Romelu Lukaku

[Stats 7,059]

bamford has more potential than lukaku anyway. drogba will teach bamford, and bamford will be world class

Bamford is decent but like seriously some of you are overrating him way too much without seeing him play in the PL. If I disagree with something I will challenge them on it. I agree with some comments on Lukaku where he is criticised before people consider me as someone who keeps defending him. But Bamford is 4 months younger, so in other words the same age and has only had a quarter of the season in the Championship with the majority being in League 1 while Lukaku has played the last 2 seasons in the PL and scored. Bamford is better technically than Lukaku but imo that is it. How does he have more potential? Don't know how people reach conclusions like this when we have never seen him play a competitive game for us or in the PL. Right now Lukaku is in a different league to him.

The same way people say no CL teams bid for Lukaku, Bamford was sometimes benched for Derby. He did well there but he was not always a guaranteed starter. Lukaku would walk into every team in the Championship. Fact. But what I feel helps Lukaku in the future over Bamford is that he has got the pace and power required for the PL which is often a bonus. Bamford has shown potential in lower leagues but the PL is a big step up. Time will tell. Will be good to see him make it here but still got my doubts.

He's already confirmed he's leaving by retweeting Collymore's tweet. It's just classless.

Once again he should've just kept quiet.

I don't want to get into a full blown debate with you again because he is a player of the past. We have had our agreements and disagreements but if you are using this tweet against him, I think it is way over-exagerrated. He knew he was joining Everton so who cares? Is Hazard 'classless' for stating he would be joing the CL winner (us) while under contract with Lille? Guess not. He was in talks with us and Lukaku was in agreement with Everton so they are both the same situations. That is just an excuse to be bitter towards him. As with the reference to Collymore, he is a wife beater and I hate wife beaters but using that as a reference to show why Lukaku is 'classless' is ridiculous.

Terry is a home-wrecker and I don't respect that off the field part but if a young aspiring defender retweets what he says is that a crime or classless because he cheated with his own team mate's gf? No because people and I respect what Terry does on the pitch. Lukaku knows of Collymore in the football world and retweeted it. Simple as that. You are blowing it way out of proportion.

Lukaku was as good as a Everton player when he retweeted it. Just had not been confirmed. I won't criticise him over that when other players have done similar things before including our own players, like Hazard.

That is the final bone I wanted to pick with you regarding Lukaku.

[Dion 2,476]

Not sure if you're just being sarcastic, but I posted this while replying to Barbara about that

I wasn't. I'm saying that no matter how awesome that may look if we discard the costs of those 3 players, it still only pays for Torres fee, which helps putting in perspective how bad of a business the blondie turned out to be.

[Myself 793]

I wasn't. I'm saying that no matter how awesome that may look if we discard the costs of those 3 players, it still only pays for Torres fee, which helps putting in perspective how bad of a business the blondie turned out to be.

We'd be lucky to get 5m for him now.

Just let him go on a free. Please.

[Las7 951]

With precedent on his side I can understand Romelu's fear of not getting any game time. People are calling him a coward and that if he had self belief last season he would have been given his opportunities. Maybe with Mourinho this would have been true but has everyone forgotten the situation with Sturridge?

Sturridge was so obviously better than Torres and he never ever got a realistic chance. With this in Lukaku's mind and having already suffered from a year on the bench at Chelsea its understandable that he wants to demand minutes. Throw in Mourinho last season had new strikers in Eto'o and this season Drogba i think its very reasonable that Lukaku decided for himself he needed to go.

Spon on,

Sturridge couldn't get a game up top ahead of Torres because Torres is Roman's favorite player. Sturridge is technically and in terms of technique, vision and passing better than Lukaku he could unlock a packed defense a thing a lot of people doubt Lukaku would do on a regular basis(although I think he could turn into a major aerial threat).

People actually expect Lukaku to get many games if he sticks around - we have Costa who is a Jose signing and is miles better than Torres.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Hey, Martinez, thanks for the money.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

bamford has more potential than lukaku anyway. drogba will teach bamford, and bamford will be world class

Solanke has more potential, in my opinion.

[Spike 12,049]

Spon on,

Sturridge couldn't get a game up top ahead of Torres because Torres is Roman's favorite player.

Prove it.

[Las7 951]

Prove it.

Torres is here despite being a monumental pile of shite, Only now are we looking to kick him out the door which should have happened after we won the CL after his comments which were far more disgraceful than anything Lukaku has said.

Instead we bend over backwards to him and let go of Drogba, loan Lukaku while not signing any strikers - never dropping him in any matches that season in favor of Sturridge.

AvB comparing him to Kezman and Sheva and still playing him; RdM having to watch 100 hours of Liverpool matches to dissect his matches and how he scored goals with them.

I don't have the paper trail but seeing as one man calls the shot at the club - he will also fork out the responsibility for Torres still being here.

[Spike 12,049]

Torres is here despite being a monumental pile of shite, Only now are we looking to kick him out the door which should have happened after we won the CL after his comments which were far more disgraceful than anything Lukaku has said.

Instead we bend over backwards to him and let go of Drogba, loan Lukaku while not signing any strikers - never dropping him in any matches that season in favor of Sturridge.

AvB comparing him to Kezman and Sheva and still playing him; RdM having to watch 100 hours of Liverpool matches to dissect his matches and how he scored goals with them.

I don't have the paper trail but seeing as one man calls the shot at the club - he will also fork out the responsibility for Torres still being here.

You have to find a buyer to sell something. Can't fault anyone for not taking a 175,000 p/w paper weight. If it were so easy, I'd so he'd be gone already.

[cadenza666 221]

nearly 450 pages for a guy who didnt score a single goal in a Chelsea shirt in what 15 games. Drama

and thank you very much Everton for 20.4m FFP profit in next years books hehe

[The only place to be 11,313]

That is the final bone I wanted to pick with you regarding Lukaku.

Bone you want to pick?

So you're going to ignore Mourinho's comments which essentially back-up everything I've been trying to explain to you for the past few weeks. Oh how very gracious of you.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Chump change from the Fellaini deal from last year probably.

Very fair shout, totally forgot how much they managed to rip United off by!

[Special Juan 27,439]

So, Mourinho has spoken and it is now as clear as day that he wasn't prepared to fight, he wanted it all on his terms and wanted assurances......yeah OK mate because you just walk into Chelsea Football Club and we do things your way, yeah?

Fucking hate that shit attitude not just footballers have but people in this walk of life. You have to earn it, there isn't a golden spoon that feeds you, your a big boy now sunshine but in the face of a challenge you chose to turn away from a club that made you cry when you first joined.

Enjoy Everton.

[Polo7 3,496]

Didn't fight last year, didn't fight this year. So glad this absolute tool has left my club. What a twaaaaaaat

[The Rising Sun 709]

This transfer is going to screw up my entire FPL selections.

Gotta somehow get him in at 9 million.

If he becomes world class we can buy him for 40 million in 3 years time and have the best strike force on the planet.

[Reddish-Blue 2,354]

So, Mourinho has spoken and it is now as clear as day that he wasn't prepared to fight, he wanted it all on his terms and wanted assurances......yeah OK mate because you just walk into Chelsea Football Club and we do things your way, yeah?

Fucking hate that shit attitude not just footballers have but people in this walk of life. You have to earn it, there isn't a golden spoon that feeds you, your a big boy now sunshine but in the face of a challenge you chose to turn away from a club that made you cry when you first joined.

Enjoy Everton.

I'd still take an immature Lukaku over Torres any day of the week

If Costa gets injured, we're pretty much screwed.

[Special Juan 27,439]

I'd still take an immature Lukaku over Torres any day of the week

If Costa gets injured, we're pretty much screwed.

I've said all along I would have Lukaku over Torres, but Lukaku has gone because he wasn't prepared to fight. Yet Jose said last night Torres is willing to play anywhere to help the team, whilst Torres is poor that's the attitude to have.

[Hamilton 2,120]

Let's hope youth still wants to come here, are not using a lot of them lately..