Romelu Lukaku

[Spike 12,049]

  On 21/10/2012 at 12:46, ja1 said:

How dare a Chelsea striker be compared to another Chelsea striker !

Well right now he isn't a Chelsea striker is he? The last time I checked he was playing for West Brom.

[Atholy 1,293]

Think of it this way: A 19year old Chelsea kid almost became the gamewinner against the current EPL Champions! This with only 10 minutes of playing time!

in this 10 minutes he managed to create 3(or 4 if you consider that low cross) good scoring opportunities. He was just not fortunate enough that none of his chances pulled off!

Don't worry too much about that header. Lukaku is able to score headers without doubt (remember his goal against Liverpool & plenty of goals at Anderlecht).

Does he need to return to Chelsea in winter?

Well clearly he needs to play! So I wouldn't want him on the chelsea bench. OK one of his biggest advantages is that you can send him on as a supersub in minute 75th because he can have a huge impact on games pushing the defense to it's limits in the last minutes of the game.

But like the rest of you guys here... I barely see Nando getting substituted in the last 1,5 season (even Moses isn't really getting chances). So if RDM is not planning to change our CF more often at the end of the games ... I don't think a return of Lukaku to Chelsea before summer is a good idea!

[Kieran. 6,317]

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He did, however, intimate that the club may recall Romelu Lukaku in January, given his form for West Brom and the fact Chelsea only have two central strikers in Fernando Torres and Daniel Sturridge.

"There's an option in January for us. It's a one-year loan but we have a clause. He's had a good impact."

http://soccernet.esp...it-talk?cc=5901

[robdog 2,084]

  On 27/10/2012 at 21:49, KieranVogel said:

http://soccernet.esp...it-talk?cc=5901

I have been telling you fools that Lukaku could come back in January. I wouldn't mind him back w/ the Blues, especially during the silly period w/ all of those matches to be played.

[mediator 2,026]

Romelu is in the starting XI against Newcastle

[Stats 7,083]

Losing 2-0 is spoiling my weekend but at least Lukaku is scoring again. Just scored against Newcastle

[Kojo 4,676]

Only good news there is, feel like watching west broms game instead.

[Stingray 9,441]

Yeah well. Lukaku might have scored, but the reactions on the Bromwich forum aren't that positive. He looks like a player with two faces to them. One is a crybaby fumbling the ball, two is the Lukaku that destroys defenders. Good thing he is still young, because he needs to work harder! He missed quite a few chances as well. If he was more clinical, WBA should have won....

Oh well, he can't be worse then Torres ....

[Dylan_91 90]

On the forum i loooked at a lot of them gave him motm

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Glad he scored, but he missed two 1-on-1s. Needs to work on his finishing.

[Jack Uzzi 54]

Good to hear Pardew congratulating him. It's not like the one on one situations are a weak point of him. But he got on with his game and then scored in the 2nd half. Has clearly made progress already this season, and at his age, there still has to be much more time for improving aspects of his game.

[AndersonBLUE 819]

Still don't rate him yet, he should just stay at West Brom all season.

[OneMoSalah 8,837]

Needs to be a bit more clinical. Game vs City and today vs the toon he should of had at least 2 goals.

[sleazyB 58]

I think this guy will have the drogba effect. Not saying he plays like him, saying that he is such a freak athelete, that he will creat chances for himself and others. Once he improves his finishing and touch, the guy will be a monster.

[GIBBO3000 20]

I hope Chelsea gives him 2 years at west rom. After that he will be a force to reckon with.

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

The potential for this guy is crazy high. He's the kind of striker that will easily employ an entire back 4 by himself. Good luck dealing with the 3 maestros then. He makes so many strong runs in behind it's crazy, just like Torres used to (even when I try to forget about him, I can't). And, on top of that he's soo big and strong that he can play with his back to the goal (not that good yet though, but he's improving).

Plus I've been impressed with his dribbling too.

[Stats 7,083]

Watched MOTD2. Yes he was largely wasteful with a few of his chances but as he matures his finishing will improve, but despite that the assuring thing is that his movement against Newcastle was first class and constantly got himself into goalscoring opportunities and along with his pace to burn, his power also helps him. Once he gets more clinical we have a potentially goalscoring hero at Chelsea here. Think people are forgetting the fact that he is still only 19 and turns 20 next year.

[Jack Uzzi 54]

Also think that two full seasons at WBA would be a very good thing.