more and more drivel
Lukaku scored goals against ALL of the big teams, he scored in derbies he scored goals at the Etihad, he scored twice against Chelsea in the FA cup quarters, he scored when we battered city at home, he scored both legs in the Europa against a good kiev team.
"nothing more than a finisher" given his job is to score goals I don't see your point?
player of the year shortlists? for us or in general? if you mean in general why on this earth would he win one of those when you have players doing what he did for title winning teams? I obviously mean best EVERTON players in my lifetime
Lukaku is a good player, but not a great player.
At Everton , the team was built around him and he scored goals but also missed lots of chances and some important ones.
At Utd, the team was not built around him and whereas he did alright, but not better than that.
In Italy he certainly is doing well and I have not been interested enough to look and see how the team is set up around him.
In summary, I would not want him back, not because he isn't a good player but is a player that needs a team built to set up chances for him limiting the opportunities for others and that is a limiting factor for the team.
The top teams generally have a number of players contributing goals rather than one scorer in chief.