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Jumby wrote:Employ Ginge to stick tight to Lukaku and rough him up at every opportunity, stand on his feet, clip his heels when his backs to goal, head in the back of his when they go up for a header, really get stuck into him and get in his head, it's better than standing off and admiring his finishing.
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remember oxford getting done in this exact way last season.
There's a difference between a strong and experienced hard Welshman who has done this kind of thing many times before and a lightweight inexperienced 17 year old.
They could leave Lukaka back home in his house and he would score, that's the way it is with him, the other year hardly got a touch then wollop, its in the net 1-1 with a few minuets left, if I recall correctly, cant remember if we drew or lost that game at the old girl, more chance of us winning than him not scoring
Romelu Lukaku
Ross Barkley
Seamus Coleman
Kevin Mirallas
Phil Jagielka
Enner Valencia
Leighton Baines
Gareth Barry
Tom Davies
Yannick Bolasie
Dominic Calvert-Lewin
Idrissa Gueye
Ademola Lookman
James McCarthy
Matthew Pennington
Morgan Schneiderlin
Ashley Williams
Lukaku has been carrying Everton for years, they should get massive money for him though so atleast they can invest, otherwise they would have been screwed. They can happily have Valencia for 10 mil :lol:
I'm gobsmacked by the news that Bilic plans to stick with Randolph. For the first time I have to question Slav, even if there are contract difficulties with Adrian (I don't see how that stops him playing).
Happily I'm in Devon this week-end and I won't have to suffer watching us get a drubbing. Six of our first ten not available and the better goalkeeper not given a game...
I'm gobsmacked by the news that Bilic plans to stick with Randolph. For the first time I have to question Slav, even if there are contract difficulties with Adrian (I don't see how that stops him playing).
Happily I'm in Devon this week-end and I won't have to suffer watching us get a drubbing. Six of our first ten not available and the better goalkeeper not given a game...
It would be completely in the West Ham tradition to win this one, given the improbability and form. But that was West Ham. Not the club we currently are. I think they'll score quite a few.
The optimist in me says 2-2 draw. Lukaku for them obviously and the pessimist says 1-3 with Lukaku getting 2 and Mirallas 1. We go ahead in each scenario of course!