comment by Bov (U6696)
posted 1 hour, 31 minutes ago
Still with this sh,t. Costa scored many important goals in very big matches inc Barca and RealM away and there isn't bigger than that. Check out this strike
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1l7egx_fc-barcelona-0-1-atletico-madrid-goal-diego-uefa-champions-league_sport
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That's Diego Ribas, bov.
As for the article, I wouldn't even know where to start. It's idiotic.
Fair enough Walter on that goal I stand corrected.
What's idiotic about this article, I appreciate the fact that costa is effective and good value for money unlike Torres but I just feel that he might not bail us out in big games, maybe not as often as we would have wanted, he us not forceful enough. He reminds me chicharito, but I'm glad we have aggressive attacking midfielders and on their day any of them can come to the rescue if Costa let's himself down
Walter Sobchak......is innocent ok>
I actually agree, but Drogba was really one of a kind in terms of big game influence. I don't think it's really fair to expect the same out of Costa.
I'm not saying Costa is crap, he is a great striker to have at any club, and we are very lucky to have him. I have faith in him though to have a successful career at Chelsea - I'm not going to just judge him on these 15 games and project his future overall impact at the club based on it, that would be too short sighted. I just think Drogba was a striker that suited us really well, and his mental stregnth was out of this world. I don't think Costa will be a better all round striker than Drogba - but he certainly looks like he is a more effective box striker than Drogba was. I hope to be proved wrong though.
KDB que ! no comprendi ! and Drogs first couple of seasons here were less than awesome !
In his first couple of seaaons many Chelsea fans wanted Drogba out as they didn't think he was anywhere near good enough.
We can try and paint a rosey picture of the past but that's how it was.
Fortunately I saw what Drogba bought to the team, even in his first few seasons. He was a brilliant target man for Robben, Duff and Lampard to play off. Fans wanted to see a 25+ goals a season striker - and that was the yard stick they measured a striker on.
When Drogba implemented goals into his game on top of his hold up play - we then had a one of a kind striker, not many in history like him.
comment by Torres+Azpi-The Spanish Duo. (U10322)
posted 2 hours, 11 minutes ago
I actually agree, but Drogba was really one of a kind in terms of big game influence. I don't think it's really fair to expect the same out of Costa.
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And yet Costa has scored in big games, cup finals, cup semi finals and important derbies so he has already done the same. So you are right not to expect it as it has already happened.
Hopefully he can replicate his cup final and semi-final record in a Chelsea shirt.
What hurts Costa in my eyes is the calibre of names we were linked with for years before him. People like Aguero, Neymar & Falcao. Getting Costa after falling to acquire one of those three does feel a bit like we're picking up the scraps.
When you look at the world's elite clubs and who they have up front. Benzema, Messi, Suarez, Falcao, Ibrahimovic, Cavani, Aguero, Lewandowski - and we have Costa???
I can't possibly be the only one who thinks we're falling behind in comparison here.
I think Costa is about the same level as Lewandoswski, Benzema, Cavani.
Aguero, Suarez, Falcao and Ibrahimovic are probably a bit above him.
Messi is on another level.
He is still better than Torres, Eto'o and Ba.
When you look at the world's elite clubs and who they have up front. Benzema, Messi, Suarez, Falcao, Ibrahimovic, Cavani, Aguero, Lewandowski - and we have Costa???
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Delighted we never signed Flopcao, would have been a disaster.
As for the likes of Benzema, Cavani and Lewandowski they're all very good but I don't think they'd be doing any better than Costa has done so far.
Why bring up Messi though ?? WTF has arguably the greatest player ever got to do with this ??
I'm happy with Costa. Not sure why one or two fans appear to be turning on him. He's done everything right so far in a Chelsea shirt and his record in big games at Atletico show he is a big game player.
comment by Say My Name (U18558)
posted 1 hour ago
comment by Torres+Azpi-The Spanish Duo. (U10322)
posted 2 hours, 11 minutes ago
I actually agree, but Drogba was really one of a kind in terms of big game influence. I don't think it's really fair to expect the same out of Costa.
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And yet Costa has scored in big games, cup finals, cup semi finals and important derbies so he has already done the same. So you are right not to expect it as it has already happened.
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What, for us?
Do you actually realistically expect Costa to score in the amount of finals, Semi-finals, big PL games Drogba scored in?
There won't be another like Drogba for us, I would bet a lot on that.
Cap all your doing is trying to undermine the player and get the fickle amongst the support questioning his ability .
Jtomimlyal,
"and we have Costa" ?
Really ?
What more can the player do apart from score goals.
One player is not like another, he brings a lot to the table and for his fee he is value.
Those of you amongst us who can't understand why we don't have the Very top tier strikers miss the point that we will not pay the fees and wages that Real, Barce, Bayern and UTD can pay.
We traditionally buy workman like players , journeyman professionals , every time we buy a whizz kid (under R/A) we get burnt .
We worked hard to get the FFP balance ,but it does limit our star buys.
There's a very good reason we were the only club willing to met that 32mil release clause. Unless that ball's in his feet in the box he offers little to no threat to the opposition.
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If there was a ja606 police force I'd be calling them up after this abomination of a comment.
30 million for Costa was a bargain in the current market. Players of his goalscoring ability normally go for 50 million +.
As for Costa offering no threat outside the box have you actually watched him play ?? He's no Suarez in that respect but he's good with the ball at his feet and can certainly run with it. Very decent link up play as well which you can't say for all strikers.
One of the worst articles I've ever seen on this site.
Costa has already near enough equalled what drogba done in his first season for us. Ridiculous article.
Just read the rest of the comments. People should be ashamed in themselves.2nd in the scoring charts? In his debut season hindered by injury And U get mugs saying were behind the competition
What, so you think Costa will do for us what Drogba did?
Whose saying he will, what drogba done no1 has matched before or probably will.
But the op is saying costa won't live up to expectation?i never had expectation he would score in every final he plays for us.
He then says he feels we will have to rely on our attacking midfielders to score instead of him even though he's probably scored more than all of them put together. Had a shocker
Costa should have no questions or criticisms about him and he has been better than drogba was in his first season and works harder than drogba ever did. If he can match what drogba done in big games then wow we have a player, but no1 is expected to do that.
Fair enough. I think the OP is probably correct in saying Costa will never be as good as Drogba in those big games. How good he will be, well we'll just have to wait and see.
30 million for Costa was a bargain in the current market. Players of his goalscoring ability normally go for 50 million +.
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posted on 21/12/14
comment by Bov (U6696)
posted 1 hour, 31 minutes ago
Still with this sh,t. Costa scored many important goals in very big matches inc Barca and RealM away and there isn't bigger than that. Check out this strike
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1l7egx_fc-barcelona-0-1-atletico-madrid-goal-diego-uefa-champions-league_sport
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That's Diego Ribas, bov.
As for the article, I wouldn't even know where to start. It's idiotic.
posted on 21/12/14
Fair enough Walter on that goal I stand corrected.
posted on 21/12/14
What's idiotic about this article, I appreciate the fact that costa is effective and good value for money unlike Torres but I just feel that he might not bail us out in big games, maybe not as often as we would have wanted, he us not forceful enough. He reminds me chicharito, but I'm glad we have aggressive attacking midfielders and on their day any of them can come to the rescue if Costa let's himself down
posted on 21/12/14
Walter Sobchak......is innocent ok>
posted on 21/12/14
I actually agree, but Drogba was really one of a kind in terms of big game influence. I don't think it's really fair to expect the same out of Costa.
posted on 21/12/14
I'm not saying Costa is crap, he is a great striker to have at any club, and we are very lucky to have him. I have faith in him though to have a successful career at Chelsea - I'm not going to just judge him on these 15 games and project his future overall impact at the club based on it, that would be too short sighted. I just think Drogba was a striker that suited us really well, and his mental stregnth was out of this world. I don't think Costa will be a better all round striker than Drogba - but he certainly looks like he is a more effective box striker than Drogba was. I hope to be proved wrong though.
posted on 21/12/14
KDB que ! no comprendi ! and Drogs first couple of seasons here were less than awesome !
posted on 21/12/14
In his first couple of seaaons many Chelsea fans wanted Drogba out as they didn't think he was anywhere near good enough.
We can try and paint a rosey picture of the past but that's how it was.
posted on 21/12/14
Fortunately I saw what Drogba bought to the team, even in his first few seasons. He was a brilliant target man for Robben, Duff and Lampard to play off. Fans wanted to see a 25+ goals a season striker - and that was the yard stick they measured a striker on.
When Drogba implemented goals into his game on top of his hold up play - we then had a one of a kind striker, not many in history like him.
posted on 21/12/14
comment by Torres+Azpi-The Spanish Duo. (U10322)
posted 2 hours, 11 minutes ago
I actually agree, but Drogba was really one of a kind in terms of big game influence. I don't think it's really fair to expect the same out of Costa.
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And yet Costa has scored in big games, cup finals, cup semi finals and important derbies so he has already done the same. So you are right not to expect it as it has already happened.
posted on 21/12/14
Hopefully he can replicate his cup final and semi-final record in a Chelsea shirt.
posted on 21/12/14
What hurts Costa in my eyes is the calibre of names we were linked with for years before him. People like Aguero, Neymar & Falcao. Getting Costa after falling to acquire one of those three does feel a bit like we're picking up the scraps.
When you look at the world's elite clubs and who they have up front. Benzema, Messi, Suarez, Falcao, Ibrahimovic, Cavani, Aguero, Lewandowski - and we have Costa???
I can't possibly be the only one who thinks we're falling behind in comparison here.
posted on 21/12/14
I think Costa is about the same level as Lewandoswski, Benzema, Cavani.
Aguero, Suarez, Falcao and Ibrahimovic are probably a bit above him.
Messi is on another level.
He is still better than Torres, Eto'o and Ba.
posted on 21/12/14
When you look at the world's elite clubs and who they have up front. Benzema, Messi, Suarez, Falcao, Ibrahimovic, Cavani, Aguero, Lewandowski - and we have Costa???
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Delighted we never signed Flopcao, would have been a disaster.
As for the likes of Benzema, Cavani and Lewandowski they're all very good but I don't think they'd be doing any better than Costa has done so far.
Why bring up Messi though ?? WTF has arguably the greatest player ever got to do with this ??
I'm happy with Costa. Not sure why one or two fans appear to be turning on him. He's done everything right so far in a Chelsea shirt and his record in big games at Atletico show he is a big game player.
posted on 21/12/14
comment by Say My Name (U18558)
posted 1 hour ago
comment by Torres+Azpi-The Spanish Duo. (U10322)
posted 2 hours, 11 minutes ago
I actually agree, but Drogba was really one of a kind in terms of big game influence. I don't think it's really fair to expect the same out of Costa.
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And yet Costa has scored in big games, cup finals, cup semi finals and important derbies so he has already done the same. So you are right not to expect it as it has already happened.
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What, for us?
Do you actually realistically expect Costa to score in the amount of finals, Semi-finals, big PL games Drogba scored in?
There won't be another like Drogba for us, I would bet a lot on that.
posted on 21/12/14
Superb
posted on 21/12/14
Cap all your doing is trying to undermine the player and get the fickle amongst the support questioning his ability .
Jtomimlyal,
"and we have Costa" ?
Really ?
What more can the player do apart from score goals.
One player is not like another, he brings a lot to the table and for his fee he is value.
Those of you amongst us who can't understand why we don't have the Very top tier strikers miss the point that we will not pay the fees and wages that Real, Barce, Bayern and UTD can pay.
We traditionally buy workman like players , journeyman professionals , every time we buy a whizz kid (under R/A) we get burnt .
We worked hard to get the FFP balance ,but it does limit our star buys.
posted on 21/12/14
There's a very good reason we were the only club willing to met that 32mil release clause. Unless that ball's in his feet in the box he offers little to no threat to the opposition.
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If there was a ja606 police force I'd be calling them up after this abomination of a comment.
30 million for Costa was a bargain in the current market. Players of his goalscoring ability normally go for 50 million +.
As for Costa offering no threat outside the box have you actually watched him play ?? He's no Suarez in that respect but he's good with the ball at his feet and can certainly run with it. Very decent link up play as well which you can't say for all strikers.
posted on 21/12/14
One of the worst articles I've ever seen on this site.
Costa has already near enough equalled what drogba done in his first season for us. Ridiculous article.
posted on 21/12/14
Just read the rest of the comments. People should be ashamed in themselves.2nd in the scoring charts? In his debut season hindered by injury And U get mugs saying were behind the competition
posted on 21/12/14
What, so you think Costa will do for us what Drogba did?
posted on 21/12/14
Whose saying he will, what drogba done no1 has matched before or probably will.
But the op is saying costa won't live up to expectation?i never had expectation he would score in every final he plays for us.
He then says he feels we will have to rely on our attacking midfielders to score instead of him even though he's probably scored more than all of them put together. Had a shocker
posted on 21/12/14
Costa should have no questions or criticisms about him and he has been better than drogba was in his first season and works harder than drogba ever did. If he can match what drogba done in big games then wow we have a player, but no1 is expected to do that.
posted on 21/12/14
Fair enough. I think the OP is probably correct in saying Costa will never be as good as Drogba in those big games. How good he will be, well we'll just have to wait and see.
posted on 21/12/14
30 million for Costa was a bargain in the current market. Players of his goalscoring ability normally go for 50 million +.
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Costa and Fabregas are some of the best pieces of business we have ever done. Goes well with the Drogba buy in 2004, and Luiz sale. Some great pieces of business by Mourinho.
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