Costa or Kane

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I was jokingly going to say I'd rather have Glen Murray than Costa before the start of yesterday's game. Ooops.

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

How stupid I was when I posted this in the first page of the thread.

And the others who called this thread embarrassing on the first page...suddenly this thread isn't embarrassing, the tables have turned...

Now I choose Kane in a heartbeat. And I probably won't change my answer again.

no reason to be ashamed of your post. Even people who didnt like the way Costa played at the time could have seen how bad he would have turned in the space of a few months.

[zolayes 14,489]

Costa is extremely overrated. To me he's a physical version of Falcao i.e quality and efficient finisher, technically deficient and awful outside the 18 yard box most of the time. Harry cane on the otherhand is actually a proper footballer first and foremost. he can hold the ball up brilliantly, bring others into play, link up play well, superior technical ability and He's not only having one of the best breakthrough season ever in top flight football but also outscoring and definitely outperforming Costa, this despite being 5 years younger.

Harry has a significantly better all round game and would be a much better fit for this team as he's a lot more tactically versatile. technically gifted enough to excel in a possession based team and tactically smart enough to play in a counter attacking set up. We have lacked someone that can hold the ball up and bring others into play in difficult games this season.

And no doubt there will be plenty of "you are embarrassing", "I can't believe what I'm reading" "spoilt" "trolling" and other predictable and overused rhetorics but when one actually sits back, watch and analyse both players closely, look at the numbers without any blue tinted glasses. . . . . . . .

So to answer the OP question yes I would swap Costa for kane

again Lionsden seems to have been proved correct . Interesting to see the views when the thread was opened

[zolayes 14,489]

How stupid I was when I posted this in the first page of the thread.

And the others who called this thread embarrassing on the first page...suddenly this thread isn't embarrassing, the tables have turned...

Now I choose Kane in a heartbeat. And I probably won't change my answer again.

thanks after your post I looked back at the first page and the abuse the OP got for starting this thread

[Stats 7,135]

Costa is extremely overrated. To me he's a physical version of Falcao i.e quality and efficient finisher, technically deficient and awful outside the 18 yard box most of the time. Harry cane on the otherhand is actually a proper footballer first and foremost. he can hold the ball up brilliantly, bring others into play, link up play well, superior technical ability and He's not only having one of the best breakthrough season ever in top flight football but also outscoring and definitely outperforming Costa, this despite being 5 years younger.

Harry has a significantly better all round game and would be a much better fit for this team as he's a lot more tactically versatile. technically gifted enough to excel in a possession based team and tactically smart enough to play in a counter attacking set up. We have lacked someone that can hold the ball up and bring others into play in difficult games this season.

And no doubt there will be plenty of "you are embarrassing", "I can't believe what I'm reading" "spoilt" "trolling" and other predictable and overused rhetorics but when one actually sits back, watch and analyse both players closely, look at the numbers without any blue tinted glasses. . . . . . . .

So to answer the OP question yes I would swap Costa for kane

How right you have been proven...

Same that you mentioned with Oscar. Jack of all trades, master of none and now he is been shown up big time for it.

[Changingman_2000 876]

I'd rather have Torres back than Costa, all day long.

[zolayes 14,489]

Costa Kane or Lukaku //

ive watched Lukaku closely tonight ,, how does he score so many .Its rocket science actually ,, HE spends most of his time in the box usually quite central and makes attempts on goal ,, tonight was unlucky twice hitting post or cross bar THIRD time lucky ,,,still its easy scoring for poor teams like Everton

[robsblubot 3,595]

again Lionsden seems to have been proved correct . Interesting to see the views when the thread was opened

fair enough, but not really rocket science is it? How much did we pay for costa? $25m? $30? For a top striker?! Not a chance!

Good luck getting Kane for anything less than 3 times as much - and he's hardly a top striker atm. Most times, market valuation does matter as it is indeed a competitive market with many scouts and agents crunching numbers.

Now concerning technique, Kane is leagues ahead of Lukaku. Lukaku is obviously pacier and more powerful, so it's a matter of the type of player you want. I can certainly see technical sides like Bayern and Barca preferring a player like Kane though.

Was never a fan of Costa, but I think he's currently unfit as are a number of the players - yes still not at their 100% fitness. That's how bad they were at the beginning of the season. I've said it before, but a number of them were carrying a few extra pounds and that's difficult to fix short term.

I don't think they don't want to play for him - they just can't atm. The players, including Costa, are not as poor as they appear to be.

[Styles 9,790]

Kane is comfortably better now in my opinion.

Much, much better all round footballer.

[Pizy 18,848]

14 minutes ago, Styles said:

Kane is comfortably better now in my opinion.

Much, much better all round footballer.

If Diego didn't have extreme anger and self control issues like a normal human being he's easily better than Kane. If he's totally focused only on playing like he was against PSG before getting injured there aren't many better #9's. Kane is superior with the ball at his feet dribbling but that's about it in terms of ability.

 

 

[LDN Blue 7,903]

5 hours ago, Pizy said:

If Diego didn't have extreme anger and self control issues like a normal human being he's easily better than Kane. If he's totally focused only on playing like he was against PSG before getting injured there aren't many better #9's. Kane is superior with the ball at his feet dribbling but that's about it in terms of ability.

Definitely. Costa's just got that extra level to his game where he can grab the game by the scruff of its neck.. The aggression would have to be toned down but not lost. It'll never happen so right now yeah, you've got to say Kane lol!

[BlueLyon 9,359]

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