LAM09 7,056 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Good to see him get a goal tonight, but he was far from impressive. Just doesn't seem at it tbh and is probably fortunate Michy is his backup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 not sure today (WH) was about costa. The team overall performance was average only saved by a moment of brilliance by hazard. This was a good win, and good enough to win the PL esp with the great point lead, but I can't think of going far in Europe next year unless we improve our overall play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 A nuisance in the box, useless outside of it. In this form it's getting more and more difficult to use his goalscoring record to defend him, when he may well be a reason why we don't score more. Exile of Michy also is weird, Diego has no competition and he's clearly struggling, yet he's automatic to play full 90 every game. This is one mistake Jose did, give a sense of security to underperforming players. Unionjack, quickpassnmove and The Skipper 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polo7 3,496 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 5 minutes ago, manpe said: A nuisance in the box, useless outside of it. In this form it's getting more and more difficult to use his goalscoring record to defend him, when he may well be a reason why we don't score more. Exile of Michy also is weird, Diego has no competition and he's clearly struggling, yet he's automatic to play full 90 every game. This is one mistake Jose did, give a sense of security to underperforming players. Struggling ? He is scoring most games?? That's what he is there to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Just now, Polo7 said: Struggling ? He is scoring most games?? That's what he is there to do. Clearly missed the point of my post. Read the second sentence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 The turn when Randolph made the save was sublime. But, another goal, another win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polo7 3,496 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 1 hour ago, manpe said: Clearly missed the point of my post. Read the second sentence. He isnt supposed to start off attacks, he is supposed to finish them. His goals have won us many games this season. Yesterday was another one. I dont care if he cant dribble as well as Hazard or pass like Fabregas. As long as he keeps scoring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 6 minutes ago, Polo7 said: He isnt supposed to start off attacks, he is supposed to finish them. His goals have won us many games this season. Yesterday was another one. I dont care if he cant dribble as well as Hazard or pass like Fabregas. As long as he keeps scoring. Nowhere did I say he is supposed to start off attacks, it happens from the goalkeeper up not the other way around. Pay attention to what we are discussing or it is hard to converse. And yes of course it is your right to be content with him simply scoring and not much else, you prefer a more archaic striker and that's fine. I don't, I prefer a player who can get the basics right. He becomes a "striker" in its purest sense when we are in the final stages of building an attack, when he positions himself in the box to be on the end of a chance to score and he does that brilliantly. My concern is when we are further away from their goal, then in my eyes he is simply an attacker part of the front-3 who are responsible of getting us further upfield or at least retain possession. He did all that well earlier in the season, but since he was dropped he's been getting worse in that aspect imo. Yesterday's game was pretty bad, take away the goal presented to him on silver platter and he would have nothing to redeem himself. As I said, your opinion is valid, but I know Costa is better than what he has been showing lately despite scoring and I want him to start showing his true quality again. In this current overall form (not goalscoring form) for every goal he scores he prevents two, imho. kellzfresh, DYC. and The Skipper 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King11Didier 916 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Yeah, it's easy to see his form has dropped, but at least he is bringing goals for the team and that is his biggest task. I just remember how we missed even that in the last couple of years when we struggled with Torres up front, then Eto'o came for a season and actually wasn't so bad, but still was not the answer to our problem. Now with Diego, we have a striker who knows where to position himself in the opposition box and it's where he exactly needs to be most of the time, something that we missed before his arrival. His dribbling is a bit strange most of the time, if I can say it like that, but he is good at keeping the ball in his feet, also I think he has a good number of assists for us, if I'm not mistaken. Not perfect at link-up play, but still, tries hard and is doing allright at that, what I miss from him is that heading ability. It is a shame that this is probably his biggest weakness, as a striker it is expected from you to be good at it, but that's not the case with Diego and I also think that is what Conte is missing and that's why we were interested in Llorente. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoyBlue96 990 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 10 hours ago, King11Didier said: Yeah, it's easy to see his form has dropped, but at least he is bringing goals for the team and that is his biggest task. I just remember how we missed even that in the last couple of years when we struggled with Torres up front, then Eto'o came for a season and actually wasn't so bad, but still was not the answer to our problem. Now with Diego, we have a striker who knows where to position himself in the opposition box and it's where he exactly needs to be most of the time, something that we missed before his arrival. His dribbling is a bit strange most of the time, if I can say it like that, but he is good at keeping the ball in his feet, also I think he has a good number of assists for us, if I'm not mistaken. Not perfect at link-up play, but still, tries hard and is doing allright at that, what I miss from him is that heading ability. It is a shame that this is probably his biggest weakness, as a striker it is expected from you to be good at it, but that's not the case with Diego and I also think that is what Conte is missing and that's why we were interested in Llorente. People were calling Llorente the "Spanish Peter Crouch" Well, Swansea are playing good football under Clement and Llorente is looking good and gets his goals, but absolutely not a fulltime replacement for Costa. Same goes for Morata. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King11Didier 916 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 1 hour ago, BoyBlue96 said: People were calling Llorente the "Spanish Peter Crouch" Well, Swansea are playing good football under Clement and Llorente is looking good and gets his goals, but absolutely not a fulltime replacement for Costa. Same goes for Morata. Yeah, I agree. I didn't want to mean that Conta wants exactly Llorente for a Costa replacement. What I think is that he was interested in the Spanish striker because he wanted another option up front if the game is not going in the right way (long balls to Llorente and using his good heading ability to direct the ball to other players or directly into the net), bacuse now, we can't do that with Costa.  kellzfresh and Blue-in-me-Veins 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickpassnmove 924 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Crap in the air, rolling around for 30 seconds, whinging over referees/defenders, subsequently offside, crap outside the box with back to defenders, can't dribble for shit/PL defenders have him figured out while he's on the ball --and in reality, Diego's not all that strong. This player looks at best a future super-sub and I'm not about to call Diego a fox in the box. He's reached his ceiling and we can say that he's been a good goalscorer in 2014 and in 2016, but our club need more in the CF position as we go into the next couple years with Conte. The first half of this season, I could easily overlook all of Diego's shortcomings; he was superb for us and he finally began to earn my respect and admiration. Now, I don't feel he's the player for us going into the future, when every single year he can do this shit (total crap except for a few goals scored, in 2017). Apparently it's not easy to find the striker with skill, fire, physical strength and speed all in one package, but I think we can find one who becomes better than Diego within a few seasons. We need to find the next one. Leif 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 I know he's poor in the air, so we can't get any outballs, I know he has a poor first touch and ball control, I know he rarely takes shots from outside the box, I can cope with all that but what I don't like is him refusing to shoot when he's near the box. Sometimes it's like he's allergic to shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoyBlue96 990 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Just sell him in the summer to the Chinese. Can't see him come back to his form from earlier this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Other fans would think we're crazy for our comments, but they only see very carefully picked highlights. And other than Torres & unfortunately Matic, I myself have never seen a Chelsea starting player have bad form for 3+ months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,056 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Needs to be dropped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tautvix 1,321 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 What the hell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whats happening 1,615 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 poor form can happen, he will bounce back, but his behavior is whats really getting on my nerves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Cant wait for him to bounce back to top form and see people whoring for him once again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 (I for one have been calling him shit WHILST he bangs in goals, so don't include me in that. He really is terrible.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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