🇪🇸 Diego Costa

[Special Juan 28,141]

1 minute ago, Pizy said:

The conundrum is who to replace him with I guess. With Everton's new found "ambitious project" they'll dig their heels in for Pogba money which I don't know our board will pay.

I'd love Lukaku personally, but I also wouldn't mind us going for a highly skilled, great footballing striker instead. Griezmann for example, but he's off to United almost certainly.

Right now Belotti ticks every box and cheaper than Lukaku. Belotti is immense right now.

[Leif 6,006]

Skipper mentions Belotti quite a bit and that's who I'd go for too. He seems to remind him of a more all-rounded Costa, and he reminds me of Benzema. By Benzema I mean, a striker who'll rarely go 3 games without scoring, does all the basics right, but still unfortunately isn't bringing a leader's mentality. All 3 players strike me as unusually quiet & perhaps very modest in their aims & self-belief. I like a striker to play as-if they're captain of the team, which I think Belotti would do some games but not every game.

He's more than worth a punt regardless. He plays like he's 30 & in his prime, and worst case scenario, you end up with one of the best strikers on your bench.

*& his link up play isn't the greatest, but it's more honest than Costa's. He's looking for the right pass to make every time; his priority is not falling over. He's also got a more powerful shot than both.

[Pizy 18,903]

Belotti is a good shout, but doesn't he have an absolutely ridiculous release clause? Coming from a small Italian side I'm not sure we can risk that sort of money.

[Kieran. 6,317]

10 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Belotti is a good shout, but doesn't he have an absolutely ridiculous release clause? Coming from a small Italian side I'm not sure we can risk that sort of money.

No one will pay that 80m or whatever release clause, he'll go for half that IMO

[King11Didier 916]

I really don't get why he still plays 90 minutes of football every time. He is not contributing in any way to our team, he is not even dangerous in the opposition box as his positioning sucks also now. He actually harms the team performances with stupid fouls in dangerous positions or even when we are attacking (Delph situation in the 1st half).
I don't know what happened with him, but he is not the same player which he was a couple a months ago. The guy couldn't even win a header against Jesus Navas ffs...

It's a shame, because we are coming to very crucial games in PL and FA cup also and we are actually playing without a striker. It's clear that Conte has 0 believe in Michy, which is another thing I can't understand, because I think he will be at least better in the air and can be more dangerous in the box, but the boy is not given even a minute to perform, I feel really sorry for him, can't understand what is Conte's problem with him.

[manpe 10,861]

Drop him! If Bats is worse then play Pedro, Haz or even Lofty-Cheeks instead of him. Very low intelligence player, has by far the worst decision making in our team and no ability to pull off what he wants to pull off in his mind. Then when things aren't working out he gets frustrated very easily and does stupid dangerous shit that makes me wanna punch his face. His main attributes that brought him close to world class were his movement and finishing, take those away and you are better off ignoring him.

[The Skipper 20,609]

If Real got a new striker and Benzema was on the market, I'd 100% want CFC to go after him. Eden having someone like that to play up front with would be devastating, instead he's stuck with this turd that doesn't want to be here. Imagine we got in Sanchez as well?

Hazard - Benzema - Sanchez forward line is insane.

[Unionjack 7,531]

Chelsea striker Diego Costa escapes FA ban for challenge on Vincent Kompany

DIEGO COSTA will not face any action for his studs up challenge on Vincent Kompany.

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/603438/Chelsea-Man-City-Diego-Costa-Vincent-Kompany-FA-ban-Mike-Dean

[Styles 9,790]

Genuinely can't stand him now. If he isn't breaking down every move with a bad touch / foul he is being a brain dead idiot. We might as well be playing with 10 men. We will never do anything in Europe with this clown leading the line.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

7 hours ago, The Skipper said:

If Real got a new striker and Benzema was on the market, I'd 100% want CFC to go after him. Eden having someone like that to play up front with would be devastating, instead he's stuck with this turd that doesn't want to be here. Imagine we got in Sanchez as well?

Hazard - Benzema - Sanchez forward line is insane.

Meh...Benz, Lukaku, Morata,...neither impresses me to say wow if we sign any of them. Anyone would be better than Costa on current form. But he should not be compared to others in current form. Would Benzema be better than current Costa? Indeed. But would he be better than Costa in his best form? Not even close.

If we are targeting a new striker, then we should target someone who will be even better than Costa on his best day.

Good luck finding such striker this summer.

Lukaku to me still looks big fish small pond type of striker. He might be banging them goals, but his character is way off what you expect from leader. Morata is good but isnt lone striker. Benzema is benzema...very good on good day, but inconsistent as hell. Auba is the same. Belotti and Lacazette are unproven. Who else is there? We definately need someone near prime, experienced leader, but I dont see anyone fit that profile.

I realy like the way Mbappe is developing, but he must stay in Monaco, he is too young for big club.

Its a real shame Costa till january was the perfect striker we could possibly have. I still think he will return in form, no worry about that at all. But in long term we need a reliable striker indeed.

[Gilvorak 3,734]

If we sign Alexis Sanchez (longshot) we could play him at CF.

[Chelsea? 892]

49 minutes ago, Gilvorak said:

If we sign Alexis Sanchez (longshot) we could play him at CF.

Please no. 

[The Skipper 20,609]

4 hours ago, BlueLyon said:

Meh...Benz, Lukaku, Morata,...neither impresses me to say wow if we sign any of them. Anyone would be better than Costa on current form. But he should not be compared to others in current form. Would Benzema be better than current Costa? Indeed. But would he be better than Costa in his best form? Not even close.

If we are targeting a new striker, then we should target someone who will be even better than Costa on his best day.

Good luck finding such striker this summer.

Lukaku to me still looks big fish small pond type of striker. He might be banging them goals, but his character is way off what you expect from leader. Morata is good but isnt lone striker. Benzema is benzema...very good on good day, but inconsistent as hell. Auba is the same. Belotti and Lacazette are unproven. Who else is there? We definately need someone near prime, experienced leader, but I dont see anyone fit that profile.

I realy like the way Mbappe is developing, but he must stay in Monaco, he is too young for big club.

Its a real shame Costa till january was the perfect striker we could possibly have. I still think he will return in form, no worry about that at all. But in long term we need a reliable striker indeed.

I think Benzema at his best is better than Diego at his best tbh. But that's subjective.

The main difference is that when Benzema is off form he still contributes hugely to the team. 

[Gilvorak 3,734]

4 hours ago, Chelsea? said:

Please no. 

Why not?

[Chelsea? 892]

7 hours ago, Gilvorak said:

Why not?

He wouldn't be an upgrade for our CF position. He's a great winger but only a good striker. Don't wanna spend 50mil to play someone out of position. 

[Gilvorak 3,734]

7 hours ago, Chelsea? said:

He wouldn't be an upgrade for our CF position. He's a great winger but only a good striker. Don't wanna spend 50mil to play someone out of position. 

His highest rated performances this season have come at Centre Forward according to Whoscored. Seems like you're talking out of your arse.

[Tomo 21,751]

On April 1, 2017 at 9:01 PM, nono said:

We have made lots of terrible purchases. Mutu, Crespo, Kezman, Torres, Schevchenko just off the top of my head. 

There is a lot of money in the Premier League but it's all chasing a lot of mediocre players. The real top quality ones go to Madrid/Barcelona/Bayern. Look at the strikers of those teams. They only buy the cream of the cream in terms of talent while we waste our funds on dross. Batshuayi is another pointless signing. 

Other leagues are probably having a laugh at the Premier League teams and the funds their throwing at donkeys. Stones 50m pounds. Martial 60m pounds. And there was a story that Lukaku and Barkley are going to go for 100m pounds combined. The fact that someone can suggest this possibility without being ridiculed shows how crazy things have gotten. 

Summer transfer window is crucial but I hope they don't fuck it up on poor players. 

 

Why the hell is Crespo on that list? He WASN'T a flop.

On April 1, 2017 at 9:19 PM, The Skipper said:

Wouldn't include Martial in there because he has top ability, just being massively wasted at United and Jose the Youth killer. In fact, I'd take him at CFC, would be fantastic with Hazard. But yeah, agree with the rest of your post fully.

Puts into perspective just how good Eden is to shine so highly under Jose given Martial, Mata and Miki's struggles under him.

[Tomo 21,751]

For all his fault's, Costa leading the line has produced 2 title's in 3 years for his team's and close to being 3 in 4. He may only show top form for half a season but often that's enough. Without meaning to sound like an AKB from North London we should be careful what we wish for.

[Fernando 6,585]

27 minutes ago, Tomo said:

For all his fault's, Costa leading the line has produced 2 title's in 3 years for his team's and close to being 3 in 4. He may only show top form for half a season but often that's enough. Without meaning to sound like an AKB from North London we should be careful what we wish for.

I want Costa to stay and sign a new contract. 

However if he is really intent on leaving to China I would let him go. 

[11Drogba 2,000]

A lot of strikers are good for only half a season in PL. That's why you don't see English clubs going the distance in Europe.