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Romelu Lukaku has scored 15 goals for Chelsea this season, just imagine how many he would be on if he hadn’t done THAT infamous Sky Italy interview.
I think we’d be talking about him as player of the season. Let’s be real here, the reason he has had such a poor season for Chelsea is because of the fallout after that interview. He was on fire before that, and now in these last two games we are starting to see that again.
It’s nothing to do with the system or style of play in my opinion. For me, it is much simpler than that, it’s his attitude and mentality.
It’s almost like a massive media circus and hate from Chelsea fans is enough to ruin someone’s mentality enough to affect their performance.
It’s almost like playing with regret has an effect. Because of course it does.
I think Blues fans had a right to be angry by the way, I was angry with his words, we all were, even Thomas Tuchel. But he made a big error of judgement and I think now he is finally putting that behind him and he is saying enough is enough, I am back. He literally said ‘I’m back’ to the cameras after he scored Chelsea’s third goal against Leeds this week.
It’s like he is accepting responsibility for what he has done, and he’s moving on from it and ready to put in 100% effort once again, effort that had clearly lacked before.
He was doing it all against Leeds on Wednesday. He was dropping in, back to goal, holding the ball up, he was a figure for long-balls, he was essentially being a target man AND a last-man striker,; he was an all-rounder, proving that he absolutely CAN be that striker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfEwj9zAfnk?feature=oembed
He doesn’t just have to be a striker who plays off the last man and thrives on counter attacks, he can be a target man as well, and that is always what Tuchel has asked. I think finally now, Lukaku is realising that he can do it, and that he will do it, and just work hard for the team now.
If only he did that initially instead of complaining to Sky Italy!!
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