Popular Post! Gilvorak 3,734 Posted May 6, 2016 Popular Post! Share Posted May 6, 2016 Costa is such an horrendous passer of the ball. His terrible link up play will hold us back for years. Our best player thrives on intricate one touch passing & one-two's which he's horrible at. Hazard could've bagged a hat-trick last night. Despiadado.Maleante, kellzfresh, bababoom and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King11Didier 916 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Yeah, Im sure most of you remember how Hazard's link up with Drogba won us the match against spurs last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! manpe 10,861 Posted May 6, 2016 Popular Post! Share Posted May 6, 2016 10 hours ago, Gilvorak said: Costa is such an horrendous passer of the ball. His terrible link up play will hold us back for years. Our best player thrives on intricate one touch passing & one-two's which he's horrible at. Hazard could've bagged a hat-trick last night. Agreed. His suspect decision making and lack of technical ability to release the perfect pass limit his on-ball play significantly. If he improved that part of his game and also aerial play, he would be world class, but at the moment he's far from it. You can see he didn't go through football academy education, he's rough around the edges, but at least he knows how to put the ball in the back of the net. Essien19, Styles, AWorriedChelseaFan and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 4 hours ago, manpe said: Agreed. His suspect decision making and lack of technical ability to release the perfect pass limit his on-ball play significantly. If he improved that part of his game and also aerial play, he would be world class, but at the moment he's far from it. You can see he didn't go through football academy education, he's rough around the edges, but at least he knows how to put the ball in the back of the net. He's not a world class footballer but absolutely he's a world class striker. His link up isn't all that but his movement causes havoc to defenses, if Conte can channel a full season off Diego in top form I can easily see a 30 goal season (with European football I would say 40 but that's looking unlikely). the wes, Essien19 and The Chels 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 14 hours ago, Gilvorak said: Our best player thrives on intricate one touch passing & one-two's Higuaín would be perfect at that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 27 minutes ago, Tomo said: He's not a world class footballer but absolutely he's a world class striker. I am not convinced yet. He needs to show more for me to consider him world class. I would narrow it down even further - his finishing is world class, his movement is great, but a world class striker constitutes more for me. Think Drogba, Zlatan or Eto'o. Costa imo isn't at that level to categorize him in the same bracket when we are still debating whether he is better than Lukaku or Kane. BUT he has time, he's "only" 27, but he's not played professionally very long, he could be a late bloomer. He definitely needs to make dramatic improvement to his technique if he is ever to be considered one of the best, all strikers need to be able to control the ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 World Class is such a stupid subjective and vague term. What is the definition of world class? Is my definition different to yours? What are the requirements? What about your own personal biases? Personally there are only XI world class players at any given time. Diego Costa is not the best striker in the world, I'd have to gamble and say Luis Suarez is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,072 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 37 minutes ago, Spike said: What is the definition of world class? Is my definition different to yours? Don't know, but if they are different then mine is obviously better. I'd talk about twenty-two world class players, made up of the theoretical starter and his backup for each position. If that 'squad' were to be selected, I wonder how many unanimous picks there would be? My guess is two; Suarez being the other one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 1 minute ago, OhForAGreavsie said: Don't know, but if they are different then mine is obviously better. Personally, I'd talk about twenty-two world class players comprising the theoretical starter and his backup for each position. If that 'squad' were to be selected, I wonder how many unanimous picks there would be? My guess is two; Suarez being the other one. Yeah 22 is also a fair number. Suarez and Aguero would be my two strikers. Shame that Aguero is made out of some sort of plasticine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilvorak 3,734 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 9 hours ago, King11Didier said: Yeah, Im sure most of you remember how Hazard's link up with Drogba won us the match against spurs last year. Yep, Drogba was the very definition of a complete striker. Him and Hazard would've wrecked defences together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,585 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 5 hours ago, the wes said: Higuaín would be perfect at that I think that's why there was a rumor about us going after him. We shall see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 7 hours ago, Fernando said: I think that's why there was a rumor about us going after him. We shall see. I wonder if conte will be playing wif two strikers next season?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,486 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 The club has to bring in a striker. Clear out Falcao and Pato. I wonder if they'll bring in someone to complement Costa or a bench option to change the game. Like a Dzeko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilvorak 3,734 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 He's so fucking shit it's unbelievable. We desperately need a clinical striker, not one that needs 3/4 clear cut chances to score. Styles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles 9,790 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 This donkey cost us the game. He needs 30 chances to score a goal. He is a genuinely awful footballer who occasionally scores goals Gilvorak 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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