Diego Costa

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

One aspect that i know we all love but hasn't really been touched upon was his pressing. My days, he is relentless, and the way he instructs his team-mates to do the same is phenomenal. There were a few times where he'd press and Hazard and Co. just watched him, which understandably got him upset, but over time our AMs will have to follow his lead.

But one thing that struck me while noticing this was that, surely, just surely this would mean we are in for another striker. There's no way we can successfully carry out our pressing with Drogs/Torres at the helm, and it would be a disservices not only to Diego but for us as well if we ran him into the ground.

[different level 1,056]

Fantastic debut in official match for Diego! He pressed, terrorized the Burnley defense constantly, scored the equalizer and was unlucky not to be given and penalty.

He has all the qualities a top striker should have and I enjoy watching him in attack - a pacy battering ram with great goalscoring ability, very dangerous in the penalty box and is extremely hard to be pushed off the ball.

I can't wait for the next game and I'm really excited to see more of him as the season progresses!

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Costaaaaaaa

[petr.breu 1,618]

I can't belive I was against his transfer to Chelsea I should be ashamed... Really like this guy, hope he will continue in these fantastic performances...

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Looks like he will be getting at least 20 goals for us, would be quite fun to look back 20 pages or so in May next year to see who had got his goal prediction right

[borriske 330]

Seems like he just about shaved that Burnley defender's nuts off

[Tomo 21,681]

If Costa gets a hat-trick against Leicester and one at Goodison, he would already be a quarter of the way to Fernandos league tally for us.

[Special Juan 27,101]

Seems like he just about shaved that Burnley defender's nuts off

Assured finish, no tippy happy shite……he did the right thing, just fucking leather it.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

The black hole when it comes to strikers and Chelsea, I will say 14 goals next season but hoping for many, many more.

He needs the same support we gave to Torres whether we like him or not.

CAREFREE!!!

so only 13 more all season? yikes!

[Madmax 9,219]

One aspect that i know we all love but hasn't really been touched upon was his pressing. My days, he is relentless, and the way he instructs his team-mates to do the same is phenomenal. There were a few times where he'd press and Hazard and Co. just watched him, which understandably got him upset, but over time our AMs will have to follow his lead.

His instinct to make runs and press is triggered by certain opposition movements - back passes, square passes between defenders, throw-ins, bad touches/miscontrols etc. Simeone's coaching shows.

[BenIsLegend 475]

Seems like he just about shaved that Burnley defender's nuts off

Don't like to bash on Torres too much in a Costa thread but Torres would of tried to do a fake shot then and go past the defender in front on him, one of his biggest problems is attempting to do too much at times.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I said this in pre season so this isn't a knee jerk based on tonight but I have honestly not been do convinced about a signing for so long, this guy has everything to succeed especially in our system.

But I agree, a fabulous debut from both of our new big money signings.

[kellzfresh 7,226]

there are 3 Burnleys around Costa and 4 around Hazard, which left 3 to cover our other 8!

This is the importance of a striker with fear factor, the defenders can't ignore him like torres. If they mark out hazard and Costa at the same time, the rest of the team is free to cause damage. If they ignore him, he bursts someone's nuts

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Don't want to be a party pooper, but he's a bit shit in the air. Launched like 30 balls to him (shouldn't have done so much of this in the first place, we should try to play out the back more) and he barely won any headers, like 2 or 3 at most.

Other than that, his hold-up play when played to feet was excellent and his passing was great, he has pretty great vision imo.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Seems like he just about shaved that Burnley defender's nuts off

If you're the defender in this situation would you be disappointed or relieved that the ball was not a couple of inches higher so you could have blocked it?

[meetdoscar 335]

Super player super energy. Goals aplenty

[borriske 330]

If you're the defender in this situation would you be disappointed or relieved that the ball was not a couple of inches higher so you could have blocked it?

I would probably do like Cahill

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Don't want to be a party pooper, but he's a bit shit in the air. Launched like 30 balls to him (shouldn't have done so much of this in the first place, we should try to play out the back more) and he barely won any headers, like 2 or 3 at most.

Other than that, his hold-up play when played to feet was excellent and his passing was great, he has pretty great vision imo.

Its why Drogba is back and why Ivanovic will still get loads of games at RB. He's not really a target man.