than Lukaku but imo that is it. How does he have more potential? Don't know how people reach conclusions like this when we have never seen him play a competitive game for us or in the PL. Right now Lukaku is in a different league to him.
The same way people say no CL teams bid for Lukaku, Bamford was sometimes benched for Derby. He did well there but he was not always a guaranteed starter. Lukaku would walk into every team in the Championship. Fact. But what I feel helps Lukaku in the future over Bamford is that he has got the pace and power required for the PL which is often a bonus. Bamford has shown potential in lower leagues but the PL is a big step up. Time will tell. Will be good to see him make it here but still got my doubts.
I don't want to get into a full blown debate with you again because he is a player of the past. We have had our agreements and disagreements but if you are using this tweet against him, I think it is way over-exagerrated. He knew he was joining Everton so who cares? Is Hazard 'classless' for stating he would be joing the CL winner (us) while under contract with Lille? Guess not. He was in talks with us and Lukaku was in agreement with Everton so they are both the same situations. That is just an excuse to be bitter towards him. As with the reference to Collymore, he is a wife beater and I hate wife beaters but using that as a reference to show why Lukaku is 'classless' is ridiculous.
Terry is a home-wrecker and I don't respect that off the field part but if a young aspiring defender retweets what he says is that a crime or classless because he cheated with his own team mate's gf? No because people and I respect what Terry does on the pitch. Lukaku knows of Collymore in the football world and retweeted it. Simple as that. You are blowing it way out of proportion.
Lukaku was as good as a Everton player when he retweeted it. Just had not been confirmed. I won't criticise him over that when other players have done similar things before including our own players, like Hazard.
That is the final bone I wanted to pick with you regarding Lukaku.

Aren't you a bit naive to completely believe Mourinho's statements?
Mourinho is under pressure to justify the transfer of a homegrown player that has clearly shown potential to get a shot at Chelsea. Mourinho clearly had doubts about Lukaku's abilities.
However, if he stated that clearly in public and Lukaku proved him wrong in the near future. This would come back to bite him and would be a stick for the press to beat him with.
By stating that Lukaku demanded a starting spot and that he can't promise that he gave Chelsea fans a reason for the transfer and covers himself for the future. It's a tactic you see times and times again with managers.
The more plausible truth isn't that Lukaku demanded the nr1 spot as stated by Mourinho, but a significant role in the coming season and plenty of minutes and Mourinho answering he would have to compete with Drogba and Torres for that as Costa would be his main striker. A doubtful future for Lukaku who would have remembered his first season here in the stands while reminding himself of the great season he had at Everton.

"I don’t have harsh feelings against Chelsea. They gave me the oportiutnity to come to England and the hopes of playing European football. Without them I wouldn’t be here, so I want to thank them as well.”
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-Romelu?
-We don't rate you !
-Why?
-Your first touch is poor, you are not dedicated enough , you are a coward and your penalties suck
-So....?
-You can leave for 25-30.000.000
-That makes sense !

-Romelu?
-We don't rate you !
-Why?
-Your first touch is poor, you are not dedicated enough , you are a coward and your penalties suck
-So....?
-You can leave for 25-30.000.000
-That makes sense !

-Romelu?
-We don't rate you !
-Why?
-Your first touch is poor, you are not dedicated enough , you are a coward and your penalties suck
-So....?
-You can leave for 25-30.000.000
-That makes sense !

Reporter: There is only a small chance you will leave Chelsea this summer?
eh: There is NO chance i'll leave , I'm happy at chelsea .
reporter: n°10
eh: yup n°10
He also says jokingly he injured himself on purpose to be fresh @ the world cup , and that people like Ribery , ronaldo who are asked to perfom eachand every day might be tired at this time of the year and it's only normal ..but he , he feels fresh thanks to the aforementioned "fake auto injury"
The"no chance " segment was (emphatic? if that s thez correct word) there wasn't any ambiguity

Reporter: There is only a small chance you will leave Chelsea this summer?
eh: There is NO chance i'll leave , I'm happy at chelsea .
reporter: n°10
eh: yup n°10
He also says jokingly he injured himself on purpose to be fresh @ the world cup , and that people like Ribery , ronaldo who are asked to perfom eachand every day might be tired at this time of the year and it's only normal ..but he , he feels fresh thanks to the aforementioned "fake auto injury"
The"no chance " segment was (emphatic? if that s thez correct word) there wasn't any ambiguity

Reporter: There is only a small chance you will leave Chelsea this summer?
eh: There is NO chance i'll leave , I'm happy at chelsea .
reporter: n°10
eh: yup n°10
He also says jokingly he injured himself on purpose to be fresh @ the world cup , and that people like Ribery , ronaldo who are asked to perfom eachand every day might be tired at this time of the year and it's only normal ..but he , he feels fresh thanks to the aforementioned "fake auto injury"
The"no chance " segment was (emphatic? if that s thez correct word) there wasn't any ambiguity

On topic:Did Chelsea play all their matches vs PSG , or where they matches against superpowers like Basle, or let's say Bucaresti ...Galatasaray ? Rubin Kazan did beat the holders didn't they ? Is Benfica that bad? Was Steaua Bucaresti 2013 that much better than the 2012 version ?
And it wasn't even my point....I was just saying that improvement has not been "immense"
because
and I did 51 points divided by 26 games is 1.9615 point per game
82 points divided by 38 games is 2.158 point per game
a 0.19 point difference per game multiplied by 38 games and we have our 7 points difference , I substract them from 82 and i am around 74-75 points depending on the rounding of the number.
This is math ) And if RDM had a better record and blah blah ...the "improvement" is even smaller .Keep in mind I was not trying to say that Benitez was better , i was only saying that improvement is maybe not as significant as we might believe. A 7 point gap between to seasons only need a one game swing from each season to become a 1 point gap essentially a tie.
moses/marin/benayoun ?!!!! 19/14/14 apps this year with maybe 5 goals between them and three of these goals are championship goals , last year everytime one of mazacar needed to take a break the level drop was ...i stil have nightmares.
To say that a 25 millions player is just extra...is mmmmh...well, if i see a thread mocking his performances as long as the one mikel got , i wiil believe Matic is not a massive improvement quality wise.
Ooh and I believe that ba/torres <<<< ba/torres/etoo.

On topic:Did Chelsea play all their matches vs PSG , or where they matches against superpowers like Basle, or let's say Bucaresti ...Galatasaray ? Rubin Kazan did beat the holders didn't they ? Is Benfica that bad? Was Steaua Bucaresti 2013 that much better than the 2012 version ?
And it wasn't even my point....I was just saying that improvement has not been "immense"
because
and I did 51 points divided by 26 games is 1.9615 point per game
82 points divided by 38 games is 2.158 point per game
a 0.19 point difference per game multiplied by 38 games and we have our 7 points difference , I substract them from 82 and i am around 74-75 points depending on the rounding of the number.
This is math ) And if RDM had a better record and blah blah ...the "improvement" is even smaller .Keep in mind I was not trying to say that Benitez was better , i was only saying that improvement is maybe not as significant as we might believe. A 7 point gap between to seasons only need a one game swing from each season to become a 1 point gap essentially a tie.
moses/marin/benayoun ?!!!! 19/14/14 apps this year with maybe 5 goals between them and three of these goals are championship goals , last year everytime one of mazacar needed to take a break the level drop was ...i stil have nightmares.
To say that a 25 millions player is just extra...is mmmmh...well, if i see a thread mocking his performances as long as the one mikel got , i wiil believe Matic is not a massive improvement quality wise.
Ooh and I believe that ba/torres <<<< ba/torres/etoo.

I was curious so
Aguero 2011+2012 = 4545 min and 35 goals it's one every 129 min
Aguero 2012+2013 = 3146 min and 27 goals it's one every 116 min
Lukaku 2012+2013 = 4016 min and 30 goals it's one every 134 min
In case you wondered it means that an "as fit as lukaku " Aguero would have scored 34 goals or 2 more goals per season

I was curious so
Aguero 2011+2012 = 4545 min and 35 goals it's one every 129 min
Aguero 2012+2013 = 3146 min and 27 goals it's one every 116 min
Lukaku 2012+2013 = 4016 min and 30 goals it's one every 134 min
In case you wondered it means that an "as fit as lukaku " Aguero would have scored 34 goals or 2 more goals per season

I was curious so
Aguero 2011+2012 = 4545 min and 35 goals it's one every 129 min
Aguero 2012+2013 = 3146 min and 27 goals it's one every 116 min
Lukaku 2012+2013 = 4016 min and 30 goals it's one every 134 min
In case you wondered it means that an "as fit as lukaku " Aguero would have scored 34 goals or 2 more goals per season