jmarlow

if you say so. feed Costa and he will score. Simple. once he is fully confident and back in form he will start to make it look easy as well.

exactly what DYC said he isnt a world class footballer, but he is certainly a world class striker!

DIEGOOOOOOOOO!!!! That is what a world class striker does, not at his best then goes and scores the winner!!! now hopefully he will start to score for fun again! if he keeps getting the service like he got today then he will score every week!

Rumors that he is unhappy at Bayern, Lewandowski has apparently said he would rather play with Coman and Costa as Robben is too greedy. and now Robben wants to leave in January, i doubt there is anything in it, but if he does want out we should be all over it, with a big bid in January, Jose would probably tell Robben to come back to Chelsea and this time be the star player in the team, and Hazard can learn a thing or two off of Robben!

you think Aguero is better then Suarez?

Costa hasnt been suffering with a lack of confidence since January though...

Fabregas Masterclass.

no Torres had a lot more wrong with him then just a lack of confidence...

his touch wasnt the issue today, he only made 1 bad touch today, compared to Alcacer who made 6 bad touches, it was Costa's decision making that is letting him down, he is over-thinking in front of goal, clearly lacking in confidence right now.

no i dont, i think he is a top striker, his link up play wasnt bad today, he is just making the wrong decisions in the box, clearly struggling with confidence.

Fabregas running the show! been a joy to watch in that first half

Very likely Roman wants him and will probably try to make a deal with Mendez to sign him so although i dont think it will happen, i wont be surprised if it does.

well it didnt look like that to me, i remember Shawcross elbowing Costa and then when Costa went into the box for the freekick he didnt even say or do anything to Shawcross, he elbowed Costa because Costa told him he smelt, so if anything Shawcross was concentrating more on Costa then the game, just a shame we have no creativity in our team otherwise we could have exploited that.

no Costa was officially awarded that goal in the League Cup Final. http://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2015/4/2/8329409/diego-costa-kyle-walker-goal-chelsea-tottenham-capital-one-cup-final

he actually has 7 goals since the end of January, and i see you mention his goal against Villa as a hand-wrapped gift? it was actually Costa who forced the mistake from the GK in the first place for that goal! I remember Carragher praising Costa on MNF for the way he closed the Villa keeper down, when most strikers wouldn't have even bothered, which led to Guzan having to kick the ball first time with his weaker foot, rather then take a touch first and kick it with his stronger foot. You also failed to mention Costa has had 3 injury layoffs in that time, these layoffs do not help a strikers consistency, and then this season we clearly have creativity issues, we simply dont create any good chances for Costa, i cant think of many moments this season where Costa has missed an easy chance, believe me i would be the first to criticize Costa if he was getting chance after chance every week and missing them all, but fact is he simply doesnt get chances, which is why i find the criticism of Costa quite strange, its like people just want a new toy up front. Look at Drogba between March 30th 2008 to February 21st 2009 he scored 5 goals in 32 games and in that period he got himself sent off in the 2008 CL final which proved very costly! maybe we should have sold him then also right?

Benzema needs a slap! what a prick!

Yes Ibra would only be a short term signing like Eto'o, but i think he will want CL football as he is desperate to win it

yes some poachers were outstanding strikers as they were so clinical, Icardi is young so may become a world class poacher, but right now he has a lot to learn and there are better options out there imo

there really isnt many top strikers out there who can make chances for themselves at the highest level, i can only think of Suarez, Benzema, Ibra and Aguero when he is on form, Benzema could be a realistic signing in the summer but without CL football probably wont happen, Ibra is out of contract in the summer but he will probably want to try and win the CL before he retires and may end up at Man United

Aboubakar should be our number 1 target for a striker, Icardi is very one dimensional, he is quiet all the time in games, only comes alive when the ball is in the box, Aboubakar looks the real deal

yes but he didnt have the playing style to suit what Jose wanted, if Vardy didnt hit the ground running under Ranieri and Okazaki did then Vardy would probably be out the team right now.

well he was one of their best players when he arrived though, i wouldnt give Ranieri much credit for continuing to play him

you have a lot of faith in him, we will see, tbf he will probably get at least 2 when he plays against us.

it wasnt Ranieri who gave Vardy his chance...

yes he proved himself in the Championship, which is where i think his future lies