If you mean Lukaku... 86 goals in 114 matches for his country. That would have been 89 and topscorer in this tournament without these silly rules.Doku could have had three assists tonight if not for having to play with simultaneously the worst and most unlucky striker in European football.
The fact you’ve only ever posted regarding Belguim players leads me to think you might be a tad biased…If you mean Lukaku... 86 goals in 114 matches for his country. That would have been 89 and topscorer in this tournament without these silly rules.
You can start to search for European player with a higher goal scoring rate, before calling him the worst striker.
Not even mentioning how he weighs on defences, as a target man, as an assist-player.
Biased, maybe I am. I follow City since Kompany came in, I like to see good Belgian players in a good city team. Though, I also like a good city team without Belgians. Let's admit it, every English City fan likes Foden and Walker to shine for the club, nothing wrong with that.The fact you’ve only ever posted regarding Belguim players leads me to think you might be a tad biased…
He’s a big lump. Will still score goals and tbf there was a time I thought he was excellent but those days are behind him and he’s living on reputation at this point.
Yeah there’s plenty worse, mate.Biased, maybe I am. I follow City since Kompany came in, I like to see good Belgian players in a good city team. Though, I also like a good city team without Belgians. Let's admit it, every English City fan likes Foden and Walker to shine for the club, nothing wrong with that.
Lukaku's stats for country are what they are.. you cannot deny that. 86/114 (Kane 64/93, I think we both agree he's not a bad striker). To call Romelu the "worst" striker is more than 1 bridge too far.
He has cost club and country hugely in the last couple of years.If you mean Lukaku... 86 goals in 114 matches for his country. That would have been 89 and topscorer in this tournament without these silly rules.
You can start to search for European player with a higher goal scoring rate, before calling him the worst striker.
Not even mentioning how he weighs on defences, as a target man, as an assist-player.
He's not an elite striker but you don't walk around finding players that have the same stats as he does, both for the clubs he has played for (47 in 75 for Inter), as well as his country (85), not every player has those type of stats and its fine to acknowledge it. I just find it weird how you can justify calling Lukaku a lump on this thread, and then cross over to the Grealish thread to confidently make posts calling Grealish wordlclass. Make it make senseThe fact you’ve only ever posted regarding Belguim players leads me to think you might be a tad biased…
He’s a big lump. Will still score goals and tbf there was a time I thought he was excellent but those days are behind him and he’s living on reputation at this point.
He's not an elite striker but you don't walk around finding players that have the same stats as he does both for the clubs he has played for (47 in 75 for Inter), as well as his country (85). I just find it weird how you can justify calling Lukaku a lump on this thread and then cross over to the Grealish thread and confidently make posts calling Grealish wordlclass. Make it make sense
He wasn't even that bad there, Dzeko's goal returns here is a lot similar to Lukaku's goals return with the rags (league stats, don't know about UCL)He has always scored goals, we are blinded by his stint at the rags.
All good, no bad feelings ;-)Yeah there’s plenty worse, mate.
I was only pulling your leg on the Belgium thing.
The fact you’ve only ever posted regarding Belguim players leads me to think you might be a tad biased…
He’s a big lump. Will still score goals and tbf there was a time I thought he was excellent but those days are behind him and he’s living on reputation at this point.
14 goals in Qualifiers to break the record forost goals in Qualifiers in Europe:s history. I don't like him and he won't fit City. But he is a striker alright. Of that there are no doubtsThe fact you’ve only ever posted regarding Belguim players leads me to think you might be a tad biased…
He’s a big lump. Will still score goals and tbf there was a time I thought he was excellent but those days are behind him and he’s living on reputation at this point.
In the 2 games he’s made about 6 really good chances and gave one away by trying to play out in a dangerous area. His end product had improved hugely by the end of the season. No doubt he can improve more but then we could have one of the best wingers in the world.Am I the only one who wishes he thought Doku had any clue what he was going to do with the ball when he gets it?
I feel like as he matures, his head might catch up to his impressively fast feet, and he will become considerably more productive. Until then, however, I think he will continue to frustrate us with his flashes of brilliance but lack of return.
Some days, he’s unplayable, which bodes well for his maturation.
I feel like Doku's problem is his eagerness to prove that he belongs in the team, he's desperate to show Pep that he deserves to be here.In the 2 games he’s made about 6 really good chances and gave one away by trying to play out in a dangerous area. His end product had improved hugely by the end of the season. No doubt he can improve more but then we could have one of the best wingers in the world.
He will always have games where he loses the ball and as will anyone who dribbles and can skin people like him. Like the Spurs manager said his dribbling should be encouraged because he can worry an entire defence.
The problem is he doesn't work hard enough. Not drinking is really the minimum, but you need more, and he doesn't want it enough. When KDB made that low cross to him, he should have made a leap and slide to get to the ball instead of just saying f*ck it, I can't reach it. He is nowhere to be found when someone breaks from the other side, always just too far behind, hes pretty much never an option to pass in space or cross to. For all of his ability on the ball, hes an absolutely awful off ball player, and its mostly because he doesn't actively seek to learn that dimension of the game and instead settles for being a classic winger or even wide midfielder.As long as Jeremy doesn’t do a Gazza off the pitch by drinking and carrying on with his missus he should be fine, hardwork and dedication gets you where you want to be as a footballer
The problem is he doesn't work hard enough. Not drinking is really the minimum, but you need more, and he doesn't want it enough. When KDB made that low cross to him, he should have made a leap and slide to get to the ball instead of just saying f*ck it, I can't reach it. He is nowhere to be found when someone breaks from the other side, always just too far behind, hes pretty much never an option to pass in space or cross to. For all of his ability on the ball, hes an absolutely awful off ball player, and its mostly because he doesn't actively seek to learn that dimension of the game and instead settles for being a classic winger or even wide midfielder.
I think coming to City and having that early success, and then winning the title, has made him too cocky and not willing to work on his deficiencies. More and more I get the feeling he thinks hes a finished product, who only maybe misses some chances and passes by being unlucky. He can be BDO level if he goes to the next level of being a free roaming forward and hungry to get in a position to receive assists.
Hope so, I'm just a bit frustrated from seeing him exhibit some primadonna body language more often than he should. He can be one of the best players in the world if he understands what he is supposed to do with his talent.Pep is the one manager in the world that wont allow him to be lazy or cocky though?