Diego Costa

[chelseafc9010 224]

The bullshit about him being benched or not being good technically? So fickle, some people.

Could him being benched do him good? Maybe

Is he not good enough technically? Not great is he

[iseah100 5,612]

Could him being benched do him good? Maybe

Is he not good enough technically? Not great is he

No it wouldn't do him good.

He's good enough.

[Fulham Broadway 16,838]

He was injured couldn't play 2 games a week, then rested so he wasn't injured anymore.

Rested so much he's lost his match fitness, so an hour(45 mins if he bangs in 1 or 2) to fine tune him for the Christmas fixtures would be good.

IMFO

[Barbara 15,149]

OMG!!!!!

I can't believe I read in this thread someone saying Torres is better than Costa - no matter what they're referring to.

Some people are just unbelievable.

I stand by my words. Some of you make me embarrassed of being a Chelsea fan.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

First, we are trying to play him once a week at max...

now we are trying to play him every minute...

[Fulham Broadway 16,838]

OMG!!!!!

I can't believe I read in this thread someone saying Torres is better than Costa - no matter what they're referring to.

Some people are just unbelievable.

I stand by my words. Some of you make me embarrassed of being a Chelsea fan.

We've thrown the title away, we need Rafa back, and resign Torres and Ben Haim

[chelseafc9010 224]

No it wouldn't do him good.

He's good enough.

That makes no sense, benching him doesn't improve skills it improves his condition, does he look tired? Yes he does so it would improve him, even Mouriniho said he needs to work on his fitness to improve.

[iseah100 5,612]

That makes no sense, benching him doesn't improve skills it improves his condition, does he look tired? Yes he does so it would improve him, even Mouriniho said he needs to work on his fitness to improve.

Resting him doesn't improve his fitness. If you're preparing to run a marathon in 6 months, do you prepare by running almost everyday, or by resting?

[Muzchap 8,966]

Resting him doesn't improve his fitness. If you're preparing to run a marathon in 6 months, do you prepare by running almost everyday, or by resting?

Excellent point - demonstrated by the fact I will mostly be sitting on a bench (chair) and running zero marathons in my foreseeable lifetime

[Tautvix 1,321]

That makes no sense, benching him doesn't improve skills it improves his condition, does he look tired? Yes he does so it would improve him, even Mouriniho said he needs to work on his fitness to improve.

Why he looks tired? Only because he didn't score in the last few games? This is called "not in form"...

[DH1988 1,273]

I think its just a case of the guy WANTS to score goals and frustration grows, grows and grows.

Hopefully he can bag one or two tonight.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

OMG!!!!!

I can't believe I read in this thread someone saying Torres is better than Costa - no matter what they're referring to.

Some people are just unbelievable.

I stand by my words. Some of you make me embarrassed of being a Chelsea fan.

Not true. Torres is better at unintentionally missing the goal, he's better at miscontroling the ball, he's a lot better at whining to the press...etc.

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

The goal drought continues...If he doesn't start scoring against in the next couple of games I am slightly concerned. Also resting him doesn't help, he is not a machine who just works at full capacity again after a bit of resting. He is human, he needs momentum and confidence. Only worry thing for me is in the 2nd half of last season he was in this sort of form as well, ended up going periods of matches without scoring compared to the continuous streak in the 1st half.

It is great that we got Drogba and Remy as back up but we need our main man to be hitting it again soon.

[Special Juan 27,424]

Thing with Costa is it's not just goals, he adds more than that. He contributes a lot when he doesn't score, he's a proper team player. I am not one bit concerned by his so called 'Mini Drought' because when he pulls on that shirt, you get one thing, 100% commitment 100% of the time. Mourinho wants team players, he wants people to do donkey work, he wants a work ethic that is across the board. I bet if someone asked Mourinho now if he was concerned by his so called 'lack of goals' he would answer very plain and simple......"No" because his notion is one of, and that he knows Costa is a team player. Now don't get this confused with me saying he shouldn't be scoring goals, he should, I am just putting the point across that while people point the finger to lack of goals, there is also a flip side.

This time last year we had Torres, take a moment to remember that.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Someone injure him, he's shit when he's fit

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Someone injure him, he's shit when he's fit

Tbf injury prone Torres was the best ST in the world, fully fit Torres(from 2011 to now) is pure shit

[Hybrid Angel 2,130]

Mourinho fucked up by selling Mata and Luiz. He should have never bought dirty Costa, aka Torres 2.0. Benitez needs to come back, Oscar and Hazard are shit.

Things I read on talk chelsea these days...

[Hybrid Angel 2,130]

BTW, this isn't fifa. Resting players doesn't make them more fit. Costa right now has the same problem Drogba had at the beginning of the season. Drogba improved massively after a run of games and so will Costa.