12 Jun 2021 22:05:53
I posted other year about lukaku and his quality, many disagreed, many said he was not a good striker.

My argument was he had the ability but needed the coaching to improve, and also the team to provide for him. And that he was a proven goalscorer.

I don't think anyone can really have any doubt that he is a better striker than anyone in our squad.

I'm sure many will disagree, some vehemently, but it shows at the very least the benefits of good coaches

In this case, conte, read lukakus interview about contes coaching. And Martinez, whom he enjoyed his best premier league years working under, also he's got Henry at Belgium.

Not a dig at our coaching or manager . Just acknowledging what proper coaching can produce .


1.) 12 Jun 2021
12 Jun 2021 23:04:09
I watch Lukaku now and I see him using his physicality, his strength and power to really bully defenders and his pace and power to attack space behind defenders. He is also a better player with his back to goal now, he has become much more rounded, Conte clearly deserves some of the credit here

I think credit must also go to Lukaku for advancing his game and remember he is still only reaching towards his peak now.

Either way the guy has proven he can score goals at international level and across multiple. teams and leagues and United was probably the most disappointing phase of his career.

Finally I don't know if he was ever a great fit stylistically for OleBall. Thus was probably for the fee they got a decision Ole got right in that Lukaku was never going to fit his system.


2.) 12 Jun 2021
12 Jun 2021 23:12:36
What has made a massive difference is his diet and pbysical conditioning regimes. Lukaku himself says Inter have changed both and rhe benefit with a top coach is his improved form.


3.) 12 Jun 2021
12 Jun 2021 23:32:56
All true. Would have been a weapon in this current set up.


4.) 12 Jun 2021
12 Jun 2021 23:41:41
Some players fit at certain clubs and some don’t. Lukaku got pelters on here, but now he’s gone everyone wants to go back and say it was a big mistake. He’s always going to score goals, but he didn’t want to stay with us. He seems a nice lad and I’m happy for him to do well. Shame it isn’t with us but that’s football.


5.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 01:41:28
I never rated Lukaku but he rrally improved at Inter. Konte paired him with Ranochia who is tall and stron, in training for some months and Lukaku learned how to hold the ball against him. He is fitter now and know how to use his strength. I think he has a better control too.
That show us what difference a good manager can make and what difference the workrate of a player can make because i think Lukaku worked really hard.
That said i have no problem with him leaving and i don't totally buy that he is world class striker because he scored a lot of goals at Serie A or played well against a Russian pub team tonight.


6.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 07:11:22
I posted on here months ago about how Conte set up Lukaku and coached him, gave him individual training on his control and first touch. The sessions included a tough centre half and every time Lukaku lost the ball he had to go back to the beginning and start again, keep going for hours. That was proper coaching and why Lukaku, why Conte succeeds. It does show the merit of a proper coach and proper Manager. I said at the time we sold Lukaku, someone needed to be brought in of significant ability to replace him but we were told Martial was the one and Ighalo would suffice. Brilliant.


7.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 07:30:42
I think people seem to forget he had a whole season under jose and wasn't amazing. The next manager came in and he didn't shine then either, we got a reasonable transfer fee for him so he moved on.

Not surprising really, he has improved himself as a player and has obviously worked on the weaker elements of his game.

In all honesty I don't think I would want to see him back, I would rather a more dynamic striker who has more instinct, I certainly would not be picking Lukaku over Cavani.


8.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 09:33:04
His first touch still makes you wonder and last night he was bullying Russian (average) defenders.


9.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 09:51:53
Didn't leave on the best terms. Flat track bully.


10.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 13:10:19
Don't see him in the bracket of Kane or Haaland. He's got a good goals to game ratio. He's strong and fast but still unsure if he'll drag his team on a wet Tuesday night in Stoke.


11.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 13:36:46
The thing with lukaku that disappoints me is the justification for his departure was that Ole was looking to move the team in a different direction with a striker who gets more involved in the build up and linking up with bruno and rashford.

Now with Cavani it seems like we've gone back to having an old fashioned number 9 who just thinks about goals and doesn't really get involved too much.

If that is the case then Lukaku very much would have been an asset.


12.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 13:44:23
Cavani doesn't get involved to much🙈😂😂😂.


13.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 14:59:31
DSG the opposite i think. Cavani involves too much. Lukaku tried but was let down from his bad touch.


14.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 17:34:07
Ole he thought he'd throw the local lad up front and everything would be hunky dory. Rashford only scored a few goals playing up top during Oles first season. He alienated Lukaku far too early in my opinion.

Rashford was then back on the wing for the second season while Martial was given the strikers role. Ighalo and Cavani have since came in and even though Cavani is great, he will need replacing next season.


15.) 13 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021 17:51:08
Would it be fair to say he's a "system player"?

Play to his strengths and he will have more good days than bad.

If Utd had Beckham pinging balls on his head and passes in behind he'd have doubled his Utd numbers.