Diego Costa

[Special Juan 28,133]

1 minute ago, Barbara said:

He's an excellent finisher - always said that and always defended him... he went through bad patches and at some points his behavior got me worried, but he's on a perfect balance now. He's keeping the fight in him, instead of bringing it out. He fights and shows clutch like no other in the team. And he's a good striker. Has some technical limitations but excels with his finishing, movement and pivot work at the edge of the box.

Diego is an emotional player and is very clear he and Mourinho had some trouble, so it's expected he's now flourishing again. More to come, legend!

[ChelseaFanUK 1,014]

Love the guy.  Just ship out Remy, he is so frustratin

[Barbara 15,149]

 

 

This is what we need! amazing return from Diego. At this pace he'll hit double digits goals really soon...

btw, he's my Captain in Fantasy Football... the one right thing I've been doing on it, lol

 

[Gilvorak 3,734]

Looks like a completely different player under Hiddink. His finishing is still erratic but his movement looks great again.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Excellent movement again. I totally forgot how good he was in the first half of last season, he's showing that level again. 

[Special Juan 28,133]

He seems to have gained a lot more speed too. His pressing is very impressive.

[Jase 43,479]

What Hiddink is doing with Costa now is what Mourinho should have done with him - tell him to focus on his game, use his strengths to cause damage and score goals...NOT asking Costa to fight with every player out there and look to get them sent off. Could probably still have his job here had he done that.

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

 

Seems Ok...

[Cosmin 2,484]

 

 

No more bullying from him! 

[Special Juan 28,133]

He doesn't need to be a bully to be good, he needs to be him, the goal scorer, the difficult to play against and the all round good player.

If we see this consistently we see better results.

[Barbara 15,149]

2 hours ago, Jason said:

What Hiddink is doing with Costa now is what Mourinho should have done with him - tell him to focus on his game, use his strengths to cause damage and score goals...NOT asking Costa to fight with every player out there and look to get them sent off. Could probably still have his job here had he done that.

don't remember Mourinho ever saying this to Costa... especially when he was still in Atletico and had done the same there.

He's an emotional guy, he riles up opponents, but he's easily riled up too depending on how he's feeling on one particular game.

Also just two games ago we were fearing he'd be sent off. He's the same old Diego he has always been, before, during and after Mourinho, the thing is I guess they had a fallout and Diego just couldn't play anymore, exactly because he's an emotional guy. He's happier now and the goals started coming, so he has his confidence back. But I don't think Hiddink and Mourinho said opposite things regarding how he reacts on the pitch. I think Hiddink is helping him regain his confidence, something Mourinho did help him lose this season.

Seriously, you guys just assume things that really make me wonder if you don't work for Daily Mail...

[robdog 2,084]

Diego Costa is clever and has got two of our players sent off in two games - le voyeur

[Stats 7,142]

4 hours ago, Barbara said:

don't remember Mourinho ever saying this to Costa... especially when he was still in Atletico and had done the same there.

He's an emotional guy, he riles up opponents, but he's easily riled up too depending on how he's feeling on one particular game.

Also just two games ago we were fearing he'd be sent off. He's the same old Diego he has always been, before, during and after Mourinho, the thing is I guess they had a fallout and Diego just couldn't play anymore, exactly because he's an emotional guy. He's happier now and the goals started coming, so he has his confidence back. But I don't think Hiddink and Mourinho said opposite things regarding how he reacts on the pitch. I think Hiddink is helping him regain his confidence, something Mourinho did help him lose this season.

Seriously, you guys just assume things that really make me wonder if you don't work for Daily Mail...

TBH, if you exclude West Brom, Costa has refrained from getting into petty fights and arguments and that must be something down to the manager. I mean he has the occasional moan when things don't go right for him but that is not a problem. However the fighting with other players has seemed to stop even though they all seem to try and get under his skin. Palace tried roughing him up but he remained composed and today was similar. He got stick by the home fans and they gave him a couple rough challenges to provoke a reaction but he let the football do the talking.

[illmatic 901]

I don't know what makes me more happy. If see him in a good footballistic shape, scoring, making good moves, fast, or the fact doesn't have to stand see him all the time fighting and making stupid things, Was just insupportable.

I think that at the end, one thing is consequence to other. He stop focus all the time in  a stupid fights, and start to play football, again.

We need him at this level to can fight for some title.

[Barbara 15,149]

14 minutes ago, Stats said:

TBH, if you exclude West Brom, Costa has refrained from getting into petty fights and arguments and that must be something down to the manager. I mean he has the occasional moan when things don't go right for him but that is not a problem. However the fighting with other players has seemed to stop even though they all seem to try and get under his skin. Palace tried roughing him up but he remained composed and today was similar. He got stick by the home fans and they gave him a couple rough challenges to provoke a reaction but he let the football do the talking.

but that's exactly what I mean... depending on what kind of day he's having, how his relationship with manager and team mates is, he'll react in a certain way.

I have no doubts Hiddink has been good for him, but even more sure Mourinho's departure is the biggest difference. The two things can happen exclusively - although they happened at the same time. I was just refuting the idea that Mourinho turned Diego into that raging bull. He's always been like that and when his relationship with Mourinho changed, than one of the scenarios for him to lash out just presented itself. The other is his lack of form. He was frustrated with himself, with Mourinho, the fans against him and gosh knows who else. Now he's confident again and seemingly has a good relationship with Guus and has been benefiting from our new manager's profile of people management - which is thousand times better than Mourinho's has been recently.