Romelu Lukaku

[robdog 2,084]

great first touch and was it finished on his weaker foot?

If I recall correctly his first touch was woeful during pre-season - guess his touch will improve with more game time/confidence, looks a good prospect.

IMHO that first touch will improve w/ confidence & playing time - I am sure he had nerves & who wouldn't at his age. I don't expect kids to come up to the big time will a lot of composure. It's called a maturation process.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

I hope you realized he is was only 18 atm.

I hope you realize how much we spent on that 18 year old!

[robdog 2,084]

I hope you realize how much we spent on that 18 year old!

Yes, for the future not a finished product. As you saw today, the kid has loads of potential. Imagine if he was playing for le arse or l'puke right now. Would you be happy about that?

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Great to see manu fans creaming themselves over lukaku despite having the best strikeforce in the league .

[Santiago. 1,500]

What a class goal

[Mr_President 404]

IMHO that first touch will improve w/ confidence & playing time - I am sure he had nerves & who wouldn't at his age. I don't expect kids to come up to the big time will a lot of composure. It's called a maturation process.

Yes I realise that, my post was slightly tongue in cheek (maybe I failed at that) but I am/have been critical of how we treat our youngsters and heap pressure/expectation on them without giving them game time to improve.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Yes, for the future not a finished product. As you saw today, the kid has loads of potential. Imagine if he was playing for le arse or l'puke right now. Would you be happy about that?

of course he is not the finished product but in that particular game last season he didn't show any potential, but im very impressed with the improvement he has made this season though.

[Rmpr 8,977]

I believe CFC fans want Lukaku to be the 2nd option ahead of torrid xD

I want Torres out, not anyone ahead him!

I am 99% sure we will buy Falcao/Cavani, so he will be third option...He is too good to be used in 10 games a season.

[The only place to be 11,313]

There's a good case for letting him come back in the summer and fight for a spot in the team. With Torres (hopefully) gone then why not let him step up? He seems ready to really stake a claim and we really need to strengthen in other areas before we start looking at the likes of Cavani or Falcao. I'd rather spend £40 million on the midfield than one striker - it doesn't seem to work that well for us.

[Santiago. 1,500]

Madrid are basically 95% in signing Cavani

[diskoviolente 425]

Nice little habit of scoring against Liverpool there. Hopefully he´ll keep doing that whenever that will be.

[Stats 6,982]

Lukaku pretty much has everything: pace, acceleration, strength, heading ability, technique, decent right foot, movement and most importantly goals. We are very lucky to have him here, surely to be one of the best strikers in the world has he grows older. Frightening thing is he is still a teenager, yes a teenager. So exciting watching him play. I remember last season him getting criticised for his price tag and not contributing much but now I am glad he is proving himself and showing what qualities he brings.

[DH1988 1,199]

Still massively inconsistent for me, happy for him to stay at WBA for a while longer!

£13m well spent though

[Rambo 1,729]

I hope we don't mismanage Lukaku and turn this into another Sturridge saga.

[Gily 37]

Lots of bandwagoning going on in the last pages, it's obvious who hasn't seen the past WBA matches.

Today he only played 20 minutes, more than half of them against a demoralized Liverpool with a retiring 35-year-old defender in their back 2 ( can't call it back 4 with the performance of Johnson & José Enrique today ).

Yes he can already be a great striker for Chelsea but no because he won't win you anything. He's not ready yet and will definitely need another loan, preferably to another team with a bit more quality who don't resort to counterattacking from the start.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Madrid are basically 95% in signing Cavani

They can't afford him.

[Santiago. 1,500]

They can't afford him.

http://www.givemefootball.com/331325-spanish-giants-offer-56m-for-chelsea-and-manchester-city-target?

[The Skipper 20,593]

http://www.givemefootball.com/331325-spanish-giants-offer-56m-for-chelsea-and-manchester-city-target?

For some reason I thought you were on about Atletico :s ignore me. Poor source but yeah, Real have as much of a chance of signing him as we do.