Romelu Lukaku

[The only place to be 11,313]

Has the second highest shot conversion rate this season - 29.6%.

Only behind Eden Hazard (shoot more!!), but not ready for us.

[obiwan92 217]

Just happy that he's happy.

[Gilvorak 3,734]

Has the second highest shot conversion rate this season - 29.6%.

Only behind Eden Hazard (shoot more!!), but not ready for us.

Conversion rate means fuck all.

Ronaldo has a terrible conversion rate for instance. So does Suarez.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Conversion rate means fuck all.

Ronaldo has a terrible conversion rate for instance. So does Suarez.

Actually I think Suarez's conversion rate this season is in the mid-20s as well.

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

K, it's an Everton Christmas Clip, but look who's acting al FAAABULOUS around the 1:08 mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNPj8Xm1fSA

Dear god.

[Gilvorak 3,734]

Actually I think Suarez's conversion rate this season is in the mid-20s as well.

Before this season it was pretty atrocious.

[The_Flash 1,144]

who would you want Suarez or Lukaku?

[Weckerz 3,781]

who would you want Suarez or Lukaku?

both

[Gilvorak 3,734]

who would you want Suarez or Lukaku?

The one who isn't racist and bit one of our players.

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Loaning him out was the dumbest decision. Some might say they he'll come back a better player, but we needed him this season. He'd be getting starts in this team.

[We Hate Scouse 10,326]

We're the laughing stock of the Premier League, Mourinho complaining about the lack of strike force whilst we have this guy smashing them away for Everton who'll probably be above us in the league come Christmas. Couldn't make it up.

[Gilvorak 3,734]

How did he do today?

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

Loaning him out was the dumbest decision. Some might say they he'll come back a better player, but we needed him this season. He'd be getting starts in this team.

Loaning him out wasn't the dumbest decision for me, it was not making him number one

[HD3D 1,038]

We're the laughing stock of the Premier League, Mourinho complaining about the lack of strike force whilst we have this guy smashing them away for Everton who'll probably be above us in the league come Christmas. Couldn't make it up.

Lukaku played a few games for Chelsea and didn't do well. The penalty he missed against Bayern crushed his morale and he asked the manager to be loaned again because he didn't feel ready for the job. The manager looked at the squad and saw Torres, Ba and Etoo coming in. I'm sure you Einsteins all foresaw Ba and Etoo would be a flop and knew it would be a mistake to loan Lukaku, right?

Had we not loaned Lukaku and Ba/Etoo actually delivered as they were supposed to, this season we would have an unhappy kid on the bench angry because he neither gets playing time, nor was he given the loan he asked for.

Yes, it was a mistake to loan Lukaku. But at the time it actually seemed quite reasonable.

[ZanSnake 1,211]

Lukaku played a few games for Chelsea and didn't do well. The penalty he missed against Bayern crushed his morale and he asked the manager to be loaned again because he didn't feel ready for the job. The manager looked at the squad and saw Torres, Ba and Etoo coming in. I'm sure you Einsteins all foresaw Ba and Etoo would be a flop and knew it would be a mistake to loan Lukaku, right?

Had we not loaned Lukaku and Ba/Etoo actually delivered as they were supposed to, this season we would have an unhappy kid on the bench angry because he neither gets playing time, nor was he given the loan he asked for.

Yes, it was a mistake to loan Lukaku. But at the time it actually seemed quite reasonable.

I think if the supposed loan offer from West Ham came in for Ba, and that our demands for his loan wasn't so high, Lukaku would be second choice striker and/or would have been able to break into the team. I think that because Romelu wanted to go out in loan forced Jose to stop the hand if West Ham was the only club wanting to loan, or not wanting to strengthen a rival with Arsenal wanting to take Ba.

Either way, there was some communication between Lukaku and Jose which resulted in his loan move due to what happened at the SuperCup - either, like said, Lukaku's morale was shattered or he didn't think his role would be as what he hoped came the start of the season due to the arrival of Etto'o, imo he was the second choice before the SC after Torres as Ba is third now.