🇧🇪 Romelu Lukaku

[The only place to be 11,313]

Will there really be a clean slate under a new manager in July? Benitez has an 18 month deal, for one. There's nothing to suggest Torres will leave before his contract expires. We'll have one, if not two more strikers signed by then. I'm not convinced scoring goals at West Brom is going to convince the Chelsea hierarchy (Sturridge at Bolton is a case in point). What they need to see is him scoring goals here from Jan onwards and show up the donkey Torres for what he is.

I believe there will be a clean slate. The amount of new players returning and established players moving on will see a big period of change, and hopefully that will be accompanied by a brand new manager.

Lukaku's future here is secure for at least another season because of the money invested in him and the faith in his ability. If we get Falcao in January, then what's the point in bringing back a guy who's developing well just to sit on the bench, possibly behind Torres?

[Hutcho 8,443]

I reckon we should sell torres, danny is already gone...

Buy a striker, ideally the likes of falcao, but we will see. And recall Lukaku to be number 2 super sub. People will say whats the point if he will sit on the bench a lot but he is doing a lot of that for west brom, and they are ahead of us now because of it. Also, i think if needed a lukaku and falcao could both play up top if we need a goal and with only 2 strikers he should get a similar amount of minutes to what he is getting at west brom.

[The only place to be 11,313]

I reckon we should sell torres

There is the small matter of someone needing to buy him. There will be a bigger market for him in the Summer.

[Madmax 9,219]

Lukaku's future here is secure for at least another season because of the money invested in him and the faith in his ability. If we get Falcao in January, then what's the point in bringing back a guy who's developing well just to sit on the bench, possibly behind Torres?

Getting Falcao in Jan is a big if imo.

[Hutcho 8,443]

I believe there will be a clean slate. The amount of new players returning and established players moving on will see a big period of change, and hopefully that will be accompanied by a brand new manager.

Lukaku's future here is secure for at least another season because of the money invested in him and the faith in his ability. If we get Falcao in January, then what's the point in bringing back a guy who's developing well just to sit on the bench, possibly behind Torres?

As i said just abov, if we were to get rid of torres then he could be number 2 and get a similar amount of playing time. Also at what point do we stop saying that west brom will slip down eventually, as at the moment they are in competition with us and things are getting so close even looserpool arn't that far behind. There could be 6 teams competing for 2 spots if things continue as they are.... Hopefully, we sign a great striker and start to pull away but there are no guarentees.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Getting Falcao in Jan is a big if imo.

It could go either way, but we are definitely getting a striker of some sort as otherwise we will have 1 striker in the whole team. Unless we just recalled lukaku, which would be a very poor attack compared to others around us.

[Jype 6,398]

Will there really be a clean slate under a new manager in July? Benitez has an 18 month deal, for one.

Nope, he doesn't.

[Madmax 9,219]

Nope, he doesn't.

Does too. 18 month deal with an option to disengage in June if both parties feel so.

[Jype 6,398]

Does too. 18 month deal with an option to disengage in June if both parties feel so.

Source for this? Official website reported him being appointed only till the end of the season and he is always referred to as the interim manager by Chelsea.

[Muzchap 8,966]

Simple answer is Torres + cash = Falcao

That's the win/win scenario for both teams.

As @hutcho CFC says, Lukaku can be our Super Sub, instead of for a team above us in the league...

Once we get a GOOD striker I think the morale in the team will improve as we will have 11 players on the pitch not 10!!!

[Miracle 249]

Hope we recall in Jan.

Even if we brought Lukaku back he still wouldn't get a game over Torres. And even if he's a great sub, Torres will never be subbed while Rafa is there.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Torres will never be subbed while Rafa is there.

Wrong, it's like some people think Rafa is in love with Torres. He subbed him while he was at Liverpool - one time when they weren't even winning, and there's a popular gif of Gerrard's reaction to that.

If he's not playing well and there's another option, Rafa for one will take him off, or make it 2 up top if we need a goal.

[Jusek 2,031]

Very nice header goal by him today. I've always thought that he wouldn't be very good at heading, but that goal surely showed his ability in the air.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Lukaku surely now must be first choice for west brom he has got more goals then long in lesser minutes.On the topic of calling him back i dont think we should call him back just yet i say give him 2 uninterrupted years at west brom and then recall him.

[Miracle 249]

Wrong, it's like some people think Rafa is in love with Torres. He subbed him while he was at Liverpool - one time when they weren't even winning, and there's a popular gif of Gerrard's reaction to that.

If he's not playing well and there's another option, Rafa for one will take him off, or make it 2 up top if we need a goal.

The problem is that although you and I think almost every striker is above Torres. Roman clearly wants his investment to pan out. He has hardass business mind that his investment can't fail and will eventually come good.

It ain't all about Rafa, there's a lot pressure on him.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Wrong, it's like some people think Rafa is in love with Torres. He subbed him while he was at Liverpool - one time when they weren't even winning, and there's a popular gif of Gerrard's reaction to that.

If he's not playing well and there's another option, Rafa for one will take him off, or make it 2 up top if we need a goal.

True. He also famously subbed him off in the CL semifinal match against us in 2008. But as @Miracle, said, the problem is Rafa is probably being asked to play him by Roman.

[The Mak 4,459]

Recalling Lukaku to have him as our 'super sub' is ridiculous.

If he's scoring goals at West Brom from starting or from coming off the bench, I don't care, because he's scoring goals. It all goes towards his experience and it builds his reputation within the league, it's a gradual process. If he's not getting a major amount of game time, but still scores, it's brilliant; as next season he will most likely start more games for West Brom or whoever else wants him.

Remember, for him, he is building himself to be no. 1 at Chelsea, and to do that he has to first become no. 1 at West Brom, or whoever else. So what's the point in recalling him early to be no. 2, or even 3, here??? One step forwards, two steps back. Drogba made his name as a starter, not a 'super sub'. If we wanted a 'super sub' we would've kept Kalou...


Edit: And, obviously, he doesn't have as much weight or expectation on his shoulders playing for a lesser team(s), which is quite influential.

[Kieran. 6,317]

He's logged under 600 minutes this season so far, we could offer him that as our #2 striker [should no reinforcements come in].

[robdog 2,084]

any animated gifs or videos of Lukaku's goal?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

any animated gifs or videos of Lukaku's goal?

Quality not great but it's all I could find:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xw5b29_wba2-1norw-spherachannel_sport#from=embediframe