Diego Costa

[Polo7 3,496]

Had he bit him, Barry would have reacted a lot different. Stupid action but lets not overreact. 

[Henrique 9,133]

That wasn't a bite, looked more a gay assault than anything. (Nothing against being gay).

[It's too big 625]

Does anyone feel frustrated with him and feel there are better strikers out there? Technically he is quite poor for a striker; his dribbling, ball control and decision making is incredibly poor at times. I hate when he runs down blind alleys and keeps hold of the ball too long which results in him losing us possession.  Maybe I am the only one who feels this way, but I just don't think he suits the system we want to play. We want to play fast flowing football, quick passing and retaining possession and at the moment he, amongst a handful more, are just not capable of this. 

[coolhead23 1,146]

11 hours ago, Azpinator said:

That clearly wasn't a bite but it would be nice if he reaches the level Suarez is at right now after this.

Well ... For that you need the bite!!! 

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

[Costa19 858]

1 hour ago, It's too big said:

Does anyone feel frustrated with him and feel there are better strikers out there? Technically he is quite poor for a striker; his dribbling, ball control and decision making is incredibly poor at times. I hate when he runs down blind alleys and keeps hold of the ball too long which results in him losing us possession.  Maybe I am the only one who feels this way, but I just don't think he suits the system we want to play. We want to play fast flowing football, quick passing and retaining possession and at the moment he, amongst a handful more, are just not capable of this. 

I think its the opposite. When we play fast flowing football with quick passing, Diego scores for fun. Like the first few games with Hiddink in charge. Too bad we stopped that.

[the wes 7,212]

I just cant understand Costa sometimes why he get urself into fights the best way to shut up ppl is scoring goals against them 

[Essien19 1,415]

I just cant understand Costa sometimes why he get urself into fights the best way to shut up ppl is scoring goals against them 

They deliberately targeted him, knew how to push his buttons and the ref let it happen.

The foul before his reaction was a nasty one, in the end it was the icing on the cake.

We need to help Costa, must find a solution, we have to find guys who can stop Costa, like Terry, but club' kicking him out, what a shame...

[OhForAGreavsie 5,892]

2 hours ago, It's too big said:

Does anyone feel frustrated with him and feel there are better strikers out there? Technically he is quite poor for a striker; his dribbling, ball control and decision making is incredibly poor at times. I hate when he runs down blind alleys and keeps hold of the ball too long which results in him losing us possession.  Maybe I am the only one who feels this way, but I just don't think he suits the system we want to play. We want to play fast flowing football, quick passing and retaining possession and at the moment he, amongst a handful more, are just not capable of this. 

You are not the only one.

[Kieran. 6,317]

For the record, Barry himself has said Costa DID NOT bite him.

 

Morality police, please sit down for a while

[the wes 7,212]

1 hour ago, Kieran. said:

For the record, Barry himself has said Costa DID NOT bite him.

 

Morality police, please sit down for a while

Fair play to Barry coming out and saying that maybe the media can back off and leave Costa alone I doubt it tho 

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

Just now, It's too big said:

Does anyone feel frustrated with him and feel there are better strikers out there? Technically he is quite poor for a striker; his dribbling, ball control and decision making is incredibly poor at times. I hate when he runs down blind alleys and keeps hold of the ball too long which results in him losing us possession.  Maybe I am the only one who feels this way, but I just don't think he suits the system we want to play. We want to play fast flowing football, quick passing and retaining possession and at the moment he, amongst a handful more, are just not capable of this. 

Technically he isn't that poor. Everyone has moments when they lose the ball, look at Pedro who gave it away about 3000 times but he played in arguably the most technical side there has ever been in Barcelona and also Spain. I think his dribbling is quite loose at times but there was a moment yesterday where he picked it up around the center circle and kept it very well under pressure from Gareth Barry and also had a few moments where he shapes to shoot, just drops his shoulder and shifts it, also like his goal v PSG, I don't think his decisions are always good but his technique is certainly at an adequate standard which is clear to see. 

I honestly think our system has never been more reliant on a striker since Rafa basically built the team around Torres. I think this is why Remy and Falcao haven't played regularly when fit mainly because they are more one dimensional than Costa is. Remy is good at running in behind defenses in to space but is particularly poor at dropping off the front and holding it up where as Falcao is particularly poor at playing off the front and linking with others. Costa can mix it up and can do a bit of it all. Hes certainly not perfect but you see a huge improvement when Costa plays upfront than say Traore, Remy or Falcao. 

[pHaRaOn 2,131]

Diego played with injury and has been kicked all the game. No wonder he lost his nerve for a moment after another cynical challenge.

[Stats 7,054]

http://www.skysports.com/watch/tv-shows/sunday-supplement/news/10203663/diego-costa-behaviour-shows-he-wants-to-leave-chelsea-says-antony-kastrinakis

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Even if he did not actually bite him, his actions were incredibly stupid...yet again! 

Along with Fabregas, he is our most important player, but he needs to go because he's damaging the image and sportsmanship values of the club. 

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

I really hope he doesn't want to leave. He has only been here for 2 seasons but hes already idolized by the fans and it would be a huge miss because when hes on his game there aren't many better strikes in England let alone Europe bar the obvious ones. Like people have mentioned in previous comments he is one of our most important players and personally I feel he offers things that Remy, Pato, Falcao and Traore don't. If he goes who do we honestly replace him with? Higuain? Cavani? There aren't that many top strikers these days unfortunately so if he goes it could take us back to the days of seeing guys like Torres and Demba Ba starting... 

[pHaRaOn 2,131]

9 minutes ago, Stats said:

http://www.skysports.com/watch/tv-shows/sunday-supplement/news/10203663/diego-costa-behaviour-shows-he-wants-to-leave-chelsea-says-antony-kastrinakis

So, according to this "pundit", his behaviour at Chelsea "shows that he wants to leave Chelsea" and return to Atletico Madrid where he "had exactly the same behaviour". 

[Pizy 18,368]

Knowing the FA, they'll still ban him for 10 games for "looking threatening."