Romelu Lukaku

[yuvala 2,167]

This was the right move for him.

Doesn't matter how hard I wanted him to be first choice.

[Rom2013 446]

On the field, bar Eto'o who we haven't seen yet.

On what field? Can you be more specific? Because this guy played only in teams a lot worst than Chelsea and in Chelsea he didn't play (lost one penalty in the last game it's the only thing I can remember).

[CrayzayBarnet 126]

Where did you see that Lukaku is better than any of our other strikers?

Lukaku is a 20 years old kid that has to improve a lot if he wants to dream about a place in the starting eleven. THat's it.

We can have Lukaku as our main striker but we will win nothing.

Chelsea goal is to win everything. For some people here the goal of this club its improving 10 young players and pray to win something in the next 10 years.

He hasn't gotta be that good to be better than Torres let's be honest

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

On what field? Can you be more specific? Because this guy played only in teams a lot worst than Chelsea and in Chelsea he didn't play (lost one penalty in the last game it's the only thing I can remember).

Uhu, and those who did play, kinda sucked most of the time.

[GermanBlue 82]

"I thought I would stay at Chelsea, but I was only 90 per cent sure"

"I had some doubts about the game time I would get. At my age, I absolutely have to play. The arrival of Samuel Eto'o had nothing to do with it."

"Jose Mourinho called me and he was clear with me. It is better like that. I like it when a coach is honest. He is the best coach I have had. He wanted to make me better and did it with a firm hand. Together, we agreed that a loan was the best solution."

"Other clubs were interested. For Malaga, I was not allowed to go outside England. West Bromwich Albion was also there but I didn't want to choose the easy option. We must face challenges and mine will be at Everton."

http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1544383/everton-loanee-romelu-lukaku-was-90-per-cent-sure-chelsea-stay?campaign=rss&source=soccernet&cc=5739

[hjperdeath 2,226]

Emenalo on Lukaku—"People keep forgetting that he is only 20...We don't want to put too much pressure on a young player like him.We know for the future we have Romelu Lukaku and incredible hope that he will come through and lead the line. We have every confidence in Torres, Ba and Lukaku but with Eto'o we have bought experience."

[Goemaere 131]

You're wrong.

Have you watched WBA matches last year?

Or just because he talks big, you think he's a misunderstood talent.

Ask yourself why if he's such a talent, why no big clubs don't try to have him?

Juve, dortmund, Schalke, were all trying to get him this summer

[zolayes 14,489]

I'm not sure if we should have loaned him to Everton or kept him at the Bridge ...An alternative might have been to loan him to Stoke as that loan need

only have been 3 months . Guess Jose is best placed to make decisions like this.

[English Freak 456]

I'm not sure if we should have loaned him to Everton or kept him at the Bridge ...An alternative might have been to loan him to Stoke as that loan need

only have been 3 months . Guess Jose is best placed to make decisions like this.

He wouldn't learn anything at Stoke.

I can see why we loaned him to Everton, they play decent tempo football, pass it around, their creative players try to find good opportunities for the likes of Mirallas, Jelavic.

At the very least, Lukaku should be able to improve on his technique, first touch..which will make him a better overall player

[zolayes 14,489]

He wouldn't learn anything at Stoke.

I can see why we loaned him to Everton, they play decent tempo football, pass it around, their creative players try to find good opportunities for the likes of Mirallas, Jelavic.

At the very least, Lukaku should be able to improve on his technique, first touch..which will make him a better overall player

Im brain dead this morning ...meant Watford where he might have learned a lot in 3 months under Zola

[lucio 5,418]

Im brain dead this morning ...meant Watford where he might have learned a lot in 3 months under Zola

why on earth would he go to the championship when he was one of the pl's top scorers

[zolayes 14,489]

why on earth would he go to the championship when he was one of the pl's top scorers

BECAUSE that loan need only be 90 days NOT a full season

[hjperdeath 2,226]

why on earth would he go to the championship when he was one of the pl's top scorers

Probably cause Watford have a terrific mentor as a manager, including some of the best coaching staff. David Hughes is a youth coach there, another guy who really brings out the best from young players. And they play quite decent football, that creates an atmosphere for young players to improve. and also the reason of 90 days. Quite handy to bring him back if we need him.

[meetdoscar 335]

didn't know it was your words, I thought it was this John Keats guy - who maybe is you then.

I think it's insane to assess Mourinho's work and the team with 4 matches played when we won 2 and drew 2 (the two draws against two of the best teams in the world).

We disagree mate... if we're not building for the future playing Oscar, Hazard, Schürrle, I don't know what that is. Willian will join the list - also young, Mata is young himself, Kevin has been used in two of those matches. All young players with tons of talent.

All comes down to Lukaku at the end of the day...

All hail Lukaku the unsung hero of chelsea and a great competitor to "Benteke" the best striker in the world. Don't you dare

[kellzfresh 7,229]

good to know the overreaction, nonsense and rubbish isn't found only here. That was one of the most idiotic things I've read... far worse than many of the things I've seen here.

TC continues to be the best Chelsea place to be - even if some people have the oddest opinions about our start of season, Mourinho as our manager, and the way we played.

The way some people dismiss the heroic - and top quality - match we had against Bayern tell me football must be new in their country or TV.

Also the impatience is amusing - rivals 5yo's who want everything right now. Too much theory and really too little real world football views.

It's incredible how people don't think time is needed to progress and I've seen a heck more of progress than I've expect in four frigging matches

The people that criticize mourinho so early like this, don't really know him.

In madrid, this is exactly how he started and people criticized him for not scoring enough goals till he turned them into the highest scores ever in laliga.

Mourinho starts his development by strengthen from the back, so we don't drop points so early in the season and pile unnecessary pressure from the media on the young players.

With time, the flow in attacking will come. The game against Manutd was a "must not lose" game. It wasn't a game to use and go all out "gongho" to win like AVB and fall 3 points behind and secure the saving grace Moyes has been hoping for. NO.

We made sure we don't fall behind, get our defensive shape finalized and then move on to the attacking side of our game in the future.

The bayern match was a psychollogical match to show people we can compete with the best and we were playing so well in my book till extratime after hazard's goal and the 10men got so tired.

Its all going according to plan, mourinho didn't come back to bore us to death.

He's an experienced manager, even benitez was experienced enough not to go all out against mancity in his first match and lose.

I give us five more matches, and jose's attacking tactics will settle, without us loosing our heads at the back. Be patient chelsea fans.

KEEP CALM AND TRUST MOURINHO

[Weckerz 3,781]

All hail Lukaku the unsung hero of chelsea and a great competitor to "Benteke" the best striker in the world. Don't you dare

If you're gonna be sarcastic at least make it funny mate, now it just makes you look like a twat.

[Melanicus 5,208]

From his instagram profile.

'This how it will look from the back :-) #EFC'

[Magic Lamps 11,668]

Not sure whether it has been wise to loan out Lukaku. But his 2 cameos this season showed more what he is not yet than what he already is. Even though there is undoubted ability he lacked the cleverness and also the drive against both Villa and Muich. When he cam on with 25 minutes to play in Prague he showed nothing at all. If Drogba would have been in his position he would have worked his socks off throwing himself into every ball, playing fullback at times. Lukaku just strolled around not even attempting a tackle. He was as useless in attack. It might be difficult to retain the ball when you are the only man of you team forward but he was easily dispossessed by players half his size. I remember when Drogba took 7 minutes off the clock just by faking injuries or defending the ball at the corner flag. This is what wins you big matches. Even Ba would have done better in these situations. I think this is sth that Mourinho really rates about strikers. He does not care too much about his pre-season performances or his inconsistent matches for WBA. He needs playing time to develop consistency and match-winning ability. If Mourinho feels he can't give it to Rom yet, be it.