Diego Costa

[jasonlol 154]

so from what I understand from reports; its likely to be a grade 2 tear based on intial assement which is 4-6 weeks out; but their gonna assess it fully today and it could be muscle tightness(meaning he could be ready 4 everton)

[Binka 5]

Honestly, do you think we can we win the league without Costa if this injury is serious?

[danjordan4 0]

They will always give you the maximum of weeks out. Hopefully he'll be back in a shorter amount of time. This does give Mourinho a stronger case for going and getting a new addition especially with Torres potentially moving on. Falcao???

For now we'll let King Drog take charge again :-)

[123-blue 19]

Karma really fucked us in the ass on this one

Karma? What in fuck for? For buying a striker that can actually put the ball in the back of the net rather than continuing with the tradition of buying duds?

[Styles 9,790]

Perhaps this is Mourinho's way of putting pressure on the board to get a deal for a striker done...

When/if Costa is out we're no better than last season.

[Special Juan 27,103]

Fucks sake don't be serious please, I knew something like this would happen.

[Billy. 2,739]

Torres to the rescue

[kellzfresh 7,226]

If Costa truly is injured (the fact that its a recurrence of a hamstring injury makes it worse) then we have no one to blame but ourselves. With all the time Mourinho has spent eulogizing over Costa in the media, we should have been going all out to sign a alternative. Aguero hasn't even started any of City's games so because Jovetic has been simply amazing but yet the media want to declare us title favourites? Baloney. You don't go to war with only one competent striker when your main title rivals have four. Hopefully, it's not a serious tear and it's just a strain. He still will miss the Everton match regardless which is a big blow.

This is a reality check of who the title favourites really are. I said before in the English football thread, We have a fantastic first eleven but as a squad city >> us

We need another striker, destro something or get ready for an even worse strikeforce than last season. Yes eto >>> Drogba

[The Chels 2,502]

When/if Costa is out we're no better than last season.

Worse actually.

[Hybrid Angel 2,130]

Worse actually.

Debatable. Cesc can be a major improvement to any team and he can help even the worst strikers with those through balls.

[The Chels 2,502]

Debatable. Cesc can be a major improvement to any team and he can help even the worst strikers with those through balls.

Oh yes in terms of the team we'd still be better but I meant we'd be worse up-front. A situation we really shouldn't have to even contemplate.

[ZOS 580]

wtf, are you guys series?

[patch] serious

[Hybrid Angel 2,130]

Oh yes in terms of the team we'd still be better but I meant we'd be worse up-front. A situation we really shouldn't have to even contemplate.

We're absolutely horrendous upfront if Costa is not playing. I'll go as far as saying that most PL teams are better than us in that position if we don't include Costa. I don't understand how is it ok for our main rival to have 4 top notch strikers but we can't even have two.

We need a striker and no it doesn't depend on Costa being injured or not. If we don't sign a decent striker I'll be really dissapointed. I wish we go for Remy. Failed medicals don't matter much when you're not first choice and have proven yourself before anyways.

[Madmax 9,219]

wtf, are you guys series?

Nope, we're all one-off.

[Mustafa 885]

Plot twist: We keep Torres and while Diego Costa is out he finally becomes the Torres of old! Ahhhh starting with Everton on Saturday. Bangs in a hat trick!

[Styles 9,790]

Worse actually.

Eto'o and Ba > Drogba and Torres

[The only place to be 11,313]

Obviously no-one knows the extent of the injury so put the razor blades down for a second people.

We're clearly trying to move Torres on, we've been linked with Destro and we still have Drogba, although I'd also be inclined to throw in Bamford. It's not ideal but it's not the disaster that some are making it out to be.

[kellzfresh 7,226]

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@aidansweeney

Costa is out for 6 weeks after being attacked on the streets. Police have released this image of the suspect. pic.twitter.com/ljoAXRLCxG

11:32pm - 27 Aug 14