Brennan

That's simply proof that the majority of match goers don't have a clue about what makes a good player. I've watched Romelu all season in the flesh, as i'm also an Everton season ticket holder, and i'd be absolutely elated if we signed him. We're talking about a player who over the last two years of the Premier League has only been out scored by two other strikers, that's despite being dropped into two different teams with extremely different playing styles and only turning 21 at the end of the second of those two years. I know a lot of Evertonians who say he's lazy, clearly failing to understand the difference between laziness and conserving your energy. When we are in possession he constantly looks for the early ball, makes runs and indicates his willingness to take the attack forward, it's our lack of creativity in midfield which often lets him down, not the other way around. I remember reading something a while back about Martinez not wanting his strikers to chase every lost cause, he'd rather they conserve their energy for attacks which actually pose a danger to the opposition goal, and i couldn't agree more. That's even more important when you're a man mountain like Lukaku is. It simply takes far more effort to cover the whole pitch like a player such as Naismith does when you're not far off twice his size. Lukaku has a tremendous amount of ability for a player so young, which is reflected in his goal tally. It's true that his first touch lets him down, but i'd argue that it's as much to do with his eagerness to impress and smash the ball in the net as soon as he touches it as it is an inherent lack of footballing ability. I firmly believe that as he continues to mature this will improve. (His control leading up to the great goal he scored last night against Sweden hardly reflects a player with a lack of footballing ability). Personally i think Lukaku will be somewhere other than Chelsea next season, and i'd be massively surprised if it was Everton. His dedication to the game and becoming the best he can be is unquestionable, and with that is his desire to be the number one for whichever team he's playing for. I don't think he'll get that at Chelsea, if he wasn't going to get enough minutes ahead of Eto'o, Ba, and Torres then he certainly won't get the number one spot ahead of Diego Costa.