Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - The Scriptures Prophesied the Messiah Plays 3-4-3

[HookersandIceCream]

He's a good striker, just very one dimensional. In the modern game, if you are gonna play with an out and out goal poacher, then you better have some very creative players around him and workhorses in the middle of the park. Moreover, if you're a pure No. 9 a la Icardi, Kane, Immobile, Higuain, Dzeko et al if you have once chance in a game, then you need to bury it. This is where Lukaku falls short. He'll be anonymous all game, get a single chance to win/tie the game and then he'll miss it.

Look at Icardi against Tottenham. Dude was a ghost the entire game then bang, got a chance and buried it. As a striker, you can be a ghost for 89 mins, but if you get one chance in the 90 min and you bury it to win the game, then all is good.

That said, I don't think he should be Man U's undoubted No. 9 at this point, I think Rashford and Martial warrant a few games through the center.

EDIT: Yea Lukaku should have had at least 1 goal. 2 really, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on the 2nd header. He buries the chance he had in the first 15 mins and it's game over.

Lmaoo please stop
You have no idea what you are talking about

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

I'm the most influential poster on this site. You should want me around in this thread. I'd have it poppin'.

This thread has been fine and dandy without you for the past 15 years.

 

[THEREALBRAND]

You can’t help but salute Robbie for what he’s built with AFTV :gabigoat:

 

[Kwabena]

A Citeh fan

 

[phcitywarrior]

Lmaoo please stop
You have no idea what you are talking about

Please explain breh...

As a striker you're primarily judged by your end product, especially in critical games. Why do you think Higuain is always ragged on. Dude blows chances in key games.

Lukaku has a history of doing the same. As a pure No. 9 you gotta score, point blank simple.

 

[TobiOT]

Oh dear :MJlfacepalm:

 

[steadyrighteous]

Oh dear :MJlfacepalm:

Pause.

But that was 30 seconds of grown man shade

One of 'em ain't gonna make it the whole season.

I wish we were in a better place as a club because if we were I'd be begging Arsenal to put Pogs out of his misery and bring him to the Emirates.

 

[WavyHair ChippedTeeth]

Oh dear :MJlfacepalm:

Christ almighty. What a madness! Yeah it's over. Sky Sports got the DROP.

Pogba was doing the "We'll see, we'll see!" head nod.

 

[thernbroom]

They both will leave come summer

Oh dear :MJlfacepalm:

 

[King Theo]

Oh dear :MJlfacepalm:

the fukkery. i hope both of them stick around the whole season

 

[Ukbrotha]

Oh dear :MJlfacepalm:

Jose probably won't see Christmas while Pogba will leave next summer. We expected Jose's 3rd season to fall apart as usual but this might be the almighty one. Possibly even worse than 3rd season at Chelsea 2nd spell.

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

 

[J Money]

Oh dear :MJlfacepalm:

fukkery

At this point it's clear not only his relationship with Pogba has broken all the way down but that whole dressing room is getting to that point as well. I'm lowkey surprised United didn't approach Zidane in the summer knowing it got this stage

 

[nyknick]

Oh dear :MJlfacepalm:

Pogba is doing his part but now De Gea needs to drop the hammer on Jose. He's the only other player big enough to get rid of Jose.

Martial is not a star, Matic is a Mourinho stan, Lukaku is also a Mourinho stan but he is inadvertently part of the sabotage

 

[Premeditated]

Pogba is doing his part but now De Gea needs to drop the hammer on Jose. He's the only other player big enough to get rid of Jose.

Martial is not a star, Matic is a Mourinho stan, Lukaku is also a Mourinho stan but he is inadvertently part of the sabotage

De Gea ain't gonna do shyt. That man is p*ssy. He couldn't even have the spine to put in a transfer request when he clearly wanted to go to his dream club Madrid.