Romelu Lukaku

[Madmax 9,219]

I don't know why our best striker is on loan while Torres continues to stink up the place here.

[Amblève. 4,995]

Makes excellent runs, has a bad first touch but makes up for it with his strength and speed. I'm a bit dissapointed with his heading but I'm sure he is better than that.

It's a bit weird. He has all the required abilities, but his timing when it comes to heading the ball is very poor. He either jumps too early and is unable to put much power into the header or he's too late and can't direct the header properly.

[Mr_President 404]

How is his first touch looking? He always looked a bit clumsy to me but that could've been down to lack of playing time...

[Hamilton 2,120]

Good performance, altough he was offside with the goal. Unlucky with the shot at the post. Still needs some work on first touch and heading on goal. Keep it going Romelu!

[kellzfresh 7,229]

It's a bit weird. He has all the required abilities, but his timing when it comes to heading the ball is very poor. He either jumps too early and is unable to put much power into the header or he's too late and can't direct the header properly.

Exactly, he jumps early or heads it off target. Hopes he sorts it out before coming back to chelsea.

[Waterfall 893]

I guarantee that if he's given as much chances as Torres' been given last 18 months, he'll do really well for us

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Good performance today, he was their most dangerous player, by far. But, Romelu, a little note: Less complaining, more running!

[YouNameIt 1,511]

Yeah he is indeed doing very good atm. However, If we are bringing in a striker this january then Lukaku should definatley stay louned out untill the summer. And in the summer we roll with Cavani/Falcao+Lukaku

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

Chelsea must convince Lukaku to come back in January by ensuring him that they will not sign another striker in the winter transfer window.Reassurance of regular game time may help Lukaku reconsider his decision.We will never be in such a striker situation again and imo this is his best opportunity to succeed.

Summer transfer window will see us having 3 strikers-

1)Some expensive world class striker-Falcao/Cavani . OR Torres staying because of a continuous good run of form.(unlikely but maybe possible)

2) Some striker we BUY in the winter transfer window.-Ba,Negredo or someone.

3)Lukaku

It will be harder for him to be the main man and then he will complain about lack of game timeReturning to Chelsea will give him the chance to play with his future team mates and develop a quicker understanding of their playing style.

The whole point of the loan move was to give him some game time and the chance to show his potential so that he could he get in the first team of Chelsea.He's done fairly well at WBA,well enough to get the role of a second striker at Chelsea.So don't understand why he wants to stay at wba,really hope that he changes his mind.

[Muzchap 8,966]

Chelsea must convince Lukaku to come back in January by ensuring him that they will not sign another striker in the winter transfer window.Reassurance of regular game time may help Lukaku reconsider his decision.We will never be in such a striker situation again and imo this is his best opportunity to succeed.

Summer transfer window will see us having 3 strikers-

1)Some expensive world class striker-Falcao/Cavani . OR Torres staying because of a continuous good run of form.(unlikely but maybe possible)

2) Some striker we BUY in the winter transfer window.-Ba,Negredo or someone.

3)Lukaku

It will be harder for him to be the main man and then he will complain about lack of game timeReturning to Chelsea will give him the chance to play with his future team mates and develop a quicker understanding of their playing style.

The whole point of the loan move was to give him some game time and the chance to show his potential so that he could he get in the first team of Chelsea.He's done fairly well at WBA,well enough to get the role of a second striker at Chelsea.Really hope that he changes his mind.

Like your post, but not sure if he should come back, if he does come back and sits on the bench we won't find out much about him here...

At WBA he is playing more and scoring - I definitely think a full season on Loan is what he needs

It's a tough call and with Studge leaving we do need to do something regarding strikers

Where's my crystal ball

I would love it to be true that Torres leaves - just can't see it, unless Rafa gets a job elsewhere

If we are going to play Lukaku next year then we don't need BA, we need somebody like Villa on loan, but that looks fucked now as well!!!

Football - so annoying and rewarding!

[ja1 1,166]

Lukaku has said how he does not want to be recalled, it would be unfair to do so against the players wishes.

[MAF 162]

It would be a waste of money to recall him now imho. Sure he could sit on the bench and get some minutes whenever the first striker needs to be rested, but he would stop developing again and wouldnt reach his potential in a few years.

Unless offcourse they plan on giving him alot of starts, but that seems unlikely at his age...

I'd rather have a really good striker next year or the year after then a decent substitute now.

[Henrique 9,133]

time to bring him back and give him playing time

Even the player said the best thing for him is staying where he already is.

[Hamilton 2,120]

Indeed, he needs to stay there, probably could't handle the pressure at Cfc..

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Smart thing would be to let him stay at WBA. So Chelsea will probably recall him....