Sometimes, I just don't understand people. One of a handful of good performances - pretty much the only great performance - was Lukaku on the wing against Arsenal last year. He lacks the awareness, vision, composure, technique, balance, strength, link-up play to play centrally. He's looking nothing short of hopeless there. Contrast that with Naismith, who's been bloody brilliant and was again today. We would have done some damage with that trio upfront as we did last year had Mirallas sadly not gone off injured.
Roberto is probably desperate to have a reason, to have justification, to play Lukaku upfront. He's quite simply not up to it, not even close, and if we're going to get him in anywhere, we're choosing a position where he might have the most impact (and has done in the past) and will hopefully do the least damage. The question is why did we buy him in the first place - a true masterstroke by Mourinho. £28m is looking ever more ridiculous. Needs a huge, huge turnaround in form. But I wouldn't have him anywhere near the first team on current form.
Also, Stones is utterly world class.
Pelle as well, scoring like a beast and only been in England for about 2 months.
