Comparing the mentalities of ‘weak’ Romelu Lukaku and ‘incredible’ Sadio Mane

Romelu Lukaku is off again after failing to settle at Chelsea. Meanwhile, Sadio Mane leaves Liverpool a legend.

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What’s wrong with Romelu Lukaku?

Has there ever been any player as unsettled as Romelu Lukaku? Seems like he cannot decide where he wants to play his football every two years.

He will never be universally loved, and his moves scream of a weak mentality to stay a fight for a place (e.g. changing his game to be a part of a system in United/Chelsea)

Jonathan Biabiany comes to mind as a player with an itchy backside. OG Ronaldo too.

Kel, MUFC

Farewell to a true Liverpool legend

Sadio Mane is the best. From the moment he played his first match (too expensive for some nobody; we should have just spent what they wanted for Götze) and smashed that goal in against Arsenal, you knew he was special.

Sadio exploded from stillness to leave players in his dust. He smashed shots like he hated the ball, hated the net and hated the goal-keeper. He tried things he absolutely shouldn’t, like back-heel chips over the goalie. He twisted his body to where it needed to be to score, without any care of where it would be after he made contact – leading to the meme of off-balance Sadio = best Sadio. But a more real version was of that near post-header against Villa to win a game we’d been losing until the 89th minute. He put his face, knowingly, right into the studs of a boot, because he had to. Because that’s how we won.

He never knew when we’d lost. The Karius final has its own narrative by now, but during the game, Liverpool were shellshocked. Salah had been ‘reduced’ and then we’d given up the most stupid goal of any final. The team were… defeated. Except for Sadio. He wanted to win.