Romelu Lukaku

[The only place to be 11,313]

Just love it how The Word Of Mourinho is taken for The One And Only Truth... Amen and all that :-)

That's right, Mourinho is not known for any sort of manipulation, twisting of words, provoking ... is he?

You're worshiping a dangerous man.

What Mourinho is known for is demanding a high level of commitment from his players.

What Lukaku is known for is saying he needs Champions League football this season....and going to Everton. Oh and putting in transfer requests when he faces competition.

[The Skipper 20,593]

I don't care who he scored the goals for. It's not about that. It's about constantly bashing, mocking, hating a player who's actually achieved incredible stuff at his age, or at anyone's age. You don't need to be a fan (I am neither, as I said), but the bashing just doesn't make sense.

It's the whole reason why he never felt at home here. He was mocked and booed from the beginning. All started with the huge mistake to let him make his debut for Chelsea at 18. Should've loaned him out straight away. Boy wasn't at all ready at the time. Lost all the credit with the fans then and never managed to win it back. Very little of that is his own mistake.

I acknowledge the fact that he has a big mouth, but he's a winner and he wants to play. It's called testoserone, it's called ambition, it's what good strikers are made of.

Romelu was mocked and booed from the beginning? Now I know you don't even know what you're talking about, your whole argument is completely void. What the hell are you on about? You're making up stuff again... Chelsea fans really, really wanted him to succeed here and everyone was supportive of him during his WBA loan, and at the start of his Everton loan before he started talking. Everyone had big hopes for him, go back to the early stages of this thread yourself if you want to see. Even people like The Only Place To Be, who used to be one of Romelu's biggest supporters, initially criticised Mourinho for allowing the loan to happen, but that was all before he started talking.

No one talks as much as Romelu does. You don't have to constantly talk to show that you're ambitious at all. Why can't you simply understand that the problem people have with him here is not him as a player - I, for example, said numerous times that he'd be the ideal 2nd choice striker here but the problem people have with him is this attitude that he thinks he deserves to be number 1 striker and that he isn't willing to fight for his place in our team. It has nothing to do with his goal scoring statistics, we all know Romelu is a natural goal getter.

Most people that are bashing him aren't even bashing him as a player either, so I don't know why you want people to be sympathetic or that we should respect him. Respect him for what? Because he's scored 32 goals in the PL at the age of 21? Hats off to him, but I don't really care because none of those goals were even scored here. He'd get my respect if he stayed at CFC and fought for his place.

[mediator 2,026]

In reality its the best case scenario for both parties.

Chelsea gets money and Everton gets a player that their manager wants and will put in good positions to succeed. Had he stayed at Chelsea, I really don't think he would of succeeded.

Agree with you, good deal for both parties, end of story

[didierforever 7,349]

What Mourinho is known for is demanding a high level of commitment from his players.

What Lukaku is known for is saying he needs Champions League football this season....and going to Everton. Oh and putting in transfer requests when he faces competition.

ohk.

17th july : jose says "we are done with the transfer window... blah blah blah"

2 weeks down the road, we have bought DD, sold lukaku, ba, pva and loaned out ryan. to be followed with some massive transfers like cech/torres leaving and mikel leaving and probably even a big signing.

u cant damn lukaku for saying one thing and doing another while defending jose for the same thing.

[Miki-Liki 405]

When will you guys stop repeating the same stuff over and over?

[Special Juan 27,439]

When will you guys stop repeating the same stuff over and over?

When your username stops sounding like a male porn star.

[Cosmin 2,484]

Oh, my God. I am so sick of all these people getting defensive when it comes to players coming from their country. If Courtois and Hazard leave us too, a lot of Belgians will leave this forum. Don't call me a racist, but it's so obvious that people are defending Lukaku for the same reasons that they defended De Bruyne. He did NOTHING for the club. He didn't try, he didn't fight, he left like a coward. If he was that good, it would've been Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United, Bayern or even Liverpool buying him. Not Everton.

[Fernando 6,484]

Oh, my God. I am so sick of all these people getting defensive when it comes to players coming from their country. If Courtois and Hazard leave us too, a lot of Belgians will leave this forum. Don't call me a racist, but it's so obvious that people are defending Lukaku for the same reasons that they defended De Bruyne. He did NOTHING for the club. He didn't try, he didn't fight, he left like a coward. If he was that good, it would've been Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United, Bayern or even Liverpool buying him. Not Everton.

Yeah pretty much that, is mostly the Belgium guys defending him.

So I pay them no mind, their opinion is too biased.

Lukaku is a douche bag, and I could care less how he's career pan out now.

[Miki-Liki 405]

When your username stops sounding like a male porn star.

Too bad it's not a witty pun.

[Special Juan 27,439]

Too bad it's not a witty pun.

Is that her porn name?

[The only place to be 11,313]

ohk.

17th july : jose says "we are done with the transfer window... blah blah blah"

2 weeks down the road, we have bought DD, sold lukaku, ba, pva and loaned out ryan. to be followed with some massive transfers like cech/torres leaving and mikel leaving and probably even a big signing.

u cant damn lukaku for saying one thing and doing another while defending jose for the same thing.

Dude, you were wrong. Deal with it.

[ParNolio7 285]

Respect him for what? Because he's scored 32 goals in the PL at the age of 21?

yes, that's all I'm asking

[The only place to be 11,313]

He was mocked and booed from the beginning.

Which part of the ground were you sitting in where Lukaku was 'mocked and booed'?

[ParNolio7 285]

When your username stops sounding like a male porn star.

In all honesty, I think "Special Juan" is not too bad for a male porn star's name either :-)

[Special Juan 27,439]

In all honesty, I think "Special Juan" is not too bad for a male porn star's name either :-)

[Stingray 9,441]

Yeah pretty much that, is mostly the Belgium guys defending him. So I pay them no mind, their opinion is too biased.

Not really. That is just YOUR biased opinion. See me, Mediator, Weckerz, Hamilton, Tiwaz, .... going on about him?

Youd better stop with your 'belgium guys' whining really. Its boring.

[Cosmin 2,484]

Not really. That is just YOUR biased opinion. See me, Mediator, Weckerz, Hamilton, Tiwaz, .... going on about him?

Youd better stop with your 'belgium guys' whining really. Its boring.

He didn't say that the Belgians are defending him. He said that most of those defending him are Belgians. There's a difference.

[HD3D 1,038]

Aren't you a bit naive to completely believe Mourinho's statements?

Mourinho is under pressure to justify the transfer of a homegrown player that has clearly shown potential to get a shot at Chelsea. Mourinho clearly had doubts about Lukaku's abilities.

However, if he stated that clearly in public and Lukaku proved him wrong in the near future. This would come back to bite him and would be a stick for the press to beat him with.

By stating that Lukaku demanded a starting spot and that he can't promise that he gave Chelsea fans a reason for the transfer and covers himself for the future. It's a tactic you see times and times again with managers.

The more plausible truth isn't that Lukaku demanded the nr1 spot as stated by Mourinho, but a significant role in the coming season and plenty of minutes and Mourinho answering he would have to compete with Drogba and Torres for that as Costa would be his main striker. A doubtful future for Lukaku who would have remembered his first season here in the stands while reminding himself of the great season he had at Everton.

Serious question, are you retarded? Why would you come up with such a sophisticated conspiracy theory about Mourinho wanting to get rid of Lukaku, when EVERYTHING about Lukaku's behavior (e.g. his provocative goal celebrations at Everton) and comments to the press, show that Mourinho is telling the truth about his arrogant attitude?

In fact, very FEW people in this forum were surprised to hear his explanation about Lukaku's sale. Most of us had already figured it out beforehand. Just read through the old pages of this thread and you'll see.