6 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

If he gets 9 goals in his next 20 games then he's matched Didier Drogba's output of 10 from 26 in his first PL season.

9 in 20 doesn't seem undoable if this team can start gelling and we get a few players back from injury ... 

The difference is that Drogba came to the PL as a 26 year old. Jackson is just 22 but people have no shame here, ever since D.Costa left we had problems with strikers so it's clearly not the player that is an issue here.

There was also a lot of great individual quality as well. 

- Duff and Robben bombing the wings. 

- Gudjohnsen in his spectacular supporting ST role. 

- Joe Cole entering some fantastic form that season. 

- And of course, prime Frank Lampard. 

I think we lose Jackson to the AFCON competition in the new year ?

His goal was superbly taken, a real cool classy goal.

1 hour ago, The Rising Sun said:

I think we lose Jackson to the AFCON competition in the new year ?

Yes. Will be on Nkunku and Broja till he is back.

It's so good to have 2 fit strikers. Broja didn't have the best of his games, but done his part in the first half, and Jackson came on to put more pressure on the opposition in the second.

On 18/09/2023 at 12:28, nonotnowjim said:

Starting point - I do not want Lukaku in the squad, and would prefer we linger near the bottom of the table than have him play for us....

....but, it is undeniable than he is better up top than anything we have in the squad at the moment.

Neither do I.

TBF he's much better suited to Serie A where things are a bit slower and he can hang around up front waiting for the ball to arrive where he wants it, then he just has to pull his peg back and let it go for a goal.

Good news?

 

1 hour ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Good news?

 

See if he is ready for our game. Really good news if Caicedo and Enzo pull out of the second matches their countries play to rest.

18 hours ago, Bebe1980 said:

Neither do I.

TBF he's much better suited to Serie A where things are a bit slower and he can hang around up front waiting for the ball to arrive where he wants it, then he just has to pull his peg back and let it go for a goal.

Lukaku is 20th all time PL goal scorer. 

38 minutes ago, Bob stark said:

Lukaku is 20th all time PL goal scorer. 

Interesting, does that mean he's good?

Or does it mean he scored 100 or so against the bottom 3 sides when he was playing in the PL ?

Edited October 11, 20232 yr by Bebe1980

3 hours ago, Bob stark said:

Lukaku is 20th all time PL goal scorer. 

I've done the numbers and it turns out....

Not once did ever come close to getting anyone 20 goals a year and 75% of the goals he scored were against teams in the bottom half of the table.

Have no idea how that compares to anyone else!

 

Edited October 11, 20232 yr by Bebe1980

1 hour ago, Bebe1980 said:

I've done the numbers and it turns out....

Not once did ever come close to getting anyone 20 goals a year and 75% of the goals he scored were against teams in the bottom half of the table.

Have no idea how that compares to anyone else!

 

No idea where you are getting your numbers there, looks like you are looking at calendar years rather than seasons. He scored 25 in his last season at Everton, coupled with 18 the season before and 17 when on loan at West Brom.

Not saying I would have him back either but the slander the bloke gets because of how he's ended up is crazy.

2 hours ago, Niall1905 said:

Not saying I would have him back either but the slander the bloke gets because of how he's ended up is crazy.

He dese4rves the majority of it for his attitude towards the club, the fans and everything Chelsea. He`s an absolute bellend with no self awareness, massive lack of class and an over inflated opinion of his own talent/importance.

Couldn't agree more with dkw, Lukaku may be 20th all time PL scorer but he's an all time top 3 w**ker and not in a good way!

And there's no point discussing him further as he simply DIDN'T want to play for us (his "beloved" club from youth), even though he'd get a totally clean slate with Poch.

Anyways, Nico... hopefully he will be ready to go against Arsenal with a good 2 week rest! Excited for how he improves along the season.

37 minutes ago, dkw said:

He dese4rves the majority of it for his attitude towards the club, the fans and everything Chelsea. He`s an absolute bellend with no self awareness, massive lack of class and an over inflated opinion of his own talent/importance.

To summarize your quote, in my view. He is a 'c**t'

3 hours ago, Niall1905 said:

No idea where you are getting your numbers there, looks like you are looking at calendar years rather than seasons. He scored 25 in his last season at Everton, coupled with 18 the season before and 17 when on loan at West Brom.

Not saying I would have him back either but the slander the bloke gets because of how he's ended up is crazy.

Yeah by year from "www.transfermarkt.com" - probably not a great analysis...

He's still a w**ker 😁

I couldn't care if Lukaku was the best striker in the world and scored a 100 goals a year, the bloke is a complete tosser and I don't want him anywhere near the team. The hatred aimed towards him is absolutely necessary. 

1 hour ago, Victor90 said:

I couldn't care if Lukaku was the best striker in the world and scored a 100 goals a year, the bloke is a complete tosser and I don't want him anywhere near the team. The hatred aimed towards him is absolutely necessary. 

If he scored 100 goals a year, I would take him back.

So would you.

So would Kev.

So would dkw.

4 hours ago, dkw said:

He dese4rves the majority of it for his attitude towards the club, the fans and everything Chelsea. He`s an absolute bellend with no self awareness, massive lack of class and an over inflated opinion of his own talent/importance.

Aye, I agree. Wouldn't want him within 100 miles of the bridge.  

Just pointing out that those dismissing his ability are wide of the mark. Granted he thinks he's way better than he actually is, but to think he hasn't been good/great at times in his career is crazy.

2 hours ago, nonotnowjim said:

If he scored 100 goals a year, I would take him back.

So would you.

So would Kev.

So would dkw.

You clearly underestimate just how stubborn Victor is Jim ol'boy 

I see he’s at it again with plans to talk about what happened in the summer.

No doubt it will all be Chelsea/Juve/Inters fault with no blame attached to him whatsoever. I said at the time we shouldn’t have signed him. It was never going to work. We went for Haaland, Dortmund said no, so we sign Lukaku instead. Utter madness with Tuchel at the heart of it.

12 hours ago, Niall1905 said:

No idea where you are getting your numbers there, looks like you are looking at calendar years rather than seasons. He scored 25 in his last season at Everton, coupled with 18 the season before and 17 when on loan at West Brom.

Not saying I would have him back either but the slander the bloke gets because of how he's ended up is crazy.

 

He gets slandered because of the way he is and how his inflated opinion of himself doesn't match the performances on the pitch. Yes he's a good scorer for clubs like Everton and West Brom but the fact is he's not good enough for clubs with expectations to win stuff, and before anyone mentions Inter, that's an outlier under a coach who made Nicolas Bentdner and Victor Moses Champions.

Unlike @Victor90I actually would put up with this crap he offered hard substance (and I'm not just talking goals and assists), just like I'd forgive the fact he wasn't good enough if he knuckled down and put in the hard yards Gallagher does.

To lack performance AND good character is unforgivable.

 

19 hours ago, nonotnowjim said:

If he scored 100 goals a year, I would take him back.

So would you.

So would Kev.

So would dkw.

21 hours ago, Brigadeiro Mk II said:

Anyways, Nico... hopefully he will be ready to go against Arsenal with a good 2 week rest! Excited for how he improves along the season.

It's really taken me by surprise how quickly he seems to be adapting to the prem. Obviously he's had some less than stellar moments, like the yellows for dissent. But the way he's started using his arms to shield the ball from defenders, and his movement in the box (particularly for the goal against Burnley), I was expecting those kind of improvements to take 6-8 months, not 6-8 weeks