🇧🇪 Romelu Lukaku

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

Sitting watching SSN, nervous wreck. Albion NEED signings. Didnt think it would be possible to see him play for the Albion again and this possibility has got me sat here infront of twitter/SSN like a nervous wreck! We'll look after him for one more year!!

Come back Romelu!

Sessengon for 6m is decent tbh. On his day Sessengon is class.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

HOW DOES LOANING HIM TO WBA HELP HIM? HIS LAST MATCH WITH WBA WAS MANCHESTER UNITED IN WHICH HE SCORED A HAT-TRICK. YET AGAINST UNITED, HE DINT GET A MINUTE TO PLAY?

HIS 17 GOALS FOR WBA ARE THROWN ASIDE IF EVER MENTIONED, SAYING THAT "IT WAS JUST WBA, WHO CARES, HE DINT SCORE FOR US".

THIS IS A USELESS LOAN WHICH DOES NOTHING FOR HIM BECOMING A CHELSEA PLAYER. IRRESPECTIVE OF HOW MANY GOALS HE SCORES, HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO START FROM GROUND 0 AGAIN, NEXT SEASON.

USELESS.

Don't agree with a word of this. Nobody is discarding the goals he scored last year but he is not a finished product and more importantly, Mourinho doesn't see him as someone we need to keep so wouldn't have played him regularly anyway. This loan could do a lot for him if he shows the ability to excel as a team's #1 striker which he hasn't done. If he succeeds, he will be back at Chelsea and playing regularly for us. I don't understand why people are so outraged by this..

[Liquidator 5,176]

I can't help but think we wouldn't be loaning him if he hadn't missed that penalty

[Stingray 9,441]

Well how does sitting on the bench this season help him. If Jose doesn't think he is ready, then its better off he just go and get consistent game time, and score goals.

Well, its just that. We think he isnt ready. But .... We never play him: not two years ago, not now. Only in preseason and he scored enough then.

Its manager anxiety avoidance: better go with experience/expensive strikers. Understandable, emotionally comfortable, but factually delusional.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

I can't help but think we wouldn't be loaning him if he hadn't missed that penalty

I can guarantee you 100% that it has literally nothing to do with that. Lukaku has a lot of improvement to make with his runs, his timings, his first touch, his passing, etc...Like any player, he needs playing time to improve.

[zolayes 14,489]

perhaps by our next game passions will have cooled and rationality returned

[Stingray 9,441]

perhaps by our next game passions will have cooled and rationality returned

Yep .... When we see Torres leading our line for most of the season ........ Ugh.

[didierforever 7,349]

There you go

please read the rest of my post to rather than just the parts u like.

[didierforever 7,349]

We found out with Ba scoring goals for that type of team doesn't translate to Chelsea.

He is young, if this helps his career then so be it. Forsell also scored 17 for Birmingham in 03/04.

Lukaku is going to be a great forward for us, but it's clear he is still a bit raw, if he gets even better next season at WBA then so be it for me.

it still does not answer my question - HOW DOES HIS LOAN TO WBA HELP HIS CHELSEA CAREER.

[didierforever 7,349]

Don't agree with a word of this. Nobody is discarding the goals he scored last year but he is not a finished product and more importantly, Mourinho doesn't see him as someone we need to keep so wouldn't have played him regularly anyway. This loan could do a lot for him if he shows the ability to excel as a team's #1 striker which he hasn't done. If he succeeds, he will be back at Chelsea and playing regularly for us. I don't understand why people are so outraged by this..

seriously??? he has not done... 17 goals in PL itself. leading the line for more than half the season and getting a hat-trick against man-united. u basically just proved my point.

[CrayzayBarnet 126]

I can't help but think we wouldn't be loaning him if he hadn't missed that penalty

That's ridiculous, a penalty kick isn't and didn't decide his fate at Chelsea this season.

[Stats 7,142]

Looks some ways it makes sense, because he is back to playing regular football but are you fucking serious??????? Mourinho confirmed he will be a big player for us this season and confirmed he is staying. Scored for fun last season, top scorer in pre-season and we loan him out. What a fucking kick in the teeth. Yeah, Etoo is on a one year deal. On paper, Lukaku comes back next season and come sback ready but knowing us we go out on buy a fucking striker and we dent his confidence. Shambles! Joke

Looks like he is going Everton anyway. We really set no standards for youngsters to follow sometimes. Completely raging at this deal.

[bushman 2,043]

it still does not answer my question - HOW DOES HIS LOAN TO WBA HELP HIS CHELSEA CAREER.

It helps fuck all. it only alienate him from Chelsea. He surely will not be happy to go to fucking dive like Everton.

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

please read the rest of my post to rather than just the parts u like.

It's not the parts I like, It's the reality. Would I play him over Ba and Torres? Sure, but I'm not the coach. It's better if he get's loaned out and gets consistent playing time than getting minutes here and there over here

[didierforever 7,349]

It helps fuck all. it only alienate him from Chelsea. He surely will not be happy to go to fucking dive like Everton.

everton??? i thought it was wba???

[Stingray 9,441]

Looks some ways it makes sense, because he is back to playing regular football but are you fucking serious??????? Mourinho confirmed he will be a big player for us this season and confirmed he is staying. Scored for fun last season, top scorer in pre-season and we loan him out. What a fucking kick in the teeth. Yeah, Etoo is on a one year deal. On paper, Lukaku comes back next season and come sback ready but knowing us we go out on buy a fucking striker and we dent his confidence. Shambles! Joke

Looks like he is going Everton anyway. We really set no standards for youngsters to follow sometimes. Completely raging at this deal.

Exactly.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Well, its just that. We think he isnt ready. But .... We never play him: not two years ago, not now. Only in preseason and he scored enough then.

Its manager anxiety avoidance: better go with experience/expensive strikers. Understandable, emotionally comfortable, but factually delusional.

Yeah. I wouldn't put him on loan, but if he isn't in Jose' immediate plans i would rather see him on loan banging in goals, than sitting on our bench.

If it was up to me, he would be the number 2 and get a lot of game time, but it seems Jose will have Eto and Torres above him in the pecking order, so his game time would be limited.

[bushman 2,043]

everton??? i thought it was wba???

Sorry. I am so pissed off now & I made mistake. I feel so sad for him now. Promised roses in the garden but got fucking weedery.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

seriously??? he has not done... 17 goals in PL itself. leading the line for more than half the season and getting a hat-trick against man-united. u basically just proved my point.

Scoring goals in one season does not prove you are a capable #1 striker. He is a very good goal finisher, but to be a striker for a top team like Chelsea, Lukaku has to be able to do more. Demba Ba scored 15 goals last year and 16 goals the year before and he's not good enough to start for Chelsea. (And you need to stop bringing up the hattrick against ManU as a way of proving his quality. It was the last day of the season and neither team had anything to play for and ManU had a pathetic back 4. No, Rafel, no Vidic, no Ferdinand, and no Evra. You can't take that as a way of him performing against top teams.) The bottom line is that our manager doesn't think he's ready!!!

[didierforever 7,349]

It's not the parts I like, It's the reality. Would I play him over Ba and Torres? Sure, but I'm not the coach. It's better if he get's loaned out and gets consistent playing time than getting minutes here and there over here

and how does that help him. he got 17 goals in PL last season. how many did torres and ba get for chelsea. compare it with their playing time.

the same thing will happen this year. even if he wins the golden fucking boot, people are still going to say, "HE IS JUST 21, VERY RAW, NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO LEAD OUR LINE, INEXPERIENCE, it was just wba" lukaku would be exactly where he was at the start of this season, no matter how much he plays, or how good he plays for them.

plus tell me the lad's mentality right now. he was our best strikr in PRE-season. in the 2 sub appearance he made, he made more impact than both our strikers combine. 1 penalty miss later, he is shipped out on loan. the way he cried after the penalty, u could see what chelsea meant to him... all he had needed was 1 JUST 1 START to prove his worth, but he dint even get that.

very poor decision.