Yes he missed a few that day all right.
Chelsea was the worst.
He should have buried that.
Sunderland away he was put clean through and botched it.
That said they all miss sitters from time to time.
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Yes he missed a few that day all right.
Chelsea was the worst.
He should have buried that.
Sunderland away he was put clean through and botched it.
That said they all miss sitters from time to time.
Sadly Finn that is sommat we are unlikely to find in this day and age
That ideal went out the window when "Once a Blue always a Blue" took the money and became a Red.
Yep in this day and age money talks and loyalty is secondary. I've no doubt at some point he will go but got his own personal benefit I don't think looking to leave is the right thing to do. Even at this stage of his career aged 21 he's played for Anderlecht, Chelsea, West Brom and Everton. Another move and I would be calling him the modern day Nicolas Anelka journeyman. Another 2-3 years he needs with us before he can start to dream of those so called "top clubs" he mentions he would like to play for.
blue_aussie05
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I wish our reserve Keeper had played as he should of no mention of TH who threw the game away just blame a striker who had two good shots that were saved by the goalkeeper feet ot leg great saves!
Without his 9 goals we would be in the bottom three!
That's because this is a Lukaku thread, which isn't the place to be discussing our goalkeeper.
I've already highlighted Howard's incompetency, and specifically the punch at Chelsea that bounced in our own box, in his own thread
dave abrahams
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He hasn't this season, in the league, and he has never scored FOUR in a league match for Everton so I yoking Saha is
much, much bettererer than Thingy, who are we arguing about???
dave abrahams
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That should have been " I think Saha is etc etc.
I seen a post on Facebook
Beckford would be a great buy on the cheap..
'Beckford or Lukuka id have Beckford all day and he would give 100%'
The fellas who wrote this i generally think they have been watching everton/football the last 18 months and don't even know he has played for us before lol
Beckford would be a great buy on the cheap..
'Beckford or Lukuka id have Beckford all day and he would give 100%'
The fellas who wrote this i generally think they have been watching everton/football the last 18 months and don't even know he has played for us before lol
I appreciate all that about the better quality of player around Joe, Joey.....but we can make other valid comparisons.
Heading ability is one area where Rom doesn't come anywhere near Joe.
Control of the ball.....Joe could quickly trap it with a good first touch and move it on. Rom's first touch is usually pretty gruesome.
Back to the goal.....Joe was good at holding it up and bringing others into the play.
Penalties.....Joe was taking our penalties at age 19 and nearly ripping the net with them. Every penno Rom has converted thus far could just as easily have been saved.
Now, it is true Joe benefitted greatly from having the Holy Trinity behind him and John Morrissey out wide.
But Joe made life easy for the Trinity with his movement off the ball and brought their sparkling play to fruition with his goals and assists.
John Morrissey's crosses were converted with aplomb by Joe......you know as well as I do Rom would not thrive in that tyoe of service because he does not gave a quarter of Joe'e aerial ability.
John would be wasted in today's Everton team with Rom as a spearhead.....as would Dave Thomas.....as would Andy Hinchcliffe.
Because they needed their Royle, Latchford or Duncan to make their great crossing worthwhile......maybe it is because of the awful head injury he picked up at Hammers but for whatever reason, Rom is not an aerial threat.
The point I am making is really that Rom's age is too easy an excuse for his apparent regression this season and that even if he doesn't get the best of service, there are aspects of his game which leave a lot to be desired.
Because Joe Royle was the best striker in this country when he was just 20
As ever, all IMO
Look Joe Royle became a class centre forward it did no happen overnight, he got more than plenty stick from the terraces!
He was my boyhood hero I argued with old gits over him when he was struggling, Joe had a few seasons to settle, He became an EFC great, Lukarku maybe the jury's still out , but he is playing in a poor team this season so it his very hard to judge !
We have more positional problems to solve than him imo!
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Let me say it again, Joey.
Joe Royle was the finished article at age 19 or 20.
To try and liken Romelu Lukaku to Joe Royle is like comparing apples with herrings.
Forget about the better team Joe played in, his all round play was ten times better than Rom......and John Morrissey would have been wasted with Rom as his target man.
And anyone who had ever seen Rom "attack" high balls would know this.
Lukaku had now had three complete seasons of EPL football behind him plus one World Cup....but he actually looks worse now than he did at any time in this past three years.
Joe never actually became a regular until about 1967/68 when Alex Young left.
So you could say Joe arrived as the finished article after three years in the team.
Joe scored 16 goals in the First Division as a 17 year old......so given that was his first real season and he had only made six appearances in the two years since his debut before that, you can see age was no impediment to Big Joe.
No sir, Joey.....Romelu Lukaku is no Joe Royle.
Pabbers
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royvernon39
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Looks like Tarzan tackles like Jane.
Look Joe was a brilliant centre forward, my hero, hard to compare I agree, but similar in the way he got blamed in a poor team!
blue4eva77
Yarmolenko ? Yes please
Just LOL-ing at the last few pages of this thread. Black man, white man, undertones, racist accusations...
Lets get back to discussing at how our 28 million pound star striker and record signing is a bit turd.
Lets get back to discussing at how our 28 million pound star striker and record signing is a bit turd.
Comparing Joe Royle in the 60's to Lukaku in the 2010's is like comparing apples to kippers. Can't be compared. Like Royle can't be compared to Dixie, IMO..
Different eras, different fitness and quality of players. Football is miles different to even 20-30 years a go.
I'd only compare Lukaku to current league strikers. Based on that he's not doing too badly..
dave abrahams
Player Valuation: £8m
He has scored one in open play in the league since early December, the one that hit him on leg on the way in against
Lukaku will never go 24 games without a goal, that I am sure about!!!
Crystal Palace. He is a young fit man, Saha was an injury prone 30 years or older. I'd take Saha, wasn't mad on him but
he had a lot of class when he was fit. You like Lukaku, fair enough, I hope he finishes up doing the business for us, just
can't see it at the present time.
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