Romelu Lukaku

[Stingray 9,441]

I think you should look around some more, plenty of people are acctualy quit critical of belgian perfomances because the media has created such a high standard. I think Lukaku did okay against france, benteke was meh, de bruyne was shit and hazard was under performing.

Hell Yeah, even Verheyen was crap and he is retired for years now!

:goober!

[Zoro 151]

A 20 year old Lukaku has performed better in almost every single match he played the last year and a half but still gets as much shit as torres.

strange.

Maybe because we havent seen any of that performance in a Chelsea shirt. If a player isnt playing well, he is going to get stick regardless of age or nationality.

[replika83 14]

I think you should look around some more, plenty of people are acctualy quit critical of belgian perfomances because the media has created such a high standard. I think Lukaku did okay against france, benteke was meh, de bruyne was shit and hazard was under performing.

There are also a lot who get ultradefensive when somebody says a negative thing about a Belgian player. Like someone's badmouthing their child...

And Lukaku plays at a topclub, so being judged hard comes with the job. If he plays bad, he'll get tons of shit. Works in both ways. Mignolet made lots of mistakes in his debut at Liverpool, but makes 1 massive important save in the end and he's a halfgod. If he didn't save it, he would've been torn apart on fora on his overall performance.

[zolayes 14,489]

Why do people keep going on about his performance from 1 game? WOW! Annoying thing is there is about a whole page of complaints of his performance against France on the De Bruyne page itself. Give it a rest. He is young, improving and will have have bad performances as part of his learning curve. Not making excuses for him but yes it was a friendly so move on. His next game he will probably bag a couple anyway

you are suggesting people show patience ,,,well that would surprise me if it happened especially on match days

[jan 14]

i never have seen him using his body in pre-season

i hope he does now the season starts

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Thought he was good today. Very good movement and hold-up play.

[Stingray 9,441]

Thought he was good today. Very good movement and hold-up play.

I know. Mou will bring him like Steve did. He needs nurturing - what he lacks in technical brilliance he has in physical prowess and determination/ I gather Mou knows ...

Still .... he is raw somewhat.

[Phil Driver 503]

I feel sure Lukaku will start on Weds v Villa .

[Mceachran 109]

When he really figures out to throw his size around in the air it's going to be impressive. I remember when Drogba saw that he almost never had to jump in the middle of the field again, he was able to just hold the big CB's off at take it off of his knee and chest. SOO frustrating to deal with as a defender. Hopefully we can see a similar technique developed!

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

Fucking beast.. Preformed much better than Ba, he should be our number 1 choice

[jonaaibosk 191]

If he gets given a run of games, there's no reason why he can't emulate what he did with West Brom last season. With guys like Mata, Oscar, Hazard, De Bruyne and Schurrle to supply him he'll score for fun

[Blue Armour 4,436]

Used his body well to hold onto the ball today. Really unlucky not to score.

[IkE 267]

BA never showed nothing really, this guy in 5 minutes was quality and opened the lines.

He must be Starting XI vs ManU (remember last year )

[Tomo 21,751]

He was great when he came on, but remember he is still young, give him time to develop before we go pining our hopes on them.

We need a new forward before the end of the window so him and Lukaku can rotate while Ba or Torres plays the Carlton Cole 05/06 role.

[John1611 77]

How about that for a first touch from him:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg9W0rlbePA

The talent is there. His first touch will come good. What he seems to be struggling with tbf, is when our midfielders fire the ball at his feet in tight spaces.