kellzfresh 7,229 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 02Exactly this.0202Look at Soldado. He scored 81 goals in 3 seasons at Valencia including 30 goals last season - we all know how he has struggled since his move to spurs.0202Negredo also scored 30 goals last season and although he was excellent at first when he signed for City, but his form has drastically dipped since then.02 He only has 9 goals in 28 games in the league. That's one goal less than Eto'o. Sure Costa had a good goal tally playing on the wings last season but that's not so unusual in La Liga. If I'm not mistaken Michu scored 17 goals from midfield at Rayo, Aspas had about 12 goals or so predominantly playing on the wings. If he had stayed at Celta who knows how many goals he would have gone on to score this season.0202I think Costa has come leap and bounds from when he was on loan at Rayo Vallecano two seasons ago, but to say that there isn't much of a difference in level between Costa and Cavani is ridiculous. Of course there is. Costa is a late bloomer, and still has a lot to prove before one can put him in the same bracket as Cavani.02I understand your point in comparing costa to those playing on the wing like he did last season.But the difference between costa and all those other spain players is their gameplay. Costa is a willing runner, almost cavani level energy, he doesn't make dissapearing acts like soldado/torres, he is always in the thick of the action. He's also south american and I consider south americans to have the best group of strikers because of the energy they play with(aguero, tevez, suarez, cavani, falcao, messi and so on). He is never static like torres. He will run into channels and his physicality makes it easy to find him high balls, through balls or crosses.Athletico then play the same defensive, high pressing, physical, counter attacking, football we play and in this system he has scored the same amount of goals in laliga as c.ronaldo (if you remove penalties) Surely he's not an average player as iago aspas and those others you compared him with surely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 I think Costa has come leap and bounds from when he was on loan at Rayo Vallecano two seasons ago, but to say that there isn't much of a difference in level between Costa and Cavani is ridiculous. Of course there is. Costa is a late bloomer, and still has a lot to prove before one can put him in the same bracket as Cavani. You may think it's ridiculous but going by current form, the gap has narrowed between the two of them. Drogba was a late bloomer as well yet they're treading a similar path on their way to joining this club - except Costa is probably further along than Didier was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushman 2,043 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 You will see how wrong you are once he vanishes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmpr 8,977 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 I find it amusing that La Liga is only considered a poor league when it's convinient to someone's argument... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Partridge 1,124 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Poor league? It has some of the greatest players in the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee25 1,044 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 I understand your point in comparing costa to those playing on the wing like he did last season.But the difference between costa and all those other spain players is their gameplay.Costa is a willing runner, almost cavani level energy, he doesn't make dissapearing acts like soldado/torres, he is always in the thick of the action. He's also south american and I consider south americans to have the best group of strikers because of the energy they play with(aguero, tevez, suarez, cavani, falcao, messi and so on). He is never static like torres. He will run into channels and his physicality makes it easy to find him high balls, through balls or crosses.Athletico then play the same defensive, high pressing, physical, counter attacking, football we play and in this system he has scored the same amount of goals in laliga as c.ronaldo (if you remove penalties) Surely he's not an average player as iago aspas and those others you compared him with surely.I think Costa is probably the ideal striker for Mourinho's system. He'd perfect for the style of play Mourinho wants and like you say, his movement is excellent. He makes A LOT of unselfish runs - runs that half of the time are no use to him but helps create space for the likes of Koke, Turan, Villa. So I agree with you on that. My point is that for Costa to be put in the same bracket as Cavani, he has to do what he's doing this season a few times more. Two seasons ago Costa couldn't get into the Atleti team and had to be sent on loan to Rayo. Two seasons ago Cavani had netted 33 goals for Napoli and since then has gone on to replicate that tally twice. @The only place to be I've already said that Costa's career has followed a similar trajectory as Drogba's (in that both are late bloomers) and although some might not want to compare them, I see a lot of similarities between the two. So you're preaching to the choir. And sure the gap might have narrowed between Costa and Cavani but there's still a considerable gap between Costa as his best and Cavani at his best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haranr 485 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH I LOVE IT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo11bluecl 207 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 We need him more than ever now. Atletico had countless situations like us today and he is often the difference in the end eventually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidzeret 2,257 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 I seriously doubt Costa alone can solve our problems against sides like Sunderland that park the fucking bus. Definitely need some reinforcements in the centre- midfield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo11bluecl 207 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 I seriously doubt Costa alone can solve our problems against sides like Sunderland that park the fucking bus. Definitely need some reinforcements in the centre- midfield.It happens a lot of time with Atletico this season too like for example yesterday. Eventually they won and he usually the one who scored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuvala 2,167 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 I seriously doubt Costa alone can solve our problems against sides like Sunderland that park the fucking bus. Definitely need some reinforcements in the centre- midfield.Yes.I've been trying to say how much we need a world class AM but everyone is too protective of our current players that they cant see it. Yes we have great talented young AMs, but its not enough if we want to be the best team, if we want to win almost all of our games, if we want to win the league. Its really not.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluelsthecolour 61 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 edit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thendo 1,088 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Our defence made him look very average today. But I think that says more about our defence than it does about him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Cahill and Terry had him in their pockets, can't be judge on tonight because he was up against two monsters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar 441 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Costa did hold the ball up well and had a few headers...Think he would be our best option outside of Cavani. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Cahill was superb tonight ,,, he has been good all season but tonight he went to a higher level ...with him and JT playing in the WC ,,, England MIGHT ... just might have a chance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeboii 1,844 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Henry Winter @henrywinter 1m#cfc fans chanting "Diego Costa, we'll see you next year'' as #atleti striker walks past. Costa waves backProbably had no idea what they were saying. He saw them probably smiling and chanting "Diego Costa" so he waved.Hope I am wrong though! He was average today but that is only due to Cahill and Terry, just like they did to Cavani, Ibra and many more class strikers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silviupastean 135 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 romanian pundits saying costa stepped on terry's foot before he jumped. couldn't see anything, even in the replays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eidur the Spider 4,515 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Last news from Mendes's camp is that Abramovich said he wouldn't sign Costa. The Russian wants Cavani (via @diegotorresro) #CFC #PSG #Atleti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodIsBlue 291 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Who does Costa think he is talking smack to JT at the beggining of the match? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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