Romelu Lukaku

[Yeboii 1,844]

7 hours ago, Leif said:

Serie A is not weaker than the Premier League, at all. Maybe it was 3 seasons or so ago.

La Liga, Serie A, Premier League, Bundesliga, Ligue 1. There's no nuance to the game here anymore; if you can score against Italian defences you'll rip English ones to shreds. And this is before the top teams in Italy have their own stadiums. This is before they get the obscene TV money the English teams get. The Premier League's almost dead, and it's being replaced by a lookalike zombie. Shining here means nothing, now. It's no coincidence the likes of Aguero & Suarez dominated over here, yet only ever been the 5th or even 10th best player in Spain.
Add Costa to that too. Went from being something like the 15th best player in La Liga to a top 3 player in the Premier League - and it's not like he's improved as player - he hasn't. Even Bale ripped England up, only to be a slightly above average player over in Spain. Elite forwards look at the lack of actual football over here and lick their lips.

+ Sanchez, too*.

If Jamie Vardy & Mahrez can come out of nowhere & both end a season as top 5 scorers, Belotti can do so, with ease.

Then look at how Salah did in the English game then went to Roma and ripped the defences to shreds in Italy.

[Clockwork 1,794]

1 hour ago, Yeboii said:

Then look at how Salah did in the English game then went to Roma and ripped the defences to shreds in Italy.

Maybe it wasn't the English game, maybe it was Chelsea the reason he didn't realize his potential. Coutinho flopped at Inter, and became a star at Liverpool. Was it the league or he was a bad fit at Inter?

Kevin De Bruyne had similar results at Chelsea, but came back to the PL and is one of the best in the league. 

Also you look at Cuardado who failed at Chelsea, but when he was at Juventus he put in really good performances in the CL against Man City. He would never put in that type of performance for Chelsea even with similar opposition. 

So i particularly don't like that logic, if a player fails at a new league/club then to conclude the new league he moved to is superior to his old one. Too many variables to reach such conclusion.

I do believe though some players are better fit for certain leagues. 

[MetsajCFC 1,255]

On 2.7.2017 at 11:54 PM, Pizy said:

Close to signing Michael Keane for £25m as well. Unless Everton have suddenly decided to be mega spenders out of nowhere, the Lukaku deal has surely been done. They probably have an agreement with us not to announce it until they announce all of their signings so their supporters won't riot. They won't mind selling Lukaku if they have 4-5 new players in.

Either way, Everton will be very strong next season. Nice additions.

Agree, quality signings. Plus, if other clubs knew they had the "Lukaku money", they'd be held ransom. 

[BMox81 193]

 

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

34 minutes ago, Dingus said:

 

but lukaku wants chelsea...

[YorkshireBlue 3,122]

10 minutes ago, xPetrCechx said:

but lukaku wants chelsea...

U watch lukaku goes man utd and we get stuck with morata

[Chelsea4 1,521]

11 minutes ago, xPetrCechx said:

but lukaku wants chelsea...

The source is terrible.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

8 minutes ago, BluesMadLad said:

U watch lukaku goes man utd and we get stuck with morata

both fine, i want someone better.

[YorkshireBlue 3,122]

Just now, xPetrCechx said:

both fine, i want someone better.

Worse case diego stays 

[Leif 6,006]

Regardless whether he's 'good enough' or not, he doesn't have 4+ lungs - we will not compete in many tournaments if we continue this shambolic trend of only having 1 great striker.

We've had Drogba, Anelka, and Kalou at the same time. Lining up against anyone in the league or in Europe, at least with the first two, you didn't expect a downgrade in quality. Kalou was a solid back up.

We've had Drogba & Torres - not exactly clear who was second-fiddle, but we had 2 experienced players who've done & proven it all.

We've had Eto'o, Ba, Torres, Schurrle - all capable strikers who at that point, were still among the upper end of strikers in the league. 4 of them.

Now, we're going to have Lukaku and probably Michy. It's hilarious. These are kids. And they're going to be kids even late into their 30's. 

We've gone from flamethrowers & cannons to water pistols.

Everyone else outside of Chelsea seems to have a shred more sanity. Our fanbase would consider Morata & Lukaku enough; even just Martial & Lukaku enough.

 

[Pizy 18,368]

25 minutes ago, Leif said:

Regardless whether he's 'good enough' or not, he doesn't have 4+ lungs - we will not compete in many tournaments if we continue this shambolic trend of only having 1 great striker.

We've had Drogba, Anelka, and Kalou at the same time. Lining up against anyone in the league or in Europe, at least with the first two, you didn't expect a downgrade in quality. Kalou was a solid back up.

We've had Drogba & Torres - not exactly clear who was second-fiddle, but we had 2 experienced players who've done & proven it all.

We've had Eto'o, Ba, Torres, Schurrle - all capable strikers who at that point, were still among the upper end of strikers in the league. 4 of them.

Now, we're going to have Lukaku and probably Michy. It's hilarious. These are kids. And they're going to be kids even late into their 30's. 

We've gone from flamethrowers & cannons to water pistols.

Everyone else outside of Chelsea seems to have a shred more sanity. Our fanbase would consider Morata & Lukaku enough; even just Martial & Lukaku enough.

 

We'll certainly need more than one forward this summer. Surely a coach as good as Conte sees and realizes that. We can't simply swap Deigo for Lukaku and think it's enough. It would be suicide.

My guess is Lukaku + a hybrid forward who can play multiple attacking positions. If Morata wasn't off to United he'd be perfect. Maybe try to pip Juventus to Bernardeschi? 

[Jype 6,398]

17 minutes ago, Leif said:

Regardless whether he's 'good enough' or not, he doesn't have 4+ lungs - we will not compete in many tournaments if we continue this shambolic trend of only having 1 great striker.

We've had Drogba, Anelka, and Kalou at the same time. Lining up against anyone in the league or in Europe, at least with the first two, you didn't expect a downgrade in quality. Kalou was a solid back up.

We've had Drogba & Torres - not exactly clear who was second-fiddle, but we had 2 experienced players who've done & proven it all.

We've had Eto'o, Ba, Torres, Schurrle - all capable strikers who at that point, were still among the upper end of strikers in the league. 4 of them.

Now, we're going to have Lukaku and probably Michy. It's hilarious. These are kids. And they're going to be kids even late into their 30's. 

We've gone from flamethrowers & cannons to water pistols.

In what world was Eto'o, Ba and Torres (Schürrle was not a striker for Chelsea anymore than someone like Pedro is right now so I'm not including him) better than Lukaku and Batshuayi? 

Hilarious that anyone would even suggest something like that, Lukaku alone will easily score more than all those put together and would expect Batshuayi to chip in with at least +15 in all competitions too, given he'll get more games than last season. Hell, the man scored 9 goals in 703 minutes this past season with practically zero consistent playing time so I have no doubt he'll continue being efficient if he stays at the club. 

And yeah Drogba & Torres of 2012 were fucking unstoppable too, scored an unprecedented tally of 11 league goals combined between the two of them that season.

Prime Drogba of 2010 as the main striker with Anelka and Kalou as other options was a better bunch, obviously.

How many great strikers do Bayern have? Or Juventus? Or PSG?

[turgi 71]

This is getting a bit exhausting too.

Days gone with no real news.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Rooney to Everton.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Lukaku-Rooney duo next season, I'm gonna win the league.

Then Koeman wake up.

[Artandur 939]

35 minutes ago, xPetrCechx said:

Rooney to Everton.

Apparently they still want Giroud in addition to Rooney, that would mean Romelu is gone for sure.

Edit:

And they already got Sandro as well...

[Pizy 18,368]

With Rooney leaving United and even with them likely getting Morata, they'd still only have Morata, Martial, and Rasfrod who can play as a striker. One injury and they'd be in huge trouble since you know José doesn't trust kids. Surely they'll be bringing in 2 forwards.

So let's say hypothetically they make a huge offer for Lukaku and he chooses to go there? He seems to be best mates with Pogba and is yet again on holiday with him in LA so I'm sure they speak about playing together all the time. We know from first hand experience that when José phones his transfer targets he can be extremely convincing and usually gets his players.

 What the hell would we even do in that scenario? Our #1 striker target who everyone assumes is a foregone conclusion to return.

[Special Juan 27,424]

Then if it was me, go and get Belotti.