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Hahaha, very true! There is also a general overreaction regarding our young players recently. People think everyone will become world class and they are already asking for Bake and Feruz to start getting playing time, Chalobah to become English captain, Josh to take part on the squad, KDB to be an undisputed regular starter, etc. They are all great (excellent, to be honest) promising players, but nothing more than that for now!

That is actually very true, but I never said Lukaku can't dribble at all, I just said he ain't as good as the very best! Also, I did say on my post that generally a striker doesn't get in too many dribble situations and because of that is not a huge downfall point (such as his first touch, lets say).

Is this supposed to mean anything?

Someone is looking for likes!

Dribbling is one of the most subjective aspects of football, it is by far the toughest to judge! Your comparison with speed is just plain ridiculous. In speed you have a time frame and a distance ran to put in statistics and there is no debate about it, it is all about numbers and there is no discussion. In what world does it compare to a dribbling quality debate? For starters, categorizing dribbling is hard enough. What is dribbling? Is it only the ability to get past defenders (meaning that a simple outrun is a dribble)? Or is it something else? Does it necessarily require tricks? Every possible definition you can come up with, I can give you 10 counter arguments... The only scenario in which it becomes easy to judge is when the dribbling skill is unanimously good or bad (Hazard and Mikel, for instance). All other levels of skills in between are debatable and different people see things in different ways, so just because someone disagrees with you, it doesn't mean you have watched him play the other hasn't watched anything! That alone is sufficient for you to see that there is no "FACT" when it comes to someone's opinion about a player's dribbling ability. So your opinion is not a fact nor is better than mine! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I will start by saying this is a debate about his dribbles and not about anything else. This will seem rhetorical, but I have already experienced many quotes tackling things I wasn't even talking about. I bet I would receive rage quotes about his great finishing/header, physical ability, pace, etc. Also, I do think he is a great talent, just not as amazing as people make him! Anyways.... I think Lukaku is good at getting past players when he uses his pace and physical attributes. He is awesome in infiltrations and through balls, but I dont think he is very good at tight spaces. For instance, he is tightly marked in the corner, I don't believe he has the talent and ball control (I don't mean they are bad, they are just not good enough) to get past them without losing possession or having to pass to someone. Now, that isn't a problem for a striker in general (because they are rarely in those situations), but if we are talking about him trying to be in that very top category of world class strikers, it becomes very important. Can you see Lukaku doing what Radamel Flacao did to Real Madrid defenders at Copa del Rey? I honestly can't! Torres (when he was still good) was a better dribbler than him, so is Aguero, Pato, Falcao, etc. That is what makes (or made) them different, what sets them apart from others! As I have already said, Lukaku has a better dribbling ability than most strikers. But we ain't comparing him to most strikers, we are comparing him with the best and he isnt as good as them...

I thought so too, but now you jinxed it!

Really? Fuck it, mine usually arrives in August!

Arrogancy at its best!

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I have watched enough of him, just because I have a different opinion than you, it doesn't mean I am the one who don't watch him and you are the one who does... Besides that, you are entitled to your opinion!

Exams are just starting!

Yeah, definitely! When I say he will be a waisted talent on the pivot, I mean he will have the game less in his hands, whereas he totally controls the game and rythm for Brazil. That doesnt mean he will do bad, it just means he will do less than what he can... I could be wrong though!

I like him very much, but I think he lost his rhythm after having to share playing time with Torres. I hope he starts the next season with the right foot!

I think he would be a waisted talent on the pivot at a 4-2-3-1, however, he would be the best CM in the world on a Mourinho's 4-3-3! :blue scalf:

Very late to the party, but he had an amazing final and was definitely our hero! WHAT A HEADER!

I will stick to my prediction although I will get slaughtered because of it...Lukaku will never be our first option striker, he will become a very good second option, but I doubt he will ever be our senior main target man! For various reasons, but two at stand out for me: he aint a big marketing name (and we all know Roman likes them) and I am still not convinced about some of his abilities such as dribbling, passing and first touch. I think those two aspects will hunt him in his pursue to become our absolutely dominant striker... Having said that, it doesn't mean I want him to fail or that I wouldn't be happy to be wrong, it is just how I feel.I would renew his loan with West Bromwich, he is improving a lot there and we currently have way too many strikers for Lukaku to get a decent amount of playing time (considering we will most likely not sell Torres, but will still buy another big time striker on the market). After that, I would try to make sure he comes back and feels as comfortable as possible. All we got to do is have patience! Just to make clear, I dont think he will be our Drogba, but that doesnt mean I think he wont be good. In a shit comparison, he will be our Anelka (because he was a good player that was never our main option).

I think he is good and I think he is better than Romeu or Mikel. I would loan him to an EPL team and then sell Mikel and Romeu, buy an world class DM and use Ake and Chalobah and versatile backup options!

I want him loaned to a decent team, no Middlesborough type of teams anymore! I personally don't rank him that high, but it is not time to give up on him yet. There are late bloomers that surprises us sometimes and at least we know he has got some talent inside him... He is still very raw though!

And people still say Mourinho wont like him!

I would keep Cech one more year and let him have a final season with Cole, JT and Lampard. Then I would recall Courtois to be our keeper for many, many years!

Time to go Fernando, sorry! You were our best player (along with Hazard) in our Europa League campaign, you showed you still have pace, cold blood and you are demosntrating a level of focus and determination never seen while you were at Chelsea. You also scored 23 goals this season, which is not terrible as most people make. So, thanks for that, honestly... However, this does not take away the fact you rarely help the team in build-up plays, you often lose possession due to your horrible decision making and you lost that striker instinct to know when and where to shoot. Countless the times you have frustrated us and it is not 23 goals against half decent teams that will erase your first 2 shameful years as a Chelsea player. You gain 175k/week (making you one of the 10 highest payed professionals) and you only have 1 EPL goal (that came in the very last game) this entire year?? 1 lucky UCL goal (because I ain't counting the two against Nordsjaelland)?? We payed 50mi for a piece of shit that has shown very few glimpses of brilliance (Ghent, Manure, Barcelona and UEL). Added to one of the worst first 1.5 season I have ever seen a top (ex-top) player display in my entire short life. If this had been your first season, I would be full of hope that you would prevail next year, but this is an old excuse now, it has happened twice already. Sorry, but this is way far from being good enough. It doesn't even justify you being a backup striker (if you gained 50-60k, maybe), let alone keeping you for this atrocious amount of money! GO LEAVE YOUR LIFE ELSEWHERE!!!! :blue scalf:

First of all, we payed 25mi euros for Oscar... Second of all, as good as KDB may be, he is definitely not better than Oscar! Third of all, if we sell KDB for a reasonable price (15-20) and get priority on either Lewandowski, Gundogan or Subotic, it wont be the end of the world.

I hope he is earning something close to 80k/week and not the rumored 120k/week. Nevertheless, I am absolutely delighted we will keep JT, Lampard, Cech and Cole for one more season!

It would make a very even fight!

You wish!