Diego Costa

[lionsden 4,689]

He is being found out for how limited he is, he is INCREDIBLY POOR TECHNICALLY and this is not even false. Can't even fucking dribble past any of their defender and if he cannot do this against Everton defenders what can he do when we play against the likes of PSG and other teams with actual super star defenders?

Honestly think a combination of hamstring injury and his poor attributes being exposed means he is being found out badly. Honestly think he is heading down the Torres path at this rate, a player on top of the world with a couple of fantastic seasons but then ruined by injuries. We need to sign a top striker to compete/replace him next summer even if he scores 15 goals this season.

wait, are you referring to the second best striker in the world and a player whose technical ability and "allround" play is superior to or at the very least on par with the likes of Aguero and benzema?. you can't be talking about the same Costa.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Paul Gascoigne: "The only player close to Alan Shearer in the modern game is Diego Costa."

[didierforever 7,349]

it is actually SHOCKING to see how shit he is technically.

i mean aerially, he has got to be the worst striker i have seen. cant even challenge for the ball without fouling. link up play is non-existent.

and people actually had the balls of saying that lukaku's game was limited?

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Hahahahaha!!!

Whatever Paul's smoking, give me it. Nowhere NEAR. Even last season. Shearer scores his goals through headers, which Costa is so limited in that area.

Costa scored more headers and won more Ariel duals then Aguero, Suarez and Benzema last season while playing less games, he really isn't on their level is he? very limited indeed.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

it is actually SHOCKING to see how shit he is technically.

i mean aerially, he has got to be the worst striker i have seen. cant even challenge for the ball without fouling. link up play is non-existent.

and people actually had the balls of saying that lukaku's game was limited?

Costa is actually good technically, hence why he has played on the wing and as a number 10 in the past, and done very well there. He is deceptively good with the ball at his feet and linking play, shame people don't watch him often enough.

[lionsden 4,689]

Hahahahaha!!!

Whatever Paul's smoking, give me it. Nowhere NEAR. Even last season. Shearer scores his goals through headers, which Costa is so limited in that area.

Shearer also scored free kicks and has a far superior all round game. Costa has replaced Oscar as the most overrated member of our squad overnight.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Last season

• Costa completed more passes then Suarez and Lewandowski
• Costa made more key passes then Aguero, Benzema and Lewandowski
• Costa created more chances then Aguero and Lewandowski

All while playing less minutes also. So yeah just shows how 'non-existent' Costa's link up play is right?

[zolayes 14,489]

Costa is actually good technically, hence why he has played on the wing and as a number 10 in the past, and done very well there. He is deceptively good with the ball at his feet and linking play, shame people don't watch him often enough.

pity we havent seen the same Costa as you ,, or pehaps you dont mean our cage fighter

[zolayes 14,489]

just checked Squawka stats

this season he is rated the 7th highest Chelsea player

last season he was SIXTH

[The Mak 4,459]

I'd imagine he's the most frustrated of all. If the entire team wasn't playing so shit he would probably be somewhat less interested in fighting to pass the time between having to play on the wing just to receive the ball...

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

Last season

• Costa completed more passes then Suarez and Lewandowski
• Costa made more key passes then Aguero, Benzema and Lewandowski
• Costa created more chances then Aguero and Lewandowski

All while playing less minutes also. So yeah just shows how 'non-existent' Costa's link up play is right?

Just let it go let them believe Costa is shit. However, when we'll be back on form and he'll start banging goals for fun i don't want to see them writing how good he is.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

I'd imagine he's the most frustrated of all. If the entire team wasn't playing so shit he would probably be somewhat less interested in fighting to pass the time between having to play on the wing just to receive the ball...

Very true, the fact we have been moving the ball much slower since January and not giving him the ball early must be very frustrating. First half of last season we were so good to watch, much more quicker passing and fluidity in attack.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Just let it go let them believe Costa is shit. However, when we'll be back on form and he'll start banging goals for fun i don't want to see them writing how good he is.

Very true. I have noticed that about a lot of people on here, when a player is in form they think he is amazing, as soon as he is in bad form they think he is awful. Very fickle.

[Stats 6,980]

Hahahahaha!!!

Whatever Paul's smoking, give me it. Nowhere NEAR. Even last season. Shearer scores his goals through headers, which Costa is so limited in that area.

Don't get me wrong, I agree has been out battled in the air a lot this season but I think that is because of his current form. Generally he is quite decent in the air. Last season he scored 2 fantastic headers against Southampton and Aston Villa and also scored a header against Swansea where he used aerial leverage to beat his man. So in general last season he scored a nice range of goals.

[didierforever 7,349]

Costa is actually good technically, hence why he has played on the wing and as a number 10 in the past, and done very well there. He is deceptively good with the ball at his feet and linking play, shame people don't watch him often enough.

i have watched him for 1 season and 6 games, and his technical limitations are shocking.

can he even fight for a long ball? nope. how many aerial duels does his win- 1/100

how many turnovers did he have yesteday cos of a poor pass in close quarters or a poor touch or trying to dribble past a defender only for him to get owned every time. all pointing to a shambolic link up play.

i do agree with the last point though, shame some people dont watch him enough. if they did, they would know how limited he is. i mean look at costa for spain. always poor in a team full on technical players cos he is levels below them.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

i have watched him for 1 season and 6 games, and his technical limitations are shocking.

can he even fight for a long ball? nope. how many aerial duels does his win- 1/100

how many turnovers did he have yesteday cos of a poor pass in close quarters or a poor touch or trying to dribble past a defender only for him to get owned every time. all pointing to a shambolic link up play.

i do agree with the last point though, shame some people dont watch him enough. if they did, they would know how limited he is. i mean look at costa for spain. always poor in a team full on technical players cos he is levels below them.

so you haven't watched him for very long then, just as I thought. I already know you are a fickle fan, you only rate players highly when they are in form, so I take your opinion with a pinch of salt.

I have seen enough of Costa to see that he is very good on the ball, and links play well, right now he isn't in top form like most of our players, I am not fickle enough to use yesterdays game as the basis of my argument like yourself, as for playing with Spain, have you even watched him for Spain? he drops off all the time with them and links play very well, they give Costa the ball a lot when he drops off with his back to goal because they trust him, they know he has a good touch and can pass the ball, very different from when Torres played for Spain because they never passed to him when he wanted the ball with his back to goal.

[didierforever 7,349]

so you haven't watched him for very long then, just as I thought. I already know you are a fickle fan, you only rate players highly when they are in form, so I take your opinion with a pinch of salt.

I have seen enough of Costa to see that he is very good on the ball, and links play well, right now he isn't in top form like most of our players, I am not fickle enough to use yesterdays game as the basis of my argument like yourself, as for playing with Spain, have you even watched him for Spain? he drops off all the time with them and links play very well, they give Costa the ball a lot when he drops off with his back to goal because they trust him, they know he has a good touch and can pass the ball, very different from when Torres played for Spain because they never passed to him when he wanted the ball with his back to goal.

hmmm. awesome. so if people say the truth, they are fickle now unlike people like you. by the way, as for "fickle" find the 04 vs 14 thread, and see what i wrote about costa. "fickle" indeed.

anyways, i atleast can call a spade a spade unlike some other people who have this obsessive need of "defending" our players while looking through blue tinted glasses?

i used yesterday's game as an example cause its fresh in my mind. i can literally pick up any game in this calender year and it has the same story written in it.

i have watched costa play for spain plenty of times. he drops deep and passes it backwards. but if you actually read what i wrote i talked about costa in close quarters. which is where the difference a striker makes. his link up play with his back to the goal and a defender on him is shambolic. obviously he ll get more time when he drops deep cos he is not an instantaneos threat. it is when he has the ball to his feet, being the main threat, that his link up play is atrocious. and that is where you need your striker to hold up (not fall down like costa and cry for a foul) or make some good exchanges in and around the last 3rd which makes the difference when we talk about the scoreline. hardly something that costa does or even can do.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

hmmm. awesome. so if people say the truth, they are fickle now unlike people like you. by the way, as for "fickle" find the 04 vs 14 thread, and see what i wrote about costa. "fickle" indeed.

anyways, i atleast can call a spade a spade unlike some other people who have this obsessive need of "defending" our players while looking through blue tinted glasses?

i used yesterday's game as an example cause its fresh in my mind. i can literally pick up any game in this calender year and it has the same story written in it.

i have watched costa play for spain plenty of times. hardly surprising he finds himself getting subbed off at halftime for alcacer. he drops deep and passes it backwards. but if you actually read what i wrote i talked about costa in close quarters. which is where the difference a striker makes. his link up play with his back to the goal and a defender on him is shambolic. obviously he ll get more time when he drops deep cos he is not an instantaneos threat. it is when he has the ball to his feet, being the main threat, that his link up play is atrocious. and that is where you need your striker to hold up (not fall down like costa and cry for a foul) or make some good exchanges in and around the last 3rd which makes the difference when we talk about the scoreline. hardly something that costa does or even can do.

If Costa is as bad as you make him out to be what he has achieved in the last 3 seasons is absolutely mind blowing then! a player who apparently can't pass, can't hold up the ball, can't dribble, has a bad touch, always falls over, and yet virtually every striker on the planet other then maybe Suarez would dream of achieving what Costa has in the last 3 seasons.

for a player so apparently limited he isn't doing to bad for himself. I wish more of our players were as limited as Costa, maybe they would have done as well as he has over the last 3 seasons.