Romelu Lukaku

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Lukaku took icardi number 9 shirt 

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1 hour ago, Tomo said:

Lukaku's strength? He may be built big but he hasn't used it to his advantage often for years. Take at Everton for example, biggest game of his career in the semi Vs United and was comfortably pocketed by 5 foot Daley Blind.

Serie A is full of clever tactical defenders and I can see many having him firmly in their pocket.

I did not watch that game to give any opinion, but whenever I watch Lukaku he is quite decent. His touch is quite awful, but he is quite fast and powerful. he is better of playing as right winger or striker that run the channel (right one especially) but we'll see

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Remembering stupid argue Lukaku vs Morata debate back then. What a waste of time, both are shit at the end of the day. Time move so fast though.

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15 hours ago, Tomo said:

Lukaku's strength? He may be built big but he hasn't used it to his advantage often for years. Take at Everton for example, biggest game of his career in the semi Vs United and was comfortably pocketed by 5 foot Daley Blind.

Serie A is full of clever tactical defenders and I can see many having him firmly in their pocket.

Even better example when he was up in the 2013 uefa super cup vs only Philipp Lahm one of the shortest players in DFB history and his task was to milk time off the clock as we were 2-1 up in extra time. Well, he lost all 3 one on ones within 2 seconds.

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15 hours ago, Tomo said:

Lukaku's strength? He may be built big but he hasn't used it to his advantage often for years. Take at Everton for example, biggest game of his career in the semi Vs United and was comfortably pocketed by 5 foot Daley Blind.

Serie A is full of clever tactical defenders and I can see many having him firmly in their pocket.

They may have clever defenders but the league suits him more. PL requires a lot more work rate and physically demanding. Icardi for instance I think would struggle over here but Serie A suits him due to him just being poacher. He will be exploited in the PL. I think Lukaku will score goals galore there.

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1 hour ago, Stats said:

They may have clever defenders but the league suits him more. PL requires a lot more work rate and physically demanding. Icardi for instance I think would struggle over here but Serie A suits him due to him just being poacher. He will be exploited in the PL. I think Lukaku will score goals galore there.

I guess we will see but I personally think he's chosen the worst league possible.

The German League would have been the most suitable league for him in my opinion.

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On 03/07/2017 at 0:04 AM, Clockwork said:

He is going back on loan though.

With all the signings they have made, none scream a Lukaku replacement.

CONFIRMED: Everton cash in as striker leaves on permanent deal

Henry Onyekuru departs having failed to make a single appearance for the Toffees

https://royalbluemersey.sbnation.com/2019/8/12/20750263/everton-transfer-rumours-henry-onyekuru-monaco-work-permit-latest-galatasaray-update

 

Henry Onyekuru trains with Monaco for the first time

https://www.goal.com/en/news/henry-onyekuru-trains-with-monaco-for-first-time/lvd2hmhfaw4qz7ng0y937chx

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On 8/10/2019 at 8:06 AM, Tomo said:

I guess we will see but I personally think he's chosen the worst league possible.

The German League would have been the most suitable league for him in my opinion.

You are probably right, but does it even matter if he scores goals or not? He did not flop at united for lack of goals, but for his overall play. United were simply better without him. They won more and played better with a more technical and mobile young striker. The whole point of the game is to win, not to have your striker score useless goals. Lukaku had a good record at united, but even that was a bit misleading because he'd often vanish in tougher matches.

He's a bit quirky in terms of characteristics: he's tall and powerful, but not a great target man. He's a poacher without a whole lot of mobility and one who does not really make those off-the-ball runs that poachers need to make. He's got some pace for a big guy, but top teams rarely enjoy a lot of space behind the opponent's defense line. His valuation poses a problem as well, because he will want to play and perhaps he shouldn't start every game for any top club.

And no, he's a not a fit athlete.

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On 09/08/2019 at 4:05 PM, communicate said:

I actually think he will score tons. Lukaku goalscoring number is pretty good and I don't see Serie a defender can cope with lukaku strength. 

CR7 hasn't been monster player for a while now

Strength isn't really needed if they're smarter than him. He won't reach Icardi numbers.

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On 8/10/2019 at 1:55 PM, RoyalBlues said:

Remembering stupid argue Lukaku vs Morata debate back then. What a waste of time, both are shit at the end of the day. Time move so fast though.

And everyone sort of knew they are shit but we lied to ourselves because we hoped they will turn into striker we need.

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Inter Milan fans' group defend monkey chants aimed at Romelu Lukaku by Cagliari supporters

 

Lukaku, who signed for Inter from Manchester United last month, demanded immediate action from the Italian football authorities after he was abused during Sunday's 2-1 win.

A group called 'L'Urlo Della Nord' say Lukaku "has to understand" that - in Italy - fans have "ways only to help our teams and to try to make opponents nervous" - and they do not believe them to be racist.

In a statement on Facebook, the group said: "Hi Romelu, we are writing you on behalf of Curva Nord, yes the guys who welcomed you at your arrival in Milan. We are really sorry you thought that what happened in Cagliari was racist.

"You have to understand that Italy is not like many other north European countries where racism is a real problem. We understand that it could have seemed racist to you but it is not like that.

"In Italy we use some "ways" only to "help our teams" and to try to make our opponents nervous, not for racism but to mess them up.

"We are a multi-ethnic fans organisation and we have always welcomed players from everywhere. However, we have always used that 'way' with other teams' players in the past and we probably will in the future.

"We are not racist and so are not the Cagliari fans."

The statement went on to argue that the fight against racism should not begin in football stadiums but in schools, and that fans behave differently in stadiums than in the outside world.

On Tuesday, the Italian league's disciplinary judge says he needed more evidence before deciding if Cagliari should be punished for the chants, which judge Gerardo Mastrandrea did not refer to as "racist" in his weekly report.

Lukaku converted Inter's winning penalty in the game, and then glared at home fans behind the goal as they directed the monkey chants at him.

 

 

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11801850/inter-milan-fans-group-defend-monkey-chants-aimed-at-romelu-lukaku-by-cagliari-supporters

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On 16/08/2019 at 3:23 PM, BlueLyon said:

And everyone sort of knew they are shit but we lied to ourselves because we hoped they will turn into striker we need.

Morata had all the technical and physical tools but just couldn't hack the mental pressure.

During the initial honeymoon period he genuinely looked like an upgrade on Costa.

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3 minutes ago, Tomo said:

Morata had all the technical and physical tools but just couldn't hack the mental pressure.

Which is such a shame, TBH. As you said, he has all the tools that every striker would want but he's just so weak mentally. One setback and he suddenly plays like a League One striker. 

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21 minutes ago, Jason said:

Which is such a shame, TBH. As you said, he has all the tools that every striker would want but he's just so weak mentally. One setback and he suddenly plays like a League One striker. 

He did not have all the physical tools. His hold up play was pretty bad because of his lack of strenght.

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9 minutes ago, killer1257 said:

He did not have all the physical tools. His hold up play was pretty bad because of his lack of strenght.

I'd say his weak mentality contributes more to that than his physical attribute. We had seen him do a decent job with his hold up play, especially when he first joined, but more often than not, he didn't fancy it. There are many players in the league with a similar build as him but they aren't afraid to get stuck in while Morata just didn't fancy getting involved in battles. Knock him to the ground once and he'll 'hide away' or complain about the rough challenges. 

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11 hours ago, Tomo said:

Morata had all the technical and physical tools but just couldn't hack the mental pressure.

During the initial honeymoon period he genuinely looked like an upgrade on Costa.

No he never did. He did score a few, mostly with his head and already had shitload of simple misses. 

But I did expect more from Morata, however there were more question marks about him than answers. I specificaly remember Ramos or another teammate talk about Morata mentality and that the main reason he was never first choice striker for Rm was due to his weak mentality infront of goal when he has to score. 

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I'd say his weak mentality contributes more to that than his physical attribute. We had seen him do a decent job with his hold up play, especially when he first joined, but more often than not, he didn't fancy it. There are many players in the league with a similar build as him but they aren't afraid to get stuck in while Morata just didn't fancy getting involved in battles. Knock him to the ground once and he'll 'hide away' or complain about the rough challenges. 

Him constantly falling at the slightest touch was more than just being mentally weak.  

 

 

Ability was the only thing going for him but that even alluded him for most of his time here.

 

 

 

 

 

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21 minutes ago, BlueLyon said:

No he never did. He did score a few, mostly with his head and already had shitload of simple misses. 

But I did expect more from Morata, however there were more question marks about him than answers. I specificaly remember Ramos or another teammate talk about Morata mentality and that the main reason he was never first choice striker for Rm was due to his weak mentality infront of goal when he has to score. 

I thought he was excellent early on and away to Atletico he was sensational, a flawless number 9 performance against the best defense in Europe.