The cries from the fans during Chelsea's FA Cup win over Plymouth Argyle confirmed two things: Timo Werner is an untouchable treasure to many Blues supporters and Romelu Lukaku is still in the bad books.
Thomas Tuchel's side were far from their best as they edged past the League One outfit in extra-time and the absence of Lukaku's name on the scoresheet just made an underwhelming performance even worse.
Strikers struggling in front of goal is nothing new to the Stamford Bridge faithful.
The curse of the Chelsea number nine looks set to strike once again and the fans were keen to let the Belgian know that his off-field mishap in the shape of an interview with Sky Italia is yet to be forgotten.
Werner's name bellowed around Stamford Bridge whenever Lukaku lost the ball or failed to hit the target. It was brutal. The chants became even louder in the second half as the fans begged Tuchel to introduce Werner in place of Lukaku.
Fans were screaming for Lukaku to show more movement to help his teammates out. At one point, a fan charged forward and screamed "ROMELU, DO SOMETHING!" while Chelsea were trailing 1-0 in the first half.
Lukaku's relationship with the Chelsea supporters is clearly at an all-time low after his interview with Sky Italia.
After the Belgian apologised and Tuchel seemed eager to move on from the debacle, it was hoped Lukaku could build bridges by getting back to his best and helping to get Chelsea's season back on track. Unfortunately, the situation just seems to be going from bad to worse.
To be fair to those lambasting Lukaku on Saturday, his performance would have been criticised even without the Sky Italia saga that went before it. No Chelsea player had fewer touches of the ball than their number nine and his movement left a lot to be desired.
In 120 minutes of football Lukaku registered just 31 touches, the same amount as Werner who only played 38 minutes and fewer than Kai Havertz who was only on the pitch for 56 minutes.
Right now, I cannot give any more excuses. The fans will continue to feel this way until something changes. We're not seeing the same Lukaku we saw in the opening weeks of the season and we're definitely not seeing the same Lukaku from his days at Inter Milan. Something has got to change.
Is he unhappy at the club? Is he struggling to adapt to life back in English football? Or is he just better suited to the Italian leagues?
Only time will tell but Chelsea cannot afford to be carrying passengers if they harbour genuine hopes of mounting a Premier League tilt in the future.
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