Romelu Lukaku

[OhForAGreavsie 6,057]

On 21/12/2021 at 20:34, Nero said:

We need a real striker, not a human rights activist. He talks about this stuff more than scores for Chelsea. That's bizarre and a bad sporty attitude. That's why his fitness is so bad

This is nonsense. I think we can take it for granted that he isn't updating his social media during training sessions so what the heck does it have to do with his fitness? 

[OhForAGreavsie 6,057]

23 hours ago, Nero said:

I mean... Lukaku deleted his Twitter account after tweeting a lot about this stuff. Obvious this affects him mentally which then affects him physically. 

 

Tosh.

[MoroccanBlue 5,375]

4 hours ago, bigbluewillie said:

You and ppl need to give him time as a player, it might be a long time before he fits in, me i'm prepared to wait til that time, he has my support

And he needs to play regularly he aint get get any better sitting on the bench.

A long time before he fits in?

Why should we wait exactly? It isn’t as if he hasn’t played in the Prem before, and we spent 100 million on him for an immediate  impact. If not then what was the point in buying him when we could give Havertz and Broja time to “fit in”. 
 

 He’s 29 next year. Not 21. 

[LAM09 7,043]

5 hours ago, bigbluewillie said:

You and ppl need to give him time as a player, it might be a long time before he fits in, me i'm prepared to wait til that time, he has my support

And he needs to play regularly he aint get get any better sitting on the bench.

I get where you're coming from & I'm all for supporting players whilst they're at the club, but he should have until the end of the season IMO. 

Too many players seem to get a free ride for far too long regardless of their actual output on the field, to the team's detriment. Also, you have to take into consideration that the biggest hurdle for most signings is adjusting to a new league, which doesn't apply at all where he's concerned, seeing as he's play most of his senior football in England (as @MoroccanBlue mentioned).

Edited December 22, 2021 by LAM09

[Stats 7,136]

Fantastic. Come on, give the man credit where it is due. He changed the game for us and kept us in title race today.

[Jase 43,479]

Just now, Stats said:

Fantastic. Come on, give the man credit where it is due. He changed the game for us and kept us in title race today.

Score winners against Liverpool and City and we'll talk. 👀

[MoroccanBlue 5,375]

Credit where it's due. Changed the game. It the type of opposition that we really need to be utilising him against. 

[Fulham Broadway 17,299]

Draws players in,  makes others panic, nightmare for defenders. Great play.

[Stats 7,136]

47 minutes ago, Jase said:

Score winners against Liverpool and City and we'll talk. 👀

Well this season, I thought he done decent against Liverpool before James got sent off. Of course it will be difficult for him.

Against City we were so defensive and albeit he was poor, the approach was so defensive. So maybe we need to go with a more offensive approach.

That being said, game by game, today he completely changed the game for us.  He has been getting slack by most of fan base and today he stepped up.

 

Edited December 26, 2021 by Stats

[Jase 43,479]

53 minutes ago, Stats said:

Well this season, I thought he done decent against Liverpool before James got sent off. Of course it will be difficult for him.

Against City we were so defensive and albeit he was poor, the approach was so defensive. So maybe we need to go with a more offensive approach.

That being said, game by game, today he completely changed the game for us.  He has been getting slack by most of fan base and today he stepped up.

He did make the difference in the second half but he was also unconvincing and even completely made us worse in some previous games (e.g. second half at West Ham). On top of that, we spent almost 100 million on him and some people have even said he is a complete striker these days and all that. So please, don't feel surprised if not everyone is jumping up and down over him after one game. Do it consistently, do it in the big games, gel with the others, then we'll see. 

[DoubleO 192]

I personally don’t understand why many fans have been criticizing him so much. Yes , there were some poor games before he got injured, but still he was scoring all over the place both for Chelsea and Belgium. It was such a bad luck the injury happened right before the period where we were facing norwiches, newcastles etc. Had he been playing then, the goal tally would look much better. Just wait for the spring when he gets fit and restores that goal scoring routine. He’s an excellent player with some invaluable capabalities

[Jase 43,479]

@Tomo you were right.

[Tomo 21,751]

13 minutes ago, Jase said:

@Tomo you were right.

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[Jase 43,479]

1 minute ago, Tomo said:

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About how people would react when Lukaku scores while disregarding the bigger concern. 

[Tomo 21,751]

6 minutes ago, Jase said:

About how people would react when Lukaku scores while disregarding the bigger concern. 

Oh

In fairness he was fantastic today and was even making visible attempts to adapt to the system.

I still need a lot more sample size before I even think about reassessing my opinion in the grand scheme of things but I'll let him have his moment today.