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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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I think he is. Certainly better than Ramos, Godin and Miranda get a lot of protection in their system as well.

Kompany for me is still a top 3 CB. Sure, he wasn't that great last season but you have to look at his overall body of work as a player. What does Ramos or Godin or Miranda do better than him?

Quality performances in the CL.

Diego can take Kompany. The midfield battle is more tricky though. Unless Mourinho choses to sit back.

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Name five better centre-backs in world football.

He's over-rated (inasmuch as he isn't as good as people make him out to be), but he's still one of the finest defenders in the game.

Hummels

Benatia

Chillieni

Miranda

Godin

Torres, just defends for the other team

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Hummels

Benatia

Chillieni

Miranda

Godin

Torres, just defends for the other team

Hummels and possibly Chillieni is the only center backs on that list better than Kompany.

Benatia and Godin are good players but they aren't better than Kompany, no offence but saying that is laughable in my eyes. Miranda is a good player but again hes hardly spectacular. He's like Cahill, hes got a better partner next to him in Godin as Cahill has in Terry.

Kompany again isn't the best center back on the planet in my eyes but hes better than most of those guys. Guys like Ramos, Pepe, Thiago Silva, I would say are much better central defenders than he is. The fact that City were all at sea defensively last year was greatly his fault. Their was a lack of communication between Kompany and Demichellis for ages and when Pellegrini had to pick other center backs ahead of Kompany when he was injured the defensive unit looked more in sync with each other.

Lets be honest, doesn't matter which center backs play against Costa they are going to get a rough game. He does everything, hes a very industrious player so I can't see Kompany or Demichellis having it very easy.

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Hummels

Benatia

Chillieni

Miranda

Godin

Torres, just defends for the other team

Hummels and possibly Chillieni is the only center backs on that list better than Kompany.

Benatia and Godin are good players but they aren't better than Kompany, no offence but saying that is laughable in my eyes. Miranda is a good player but again hes hardly spectacular. He's like Cahill, hes got a better partner next to him in Godin as Cahill has in Terry.

Kompany again isn't the best center back on the planet in my eyes but hes better than most of those guys. Guys like Ramos, Pepe, Thiago Silva, I would say are much better central defenders than he is. The fact that City were all at sea defensively last year was greatly his fault. Their was a lack of communication between Kompany and Demichellis for ages and when Pellegrini had to pick other center backs ahead of Kompany when he was injured the defensive unit looked more in sync with each other.

Lets be honest, doesn't matter which center backs play against Costa they are going to get a rough game. He does everything, hes a very industrious player so I can't see Kompany or Demichellis having it very easy.

But are any of them better than a prime JT? [emoji55]
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Not a single defender that plays these days is better than prime Terry, Puyol, Maldini, Cannavaro, Blanc, Deschamps, Helguera etc. Not a single one.

Deschamps and Helguera are rather odd additions to that list.

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Not a single defender that plays these days is better than prime Terry, Puyol, Maldini, Cannavaro, Blanc, Deschamps, Helguera etc. Not a single one.

Wasn't Deschamps more of a defensive midfielder?

I would add Lillian Thuram to the list of defenders!

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Not a single defender that plays these days is better than prime Terry, Puyol, Maldini, Cannavaro, Blanc, Deschamps, Helguera etc. Not a single one.

Carvalho? Stam? Hierro? Desailly?

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Can't stop scoring. Tailor-Made for chelsea. There's obviously more to come because he hasn't broken sweat yet and is still getting to top physical condition despite looking as fit as a bull. He has other great qualities we are sure to still see like running at defenders scaring them to bits.

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Are we all going to ignore that punch he made in the swansea game, he's a lose cannon, does he think he is bigger than chelsea, this thought saddens me

Diego Costa: Should he have seen red?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2755694/Diego-Costa-Should-seen-red-Graham-Poll-gives-verdict-Gylfi-Sigurdsson-incident.html

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Can't stop scoring. Tailor-Made for chelsea. There's obviously more to come because he hasn't broken sweat yet and is still getting to top physical condition despite looking as fit as a bull. He has other great qualities we are sure to still see like running at defenders scaring them to bits.

Discussing Costa in the Kompany thead... :rant:

Are we all going to ignore that punch he made in the swansea game, he's a lose cannon, does he think he is bigger than chelsea, this thought saddens me

Wut??? The guy has been running his bollocks of for the club, scoring 7 goals in his first 4 matches, and you still want to question his commitment? Nobody is denying that his tantrums can be cause of concern, but please, get some perspective.

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Are we all going to ignore that punch he made in the swansea game, he's a lose cannon, does he think he is bigger than chelsea, this thought saddens me

The whole Chelsea support are doing an Arsene Wenger impression....

"We did not see it"

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