Romelu Lukaku

[Weckerz 3,781]

Lol.

Not sure what's funny

[Barbara 15,149]

He may be the best - as in the one that nets more balls in between the four we had. He's also the less experienced, the rawest, the one Mourinho would be less willing to give big responsibilities.

I don't like any comparison of what he would have done here (bad or good) because we'd never know. What I do know is that strikers that were successful in other clubs weren't here... and that has nothing to do with Mourinho because we had tons of managers in charge when it happened. That doesn't mean Lukaku wouldn't have worked, nor does it mean he would have. It just means we can spend 300 pages discussing it, at the end of the day it's still pointless. No one can say if he'd be able to score 10, 20 or 30 goals with us.

Mourinho made a bet. He chose experience to be ahead of a very inexperienced AM (the oldest is Mata, as Willian is expected to struggle to adapt, especially coming from Russia). Hazard, Oscar, André and Kevin are great players but we've seen them fluctuating in form this season because they succumb to pressure, to lack of motivation, lack of ambition, or whatever is the problem. The fact remains they aren't consistently performing like Lampard is, for example. Lampard has had AWFUL matches because he was tired, but you could see the experience in each of them, sometimes his legs didn't answer to the command he sent them, but the experience is there. It's a big risk to rely in an entire attack made out of very young players, that oscillate in form unpredictably... But Mourinho's bet wasn't only on giving a bit of experience with our strikers. I think he looked at all teams and managers in EPL and he saw Everton and Martinez as a team that could be dangerous to the big 6 teams because of their good players and ambitious manager. So he decided to give this team a weapon to threaten other big teams, but not Chelsea. It's a chess move that while didn't work as well as he wished for the strikers he did keep, it's been working wonders for his opponents. How many points have Everton - especially because of Lukaku - led the big teams to drop? So while he may think that he could have better strikers atm I don't think he regrets sending Lukaku to a place where he could lead Everton to take points from Arsenal, Liverpool, City, United and Spurs. It could have been a win-win situation if Torres and Eto'o didn't have so many injuries and stopped their crescendo... now we have 2 and a half players off form - as Ba never really was in form to start with.

[bushman 2,043]

Not sure what's funny

We do know what´s funny.

[Weckerz 3,781]

We do know what´s funny.

Knowing what's funny, we do*

[bushman 2,043]

Knowing what's funny, we do*

Taking English lessons, much ?

[Weckerz 3,781]

Taking English lessons, much ?

Not necessary, I feel.

[bushman 2,043]

Not necessary, I feel.

[Stingray 9,441]

Taking English lessons, much ?

Not necessary, I feel.

Right you may be, I read

[remains of the day 564]

People seem so assured that after his loan spell at Everton ends, naturally he'll come back and push for a starting spot....I guess my question is, if the club weren't willing to commit to giving him an opportunity this season then what exactly is going to change in the 10 or so months of his loan spell?

I pretty much agree that this loan at Everton is a fantastic one for Lukaku - it's the ideal loan for any young and inexperienced football player. But is it something that we're going to benefit from in the future? I highly doubt it. If anything, it's only going to be more difficult for Lukaku, when he returns, than it would have been for him this season particularly if the club goes out and signs a top striker. Even if we offload Torres or Ba, the best Lukaku will be hoping for is to be 2nd choice, and if that's the plan for him then we're back to the same question - why couldn't he have been 2nd choice this season?

I think what frustrates me with this topic is that, again and again people seem to operate from this idea that if a youngster does x, y & z then naturally he'll get his chance here. No. There's nothing Lukaku could realistically do that would prove his readiness to the club. It has very little to do with him and everything to do with the mentality and practice in this club of being overly cautious and reluctant to give good enough chances to young, unproven players. That's the elephant in the room people keep ignoring. It's the same mentality that resulted in the club squandering 50 million on a striker we didn't need at the time rather than simply sticking by Sturridge and giving him a chance; it's same mentality that lead the club to throw away 30 mil on another attacking mid we didn't need instead of giving a chance to Kevin particularly after a very successful loan spell and it's the same mentality that caused the club to believe that they would be better served to retrieve a 32 yr, former top striker from his football exile in Russia rather than just simply giving a chance to Lukaku.....there's a pattern here, yet people are still carrying on with the narrative of "this will only benefit us in the long term". Uh huh....sure it will.

...and the irony of it all is that in each of those examples, the club turned their backs on sticking by a young player and picked the "safer" route only for that to be an even bigger gamble with greater financial risks in the end.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

People seem so assured that after his loan spell at Everton ends, naturally he'll come back and push for a starting spot....I guess my question is, if the club weren't willing to commit to giving him an opportunity this season then what exactly is going to change in the 10 or so months of his loan spell?

I pretty much agree that this loan at Everton is a fantastic one for Lukaku - it's the ideal loan for any young and inexperienced football player. But is it something that we're going to benefit from in the future?

Maybe because we know now that everton are a possession team, and lukaku's first experience in a good one. By next season, we dont have any excuse not to play him after he has proved himself in two different styles.

[Zoro 151]

Not sure what's funny

I personally think Lukaku is overrated. If that bothers you then please feel free to ignore me.

[Weckerz 3,781]

I personally think Lukaku is overrated. If that bothers you then please feel free to ignore me.

It doesn't bother me mate, just type what you mean next time you quote me.

[Zoro 151]

It doesn't bother me mate, just type what you mean next time you quote me.

Fair enough.

[The Skipper 20,609]

Not necessary, I feel.

Lmao. Amazing.

[blu35_army 551]

he still far far away from drogba-esque,,first touch and Finishing is everything needed to be World Class Striker!!! Keep stay to learn son...