Diego Costa

[Special Juan 27,424]

There are many thread derailments like in Pogba thread with those comic shows etc...yet nobody warned those members.

Sure some derailments are funny some not, but the member preferences among moderators are ridiculous too.

Some members get quick stick for derialment, some can continue on next 5pages etc..rules should be rules then.

Have you reported it? Also, us mods and admins aren't on every single minute of the day so we need the help of members, or is that a bit much to ask?

Quite quick to moan about the staff but not so quick to hit the report button are we?

Just concentrate on bringing good debate and we will take care of things from there

Back to Costa please!!!

[Stats 7,054]

Seriously, I know he lacks service but he gets dominated in every one and one he has which is so unlike him. It is infuriating. He loses all aerial battles, seems to have lost all yards of pace he has and does not offer anything now on or off the ball.

[scargo 75]

Torres better than Costa.

I think he get a 3 match ban again!

please sell him.

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,919]

Can he get a retro ban when the ref saw(I think) it?

[DYC. 7,542]

Exactly. It would have been effective if hazard made runs into the box when costa moved left. But we're suffering from the lack of presence

Costa has always drifted constantly. It's fine when you're scoring a bunch goals like he did in the first half of 14/15 but when you're not, which has been the case in all of 2015, it becomes extremely annoying.

Maybe the manager should consider playing him in a donkey role on the flank while playing someone up top who actually wants to play in the middle, and patiently wait for moments to strike. Kenedy is a striker by nature, might as well play him there.

Does anyone know his goal-scoring record in 2015? I can't help but feel he has a very average record this calender year but I could be wrong.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Have you reported it? Also, us mods and admins aren't on every single minute of the day so we need the help of members, or is that a bit much to ask?

Quite quick to moan about the staff but not so quick to hit the report button are we?

Just concentrate on bringing good debate and we will take care of things from there

Iirc there were mods involved in that discussion

But I get your point tho.

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Seriously, I know he lacks service but he gets dominated in every one and one he has which is so unlike him. It is infuriating. He loses all aerial battles, seems to have lost all yards of pace he has and does not offer anything now on or off the ball.

off the ball he still offers something...and what he offers will get him banned tomorrow.

[Henrique 9,133]

I already said that on match thread, its just unbeliveable how the whole stadium is chanting his name. This guy had 5 months of good football, and soon british press were talking bulshit about he being the most imporant player in this squad. Pretty easy to win over fans nowadays.

[Stats 7,054]

off the ball he still offers something...and what he offers will get him banned tomorrow.

Judging by what Howard Webb said he probably will get away with it as it was in the ref's direction.

[Special Juan 27,424]

Frustrated me once again today, I said in the match thread he's terrible with his back to goal but his all round game is awful.

[Tomo 21,733]

Torres better than Costa.

I think he get a 3 match ban again!

please sell him.

Comparing Torres favroubly against Eto'o was bad enough

[Stats 7,054]

no service once again! he is one of our only world class players and he is forced to drift out wide as no one can give him any decent service!

I know wyou are a big fan of him but if this was Lukaku you would be slating him. Pacquaio we have to accept when he was poor. He had a lack of service but come on, when he had the ball he was awful. Got battled of it phyically by Sakho, Skrtel and even Clyne. He had drifted out wide to get the ball and tried to go past Skrtel but it went out for a goal kick and apart from that just looked sluggish. Although, the team was poor, he did little to help. Sometimes just accept when a player is bad he is bad.

[didierforever 7,349]

I know wyou are a big fan of him but if this was Lukaku you would be slating him. Pacquaio we have to accept when he was poor. He had a lack of service but come on, when he had the ball he was awful. Got battled of it phyically by Sakho, Skrtel and even Clyne. He had drifted out wide to get the ball and tried to go past Skrtel but it went out for a goal kick and apart from that just looked sluggish. Although, the team was poor, he did little to help. Sometimes just accept when a player is bad he is bad.

i remember a counter of him when willian and hazard played some 1-2s and then the ball came to costa. he just stopped running, let lucas and can get back, all momentim lost.

another incident in the first half when willian played a good ball to him, changing the flank. tried to do something stupid with it and the ball went for a goal kick. spent the next 5 minutes trying to show the ref that skrtel apparently hurt his tooth.

again, hopeleslly por in air, poor on the ball and off it. i mean, poor. nothing more to say.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

I know wyou are a big fan of him but if this was Lukaku you would be slating him. Pacquaio we have to accept when he was poor. He had a lack of service but come on, when he had the ball he was awful. Got battled of it phyically by Sakho, Skrtel and even Clyne. He had drifted out wide to get the ball and tried to go past Skrtel but it went out for a goal kick and apart from that just looked sluggish. Although, the team was poor, he did little to help. Sometimes just accept when a player is bad he is bad.

NO!

i would accept he was bad if he missed sitter after sitter and got so much service and done nothing with it! he was feeding off scraps again! Willian is our best player right now and barely creates anything! that says it all! it must be a nightmare playing as a striker for this team! even if we had Lukaku up front i would have sympathy for him as we are so bad! the striker is the last person to blame right now

he also played his part in our goal, he must be fuming with how little service he gets!

[Stats 7,054]

NO!

i would accept he was bad if he missed sitter after sitter and got so much service and done nothing with it! he was feeding off scraps again! Willian is our best player right now and barely creates anything! that says it all! it must be a nightmare playing as a striker for this team! even if we had Lukaku up front i would have sympathy for him as we are so bad! the striker is the last person to blame right now

Yeah but he constantly loses the ball when it is at his feet, in thr air, gets outpaced. He needs to offer much more off the ball and on the ball.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Yeah but he constantly loses the ball when it is at his feet, in thr air, gets outpaced. He needs to offer much more off the ball and on the ball.

you can say the same about everyone apart from Willian! the team are in horrible form, and low on confidence.

[Azul 1,615]

He's a good striker nothing more. I never saw him as a world class striker tbh. I was delighted when we signed Diego because he could win us a couple of games and the Torres nightmare was over.

Diego reminds me of Mario Gomez. He's a good striker but he is only good inside the box. Have you ever seen Diego score a longrange goal? Or have you seen him playing some beautiful passes to his teammates?

You can not compare Diego to the likes of Aguero, Benzema, Suarez, Ibra, Lewandowski etc. They are all on another level.

[Tomo 21,733]

He's a good striker nothing more. I never saw him as a world class striker tbh. I was delighted when we signed Diego because he could win us a couple of games and the Torres nightmare was over.

Diego reminds me of Mario Gomez. He's a good striker but he is only good inside the box. Have you ever seen Diego score a longrange goal? Or have you seen him playing some beautiful passes to his teammates?

You can not compare Diego to the likes of Aguero, Benzema, Suarez, Ibra, Lewandowski etc. They are all on another level.

Didn't he out score all of them last season in terms of goal ratio?

He might not be at his best right now, but let's not forget how good he is when he is on top form.