Costa is not Drogba

The thing is if you read these comments closely no-one I believe is saying Costa is a bad player. Unlike Drogba for example who a significant number in those first two years thought was just an everyday target man. An Ivorian Andy Carroll.-

1.)alot of people are hinting that he is a poor player and overated.

What Costa lacks to me is excelling in something in particular. As I've said before, he's not slow by any means but calling him quick is a disservice to the strikers who rely on it (e.g. Remy would beat him in a sprint no problem).

2.)he is quick and shows it on a weekly basis, even though our game is to not play people in behind a defence so we will never get to see it. Apparently willian is quick but ive never seen it. Other than tracking back.

He's not got the upper body strength to compete physically with the imposing CBs though he does throw his weight around, there's a gigantic difference between those two statements. Most of us could run straight at Drogba and end up bouncing off him - a fair few of us would get Costa on the deck. Without that relentless tenaciousness of his he isn't an imposing individual.

3.)Absolute nonsense, do you not remember drogbas antics? hes even doing them now, flopping to the floor while miscontrolling the ball. Costa yesterday battled against two stoke defenders and left them on the floor and still won the ball on several occasions. this one made me laugh the most

His completely inability to score outside the box, for a striker in the modern game, is a huge issue. I'd like to see him do it once Makelele style just to prove he has it in him, coz right now it strikes me as an attribute he simply doesn't possess. And while not completely technically inept (that bicycle kick for Atletico is there to disprove any suggestion he is), doesn't have nearly the acumen in that respect to compete with his peers. Yet again going back to our own 2nd and 3rd choice, both are better technical footballers.

4.)if you think drogba is good technically then I worry about you, he is a two touch player max. Yes I would like costa to score outside the box but how many goals do we score from outside the box? last year I doubt it was more than 10-15? It seems thats the way we play now.
We havnt had a jimmy floyd for several years now matey.

Just thought I'd make that clear. Not a bad player, just a very overrated one

5.) one of the top 5 strikers based on last year for me. Not overated at all, and had he been fit in the cl final would of most likely won it.

I don't know where we go from here on Costa. You're overly protective and I'm overly cynical. I'll concede the strength argument because he does an impeccable job of looking stronger than he actually is. But everything else I can't give you ground with, we appear to be watching two different players.

I dont know, As a striker myself I know the tough job of a lone striker, especially when we sit back in scenarios and sometimes our am's are not the qucikest at getting up to support. His goal scoring record is the best for a chelsea player since I been watching them and im not overly protective imo, just speak what I see. I havnt missed a game this year and have been to every home game too.
The guy is different class for me, you cannot deny he was in the top 5 strikers last year either no matter how he got goals.

One of the best strikers to every play in the PL? RVNistlerooy, did utd fans complain about him scoring outside the box? No.
Do we as a team score outside the box?very rarely if not from a FK.
Has costa blasted past defenders this year with pace? several times.
Held up play on his own against 2,3,4 Defenders? alot.

Dont get how we can question the guy tbh.

Costa scored a good goal, credit to him

Costa may not be Drogba,but Chelsea are far better with Diego on form.

See how strong he was yesterday? Effortless what link up play, what pace, what touches. Costs

He could t do much today

Nickalopodis, you do watch a lot more of us than myself so I'm perfectly inclined to believe you to a degree (I do think you are a bit protective, could be wrong).

I have yet to see Costa dominate a defender 'effortlessly', he needs to bully defenders to gain the advantage. Also yet to see him skin a defender for pace.

I promise as soon as I see this on a frequent basis from him I'll concede my argument on this. You may not believe me but I'm far more generous towards Costa than I was before he arrived, I didn't realise his football head was as good as it is

Examples of using pace are Arsenal goal at home, shoulder of defender.
Last week against stoke, consistently outpaced the defenders, even missed a good chance after sprining the trap.
Goal against West ham, I would say he skinned all 3 of them defenders in one move.
Also outpaced their defenders on a few occasions.

These are just ones I can remember. But he is pretty good at taking the ball around defenders, epescailly edge of the box.

He has a burst of pace over 3 or 4 yards....but not over 15 yards or more