Romelu Lukaku

That escalated quickly

Originally Posted by My Name is Keith

It’s not the end of the world - just recognition of where we are at.

Which is: We’re a top 6 side with no chance in the cl and a bit of a chance in one of the domestic cups. We have an abysmal set of owners who know nothing about the game, have little interest in it but do recognise the power of the brand and it’s franchise. We have a miserable negative manager who’s primary tactic is to try to knock it up to the lump of a striker named in this thread who more often than not, looks like he’s playing football for the first time. The squad is littered with average joes and the ones that aren’t average decide when and how they will perform - their primary motivation ensuring that their personal brands are not overly damaged through association. Oh, and our two biggest rivals are currently enjoying a very successful period playing a style of football widely admired around the world.

This all comes off the back of twenty odd years of unbridled success in which we dominated every facet of the game playing great football all over the world winning every competition we could.

A draw against wolves in the context of a more positive back story would be fine. A draw when we are desperately trying to drag ourselves up off our knees after an appalling start is a big set back - especially when we are battling all those issues mentioned above. That’s perhaps why mou mou is as upset as he is?

Bang on.

It's absolutely painful to watch some of the chances he's presented with go begging. Only just caught up on the highlights and the flick from Martial towards the end of the game completely sums him up. A world class striker doesn't hesitate in that manner. Fellaini being pissed off with him just shows where we're at.

Shite.

Bad game ffs ... feeding of nothing

Originally Posted by My Name is Keith

It’s not the end of the world - just recognition of where we are at.

Which is: We’re a top 6 side with no chance in the cl and a bit of a chance in one of the domestic cups. We have an abysmal set of owners who know nothing about the game, have little interest in it but do recognise the power of the brand and it’s franchise. We have a miserable negative manager who’s primary tactic is to try to knock it up to the lump of a striker named in this thread who more often than not, looks like he’s playing football for the first time. The squad is littered with average joes and the ones that aren’t average decide when and how they will perform - their primary motivation ensuring that their personal brands are not overly damaged through association. Oh, and our two biggest rivals are currently enjoying a very successful period playing a style of football widely admired around the world.

This all comes off the back of twenty odd years of unbridled success in which we dominated every facet of the game playing great football all over the world winning every competition we could.

A draw against wolves in the context of a more positive back story would be fine. A draw when we are desperately trying to drag ourselves up off our knees after an appalling start is a big set back - especially when we are battling all those issues mentioned above. That’s perhaps why mou mou is as upset as he is?

Excellent.

Originally Posted by Lok

We're shite. Not Moyes/LvG level shite but shite nonetheless. It's not an overreaction to be pissed off that we're already 8pts behind the leaders. P6 W3 L2 D1 is a very poor record when you see who we've played.

Lukaku isn't really the problem though.

He is certainly far from our biggest one.

Having a near 90 million pound striker have the anticipation skills of an oap at a roundabout is a pretty big problem tbh.

Originally Posted by Jethro

Having a near 90 million pound striker have the anticipation skills of an oap at a roundabout is a pretty big problem tbh.

Oh it is. But not as big as some of our other problems.

Originally Posted by Jethro

Having a near 90 million pound striker have the anticipation skills of an oap at a roundabout is a pretty big problem tbh.

The main guy who can take the pressure off the team and the manager and we’ve got a lump who keeps putting his rear wiper on when he should indicating left. Shocking service mind but he was awful.

A £#%&!ing donkey............ Cole, Yorke, Ole, Teddy, Saha, Ruud, Rooney, Van Persie,all strikers we have had in the last 20yrs miles better than this lump...

Originally Posted by puressence

Bad game ffs ... feeding of nothing

Maybe the @#%&! should try make by some runs and stop sitting back on his heels. Hardly challenged for lots of the hoofs.

Valencia was worse but not by much.

he's the black hames (james) wilson, who was the white mame biram diouf.

Originally Posted by Jack Duckworth

he's the black hames (james) wilson, who was the white mame biram diouf.

Not sure if racist...

Dunno either, it *is* painfully over-contrived though

He’s an odd one as he has all the physical attributes is strong and quick and technically not bad he seems brave enough and committed - not clinical enough but that could get better.

I just don’t think he reads the game well enough and can naturally anticipate so doesn’t get in the right place often enough. I’m not sure that will get any better at that. He doesn’t seem to have the ability to pull away from defenders and find space.

And he gets caught off side when he shouldn’t which also suggests a lack of awareness.

Originally Posted by Jethro

Having a near 90 million pound striker have the anticipation skills of an oap at a roundabout is a pretty big problem tbh.

Particularly when the miserable @#%&! in charge considers him undroppable

Originally Posted by redhegemony

He’s an odd one as he has all the physical attributes is strong and quick and technically not bad he seems brave enough and committed - not clinical enough but that could get better.

The main problem is he’s £#%&!ing thick.

I dare say his physical attributes enabled him to forge the big reputation he had as a kid. However there’s not so much of a gap in physical ability between himself and opponents now he’s playing against men, so when he’s not able to bully them or his team mates don’t put it on a plate he’s absolutely stumped.

On the rare occasion he does control the ball in tight areas, he has no idea what to do with it because he completely lacks awareness of what’s going on around him.

Give him chances and he’ll score, but he will never win us a game on his own with a moment of brilliance. I’d therefore suggest that he isn’t living up to the requirements of a £75m striker.

Originally Posted by redhegemony

He’s an odd one as he has all the physical attributes is strong and quick and technically not bad he seems brave enough and committed - not clinical enough but that could get better.

I just don’t think he reads the game well enough and can naturally anticipate so doesn’t get in the right place often enough. I’m not sure that will get any better at that. He doesn’t seem to have the ability to pull away from defenders and find space.

And he gets caught off side when he shouldn’t which also suggests a lack of awareness.

Originally Posted by puressence

Bad game ffs ... feeding of nothing

You’re right, the service is £#%&!ing abysmal. I remember us slinging in about 1000 crosses under Moyes when our front 2 was Mata & Rooney. Now we have a 6’4” Goliath we £#%&! around & neither of our fullbacks seem able or willing to cross it.
In saying that Lukaku did £#%&! up the one decent cross he got on to & put in one of the poorest displays I have ever seen from a Utd striker . He just didn’t seem interested, he was dominated by CB’s nowhere near as big or strong & his 1st touch wasn’t so much a touch as a ricochet

Lukaku is becoming another of the players who we seem to increasingly be saying, "yes, not a top drawer player... but he can do a job for the team".

The trouble is the manager never knows when that 'job' will get done, or if all the other 'job to be done' players will do theirs at the same time, or if others understand what each 'job to done' is, by their colleagues and what to do, when the 'job to be done' is not being done!

Saturday was probably Lukaku's worst performance, he looked completely out of it, always a split second behind his marker getting to the ball all afternoon, at times stood like a statue, never once %@#$&!ing colleagues for giving him a bad ball, just a friendly wave towards the offender, almost to say 'thanks for thinking of me'
Not often would I admit to feeling sorry for Jose, but with this current squad, knowing what they will deliver each game must be a nightmare!

Originally Posted by Wellinever

Lukaku is becoming another of the players who we seem to increasingly be saying, "yes, not a top drawer player... but he can do a job for the team".

The trouble is the manager never knows when that 'job' will get done, or if all the other 'job to be done' players will do theirs at the same time, or if others understand what each 'job to done' is, by their colleagues and what to do, when the 'job to be done' is not being done!

Saturday was probably Lukaku's worst performance, he looked completely out of it, always a split second behind his marker getting to the ball all afternoon, at times stood like a statue, never once %@#$&!ing colleagues for giving him a bad ball, just a friendly wave towards the offender, almost to say 'thanks for thinking of me'
Not often would I admit to feeling sorry for Jose, but with this current squad, knowing what they will deliver each game must be a nightmare!