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title: "Everton: Fans discuss Roberto Martinez tactic to place Romelu Lukaku on the right-wing"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/everton-fans-discuss-roberto-martinez-tactic-to-place-romelu-lukaku-on-the-right-wing/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Clancy"
section: "Everton"
published: "2020-04-09T11:00:35Z"
modified: "2020-04-09T11:00:35Z"
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# Everton: Fans discuss Roberto Martinez tactic to place Romelu Lukaku on the right-wing

**Lots of Everton fans have been discussing a tactic made by former boss Roberto Martinez, who decided to play Romelu Lukaku on the right-wing in a throwback Premier League game against Arsenal at Goodison Park.**

The Merseyside club shared the team on their official [Twitter](https://twitter.com/Everton/status/1247938180667637760) page, which included Steven Naismith up top instead of Lukaku. Everton won the match 3-0 with both players scoring, whilst new Arsenal boss and former Toffee Mikel Arteta netted an own goal for the Gunners, as per the [BBC](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/26807037).

Supporters discussed the tactic from Martinez to play Lukaku on the wing, and many were impressed. According to [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/romelu-lukaku/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/96341/plus/0?saison=&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=4328), the 26-year old only played twice on the wing under the Spaniard, with the majority of his appearances coming in his more natural position as a central forward. The Belgian international scored 61 goals in total for EFC under Martinez, as per the website.

These Evertonians talked about the tactic on Twitter, and many thought it worked, praising both Lukaku and Martinez:

https://twitter.com/RyanOHanlon1/status/1247946804076974083

> Lukaku bullying the defence all game, shame it ended how it did because games like these prove Martinez did have the attacking nous to do well
>
> — Social Experiment & Flake FC (@SocExpFlakeFC) [April 8, 2020](https://twitter.com/SocExpFlakeFC/status/1247939955453763584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Playing Lukaku on the right hand side was a stroke of genius. He tore Arsenal a new one that day! How things could have been 🤔
>
> — Will Fazackerley (@Willfazack) [April 8, 2020](https://x.com/Willfazack/status/1247949773707116546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Everyone fumedddd aswell 😂
>
> — RyanGriffin (@RyanGriffin1993) [April 8, 2020](https://twitter.com/RyanGriffin1993/status/1247949612230545408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Everton fans, what did you think when Lukaku was announced to be playing on the right-wing? Comment below!***