Romelu Lukaku

[Las7 951]

Remember, Mourinho was going to loan Ba instead of Lukaku last season until he turned into a massive coward. It seems like he only wants 3 strikers.

After a season at the club Jose should know the club currently has two strikers(if we aren't counting Bamford who is likely going out on loan)

One is Costa and the second one is a 36 year old Drogba.

We need to either keep Bamford and play him in the cups, make space for another foreign striker or find a homegrown option

[zolayes 14,489]

Absurd post. Kalou was ridiculed for everything he did or didn't do and he's contributed more to Chelsea Football Club than Lukaku can even dream of. The latter enjoyed tremendous support till he started getting far too big for his shoes.

"Torres got more love" - No comment, lol.

keep counting beans

[Barbara 15,149]

WHERE does he disrespect our fans ,, This slur is repeated constantly .. He moans and complains ,, I agree

BUT someone show me one QUOTE criticising Chelsea fans

It's not only what he says, but also what he doesn't say, Ron.

"I had the feeling that it was the place to come and grow as a footballer."

So Chelsea isn't, I suppose? If he wanted to say in general he would have said a place to come and grow, but when he said the, it means here wasn't.

Roberto has been very influential. He is someone who knows football very well and he’s someone I can develop under as a player. He lets us play good football

This 'he let us plays good football' is a jab on Mourinho's spread antifootball approach some insist on propagating.

I told them very quickly that I wanted to work under Roberto and play at this club

Again, the main thing here is I want Roberto. It's all okay if he thinks Martinez is better than Mourinho, but it's so clear he wanted to send a message when he insisted on talking about it. The veiled message is that Mourinho and this club didn't play good football or aren't as good as Everton and Martinez.

Here I have the confidence in the technical staff and here I can develop and grow.

Same as above.

“I don’t have harsh feelings against Chelsea. They gave me the oportiutnity to come to England and the hopes of playing European football. Without them I wouldn’t be here, so I want to thank them as well.”

This couldn't sound more half-arsed if he tried hard.

If he wanted he could have focused on different things, but repeatedly talking about Martinez not personally, but professionally, never mentioning the fans, and when he couldn't find anything good to say about us he said about hopes of playing European football?

The whole press conference is a festival of passive-aggressiveness or I'm reading too much in between the lines. There are ways and ways to praise a club, an environment and the staff. He's the guy who's implied for months that he left Chelsea because Mourinho made a decision about him and only when Mourinho said that he had a big mouth and said a lot of things except what really happened, he retracted and admitted asking the loan. It's a lie in my book, but others would say half truths. Choose your preferred, but given his record with his tongue, I think his agenda with this PC was very clear and he aced it, being subtle, something he must have taken express classes during his vacation on how to do it. Again, it could be my bias.

[Madmax 9,219]

keep counting beans

About as childish as Lukaku.

[zolayes 14,489]

About as childish as Lukaku.

yes you are

[Polo7 3,496]

About as childish as Lukaku.

Seriously dude dont bother with him. I learned to ignore him awhile ago, makes for a better forum.

[burrogol 16]

We'll probably win the league this season.

Lukaku will end up playing Europa League football, and that's fine because it's his level. He's not good enough for a Champions League club which is why NOT A SINGLE FUCKING CL club bid for him.

Big fish, meet small pond.

True, now. Let's see in 3-4 years when he's entering his prime and your 'club' is fighting FFP and buying another new kid on the block... ;-)

(At the exception of the 1 occasional talent you might grow yourselves without the Tsar's money)

[The Chels 2,502]

WHERE does he disrespect our fans ,, This slur is repeated constantly .. He moans and complains ,, I agree BUT someone show me one QUOTE criticising Chelsea fans

The fans are a part of the club you know.

[Polo7 3,496]

True, now. Let's see in 3-4 years when he's entering his prime and your 'club' is fighting FFP and buying another new kid on the block... ;-)

(At the exception of the 1 occasional talent you might grow yourselves without the Tsar's money)

Cant wait for Everton to be slapped back down to reality next season.

[Barbara 15,149]

True, now. Let's see in 3-4 years when he's entering his prime and your 'club' is fighting FFP and buying another new kid on the block... ;-)

(At the exception of the 1 occasional talent you might grow yourselves without the Tsar's money)

jealous?

All those clubs have money been injected at them. Are you jealous Roman didn't buy yours? Which one is that anyway? Liverpool? Arse? Or the place to be known as Everton?

[zolayes 14,489]

The fans are a part of the club you know.

THE fans ARE the Club not the owner and not the coach

[Pizy 17,860]

In 2-3 years time when the big clubs have poached Barkley, Lukaku, Stones, Coleman, McCarthy, and Roberto Martinez is managing Barca let's see how smug this Everton fan is.

[LemmeBorrowThat 124]

Some of you guys on both sides are taking this waaaaaaaay too far.

I understand we all support the club and/or player but when you sit here and invest so much in words and feelings that can easily change you end up reacting like this.

At the end of it all its best to just take things at surface level and not hold people to expectations that you yourself created.

[The only place to be 11,313]

True, now. Let's see in 3-4 years when he's entering his prime and your 'club' is fighting FFP and buying another new kid on the block... ;-)

(At the exception of the 1 occasional talent you might grow yourselves without the Tsar's money)

All clubs are 'fighting' ffp....we're just doing a damn good job of winning that fight.

Lukaku is a decent striker who simply couldn't make it at a top European club. He'll be happier at Everton where there's less competition and less expectation.

[The Skipper 20,593]

True, now. Let's see in 3-4 years when he's entering his prime and your 'club' is fighting FFP and buying another new kid on the block... ;-)

(At the exception of the 1 occasional talent you might grow yourselves without the Tsar's money)

We have no problem at all with FFP, jog on.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

True, now. Let's see in 3-4 years when he's entering his prime and your 'club' is fighting FFP and buying another new kid on the block... ;-)

(At the exception of the 1 occasional talent you might grow yourselves without the Tsar's money)

Do you even know what a Tsar is or do you just regurgitate ridiculous cliches? What's next? Blood money? Russian gangster? You make it sound like your lot have signed the reincarnated Ronaldo de lima. In 3-4 years time, Everton will be fighting for 6th place with or without Lukaku then he'll start crying and whinging on wanting to play "Champions league football". Good luck with that.

[Kieran. 6,317]

Whatever lukaku, I wish you the best. I guess. Maybe.

All I know is I like him a lot less than when he signed.

[Bluelsthecolour 61]

True, now. Let's see in 3-4 years when he's entering his prime and your 'club' is fighting FFP and buying another new kid on the block... ;-)

(At the exception of the 1 occasional talent you might grow yourselves without the Tsar's money)

And you really think Lukaku will still be at Everton in 3-4 years? If thats the case, hes been a flop.