People said the same about Drogba when he first came to the Premier league. Just because you don't rate him doesn't mean he won't become a top striker. If he does then you will be eating this comment.
Also a ton of strikers miss chances. He also has more goals against top 6 opposition than Diego Costa. In a league format you need someone who scores goals against smaller sides. Those guys win you leagues. If you only show up against big teams you end up having a Liverpool type team that struggles against those types.
As for stat padding, look at Harry Kane, that guy is the king of stat padders.
Doesn't look up, can't control a ball, misses a lot of chances. Not convinced those first two will ever change so he'll never be a top, top striker.
People compare him to Drogba, but Drogba was so much better at seeing where the people around him were, holding the ball up and playing them in. Lukaku just puts his head down and chases after his dubious touches. Anyone saying he'd be perfect for Chelsea should go and watch that game against the rags last year, where him and Barkley wasted perfect counter attacking opportunity after perfect counter attacking opportunity by just not looking up and running down blind alleys.
And if he is successful at Chelsea what will you do then?
He has that ability and Conte knows how to manage players. Let's be real, no one here though that Victor Moses would be an important player in a title winning side, but he was and I can see the same with Lukaku and that being his platform to the next level.
I imagine he'd carry on scoring against shit defences who give him wide open spaces to run into and carry on looking like a pub player against good defences or anyone who doesn't give him space. Don't think he'd handle playing against a packed defence well at all if teams start doing that to Chelsea, as his touch is just too shit, he'll give it away constantly.And if he is successful at Chelsea what will you do then?
He has that ability and Conte knows how to manage players. Let's be real, no one here though that Victor Moses would be an important player in a title winning side, but he was and I can see the same with Lukaku and that being his platform to the next level.
I imagine he'd carry on scoring against shit defences who give him wide open spaces to run into and carry on looking like a pub player against good defences or anyone who doesn't give him space. Don't think he'd handle playing against a packed defence well at all if teams start doing that to Chelsea, as his touch is just too shit, he'll give it away constantly.
Moses isn't a good player all of a sudden, he just does a job, a job that mainly involves a lot of powerful running and not a lot of quality. Being a striker for a top club isn't like that, you will have to work in tight spaces and no amount of tactical systems will make you able to keep the ball close to you if you have the touch of Edin Dzeko's shit brother
but Victor Moses is still Victor Moses. Chelsea's system protects those kinds of players and gets the job done more often than not, but it has a finite level without significantly improving those weaker areas whereas we have a much greater potential upswing. Lukaku could bang in more goals than Costa at Chelsea and they could still not win the title.
That wouldn't mean that them failing to win the title was all on him. Winning titles are about the TEAM effort, not the effort of just one player, even if that player is the main striker. Like I said if he bangs in a lot of goals and wins the title people here will be eating their words.
Also we can put Aguero on trial about how he may not be an elite striker as he is invisible for his country and more often than not just scores a ton of goals but not much else.
Is expecting a top player to be able to consistently control a ball "elitism" now? Maybe I have unrealistic standards for an £80m striker thenBullshit. Plenty of players have been slated and turn good. And Moses has improved a lot. More touches in the box and improvement on his overall game.
The type of football elitism you are posting here is hilarious.