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Shakez
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Everything anybody needs to know about Costa ^^

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Ehm yes he can.

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Using this to once again post the footballing brain that is His Highness Didi Hamann's pronouncements back in August : "Costa is overrated. He had a couple of good years for Atlético Madrid, but his

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Diego Costa will be a very important asset. Finally, Chelsea FC has got a striker !!! Costa, go and crush the fecking Scousers and Arsanal-Girls!

@Mr.F9T: Wir sind Weltmeister !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I don't think D. Costa on his own will be the full solution too but coupled with our other signings (Fabregas and F. Luis - still pending) we should be able to stretch out and exploit other teams far more effectively than before. Costa doesn't stop running and is always adamant to create spaces for those behind him with his movement. Filipe Luis overlapping Hazard will create space. Azpi back in his natural position also stretching the pitch will also create space... And someone like Fabregas who can pick out players exceptionally, added with someone like Schurrle who makes brilliant, intelligent runs... We'll definitely find it a lot easier to break down teams that sit deeper.

Atletico and Costa excelled in counter attack. Costa fits the Chelsea bill in terms of a big game striker because we usually play on the counter. In the smaller games the hope has to be that we take our chances as they come and force teams to come out.

Still think we need a real technician at striker, someone like prime Eto'o to balance out the squad. I fully understand why Jose was after Rooney and then Eto'o (glad we didn't end up with Rooney) we need someone who is capable of scoring and creating chances on his own.

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Atletico and Costa excelled in counter attack. Costa fits the Chelsea bill in terms of a big game striker because we usually play on the counter. In the smaller games the hope has to be that we take our chances as they come and force teams to come out.

Still think we need a real technician at striker, someone like prime Eto'o to balance out the squad. I fully understand why Jose was after Rooney and then Eto'o (glad we didn't end up with Rooney) we need someone who is capable of scoring and creating chances on his own.

Ideally, our strikeforce going into the next season should be Costa, Lukaku and Eto'o but that is looking pretty unlikely atm. I agree that we could do we a pure technician up front to add diversity to what we have but a proven one at that would probably be hard to find for us.

IMO an interesting project would be Origi, whom really impressed me in the WC with how comfortable he was on the ball and his technical skills. He wouldn't be too expensive either - but it does seem like he's off to Liverpool.

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Ideally, our strikeforce going into the next season should be Costa, Lukaku and Eto'o but that is looking pretty unlikely atm. I agree that we could do we a pure technician up front to add diversity to what we have but a proven one at that would probably be hard to find for us.

IMO an interesting project would be Origi, whom really impressed me in the WC with how comfortable he was on the ball and his technical skills. He wouldn't be too expensive either - but it does seem like he's off to Liverpool.

I'm not all that geeked over Origi as some. He made a good impression at the World cup but not enough for me to think he's a top player. I'm actually still all up on the Firmino rumour from a few months ago.

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20+ goals, please.

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You know, Torres scored 20+ goals in 12-13 and his season was decent overall. So I'm hoping for a impressive season rather than 'good numbers'.

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I'm not all that geeked over Origi as some. He made a good impression at the World cup but not enough for me to think he's a top player. I'm actually still all up on the Firmino rumour from a few months ago.

He definitely isn't a top player yet, hence why I said he'd be an interesting project since he is only 19. Firmino is definitely a very good player (another one I can't believe Scolari didn't even look at) but my problem with him is that he's more of a 10 than a true 9.
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You know, Torres scored 20+ goals in 12-13 and his season was decent overall. So I'm hoping for a impressive season rather than 'good numbers'.

Torres scored a lot of goals in the Europa League that year.

Obviously Costa's general performances need to be of a high standard but I want the numbers too. I'm hoping Costa can deliver 20+ goals and consistently good performances, and that is something Torres has never and will never give us.

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Torres scored a lot of goals in the Europa League that year.

Obviously Costa's general performances need to be of a high standard but I want the numbers too. I'm hoping Costa can deliver 20+ goals and consistently good performances, and that is something Torres has never and will never give us.

Also not to forget that those ~20 goals from Torres came in 60+ appearances. The ratio isn't that impressive. I still thought he had an average to poor season because he only scored like 7 of those 20 odd in the PL. The majority of the others were against inferior teams in the EL or in one of the cups.
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