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I'm afraid not a lot of you will have seen the interview (let alone be able to understand a single word they say ). So here's the summary of the most important things that have been said: He's feeling

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Wrong shirt at the wrong moment Romelu

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People seem so assured that after his loan spell at Everton ends, naturally he'll come back and push for a starting spot....I guess my question is, if the club weren't willing to commit to giving him an opportunity this season then what exactly is going to change in the 10 or so months of his loan spell?

I pretty much agree that this loan at Everton is a fantastic one for Lukaku - it's the ideal loan for any young and inexperienced football player. But is it something that we're going to benefit from in the future? I highly doubt it. If anything, it's only going to be more difficult for Lukaku, when he returns, than it would have been for him this season particularly if the club goes out and signs a top striker. Even if we offload Torres or Ba, the best Lukaku will be hoping for is to be 2nd choice, and if that's the plan for him then we're back to the same question - why couldn't he have been 2nd choice this season?

I think what frustrates me with this topic is that, again and again people seem to operate from this idea that if a youngster does x, y & z then naturally he'll get his chance here. No. There's nothing Lukaku could realistically do that would prove his readiness to the club. It has very little to do with him and everything to do with the mentality and practice in this club of being overly cautious and reluctant to give good enough chances to young, unproven players. That's the elephant in the room people keep ignoring. It's the same mentality that resulted in the club squandering 50 million on a striker we didn't need at the time rather than simply sticking by Sturridge and giving him a chance; it's same mentality that lead the club to throw away 30 mil on another attacking mid we didn't need instead of giving a chance to Kevin particularly after a very successful loan spell and it's the same mentality that caused the club to believe that they would be better served to retrieve a 32 yr, former top striker from his football exile in Russia rather than just simply giving a chance to Lukaku.....there's a pattern here, yet people are still carrying on with the narrative of "this will only benefit us in the long term". Uh huh....sure it will.

...and the irony of it all is that in each of those examples, the club turned their backs on sticking by a young player and picked the "safer" route only for that to be an even bigger gamble with greater financial risks in the end.

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People seem so assured that after his loan spell at Everton ends, naturally he'll come back and push for a starting spot....I guess my question is, if the club weren't willing to commit to giving him an opportunity this season then what exactly is going to change in the 10 or so months of his loan spell?

I pretty much agree that this loan at Everton is a fantastic one for Lukaku - it's the ideal loan for any young and inexperienced football player. But is it something that we're going to benefit from in the future?

Maybe because we know now that everton are a possession team, and lukaku's first experience in a good one. By next season, we dont have any excuse not to play him after he has proved himself in two different styles.

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