Romelu Lukaku

[brehme1989]

Really guys? He was decent, not great, but not bad either. He did more than Icardi does on a bad day (since everyones comparing).

It's actually getting very frustrating to see this kind of comments.

He was once more below par.

Please name me how many times he helped the go forward. How many times he caused us to lose possession. How many bad decisions he had on the ball.

I can just recall a moment where he could have easily scored in the area when the ball was coming from high but he couldn't anticipate the height, speed or position and he let it bounce only to move wide and end up screwing a scoring chance. It was just a tap away from going in.

Another moment was when he tried to dribble past a player only to fall on his face once again.

I lost count of how many times he chested the ball "down", like 1 meter away, only to chase it after and lose it or chest it in an attempt to pass the ball first touch which we'd lose it.

This is why I call his involvement mostly negative. People seem to have some kind of fetish and everytime they see him near a ball they think it's a good sign.
The best thing he did all night was not getting directly involved in the second goal as he helped clear the lane with his albeit awkward run (in terms of the right lane to fill). He's always been better when he doesn't really touch the ball but he usually is smart enough to see his teammates' runs. Last night didn't have that either.

 

[Pajo]

It's actually getting very frustrating to see this kind of comments.

So is bashing the same players all over again, no matter how they play.

 

[brehme1989]

So is bashing the same players all over again, no matter how they play.

The "bashing" only happens because they play the same all the time.

If you can be deluded by a couple of great solo attempts in a sea of mistakes I cannot be of any assistance. I'm still the guy who's gonna be looking at the forest in these situations despite everyone focusing on a tree.

He's a 'volume' player. Give him many chances and at some point he'll convert some. But expecting Brescia like goals from him week in week out is naive. Or thinking that he helps the team somehow by misplacing the ball or himself during an attack.

A striker firstly has to know how to move. Ask any midfield player what he wants from the forward and all of them will say "know where to go and how to get there". No one with quality will say 'be near to help me with the build up". I don't even know where this idea came from in the first place. It's not like strikers never touch the ball in the middle of the park or anything.

 

[Gaindé]

With the amount of walking he does, he should be an absolute beast when the game needs speed.

 

[.h.]

I don't think he was particularly good last night. I think he did a couple of good link up and last man plays but overall was net useless rather than positive.

 

[Palacio]

With the amount of walking he does, he should be an absolute beast when the game needs speed.

That’s the thing he isn’t fast or Clinical enough when you need him. zhang will blame Conte for insisting on signing a mostly useless player who did nothing in ucl.

 

[Glass box]

His drop from an effective goal scorer in one game into a clueless fucker wandering on the pitch next game is buffling.

He seriously looked yesterday, and not for the first time tbh, like he popped some ultra nerve calming pill before game and didn't care at all where he is to begin with.

 

[Native]

You shouldn't expect anything from him vs. a bigger opponent like BVB.

He might help us out again vs. Verona.

 

[Gaindé]

Then we should consider not starting him in games against real opposition?
65M for a dude that will be pretty much useless against any defense that is not from a Serie B level team?

 

[CafeCordoba]

I don't think he was particularly good last night. I think he did a couple of good link up and last man plays but overall was net useless rather than positive.

This. He wasn't particularly good. Few good plays but that's it. It's easy to bash him because he is mostly useless. Of course I love the goals he scores but when he doesn't score, he's just a static useless piece of meat. No anticipation, no use of his body (he's a BIG BODY), no speed, clumsiness. The list isn't nice. Few good linkups isn't saving that list if he doesn't score.

 

[Howl]

Another really shit game. Needs to fix up.

 

[Ziyad]

Another really shit game. Needs to fix up.

It wasn’t a shit game,it’s just he didn’t score and could have scored that header. His passing,first touch and effort was leading the way at a certain point.

 

[ADRossi]

I appreciated how much effort he put to getting involved in the build-up play before Vecino scored. Drifted out wide, created opportunities.

But man, what an awful couple of misses. I understand why he missed the free tap-in, but he gets paid to anticipate those chances.

 

[Howl]

It wasn’t a shit game,it’s just he didn’t score and could have scored that header. His passing,first touch and effort was leading the way at a certain point.

The only thing he did right was holding the ball by leaning all his weight onto the defenders. Otherwise he didnt do much else and blew some big chances. Looked sluggish too.

 

[Pajo]

I thought he had a good game. If he had scored, it would be great. He linked up well, he didnt lose many balls, he had some nic passes and was always in good position.

What i was most happy about is that he FINALLY used his body strength. He kept 2 opposition players away from the ball with pure strenght. We need this agaisnt stronger teams sooner. But he is getting into shape.

 

[brehme1989]

It wasn’t a shit game,it’s just he didn’t score and could have scored that header. His passing,first touch and effort was leading the way at a certain point.

Can you give me the tape of the game you were watching?

 

[varmin]

It wasn’t a shit game,it’s just he didn’t score and could have scored that header. His passing,first touch and effort was leading the way at a certain point.

It was shit game. He should have scored at least two goals.

 

[acroMacho]

Today he had plenty of moments where he used his physique the right way and everyone should have seen it. If we take aside his finishing today, he played well. His link up play was good.
As a striker, he should have scored those chances. Overall it's 5/10 today.
I will not shit on him. He has so many haters here anyway.

 

[brakbrak]

Those comments make sense if they were directed to Lautaro,a talented young striker. But we are talking about a 75m striker in his prime,he should be much better than what he really is tbh.

 

[acroMacho]

Those comments make sense if they were directed to Lautaro,a talented young striker. But we are talking about a 75m striker in his prime,he should be much better than what he really is tbh.

Not really. 75m is not too much. Some of you are thinking 75m striker should have 150m striker abilities. Just tell me about one player in good age who would you get with those money instead ?