Kevin de Bruyne

[Barbara 15,149]

Honestly, Lukaku lacks the technical hability to play in a club like Chelsea. Against teams defending for their lives, he's close to useless because he's limited in small spaces, which is what Chelsea has to deal with week in week out.

He mostly thrives when he has space to perform and can run behind defenders, and it is beyond obvious that it's more often the case with Everton than Chelsea. It's the same thing with the belgian NT, you can count the number of good games on one hand, simply because teams Belgium faces tend to give the possession up and defend more and more, and Lukaku is just not good in that set-up.

There's no denying he's a good striker (his figures accounts for that), but the environment he needs to perform just cannot be provided in a top-club like Chelsea, or any other top-club for that matter (in my opinion).

Hence, we should really just be happy that the club made a good piece of business with the sale of a player that is limited and moreover didn't want to be a second or third choice.

ITA

even a donkey knows the difference between playing in a big team and a small/medium team. The opposition when facing a team much better than them do what Norwich did playing against us: double their defensive efforts. The more defensive the opposition is, more technical your striker needs to be and while that's not Costa, that's even less Lukaku.

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[zolayes 14,489]

shhhh

don't let him know how many international MATCHES each of them have played. People seem to forget Costa wasn't called for Brazil for most of his career and only near the WC he was called for Spain. If you do the goal/minute ratio - which I won't bother - I don't doubt Costa wouldn't be that much lower than Lukaku's...

well I will tell you

Costa has 1 goal in 12 games

Lukaku has 11 in 41 and at a much younger age,,

if you cant work out those ratios just ask

[Barbara 15,149]

@Essien19 answered you in what I think is a more appropriate thread, but yeah, I agree I'm the anti-moaning moaner.

[Special Juan 28,133]

More irrelevant posts hidden in this topic. People still not getting this 'stay on topic' thing!!!

[Viper22 2,418]

KDB better hope that when Silva comes back none of City's other AMs (Navs, Nasri etc.) hit form because he's behind Sterling in the pecking order and Silva is twice the player he is and he's not playing well so there's every chance he could be dropped if one of the others hit form. And we all know how Mr KDB reacts to being dropped and not an automatic starter don't we?

0 goals and 2 assists in the league since 3rd October and seeing as Costa gets absolutely slated by people on this forum (sometimes rightly) for his 2 goals and 1 assist in the league in the same time period that should mean he should be getting slated even worse (especially because he's playing for a brilliant team in great form), but of course in this weird world people who are allegedly fans of this club run down our own players viciously and build up others to be like gods who can tell?

He needs to step up massively to even begin to pay off his huge price tag and make it look anything except a good idea for Mou to let him go.

[Yeboii 1,844]

KDB better hope that when Silva comes back none of City's other AMs (Navs, Nasri etc.) hit form because he's behind Sterling in the pecking order and Silva is twice the player he is and he's not playing well so there's every chance he could be dropped if one of the others hit form. And we all know how Mr KDB reacts to being dropped and not an automatic starter don't we?

0 goals and 2 assists in the league since 3rd October and seeing as Costa gets absolutely slated by people on this forum (sometimes rightly) for his 2 goals and 1 assist in the league in the same time period that should mean he should be getting slated even worse (especially because he's playing for a brilliant team in great form), but of course in this weird world people who are allegedly fans of this club run down our own players viciously and build up others to be like gods who can tell?

He needs to step up massively to even begin to pay off his huge price tag and make it look anything except a good idea for Mou to let him go.

Look out what you're saying. Some fans of his on here will take offence of you being logical

[Viper22 2,418]

Look out what you're saying. Some fans of his on here will take offence of you being logical

I am awaiting the backlash from angry Belgians but I hope they will come back with a logical debate rather than bile, fury and hatred that I dared question KDB.

[zolayes 14,489]

I am awaiting the backlash from angry Belgians but I hope they will come back with a logical debate rather than bile, fury and hatred that I dared question KDB.

It looks more like you being a WUM.. BTW Im ENGLISH .. to begin with look at the full season stats

[Special Juan 28,133]

Another goal for the lad.

[Atlas Lion 1,223]

Least we have Oscar the boy wonder.

[Stats 7,142]

KDB better hope that when Silva comes back none of City's other AMs (Navs, Nasri etc.) hit form because he's behind Sterling in the pecking order and Silva is twice the player he is and he's not playing well so there's every chance he could be dropped if one of the others hit form. And we all know how Mr KDB reacts to being dropped and not an automatic starter don't we?

0 goals and 2 assists in the league since 3rd October and seeing as Costa gets absolutely slated by people on this forum (sometimes rightly) for his 2 goals and 1 assist in the league in the same time period that should mean he should be getting slated even worse (especially because he's playing for a brilliant team in great form), but of course in this weird world people who are allegedly fans of this club run down our own players viciously and build up others to be like gods who can tell?

He needs to step up massively to even begin to pay off his huge price tag and make it look anything except a good idea for Mou to let him go.

He is not behind Sterling in the pecking order. Why do you think that? And he seems to react pretty well. He still gets goals and assists for fun.

Are people still questioning whether it was a good idea to let him go? Of course it was not. That simple. Especially when the man he declared as his no.10 has been overally poor. KDB has been worth the money. This is his first season at City, let's not forget that. Been worth the money. Has had some bad games but majority has been standout. We lost a star player. Simple as that.

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

A goal and assist. He is MONEY in the fantasy league.

[zolayes 14,489]

SHHH and don't mention Lukaku either

[zolayes 14,489]

KDB better hope that when Silva comes back none of City's other AMs (Navs, Nasri etc.) hit form because he's behind Sterling in the pecking order and Silva is twice the player he is and he's not playing well so there's every chance he could be dropped if one of the others hit form. And we all know how Mr KDB reacts to being dropped and not an automatic starter don't we?

0 goals and 2 assists in the league since 3rd October and seeing as Costa gets absolutely slated by people on this forum (sometimes rightly) for his 2 goals and 1 assist in the league in the same time period that should mean he should be getting slated even worse (especially because he's playing for a brilliant team in great form), but of course in this weird world people who are allegedly fans of this club run down our own players viciously and build up others to be like gods who can tell?

He needs to step up massively to even begin to pay off his huge price tag and make it look anything except a good idea for Mou to let him go.

ROFLMAO

[Essien19 1,415]

great vision by de bruyne, have to give to thim.
Today, he has been playing well.