14 Feb 2015 02:26:33
I think its time for a reality check on Lukaku.The article was in The Sun so it will have been tweaked for sensationalism reasons, it's a disgusting rag which constantly spouts rubbish.
That said he's clearly said something which is at best naive at worst disloyal but in all honesty what has he said that deep down in places we don't want to admit that we didn't already know?
Currently we are not one of the top teams? Historically we are absolutely up there but to current players that sadly means very little. If were honest I'll bet most of us thought when we signed him that "if he keeps improving we won't lose money on him" I know I did as unfortunately we currently are a stepping stone for good young players and whilst disappointing that doesn't necessarily have to be a negative thing it just has to be managed properly.
Secondly and I realise Martinez has had his faults this season but the few people having a go at him for signing Lukaku need to give their heads a wobble. Every one of us saw the signing as a massive statement of intent in the Summer as there was no reason to believe it wasn't. For years we have, myself included stated "why don't we just go out and buy a top striker" and for all intents and purposes we did! We and Martinez had no reason to believe he wouldn't be exactly what we wanted or needed which brings me nicely onto point three.
He's currently nowhere near good enough to play for a top team yet! And until he knuckles down no one is going to want to buy him so He's got some work/apologising to do over the rest of the season.
Finally the fickle nature of a footballer means that if we were to win the Europa (unlikely I know) all of this nonsense would probably go away!

1.) 14 Feb 2015
Why are people so surprised that a player has said these things, that's the nature of football these days. kiss the badge one week gone the next its how football has become so why do people expect it to be any different, footballers like most sports people have a shelf life and they use it to get the most they can its nothing new

2.) 15 Feb 2015
Good post Stu. I agree wholeheartedly

{Ed025's Note - it was a cracking post..