Romelu Lukaku

[Naked Mole Rat 437]

I'm glad he chose to join WBA instead of Wigan. We've had a few players loaned to them in the past, and none of them did well there (they probably loan players from us just to mess with us lol). Besides, he's way too good for Wigan. He needed to step up his game, and playing for a team that ends up barely avoiding relegation every season wouldn't have helped too much. I think he'll find a decent competition (not like the one he was involved in here with Drogba, Torres and Sturridge around) at Albion, and that's a good thing.

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

Definitely going to put some money on him scoring against Liverpool next week on his debut.

[Justin_3d 1,140]

Good luck.

Hope he improves, cause he was bad!

[Kojo 4,676]

I have a huge feeling he will put in a few dissapointing performances then get dropped for the rest of the season and sit on the bench.

Is he ready for Premier League?, i think he will be our number one forward one day i really do, but he's not ready for Premier League yet, he's 19 he has plenty of time to adjust, this move could kill him, or at least effect him in a major way.

Championship Club would've been suitable. Well anyway we will see, he seems to play well for Belgium and looks a different player there, he might shock us all and play well for West Brom. Best of luck to him, really hope he does well.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I have a huge feeling he will put in a few dissapointing performances then get dropped for the rest of the season and sit on the bench.

Is he ready for Premier League?, i think he will be our number one forward one day i really do, but he's not ready for Premier League yet, he's 19 he has plenty of time to adjust, this move could kill him, or at least effect him in a major way.

Championship Club would've been suitable. Well anyway we will see, he seems to play well for Belgium and looks a different player there, he might shock us all and play well for West Brom. Best of luck to him, really hope he does well.

Completely agree. I have no idea why we don't loan to the championship more often. The level is much higher than reserves or youth but the players have a much better chance to succeed than in the PL.

[Kojo 4,676]

Completely agree. I have no idea why we don't loan to the championship more often. The level is much higher than reserves or youth but the players have a much better chance to succeed than in the PL.

I don't think Lukaku will start getting regular games for this club, untill he's about 22 or 23. And he's 19 now, say if he fails this West Brom loan, that will fuck him up, look at Kakuta.

I hate excuses about players i do, i generally now don't think Kakuta could ever of been a great player for us despite some impressive performances. If he did he would've showed that on loan at least once, but he never. Even on his under 21 matches he was shit, people where saying he was good, he was terrible in them.

I would hate to see Lukaku end up the same way, fails this loan, then we loan him to another premier league club... same thing happens again...

[YuriZhirkov 106]

Long, Odemwingie, Rosenberg and now Lukaku. West Brom really have a great attack, I just hope he can get in to the starting xi.

[Stats 7,053]

Bright future and a lot of people on paper may think, guaranteed starter because he is an £18m player coming from Chelsea to West Brom but Long and Odemwingie IMO still may sometimes be Clarke's preferred starting strikers. That will really piss me of though, because I know he can get starts at many other premier league teams. Anyway Steve Clarke hopefully believes Lukaku will be a vital addition to his squad this upcoming season.

But considering Long's injury problems and Odemwingie's uncertain future hopefully he has a very successful season there and has mentioned already I hope he is not in the same scenario as Kakuta where he is looked to be loaned out season after season

[didierforever 7,349]

have not westbrom already got 3 or 4 strikers? i would hate for lukaku to have a similar experience as josh. that would really blow.

[dumps 284]

hopefully he gets game time. i wont put him in my fantasy team just yet, ill wait a few weeks and see how it goes.

also, a lot of people moan about Josh's loan being a waste, but dont forget he had to train with that swansea team, a team that Rodgers mainly focused on passing with. and West Brom play a very straight forward attacking game so hopefully Lukaku will learn a lot. he will probably learn more at West Brom just by training than he would from training with Chelsea, we really seem to lack on being able to supply the striker at recent time so hopefuly we can sort that this season for the sake of all our strikers, no point in game time if you arent getting the ball!

it's a good loan. also indicates that we will be purchasing another striker as all we have at the moment is sturridge and torres.... and if its moses, thats great news for torres (and hopefully he steps up to the challenge with no threat of drogba pushing for his place).

can't wait for the new season. now i can watch some West brom games just to watch Lukaku. would love to see the likes of Piazon go on loan to west brom as well, i would love to watch those 2 week in week out.

[Kinol 337]

He will get time. Im sure they will use him as a super sub. If they are down with 1 goal or something and its 10mins left they put him up top as a target player.

[FormerRussianSpy 163]

The West Brom forum reckons he will be a guaranteed striker. Damn, I really hope so. If he's is given some faith and real prem experience, it could be a huge season for him. But the 'Kakuta experience' is always a possibility.

[Hamilton 2,120]

Good move, hopefully enough playing time over there..

On Wednesday he's in the squad against Holland, but i don't think he's gonna start. Probably Benteke from Genk will, who scored 3 in 2 games in league..

[Shak 22]

The West Brom forum reckons he will be a guaranteed striker. Damn, I really hope so. If he's is given some faith and real prem experience, it could be a huge season for him. But the 'Kakuta experience' is always a possibility.

Kakuta isn't a hard worker like Lukaku though. And apparently he wasn't given opportunities at Bolton & Fulham whilst on loan because he didn't speak good english and he didn't fully understand the coach's tactical instructions.

I personally have a gut feeling that Lukaku will have a loan spell like McEachran did at Swansea. He'll be on the bench for most of the games but the coach won't play him because it's a tight game and he lacks experience.

[Superblue 6,370]

Would it be wrong of me to put a cheeky bet on that he outscores Torres next season??!!

In all seriousness, I really hope for his and Chelsea's sakes he gets good minutes and a few goals under his belt this season. A couple of loan spells in the premier league over the next couple of seasons will hopefully mould him into the player we need him to become.

[Shak 22]

Would it be wrong of me to put a cheeky bet on that he outscores Torres next season??!!

In all seriousness, I really hope for his and Chelsea's sakes he gets good minutes and a few goals under his belt this season. A couple of loan spells in the premier league over the next couple of seasons will hopefully mould him into the player we need him to become.

If he outscores Torres, we're screwed...cause I don't think Lukaku will score more than 5-10 goals.

[Superblue 6,370]

If he outscores Torres, we're screwed...cause I don't think Lukaku will score more than 5-10 goals.

I agree but you never know when a striker gets on a role. We haven't seen if Lukaku can thrive when given a genuine run in a Premier League team?

For every Carlton Cole to Villa, there was Mikael Forssell to Birmingham.

[Stats 7,053]

Good move, hopefully enough playing time over there..

On Wednesday he's in the squad against Holland, but i don't think he's gonna start. Probably Benteke from Genk will, who scored 3 in 2 games in league..

Sad thing is that when Lukaku was at Anderlecht he was a first team starter for the national team