Rumoured Douglas Costa

[Magic Lamps 11,677]

  On 27/10/2015 at 22:33, MrBlueGuy said:

Looks like along with De Bruyne one of the biggest transfer mistake in Mourinho's second spell.

Put Willian in this Bayern team and he will look at least as good. Costa always shifts the ball to his left and runs after it. literally every time he gets the ball. no idea why defenders have not figuered that out yet. he is good but not as good as KDB. The only time he faced a decent defender - which are nowhere to be found in bundesliga - this season, which was vs Arsenal, he was in Bellerin's pocket all game.

[DYC. 7,542]

  On 27/10/2015 at 22:40, Magic Lamps said:

Put Willian in this Bayern team and he will look at least as good. Costa always shifts the ball to his left and runs after it. literally every time he gets the ball. no idea why defenders have not figuered that out yet. he is good but not as good as KDB. The only time he faced a decent defender - which are nowhere to be found in bundesliga - this season, which was vs Arsenal, he was in Bellerin's pocket all game.

What game did you watch?

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

  On 27/10/2015 at 22:40, Magic Lamps said:

Put Willian in this Bayern team and he will look at least as good. Costa always shifts the ball to his left and runs after it. literally every time he gets the ball. no idea why defenders have not figuered that out yet. he is good but not as good as KDB. The only time he faced a decent defender - which are nowhere to be found in bundesliga - this season, which was vs Arsenal, he was in Bellerin's pocket all game.

Except for when he almost broke Bellerin's backbone lol.

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  On 27/10/2015 at 22:40, Magic Lamps said:

Put Willian in this Bayern team and he will look at least as good. Costa always shifts the ball to his left and runs after it. literally every time he gets the ball. no idea why defenders have not figuered that out yet. he is good but not as good as KDB. The only time he faced a decent defender - which are nowhere to be found in bundesliga - this season, which was vs Arsenal, he was in Bellerin's pocket all game.

Ermm... he destroyed Bellerin. Bellerin got owned first half. He improved second half when he did not have to deal with Costa who started to roam about the pitch.

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

I was wrong about this dude. Last year I thought he would've been useless to our team. Even considering that he's playing in an ultra attacking side, he's showing his talent.

[nyikolajevics 2,620]

  On 27/10/2015 at 23:15, Blue_Fox_ said:

I was wrong about this dude. Last year I thought he would've been useless to our team. Even considering that he's playing in an ultra attacking side, he's showing his talent.

I think Willian is more talented. Willian in Bayern would show his real class. At Chelsea he has to work his ass off, Mourinho kills his vibe. I firmly belive that Costa would suck at Chelsea and Willian would shine under Guardiola if they swapped team.

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  On 27/10/2015 at 23:18, nyikolajevics said:

I think Willian is more talented. Willian in Bayern would show his real class. At Chelsea he has to work his ass off, Mourinho kills his vibe. I firmly belive that Costa would suck at Chelsea and Willian would shine under Guardiola if they swapped team.

Agreed, still wouldn't mind him right now at Chelsea.

[zolayes 14,489]

  On 27/10/2015 at 23:20, Blue_Fox_ said:

Agreed, still wouldn't mind him right now at Chelsea.

Anyone who added quality would be welcomed

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  On 27/10/2015 at 22:40, Magic Lamps said:

Put Willian in this Bayern team and he will look at least as good. Costa always shifts the ball to his left and runs after it. literally every time he gets the ball. no idea why defenders have not figuered that out yet. he is good but not as good as KDB. The only time he faced a decent defender - which are nowhere to be found in bundesliga - this season, which was vs Arsenal, he was in Bellerin's pocket all game.

Let me remind you of this

[Clockwork 1,794]

  On 27/10/2015 at 23:18, nyikolajevics said:

I think Willian is more talented. Willian in Bayern would show his real class. At Chelsea he has to work his ass off, Mourinho kills his vibe. I firmly belive that Costa would suck at Chelsea and Willian would shine under Guardiola if they swapped team.

Costa is literally the perfect attacker for Pep, the attributes pep likes Costa >>>>>>>>>>>>> Willian.

He is direct

He moves great off the ball- biggest Willian weakness, never seen him do anything off the ball.

Better finisher, better in the final third.

Smh i can't quantify talent, but that is disputable and who cares if Willian is more talented, if the attributes Pep look for is not the one he needs.

Willian would probably be utilized as wingback tbh.

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Mourinho was probably interested in his work-rate, track back record, tackling & ball interception percentage, goalkeeping abilities etc. hence he is at Bayern now, playing for a mananger that knows how to take his attacking players to the next level. Bet he'd have looked like a poor man's Stewart Downing had he joined Chelsea.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

The guy is direct, doesn't slow down the attack and he can dribble, he's dribbling as well as Hazard last season and he's even faster. He was the dribbler we should have gotten on the right wing. It's painful to see how we missed out on our solution.

[the wes 7,212]

It wasn't to long ago some of ones on this forum were saying he's overrated and now they are saying he's brilliant and we should have sign him

[Azul 1,615]

If Willian went to Bayern instead of us then he'd playing like Douglas if not better. Douglas Costa would've been destroyed in Chelsea.

[hamad138 190]

Willain is different to costa, costa is a highspeed dribbler like neymar , Willan is a creator. U cant compare them

[Clockwork 1,794]

  On 28/10/2015 at 16:24, Azul said:

If Willian went to Bayern instead of us then he'd playing like Douglas if not better. Douglas Costa would've been destroyed in Chelsea.

Tell me what are you basing this on?

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Di Santo is doing well in buli too.

That league right now is as shit in terms of competitivness as it gets.

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  On 28/10/2015 at 16:44, hamad138 said:

Willain is different to costa, costa is a highspeed dribbler like neymar , Willan is a creator. U cant compare them

You're right. Different players. Willian is more Mr. Possession and he's been doing better than ever lately in that job, with the added bonus of his excellent work rate. Costa is a big attacking threat, very direct and always looking for a way to goal.

The thing about Douglas is the fact that he is doing everything right now and it's quite scary. Taking on players with a huge variety in his dribbling (coming inside, going around, one-on-one in a tight space, bursting past his opponent and leaving them for dead), drawing a lot of fouls, quality crossing (either low or aerial crosses), creating chances and assisting with incive passes, finding space in central positions to take shots and score goals, linking up beautifully with the centre midfielders like he's been playing there for years. His work rate both offensively and defensively is good and dude is strong. You can't push him off the ball and he's quite tenacious. It's ridiculous. What more could you ask of a winger?

Douglas is probably the most exciting new name in top football in quite a while. I've been extremely impressed by him. I don't think he can keep up this form for years to come because he's playing like Ballon d'Or contender. It's not impossible but improbable. But if he can keep up a level close to this, Bayern have hit the jackpot again, a worthy successor of Ribery.