🇧🇪 Romelu Lukaku

[kellzfresh 7,229]

KDB is hardly Belgium's best player.

As for Lukaku, I'm really impressed with his performance both today and at Everton; I was always skeptical about him, I always considered him overrated and clumsy but he proved me wrong lately...

He is very good. His finishing is already world class. His strength is ibrahimovic level, and his speed is fantastic.

I don't know why but I really want him to be more consistent passing and first touch. That is what I value the most in football players personally, especially consistent ball control.

Only more game time can get him there. If he develops drogba's level of first touch and ball control I'll be begging on my knees for him to be starting every game with us because he has every other category for a striker complete

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

Ibrahimovic level?

He'd benchpress Ibrahimovic, while he struggles to get away.

[Flemishblue 61]

i'm just soo happy for Lukaku..

He's not good enough for Chelsea.. we all know that.. lucky for him he 's decisive and sensational for every other team he plays for..

[klopfzeichen 78]

And we got no recall option, cos Mou is too proud to admit a mistake

Jose is an idiot.

[MAF 162]

TBF there was some criticism on Lukaku even in the Belgian press after the game. He's still worse then Benteke with his back to the goal and lost the ball a few times in such situations. That said this was the type of game that Rom's built for as Croatia were forced to attack and they were playing with 3 defenders, and plenty of space behind them. So happy that we had him today \o/

[Flemishblue 61]

TBF there was some criticism on Lukaku even in the Belgian press after the game. He's still worse then Benteke with his back to the goal and lost the ball a few times in such situations. That said this was the type of game that Rom's built for as Croatia were forced to attack and they were playing with 3 defenders, and plenty of space behind them. So happy that we had him today \o/

What a load of BS.. please show me a link to this negative press, all i found was reporters being ecstatic about him..

What a load of crap.. He scored twice, In Croatia for god's sake, and for the second goal he had to make a run of 60 meters without any support..

for some reason, everything Lukaku does has to be minimalised here, the fridge is shining on international level, what are our other strikers doing?

It is this kind of negativism that will chase Lukaku away, even being a die hard Chelsea fan since his youth.. With his attitude and talent, he will be a worldclass striker within the next two years. If we didn't already bought him, we would all be over the moon about him.. really.. what the f*ck does this guy has to do to be appreciated over here? he got once chance with the Belgium NT, starting in the do or die match in Croatia and he booked our ticket to Brazil with an excellent performane

[MAF 162]

What a load of BS.. please show me a link to this negative press, all i found was reporters being ecstatic about him..

What a load of crap.. He scored twice, In Croatia for god's sake, and for the second goal he had to make a run of 60 meters without any support..

for some reason, everything Lukaku does has to be minimalised here, the fridge is shining on international level, what are our other strikers doing?

It is this kind of negativism that will chase Lukaku away, even being a die hard Chelsea fan since his youth.. With his attitude and talent, he will be a worldclass striker within the next two years. If we didn't already bought him, we would all be over the moon about him.. really.. what the f*ck does this guy has to do to be appreciated over here? he got once chance with the Belgium NT, starting in the do or die match in Croatia and he booked our ticket to Brazil with an excellent performane

Eh.. Relax..

it was on the post match discussion on 4. i'm very happy with his performance, but he does still need to work on certain aspects of his game, he's still young afterall.. and it has nothing to do with him beeing better then Chelsea's strikers or not. personally i think he should have gotten his chance here.

jeeez..

[Stingray 9,441]

He's really moulding into the player we need. I think he has that hunger to make it so I'm not worried about him. I'm concerened about KDB, his form is dropping and he really needs games. I really think we should loan him to Everton in January or even a side like Newcastle were there is pressure from the crowd. He's down the pecking order at Chelsea and at the moment he's turning into stale milk.

True KDB's confidence looks really shot ..... very worrying.

Way to go for Lukaku though. He has the right mindset to go places.

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

Yes, I think the chances of seeing KDB go on loan are increasing with every match he doesn't play.

It's incredibly hard to prove yourself if the chances you get to do it are becoming fewer and fewer.

Would be better for him and for Chelsea if they'd find him a decent mid table team to prove his worth and gain confidence.

[MAF 162]

What a load of BS.. please show me a link to this negative press, all i found was reporters being ecstatic about him..

What a load of crap.. He scored twice, In Croatia for god's sake, and for the second goal he had to make a run of 60 meters without any support..

for some reason, everything Lukaku does has to be minimalised here, the fridge is shining on international level, what are our other strikers doing?

It is this kind of negativism that will chase Lukaku away, even being a die hard Chelsea fan since his youth.. With his attitude and talent, he will be a worldclass striker within the next two years. If we didn't already bought him, we would all be over the moon about him.. really.. what the f*ck does this guy has to do to be appreciated over here? he got once chance with the Belgium NT, starting in the do or die match in Croatia and he booked our ticket to Brazil with an excellent performane

http://www.voetbalnieuws.be/news/80839/Bondscoach_na_Kroati%C3%AB_nog_kritischer_voor_Lukaku#ixzz2hVLQeeyh

[meetdoscar 335]

He is prolific we know that from last season and anderlecht(spelling), his goals are replicas though and i expect more diversity from him to be as effective compared to drogba (when his time comes at chelsea) as he would rarely get much space to run or around the box at chelsea. His potential is massive but for his size, strength and technical ability he should try more things like long range shorts, long range curler's(like one of his goal vs manu), and efforts with his back to goal, i also think he could be great with free kicks if he really works at it. His trademark headers, powerful runs and finish, are natural to him its the other aspects he needs to work on to be unstoppable.

[The only place to be 11,313]

He is prolific we know that from last season and anderlecht(spelling), his goals are replicas though and i expect more diversity from him to be as effective compared to drogba (when his time comes at chelsea) as he would rarely get much space to run or around the box at chelsea. His potential is massive but for his size, strength and technical ability he should try more things like long range shorts, long range curler's(like one of his goal vs manu), and efforts with his back to goal, i also think he could be great with free kicks if he really works at it. His trademark headers, powerful runs and finish, are natural to him its the other aspects he needs to work on to be unstoppable.

So now the knock on him is that his goals aren't diverse enough?

Fuck me....do we start getting extra points for stylish goals now? Does he have to do a pirouette when he's heading the ball in? Some of our fans are remarkably picky about what type of goals he scores considering our other strikers can't put the ball in the net in even the most boring fashion.

[Stingray 9,441]

any links ?! of the goals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjY3dhNEbv8#t=37

Voila!

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

http://www.voetbalnieuws.be/news/80839/Bondscoach_na_Kroati%C3%AB_nog_kritischer_voor_Lukaku#ixzz2hVLQeeyh

This bullshit article makes it sound like the national coach was very critical about Romelu. This is absolutely not what he said in person on tv last night.

[MAF 162]

That's down to how you want to read it.

to me it's simple: Lukaku is a fantastic striker and we're very lucky to have him. But right now he's not suitable for every type of game. thats why he needs to become more of an all round striker and improve his weak points. he even sais this himself..

It's also why his loan is not a bad thing. Not the best for Chelsea's current season, but certainly better for his development into a more allround striker.

[Goemaere 131]

So now the knock on him is that his goals aren't diverse enough?

Fuck me....do we start getting extra points for stylish goals now? Does he have to do a pirouette when he's heading the ball in? Some of our fans are remarkably picky about what type of goals he scores considering our other strikers can't put the ball in the net in even the most boring fashion.

This.

I don't get this, the guy is 20 plays for a team ranked number #5 in the fifa ranking, scores goals wherever he goes, can old up the ball, can pass, can cross, creates chances, is fast and a clinical finisher but his goals are not diverse enough.

Messi doesn't score from outside the box, i don't see him getting criticized

[meetdoscar 335]

Lukaku is quality and wanting him to be even better as a developing player where i observe he has potential to still develop isn't criticism especially if I am a chelsea fan that's why when the media and some turned fans criticise chelsea for sending him on loan i find it funny because on reading some articles it seems like we have already discarded a 20 year old striker without giving him a chance but the reverse is the case and if i was belgian i would be happy because it guarantees him more playing time than even if he is the first choice striker at chelsea. With his experience with everton this season and also his first world cup most people will know that his loan spell was another very smart move by mourinho for a player with a long term future at the club.

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

Indeed.

Let's take a look at his last 6 goals shall we:

-First goal for Everton: header - knocking himself out

-First goal against Newcastle: easy one from closeby, being in the right place at the right time

-Second Newcastle goal: making use of a long ball from the keeper, taking the entire defense + keeper, creating a goal out of nothing

-City goal: getting past a defender while making him look like a fool

-First goal Croatia: making the perfect run, avoiding the keeper brilliantly

-Second goal Croatia: starting on his own half of the field, running past everyone, pushing a defender to the ground like it was a baby and getting past the keeper again. Another goal created out of nothing

You're right, two of his last six goals in two weeks, were created out of nothing. I'm so bored of his predictable game right now.

Next time he should make a summersault over the goalie or make one walking on his hands.

[Goemaere 131]

Lukaku is quality and wanting him to be even better as a developing player where i observe he has potential to still develop isn't criticism especially if I am a chelsea fan that's why when the media and some turned fans criticise chelsea for sending him on loan i find it funny because on reading some articles it seems like we have already discarded a 20 year old striker without giving him a chance but the reverse is the case and if i was belgian i would be happy because it guarantees him more playing time than even if he is the first choice striker at chelsea. With his experience with everton this season and also his first world cup most people will know that his loan spell was another very smart move by mourinho for a player with a long term future at the club.

God stop the fanboyism, mourinho made a mistake, Lukaku should be starting games for CHELSEA not everton. He is our best striker, had a great pre season, mourinho isn't god deal with it.

[sutro 1,026]

Its beyond me that some people just cant see how raw lukaku still is, he's not ready to lead the line for chelsea yet

The loan is the best thing that could happen for him