Kieran. 6,317 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 For the record, Barry himself has said Costa DID NOT bite him.  Morality police, please sit down for a while The Skipper and Tomo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 1 hour ago, Kieran. said: For the record, Barry himself has said Costa DID NOT bite him.  Morality police, please sit down for a while Fair play to Barry coming out and saying that maybe the media can back off and leave Costa alone I doubt it tho King11Didier and Essien19 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Just now, It's too big said: Does anyone feel frustrated with him and feel there are better strikers out there? Technically he is quite poor for a striker; his dribbling, ball control and decision making is incredibly poor at times. I hate when he runs down blind alleys and keeps hold of the ball too long which results in him losing us possession.  Maybe I am the only one who feels this way, but I just don't think he suits the system we want to play. We want to play fast flowing football, quick passing and retaining possession and at the moment he, amongst a handful more, are just not capable of this. Technically he isn't that poor. Everyone has moments when they lose the ball, look at Pedro who gave it away about 3000 times but he played in arguably the most technical side there has ever been in Barcelona and also Spain. I think his dribbling is quite loose at times but there was a moment yesterday where he picked it up around the center circle and kept it very well under pressure from Gareth Barry and also had a few moments where he shapes to shoot, just drops his shoulder and shifts it, also like his goal v PSG, I don't think his decisions are always good but his technique is certainly at an adequate standard which is clear to see. I honestly think our system has never been more reliant on a striker since Rafa basically built the team around Torres. I think this is why Remy and Falcao haven't played regularly when fit mainly because they are more one dimensional than Costa is. Remy is good at running in behind defenses in to space but is particularly poor at dropping off the front and holding it up where as Falcao is particularly poor at playing off the front and linking with others. Costa can mix it up and can do a bit of it all. Hes certainly not perfect but you see a huge improvement when Costa plays upfront than say Traore, Remy or Falcao. Tomo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pHaRaOn 2,131 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Diego played with injury and has been kicked all the game. No wonder he lost his nerve for a moment after another cynical challenge. Essien19 and Tomo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,142 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 http://www.skysports.com/watch/tv-shows/sunday-supplement/news/10203663/diego-costa-behaviour-shows-he-wants-to-leave-chelsea-says-antony-kastrinakis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Even if he did not actually bite him, his actions were incredibly stupid...yet again! Along with Fabregas, he is our most important player, but he needs to go because he's damaging the image and sportsmanship values of the club. King11Didier 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 I really hope he doesn't want to leave. He has only been here for 2 seasons but hes already idolized by the fans and it would be a huge miss because when hes on his game there aren't many better strikes in England let alone Europe bar the obvious ones. Like people have mentioned in previous comments he is one of our most important players and personally I feel he offers things that Remy, Pato, Falcao and Traore don't. If he goes who do we honestly replace him with? Higuain? Cavani? There aren't that many top strikers these days unfortunately so if he goes it could take us back to the days of seeing guys like Torres and Demba Ba starting... Tomo, Blue Armour, Beepu and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pHaRaOn 2,131 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 9 minutes ago, Stats said: http://www.skysports.com/watch/tv-shows/sunday-supplement/news/10203663/diego-costa-behaviour-shows-he-wants-to-leave-chelsea-says-antony-kastrinakis So, according to this "pundit", his behaviour at Chelsea "shows that he wants to leave Chelsea" and return to Atletico Madrid where he "had exactly the same behaviour". Thendo, The Chels, Stats and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,917 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Knowing the FA, they'll still ban him for 10 games for "looking threatening." Thendo and AWorriedChelseaFan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickpassnmove 924 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Count me in as one who doesn't care what happens with this player. I think we'd do better to get Ighalo in ASAP this summer window. Costa isn't a leader but I think he wants everything his way. Also, he's not as strong as people think/thought he is. Â Imbula, Kouyate and Ighalo look like candidates for summer spending to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essien19 1,415 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 If i would support another club i would really appreciate it if Diego would go back to Spain. It must be so unpleasant to take him on, bah. He's one of the best strikers in the game, always giving his all, sometimes he goes to far but that shows that he puts everything at stake for his current club. It's all about winning, the winner takes it all, don't give a fuck about morality and 'sportsmanship', put the ball into the net no matter what. We all pay our hard earned money to see him doing what he's best at: scoring goals! Proper Chels' and for the record, he consistenly gets the shit kicked out of him, defenders target him all the time and try to fuck him up badly, but the refs don't care. Finally we've found a successor to king Drogba, Costa must stay, for me after Terry's gone, he is the most important player at this club. He leads the line, he leads us into battle! Diego is the man! Â kellzfresh, Tomo, pHaRaOn and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Just now, quickpassnmove said: Count me in as one who doesn't care what happens with this player. I think we'd do better to get Ighalo in ASAP this summer window. Costa isn't a leader but I think he wants everything his way. Also, he's not as strong as people think/thought he is.  Imbula, Kouyate and Ighalo look like candidates for summer spending to me.  Ighalo? Really? Suppose we might as well buy Vardy and Troy Deeney too then. Ighalo is decent but hes not good enough to lead the line for Chelsea. At least those 3 could rival Torres and Ba for worse strike force of the last 10 years. AWorriedChelseaFan, Tomo and The Skipper 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 On 04/03/2016 at 3:31 AM, LAM09 said: He's done a fine job for the most part in most two years, but we need someone better to help us be a force on all front again Apart from Agueo and Suarez there is no forward around right now that would be a guaranteed upgrade, and neither are remotely attainable. Any other striker would be a sideways move (in terms of level they are at) at best and there's very few of them either. PS:ignore this for some reason this post has been back up and I can't get rid  of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 44 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:  Ighalo? Really? Suppose we might as well buy Vardy and Troy Deeney too then. Ighalo is decent but hes not good enough to lead the line for Chelsea. At least those 3 could rival Torres and Ba for worse strike force of the last 10 years. Deeney would be a good back up with Traore, his all round game is top class would defiantly trade Remy for him. Ighalo however we shouldn't go near, good scorer but all roundgamee leaves a lot to be desired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickpassnmove 924 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 1 hour ago, OneMoSalah said:  Ighalo? Really? Suppose we might as well buy Vardy and Troy Deeney too then. Ighalo is decent but hes not good enough to lead the line for Chelsea. At least those 3 could rival Torres and Ba for worse strike force of the last 10 years. Looks good technically and is strong. I still don't see many strikers out there to buy at the right age, with ability, experience and potential, strength and a good scoring record (accurate shooter). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amblève. 4,995 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 3 hours ago, Essien19 said: Proper Chels' and for the record, he consistenly gets the shit kicked out of him, defenders target him all the time and try to fuck him up badly, but the refs don't care. Let's not act like he doesn't deserve it When you're winding up people all the time yourself it's simply bound to happen that you'll get a taste of your own medicine. From the "new generation" Costa's one of only a few players I can actually "bond" with but the fact that he can't go 3-4 games in a row without getting involved in non-football stuff on the pitch is even worrying to me. The guy's 27, at what point does he calm down? AWorriedChelseaFan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Needs to start reigning it like now. You can be big and hard when the balls in play by giving the op a tough time and a cunt against them by scoring. Enough of all this controversy and billy big balls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWorriedChelseaFan 151 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Deserved to be sent off against Everton. Need to sort his shitty ''hard-man'' attitude out. It's not working anymore lads. What were he thinking going for the neck bite vs Barry ? LMAO. Â He was the biggest fool on the pitch vs Everton, next to Cahill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essien19 1,415 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Let's not act like he doesn't deserve it When you're winding up people all the time yourself it's simply bound to happen that you'll get a taste of your own medicine. From the "new generation" Costa's one of only a few players I can actually "bond" with but the fact that he can't go 3-4 games in a row without getting involved in non-football stuff on the pitch is even worrying to me. The guy's 27, at what point does he calm down? He can dish it out so he surely has to be able to take some punches, you've got your point, but sometimes it goes beyond that. Two-footed tackle, it could be the case its coming from behind, ellbows. In the end he could be badly hurt, some words can't be the reason for it, out of line, imo. Generally speaking i think Guus has done a marvellous job on him so far. In my view he proved that he can do it for more that a few games without a big fuckup. I don't think he'll ever reinvent, to a certain point this kind of behaviour is part of his game. But you're right, the thing yesterday happened should never happen again. Fulham Broadway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWorriedChelseaFan 151 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 6 hours ago, Tomo said: Apart from Agueo and Suarez there is no forward around right now that would be a guaranteed upgrade, and neither are remotely attainable. Any other striker would be a sideways move (in terms of level they are at) at best and there's very few of them either. PS:ignore this for some reason this post has been back up and I can't get rid  of it. You don't rate Higuain mate ? I would take him over Costa atm. Less fights on the pitch, scoring tons of goals and better dribbling skills as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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