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Balls into the box. One of them's going to go in

To think we sold de Bruyne for £12 mill. I hope that doesn't bite us on the arse today

Costa!! Contributions all over the pitch, and now keeping his cool.

It's looking like the lads rather like playing for Conte, and it's easy to see why. I think Jose disappeared up his own backside last season and, when all's said and done, Conte was a great player. Must count for a lot.

Kante will be our new Makalele

he'd be too fat to train at City by all accounts. Doesn't get into shape until Xmas

This guy is from another planet but I have long felt that he was carrying a niggle that maybe only he was aware of. I don't think he's someone who sits about voluntarily.

Looks like we're on a go-slow until the new messiah arrives.

That Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha must be doing something right

That is the truly worrying thing, the number of players who develop two left feet when they arrive at SB

‘I had a goal drought once – worst 15 minutes of my career, that was’. Glad to hear the lad's on the mend!

It's easy to forget because neither is in the same class as Suarez. He made everything tick and, for some reason, they thought they could get by without him. I don't think Barca would sell him at any price, even if he was a closet vampire. I think Costa has to go for the same reason SAF would have shipped him out. Nobody's bigger than the club, end of.

He's gotta go. Sure, on his day he's unplayable, but his day doesn't happen often enough, and he's always an accident waiting to happen. Suarez almost won PL on his own but Costa isn't that good. Get rid of him and get over him.

None of last season's top 4 is having a good time of it, and PL is becoming a graveyard for talent. Let's hope Leicester can ruffle a few feathers in CL next season and show us all the way forward

Big strikers are just so last decade, unless you're playing lower league football

He's a carthorse, and you need racehorses at CL level.

We got top money for a player that will never make it at the top level.

Two mid table sides, one of which had a tough midweek match. No quality from either side. Lukaku is the new Heskey, really not top drawer.

I'd go as far as to say Costa is unique. For all his faults, nobody picks up a game by the scruff of the neck like he does. What he lacks in sprinting speed he makes up for with quick thinking.

Poor Jim. He was greased lightning in his day. Lost a yard when he left us but still the ultimate assassin.

I think we've left it a bit late to think about climbing the table. Not sliding down it would be good though.

If Costa's in the mood and we get him a pair of horns to go with the mask, I think he'll scare the s**t out of them. And if Eden finds his feet, even better

Can't believe how good Costa was today. Striker or provider, just amazing

If Ruud Gullit says he's good, he's good.

Just kill the game now, if only to prove we can still do it