Romelu Lukaku

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Good performance today, he was their most dangerous player, by far. But, Romelu, a little note: Less complaining, more running!

[YouNameIt 1,511]

Yeah he is indeed doing very good atm. However, If we are bringing in a striker this january then Lukaku should definatley stay louned out untill the summer. And in the summer we roll with Cavani/Falcao+Lukaku

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

Chelsea must convince Lukaku to come back in January by ensuring him that they will not sign another striker in the winter transfer window.Reassurance of regular game time may help Lukaku reconsider his decision.We will never be in such a striker situation again and imo this is his best opportunity to succeed.

Summer transfer window will see us having 3 strikers-

1)Some expensive world class striker-Falcao/Cavani . OR Torres staying because of a continuous good run of form.(unlikely but maybe possible)

2) Some striker we BUY in the winter transfer window.-Ba,Negredo or someone.

3)Lukaku

It will be harder for him to be the main man and then he will complain about lack of game timeReturning to Chelsea will give him the chance to play with his future team mates and develop a quicker understanding of their playing style.

The whole point of the loan move was to give him some game time and the chance to show his potential so that he could he get in the first team of Chelsea.He's done fairly well at WBA,well enough to get the role of a second striker at Chelsea.So don't understand why he wants to stay at wba,really hope that he changes his mind.

[Muzchap 8,966]

  On 01/01/2013 at 18:03, BleedsBlue said:

Chelsea must convince Lukaku to come back in January by ensuring him that they will not sign another striker in the winter transfer window.Reassurance of regular game time may help Lukaku reconsider his decision.We will never be in such a striker situation again and imo this is his best opportunity to succeed.

Summer transfer window will see us having 3 strikers-

1)Some expensive world class striker-Falcao/Cavani . OR Torres staying because of a continuous good run of form.(unlikely but maybe possible)

2) Some striker we BUY in the winter transfer window.-Ba,Negredo or someone.

3)Lukaku

It will be harder for him to be the main man and then he will complain about lack of game timeReturning to Chelsea will give him the chance to play with his future team mates and develop a quicker understanding of their playing style.

The whole point of the loan move was to give him some game time and the chance to show his potential so that he could he get in the first team of Chelsea.He's done fairly well at WBA,well enough to get the role of a second striker at Chelsea.Really hope that he changes his mind.

Like your post, but not sure if he should come back, if he does come back and sits on the bench we won't find out much about him here...

At WBA he is playing more and scoring - I definitely think a full season on Loan is what he needs

It's a tough call and with Studge leaving we do need to do something regarding strikers

Where's my crystal ball

I would love it to be true that Torres leaves - just can't see it, unless Rafa gets a job elsewhere

If we are going to play Lukaku next year then we don't need BA, we need somebody like Villa on loan, but that looks fucked now as well!!!

Football - so annoying and rewarding!

[ja1 1,166]

Lukaku has said how he does not want to be recalled, it would be unfair to do so against the players wishes.

[MAF 162]

It would be a waste of money to recall him now imho. Sure he could sit on the bench and get some minutes whenever the first striker needs to be rested, but he would stop developing again and wouldnt reach his potential in a few years.

Unless offcourse they plan on giving him alot of starts, but that seems unlikely at his age...

I'd rather have a really good striker next year or the year after then a decent substitute now.

[Henrique 9,133]

  On 01/01/2013 at 14:43, zolayes said:

time to bring him back and give him playing time

Even the player said the best thing for him is staying where he already is.

[Hamilton 2,120]

Indeed, he needs to stay there, probably could't handle the pressure at Cfc..

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Smart thing would be to let him stay at WBA. So Chelsea will probably recall him....

[DH1988 1,336]

Not sure how he got motm today. Apart from the goal which was a tap in he was awful

[Stats 7,083]

  On 01/01/2013 at 20:51, DH1988 said:

Not sure how he got motm today. Apart from the goal which was a tap in he was awful

What? He was a handful and caused there defences all sorts of problems. I think you were watching a different game because you clearly did not watch the same match as most of us did

[didierforever 7,349]

  On 01/01/2013 at 20:51, DH1988 said:

Not sure how he got motm today. Apart from the goal which was a tap in he was awful

wwwooohhh dude!!! he was wba's best player by a mile. i mean we keep crying over torres not getting any service from the mid but this match showed what not getting any service actually is. brunt was horrendous, fortune was awful, morrison had an off day, in the 1st half wba could not string 5 passes together. compare it to lukaku who won a lot of aerial challenges, was good at holding the ball, and add to that the second half display (in which he shoud have scored his 2nd goal in a 1 on 1 but screwed it up because of his right leg and 2 really good headers with nice movement and running in the channels) u get a fairly good performace (probably not MOTM because that should have been berba in my opinion). even when wba moved him to the left wing he was a serious danger and put in some really good crosses.

[bushman 2,043]

Of course Lukaku was the best play today. Some of these guys are watching highlights only, I assume.

The minutes he gets at WB Chelsea can offer him the same, easily.

[Xtraxion 100]

Berbatov was MOTM. Lukaku MOTM by goal.com.. He played well; not lucky hitting the post.

The only thing that really annoys me is the fact he's complaining all the time. I hope that'll change while getting a bit older.

His strength and pace is just awesome.

[The Skipper 20,593]

  On 01/01/2013 at 14:43, zolayes said:

time to bring him back and give him playing time

He won't get as many minutes here as he would for WBA.

[bushman 2,043]

Bull....so far he got approx. 800 minutes at WB.

Chelsea is playing plenty of games soon. FA, EL, PL, Carling. If Rafa sits that dimwit Ferda to rest, Lukaku can play more minutes at Chelsea, easily.

[Stats 7,083]

Berbatov got the overall man of the match primarily because Fulham won the game. I am sure if West Brom won the game, Lukaku would have been MOTM

[Slam Dunk 1,442]

Lukaku was given the Sponsor's MOTM, which will always go to a WBA player when they're at home. Well deserved though, the rest of the WBA team were awful first half, Lukaku was the only one looking to make something happen.

As much as i'd rather have him back and playing backup to Torres from January, he wants to establish himself in the league, and in order to do so, must work his way up to being 1st choice striker at WBA. It's an easier route there than it would be at Chelsea.