A Monday morning does of aspirin was needed after the first of our selection headaches this week, Daniel Sturridge's touch-and-go race for GW1 fitness. Our next headache is more of a rush of blood to the head kind as we contemplate the risks involved with Lukaku and Chelsea's double gameweek with Hull and Villa.
There's so much going for the Belgian He's led the line all through pre-season and scored 5 goals, the most of any Chelsea player. Demba Ba has scored just once and Torres none at all (surprised?). He fits the mould as an archetypal Mourinho centre forward - big, strong, fast, direct. Not to mention his incredible goal-scoring record and points per game (PPG) last season, over 7PPG with West Brom.
The downside of Lukaku is threat of rotation over a mini-fixture congestion that see's Chelsea play thrice in a eight days, including a trip to Old Trafford, before missing the GW3 Premier League fixture as they jet off to play Munich in the Super Cup.
Frankly, he is Chelsea's best striker, he'll play the most minutes over their three fixtures, and even if Chelsea had just two games instead of three we'd have him in our team.
Nurse, more aspirin please.
