Romelu Lukaku

[.h.]

for what its worth, too, he's played 3 matches for 3 knock out rounds, normally in a season you'd have played 3 more. on his rate that's at least 1-2 goals more.

 

[Javier'sSon]

Man his persona off and on the pitch couldn't be more different. In interviews he's very calm and confidfent (not a nerve wreck like a lot of players), says the right things and speaks 6 languages including Martian ffs, but on the field he's a total diva like someone said and his body language is infurating.

 

[Adriano]

that last goal was beautiful

 

[K.I.]

But to be fair, there were like 5-6 horrible passes and he had every right to be pissed. Thankfully it resulted in an angrier fucking train. That last goal is becoming his signature

Brozovic look at him like u "u good"?

He has done this in every match i have seen, and i haven't watched every Inter match this year but i saw a lot. Also just because he scored a lot doesn't make him a good striker nor a success. I am actually with Breheme on this one. I hoped i was wrong in the beginning of the year but he is the same type of striker i dont like on top of that he actually bottled it when it mattered. Looks like a good guy off the field though.

 

[Inter7]

I wouldnt rate this as a great display from him! In the last match against bayer her played much better when he received the ball he was calm and played the correct pass today if the ball was one foot either side of him he wouldnt try and get it and if he did get it he would make the wrong pass! He did great to turn it around at the end but we expect more from him.

 

[Luka]

Lukaku is diva on the pitch? What the fuck?

The guy's personality is so amazing that I don't know how you can reconcile the two. He was angry because almost every ball coming his way was off. You know the saying "the bad pass is the responsibility of the passer, not the passee"? I'm not saying he couldn't do better, but obviously, OBVIOUSLY that's why he was angry, not because he couldn't beat Ronaldos record. The guy works for the team his ass off, every time I see him on the pitch. In a situation he has a better placed teammate he thinks of passing first.

If you think he is another Sneijder 2011 then you are out of your mind.

 

[Harpsabu]

My god, just seen a united fan call him an expensive emile heskey

 

[K.I.]

Lukaku is diva on the pitch? What the fuck?

The guy's personality is so amazing that I don't know how you can reconcile the two. He was angry because almost every ball coming his way was off. You know the saying "the bad pass is the responsibility of the passer, not the passee"? I'm not saying he couldn't do better, but obviously, OBVIOUSLY that's why he was angry, not because he couldn't beat Ronaldos record. The guy works for the team his ass off, every time I see him on the pitch. In a situation he has a better placed teammate he thinks of passing first.

If you think he is another Sneijder 2011 then you are out of your mind.

Who said anything about Ronaldo's record? and no he doesnt think of passing first and yes he is a diva on the pitch and this post is the perfect example of bias towards a player to try and justify anything in ur head. Carry on though

 

[Nero Indigo]

Man, the things I read on this forum. All hail the diva that shares penalties and actually tries to get players involved in attacking play. Absolutely ridiculous.

 

[InterFCAustin]

I just wanna understand once and for all, how we judging the strikers on this forum, by the goals scored, or by how much they’re involved during 90 minutes?
Just to be clear you know. Cuz it’s seem we different measures for different players. *cough cough Icardi*

 

[Fitzy]

I thought he wasn't really involved because the service to him and passing in general for the first 70 minutes was absolute horseshit.

That last goal where he turned the physicality up to 11 was a joy to watch.

 

[wera]

Like I said, if he continues like this, he will reach 100 goals in the next two seasons.

All strikers can have bad games and/or can be a bit off with the whole team. But he kept playing, assisted Martinez and then scored 2. The whole team was celebrating each goal we scored yesterday. This team looks like they really want to win this and as Brehme was predicting, we are favourites to win.

 

[CafeCordoba]

Like I said, if he continues like this, he will reach 100 goals in the next two seasons.

All strikers can have bad games and/or can be a bit off with the whole team. But he kept playing, assisted Martinez and then scored 2. The whole team was celebrating each goal we scored yesterday. This team looks like they really want to win this and as Brehme was predicting, we are favourites to win.

Yeah, if he keeps going on like this, 100 goals will be done soon. Which would be simply amazing stat. Though I don't expect 30+ seasons regularly. Specially if we keep Lautaro and sign vice-Lukaku. His minutes will go down and Lautaro will get bigger share of the goals (let alone if we sign Messi lol)

I referenced to this in the match thread with a cheeky way, but yesterday Lukaku started scoring only when it didn't matter anymore (4-0 and 5-0 goals). Not a big thing, but would be nice to for example get a goal from him in the final when it's close and we need the goal. He had that one shooting chance and bottled it pretty hard, I believe it was 2-0 by then.

And make no mistake, I don't want to be a negative towards Lukaku by default. But this is just a feeling I have regarding Lukaku as he already has the reputation of not having great games in pressure matches (since EPL days). I would want nothing more than Lukaku getting some goals in top top matches, when it truly matters. I think it would help his confidence even more. If he just had the concentration to place those shots like he can, he has all the capacity to have great shots.

Those finishes were pure class yesterday, to have a positive end to this post.

 

[Gaindé]

Yeah, if he keeps going on like this, 100 goals will be done soon. Which would be simply amazing stat. Though I don't expect 30+ seasons regularly. Specially if we keep Lautaro and sign vice-Lukaku. His minutes will go down and Lautaro will get bigger share of the goals (let alone if we sign Messi lol)

I referenced to this in the match thread with a cheeky way, but yesterday Lukaku started scoring only when it didn't matter anymore (4-0 and 5-0 goals). Not a big thing, but would be nice to for example get a goal from him in the final when it's close and we need the goal. He had that one shooting chance and bottled it pretty hard, I believe it was 2-0 by then.

And make no mistake, I don't want to be a negative towards Lukaku by default. But this is just a feeling I have regarding Lukaku as he already has the reputation of not having great games in pressure matches (since EPL days). I would want nothing more than Lukaku getting some goals in top top matches, when it truly matters. I think it would help his confidence even more. If he just had the concentration to place those shots like he can, he has all the capacity to have great shots.

Those finishes were pure class yesterday, to have a positive end to this post.

Totally agree, especially the bolded part, that's where we need him, he needs to be one of the many keys we can use to get to the result we want. Not just surf on the 3-0 result we achieved to bang two other goals in.
A bad game can happen, it's good that Lautaro stepped up yesterday. We need both of them in form against Sevilla.

 

[wera]

"We knew that they were really good in combinations, short combinations," he said. "And as long as we kept the centre of the defence close, I don't think we would have any problems because the physicality of us was a bit too much for them.

"In the second half, we came through and showed our power and our patterns of play really disrupted them a lot."

He added: "The team is doing well. Everybody is trying to do their best. We worked really hard in the little camp that we had. It was tough, but now you see the results of the hard work we put in.

"Physically and tactically, everyone is 100 per cent, so hopefully we can keep going."

 

[.h.]

I just wanna understand once and for all, how we judging the strikers on this forum, by the goals scored, or by how much they’re involved during 90 minutes?
Just to be clear you know. Cuz it’s seem we different measures for different players. *cough cough Icardi*

tbf either way icardi is probably coming out top

the only thing lukaku isnt better than icardi at right now is clinicalness, but overall he's probably better by some way.


tbh though both of those goals from lukaku were pretty damn clinical

 

[wera]

His shot conversion rate this season is 31.3 per cent – that's superior to Karim Benzema (19.3%), Cristiano Ronaldo (20%), Raul Jimenez (20.5%), Timo Werner (26%), Harry Kane (29.3%), Sergio Aguero (29.5%) and even Golden Shoe winner Ciro Immobile (29.8).

Among that illustrious group of goalscorers, he also ranks fourth in terms of chances created in all competitions, with 67, just two behind the man in top spot, Timo Werner.


So somehow, he is clinical. Just have tendencies to totally botch a shot or two every now and then.

 

[.h.]

well, i think conversion % doesnt really take into account a lot of factors. You basically assume that there is a large enough basis to make it statistically homogenous (e.g. there are no biases in long range shots, etc).

I wonder if Lukaku has had more short range shots or counter-attacking shots than the other players. I'll admit I dont watch a lot of other teams, though, but just a hypothesis.

Also, the conversion rate is relative to total shots? Shots on target? Because if its total shots, what that's saying is that we're starving him of opportunities compared to CR, Benzema, etc, and I dunno if that feels true?

 

[brehme1989]

He also has to take the shot when he is clear for it. In his first 4 months he refused to shoot sometimes when it was the only option. Unlike Lautaro who is trigger happy even in moments where that doesn't look like the wisest choice.

You also have to take into account the situation of each shot. This is why some of these guys love to use xG, which is also very flawed as it refuses to take into account defences and goalkeepers, or how the ball ended up at the striking player (if he had to change position or direction to reach the ball, if it was a clean pass or deflection and so many other crucial parameters).

The simplest way to do this is to see how many shots were PKs, how many were inside the box and how many were contested. But even that is not that simple.

 

[.h.]

lautaro is like the 12 year old kid playing CoD on monster, anything moves he fucking sprays

lukaku is like a grand dad playing PUBG. only shoots to kill, probably doesnt get as many kills as he could.


icardi is the 16 year old who is just playing with himself