Romelu Lukaku

my days, did people not follow Icardis thread, Shauny Shaun and the Hating bunch were roasting him 24/7, at times saying how some - now full time dishwashers - were better than Icardi, whether it was Bernandinho, Destro, names unknown to people born post 2000, yet at that time people genuinely said they'd pick those players over Icardi.

Perhaps also, the higher standard that some FIF members hold Lukaku over Icardi is that, unlike for Icardi, we broke our bank for Lukaku, club record transfer fee. Moreover, Icardi with all his ghosting performances would always step up in big games and his team back then was nowhere near as good as it is today and he did not have even 25% of the opportunities that Lukaku is missing on weekly basis. At one point Icardi had like 35% goals from shots on target ratio which was just absurd.

Puma said:

What is the case? What’s your explanation for the double standard?

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As someone mentioned before, for many Inter fans Icardi was like "Messi". These people cannot get over the fact that he got sold for 70m and Inter replaced him for 65mln (+ bonuses) Lukaku with his atrocious first touch. They gonna bash Lukaku every time it make no difference his performance. Maybe only way to get some praise it's to score at least a brace in CL final and Inter to win it.

Pimpin said:

my days, did people not follow Icardis thread, Shauny Shaun and the Hating bunch were roasting him 24/7, at times saying how some - now full time dishwashers - were better than Icardi, whether it was Bernandinho, Destro, names unknown to people born post 2000, yet at that time people genuinely said they'd pick those players over Icardi.

Perhaps also, the higher standard that some FIF members hold Lukaku over Icardi is that, unlike for Icardi, we broke our bank for Lukaku, club record transfer fee. Moreover, Icardi with all his ghosting performances would always step up in big games and his team back then was nowhere near as good as it is today and he did not have even 25% of the opportunities that Lukaku is missing on weekly basis. At one point Icardi had like 35% goals from shots on target ratio which was just absurd.

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I remember some stat saying he had 50% goals from shot on target inside penalty area. I also felt like Icardi had many haters because of him not contributing other than scoring goals. Now we have Lukaku who does both but some is still not happy.

I was pro Icardi btw. I haven't put judgement on Lukaku yet since I want atleast half a season before doing that. But for now I'm pretty impressed.

Pimpin said:

my days, did people not follow Icardis thread, Shauny Shaun and the Hating bunch were roasting him 24/7, at times saying how some - now full time dishwashers - were better than Icardi, whether it was Bernandinho, Destro, names unknown to people born post 2000, yet at that time people genuinely said they'd pick those players over Icardi.

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Hey, why are you bringing me into this? I haven't said shit about Icardi in ages

Shaun said:

Hey, why are you bringing me into this? I haven't said shit about Icardi in ages

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because I know you are my guy homo

Pimpin said:

my days, did people not follow Icardis thread, Shauny Shaun and the Hating bunch were roasting him 24/7, at times saying how some - now full time dishwashers - were better than Icardi, whether it was Bernandinho, Destro, names unknown to people born post 2000, yet at that time people genuinely said they'd pick those players over Icardi.

Perhaps also, the higher standard that some FIF members hold Lukaku over Icardi is that, unlike for Icardi, we broke our bank for Lukaku, club record transfer fee. Moreover, Icardi with all his ghosting performances would always step up in big games and his team back then was nowhere near as good as it is today and he did not have even 25% of the opportunities that Lukaku is missing on weekly basis. At one point Icardi had like 35% goals from shots on target ratio which was just absurd.

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Hows possibile that he did not have this opportunties? I know why. The team was playing for him and he was too much playing for himself by avoiding to get involved much or doing something more. I have to agree what Brehme said (yeah strange to say), it was a diffrent way to play (much more defensive then now) and he also got not a true trequartista. But my point is that even if he would play now with the 352 from Conte, i don't think he would be another player. Because we all know that Icardi is more a finisher. He's not someone who runs much or can pass the opponent, he likes to get the balls in front of the goal. He might have a better finishing then Lukaku, but Romelu has much more abbilities. Faster, physical monster, can breake the defence with he's dribling and has also a good shot from outside with he's left foot. Many will say that there is no comparison because we are talking about 2 diffrent players.
Sure, but personally i like to have someone who can make more, scoring is not the only thing what makes a striker if he's shit at other things.

Lukaku is missing chances? Maybe, but he also got less opportunities. I don't saw many missed chances to be honest. He's second in the Serie A top scorer list and is our best "new signing top scorer" after Nyers.

I think you will find that Lukaku has had more chances than any striker we had since 2015 while a) he plays next to another striker and b) that's also excluding all the time he just did not execute.

^ Don't back it up with stats dude.

On the hate for Lukaku they were people piling on him before his first game, dunno why .

Sassuolu said:

On the hate for Lukaku they were people piling on him before his first game, dunno why .

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Opportunity cost.

If you'd ask me upon selling Icardi to Real Madrid for that rumoured 110 clause break to name you 10 players I'd replace him with, Lukaku's name would have been there. But for no more than 50m. We've shot ourselves in the foot and people get ecstatic to see him score which is nice, but at the same time we see exaggerations of the sort of "oh look how well he links up with the rest" or "what a great buy" after a tap in and a very frustrating performance.

With Icardi it wasn't like Icardi was the odd man out. The whole team was frustrating and Icardi was also frustrated by the lack of service. Lukaku cannot have the same complaints. With Icardi the team was bizarrely built around Ivan Perisic's strengths, not his own, otherwise we'd scrap that 4-2-3-1 bullshit and pair him up with another forward.

There is no striker in the world that plays best solo up front than with a second forward next to him.

brehme1989 said:

Opportunity cost.

If you'd ask me upon selling Icardi to Real Madrid for that rumoured 110 clause break to name you 10 players I'd replace him with, Lukaku's name would have been there. But for no more than 50m. We've shot ourselves in the foot and people get ecstatic to see him score which is nice, but at the same time we see exaggerations of the sort of "oh look how well he links up with the rest" or "what a great buy" after a tap in and a very frustrating performance.

With Icardi it wasn't like Icardi was the odd man out. The whole team was frustrating and Icardi was also frustrated by the lack of service. Lukaku cannot have the same complaints. With Icardi the team was bizarrely built around Ivan Perisic's strengths, not his own, otherwise we'd scrap that 4-2-3-1 bullshit and pair him up with another forward.

There is no striker in the world that plays best solo up front than with a second forward next to him.

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It's not about what's best for the striker, its about the balance of the team. Wonder which mids you had in mind for that 2 man midfield. Any combination would leave the defence exposed even with one of our forwards tracking back.

rfU said:

It's not about what's best for the striker, its about the balance of the team. Wonder which mids you had in mind for that 2 man midfield. Any combination would leave the defence exposed even with one of our forwards tracking back.

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I was in favor of a 4-3-1-2 system. Still am.
I never advocated for a 2 man midfield. Only as a stop gap last January so that we could play 4-4-2 with Mauro and Lautaro up front and Radja-Brozovic in the middle.

Most managers want wingers now as it uses up more of the pitch but look at us. We aren't using any and we are quite dominant in Italy. You don't need them in Serie A. In Europe it's another issue but also not completely necessary. It's best to be able to field a wider formation of course as well as your primary one.

0 fucking goal in champions league. Let's hope he breaks the egg today, so pathetic for an 80m player.

brakbrak said:

0 fucking goal in champions league. Let's hope he breaks the egg today, so pathetic for an 80m player.

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1 shot per game as opposed to over 3 in Serie A, which include many games where he simply refused to take a shot. 0.3 key passes as opposed to 0.9 in Serie A. Almost 2 times offside per game (1.7) whereas in Serie A it's 0.5.

He also missed the hardest CL game which probably would have reduced these numbers even further.

By the way, that means 3 shots in total in CL.

He needs to take over this game. We need our marquee signing to make a statement for a must win game.

Lukaku scoring a goal tonight would be a huge boost.

Single handedly created Toro goal.

He finally showed up when it matters.

For all the Lukaku haters......

CafeCordoba said:

Lukaku scoring a goal tonight would be a huge boost.

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I like me. :troll:

I like Lukaku too. Showing up BIIIIIG TIME when it really mattered. Grande!

Not sure if Lukaku or Adriano
Two goals and two brilliant assists
Fuck var though.