Romelu Lukaku

varmin · Oct 18, 2020

Didn't watch the game, only the highlights but was he really offside for the denied penalty? Because to me seems like a Milan's player sent the ball in his direction not Eriksen therefore it shouldn't have ruled an offside.

n4l · Oct 18, 2020

Let's not do this shit again. The ball played off of eriksen, then hit the defender, then into Lukaku's path.....lukaku was offside at that point the ball played off eriksen.

The interpretation on offside has already been established years ago that it does not have to be a "deliberate" attempt at a pass from the offense.

Il Drago · Oct 18, 2020

varmin said:
Didn't watch the game, only the highlights but was he really offside for the denied penalty? Because to me seems like a Milan's player sent the ball in his direction not Eriksen therefore it shouldn't have ruled an offside.

See for yourself. This clip is quite clear.

https://twitter.com/Marcellino66it/status/1317798789072228353

n4l · Oct 18, 2020

When the ball hit eriksen, lukaku was in an offside position. If the ball never touched eriksen, then we wouldn't have gained that advantage. The ball would've gone forward, not backward.

The law is not "pass" the ball forward. The law is quite literally, "play or touched by a teammate".

No controversy here.

Vertigo · Oct 18, 2020

Kjaer had a second touch on the ball the he accidentally gave the ball away to lukaku, and it shouldn’t be considered offside

n4l · Oct 18, 2020

A new phase of play did not occur. Kjaer's touch was directly becasue of the touch off of eriksen. So we gained an advantage due to the touch of Eriksen, and on that touch of eriksen, lukaku was offside.

If eriksen never touched the ball, the ball would never even get to kjaer. Romanolgi's touch was going forward and not towards kjaer.

RickyMaravilla'sRightFoot · Oct 18, 2020

Il Drago said:
See for yourself. This clip is quite clear.

https://twitter.com/Marcellino66it/status/1317798789072228353

I was on the fence about this, but after seeing it on loop a few times-- it's Romagnoli's challenge that causes an involuntary reflection off Eriksen, which then falls to Kjaer who makes a bad touch to play in Lukaku. It should 100% be a penalty in our favor. I initially thought Eriksen was attempting to play the ball, but that is not the case. It would be super unlucky for Milan, but the penalty should have stood. You can't convince me this type of situation is always judged this way-- that's why most former footballing pundits and commentators thought the call was incorrect.

CafeCordoba · Oct 18, 2020

Eriksen got the ball (Inter possession) and during his last touch to the ball (still Inter possession) Lukaku is offside. Then the ball ricochets to Lukaku by deflections. There is no Milan's possession of the ball at that moment regarding the offside rules. The ball got deflected to Lukaku from Inter's possession => offside.

I was wrong about this after the match (even though didn't care that much anyway since was so pissed at our performance and inability to score). This one was a correct call.

GenDire · Oct 19, 2020

CafeCordoba said:
I was wrong about this after the match (even though didn't care that much anyway since was so pissed at our performance and inability to score). This one was a correct call.

There should be an award for posters who are actually able to admit that they were wrong, so many forum members seem physically incapable of this.

Irequis · Oct 19, 2020

The fact that we have spent many posts to deduce whether it is offside shows it was a very tough call. We get a luxury to spend as much time as we have while referees including VAR referee were under pressure to decide quickly. Moreover, even if it was onside, it was never a penalty. The ball was heading outside and the contact between Donnaruma and Lukaku was very minimal. Remember that football is a contact sport. If such contact was considered penalty then we would have at least 10 penalties a game for every slight body contact.

Puma · Oct 19, 2020

Personally, I feel that posters analysing whether a penalty should have been given detracts from the real story about Lukaku's game against Milan.

I lost count of the amount of times he complained to teammates for not passing him the ball. But perhaps the most frustrating aspect of his performance against Milan is the amount of times he failed to take the chances that came his way. At the death of the game, he had a great opportunity to equalize but struck the ball awkwardly and did not even get a shot on target. The irony was not lost on me that even when he is given the ball he does not rise to the occasion.

Universe · Oct 19, 2020

Everyone knew before we even signed the guy that he's mentally weak, has a history of being a flat-track bully, doesn't perform against big sides etc. He's the kind of guy who does well when everything's rosy and he's the hero. But when things get tough and the margins become so small that only the best can navigate through, he'll fail to pass that hurdle.

Some people have run around the point by arguing, "he's more all-rounded and contributes to the team more than Icardi", which is true. I hear "we need a guy who can score against the smaller sides because we've had trouble reliably beating weaker sides in recent years, champions need to beat the small sides routinely." Also true. But these are excuses to make people feel better about the harsh reality which is that Lukaku isn't and will likely never hit a world class standard. He simply doesn't have the poise for it.

Luckily, I don't even think Lukaku needs to be remotely world class for us to win the league this season. Despite our issues the competition is so poor this year that if we merely stop being fucking cunts for just 20 seconds, we should win the league comfortably - even with Lukaku's shortcomings.

Gaindé · Oct 19, 2020

Universe said:
Everyone knew before we even signed the guy that he's mentally weak, has a history of being a flat-track bully, doesn't perform against big sides etc. He's the kind of guy who does well when everything's rosy and he's the hero. But when things get tough and the margins become so small that only the best can navigate through, he'll fail to pass that hurdle.

Some people have run around the point by arguing, "he's more all-rounded and contributes to the team more than Icardi", which is true. I hear "we need a guy who can score against the smaller sides because we've had trouble reliably beating weaker sides in recent years, champions need to beat the small sides routinely." Also true. But these are excuses to make people feel better about the harsh reality which is that Lukaku isn't and will likely never hit a world class standard. He simply doesn't have the poise for it.

Luckily, I don't even think Lukaku needs to be remotely world class for us to win the league this season. Despite our issues the competition is so poor this year that if we merely stop being fucking cunts for just 20 seconds, we should win the league comfortably - even with Lukaku's shortcomings.

I agree, with every single character of every line. Spot on.

Wallace · Oct 19, 2020

This is why we need a backup for Lukaku more than ever, so we don’t have to rely on him 24/7 even when he’s not into the game.

Luckily, Giroud’s contract is due to expire end of season, so we should put in a January bid and get him on the cheap.

brehme1989 · Oct 21, 2020

A friend last year compared him to Filippo Inzaghi and I was laughing hard. I think he was spot on :lol:

n4l · Oct 21, 2020

I do wonder. How many of his goals with us have been in the 18yd box v outside? I do really want to call him tap-in-kaku :lol:

Kova10 · Oct 21, 2020

Set Up Most of our attacks in the First half even if he fucked up some balls.
Creates himself the best chance in the first half.
Sets up the first two promising moves in the second half.
Scores two goals.
Sets up the corner kick leading to the goal, and the post shot by Martinez.

Scores 40 goals in 56 games for Inter.

FIF be like: average player.

Nyall · Oct 21, 2020

Lukaku is a tap in master...

Harpsabu · Oct 21, 2020

56 games 40 goals. The most under appreciated player we've had maybe in the last 10 years or so?

Gaindé · Oct 21, 2020

Great positionning today, saved us with that late equaliser as well.
Well done.

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