Diego Costa

[TheOneChan95 225]

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.

It's a fine line I think. Momentum and confidence will overcome mental fatigue but rest is required for physical fatigue. It's like NBA where if you play too much you get injuries but if you sit out too long you get a bit rusty even if it's just a few weeks. It looks to me that he has overcome his physical problems so we should play him to form. Whereby the early Diego needed rest for his hamstring problem. Mou clearly believes the players are physically capable and not so willing to rotate in form players like Matic even for a dead rubber game.

[Special Juan 27,454]

He will score tomorrow, two in fact.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

He will score tomorrow, two in fact.

If he's saving himself up for a hat-trick against Spurs in January I won't mind if he doesn't score for a while, tbh!

[Tautvix 1,321]

He needs to score to take a pressure away form him...

[Jase 43,479]

Costa may not have scored in the last few matches but I'm not even concerned, not yet anyway I guess. Like I said before, it's normal for strikers to suffer some small goal drought after starting brightly at the start of the season. Besides, we have seen worse goal drought than this with that Flop-res blondie, haven't we? Nothing to panic about, especially when Costa is still at least contributing to the team in other ways.

[1chelsea 864]

He will score tomorrow, two in fact.

i second that for he owe the fans that goal come tomorrow

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

it's a crime no one posted in this thread after he scored, lol

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

From yesterday match, what I'm really realized, is that I thought Costa not a 'deadlock breaker' striker. He is more like 'needs to be served' striker. What I mean is that he is struggled to solely create chances to score, he is no Messi or Ronaldo. But if you give him the ball on the right time, he surely would finish it without problem. He is more like a clinical finisher. If we want to see him perform, he needs other players to perform as well. That's why we always see Fabregas or Hazard shone when Costa scored.

But it is exactly what we needs, so I don't see any problem with it.

[Strike 7,265]

Even without the goals, he's a bull upfront.

[Hybrid Angel 2,130]

From yesterday match, what I'm really realized, is that I thought Costa not a 'deadlock breaker' striker. He is more like 'needs to be served' striker. What I mean is that he is struggled to solely create chances to score, he is no Messi or Ronaldo. But if you give him the ball on the right time, he surely would finish it without problem. He is more like a clinical finisher. If we want to see him perform, he needs other players to perform as well. That's why we always see Fabregas or Hazard shone when Costa scored.

But it is exactly what we needs, so I don't see any problem with it.

Exactly on point. With no disrespect to Costa, he is not a game changer. He never looked to be our savior against Newcastle. Drogba for example, is a better player than Costa in these situations. When you need something from the game, you can always rely on him.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Exactly on point. With no disrespect to Costa, he is not a game changer. He never looked to be our savior against Newcastle. Drogba for example, is a better player than Costa in these situations. When you need something from the game, you can always rely on him.

Nah he was key player for us in first two months with his goals. I remember he was the one who scored leading goal or equalizer in those matches.

Now he is probably going through some difficulties that always happen with new players and once he plays full season and completely settles in, I think he will be more decisive for us in upcoming years. His play has also changed bit, he tries everything on his own, while in first games he played more with team and they looked for him more too. He didnt score recently and tried too hard, but once things get down, he will be key again with Hazard and co. Maybe not like Drogs was, but honestly how many strikers are like him? He was like the perfect striker, scored when needed in many finals and key games etc.

Costa has incredible desire to score and if he picks the right path, we should be good.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Hazard finally saw the Costa run while he was dribbling.

Costa makes a lot of runs in behind the defenders. For the past 3 games he has been given the ball while standing which will make him dribble and he is no Suarez. If our midfielders can stop ignoring him when he makes the run, and pass more to our most clinical player in the box our goals will increase again.

[Jase 43,479]

Good to see Costa finally score again yesterday as it will serve as a confidence boost for him.

On another note, he came back from suspension last weekend and he's picked up two bookings in two games. Get 3 more yellow cards and he'll have to sit out for two matches.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Good to see Costa finally score again yesterday as it will serve as a confidence boost for him.

On another note, he came back from suspension last weekend and he's picked up two bookings in two games. Get 3 more yellow cards and he'll have to sit out for two matches.

It's because he is an absolute fucker I'm amazed he hasn't already been sent off. I think that's exactly why we have two class replacements in Loic and The King, just in case he headbutts a referee.

[The Skipper 20,593]

From yesterday match, what I'm really realized, is that I thought Costa not a 'deadlock breaker' striker. He is more like 'needs to be served' striker. What I mean is that he is struggled to solely create chances to score, he is no Messi or Ronaldo. But if you give him the ball on the right time, he surely would finish it without problem. He is more like a clinical finisher. If we want to see him perform, he needs other players to perform as well. That's why we always see Fabregas or Hazard shone when Costa scored.

But it is exactly what we needs, so I don't see any problem with it.

If you were watching his performances earlier in the season you would completely know that you're being false.

Everton game is the perfect example. If it wasn't for Diego we wouldn't have won that game, simple. He was excellent. Diego in top form is a difference maker, easily. You're just mentioning this because he's been off it for the last few games.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

If you were watching his performances earlier in the season you would completely know that you're being false.

Everton game is the perfect example. If it wasn't for Diego we wouldn't have won that game, simple. He was excellent. Diego in top form is a difference maker, easily. You're just mentioning this because he's been off it for the last few games.

Yes, he scores some important goals in the earlier games of the season, but from the process he scores most of it, it is couple of rebounds balls and perfect passes (Fabregas being the important part). He is not a type of striker who will dribbling passed one or two defender and score the goal when teams are under perform and struggling, especially against big teams. He needs someone to 'serves' him the perfect pass, and he will finish it.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

If you were watching his performances earlier in the season you would completely know that you're being false.

Everton game is the perfect example. If it wasn't for Diego we wouldn't have won that game, simple. He was excellent. Diego in top form is a difference maker, easily. You're just mentioning this because he's been off it for the last few games.

Costa style is making a lot of runs and fabregas is the only one who understands that. So earlier in the season we saw a lot of Fabregas to costa goals, but now teams have figured that they have to shut out fabregas and the rest of our midfielders can't spot costa making a run and send an accurate through pass to him. So only crosses have been delivered to costa when he's not good in the air.

When Hazard gave that pass for the goal it was a relief to see a throughball through the middle to costa that wasn't fabregas.

I'll rather we pass to a running costa than the current increase of passing to him standing.

[Barbara 15,149]

We all knew his strengths and weaknesses when we signed him and still he surprised me and I surrendered he was much better than I expected.

I think it's a bit harsh to say he's simply a poacher. He fires up the team, he presents himself all the time, normally poachers - ofc there are exceptions - are all happy to be planted in the box and wait the team to feed them.

The fight he has, the leadership, the way he gives his everything, all those things are important and we've missed them last season. I still can't believe how much he's been downgraded around here the last couple of weeks.

We all know he isn't technically brilliant - far from it - but he will still try. The reason why we've seen so much of his limitations recently is because he's so eager to help the team that once he realized he hasn't been properly fed by our AMs, he left the box and tried to help. He doesn't have too many tools outside the box, but he's still there, biting, trying, fighting. How many clear chances he's missed in those four games he didn't score? How many times he received good balls inside the box and showed lack of confidence, quality or precision? I remember one, but maybe there had been a few more. The thing is, we stopped feeding him as well as we did earlier in the season, as a team we've dropped a few notches in our quality, but we're still scrapping wins. Yeah, we lost against Newcastle and drew against Sunderland, but we've been playing subpar to our own level for weeks now. Newcastle will always be a difficult side to play away and it seems like we've developed a Sunderland complex.

I'm not defending him blindly, he has many technical limitations, but he isn't simply a poacher and he definitely isn't as inept as some of you are making him out to be. You sound especially fickle when you were all licking his ass for months and now are badmouthing him.