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Bobbywoodhogan said:
See I haven't seen much of him, does he look poor now then?
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Very much so. In reality he's been pretty bad ever since his form dropped of a cliff his last year here, we just assumed it was because he was sulking.

If we resigned him now he would make the Falcao us and United had look like his prime version.

 
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icecoolguy22 said:
I doubt Atletico is willing to sell Costa after losing Griezman, as much as being crazy person. If he's leaving, at least he'd go to a team playing in the Champions league, or one with unlimited budget.
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Well they did sign Morata from us, and they also just signed some young striker, he’s Balkan but can’t remember which specific country, so I could see them moving on from Costa.

Edit: Šaponji? is his name

 
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ENygma said:
Drogba and Costa are the clear standouts. Aside from them, you could even argue that when we bough Anelka he was way past his prime (despite still actually not being too bad for us)
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I think Anelka  won the premier league golden boot with us despite not being the sole striker. There’s a few strikers getting round the place that would like to be that over the hill. He was the last striker we had that had both pace and skill. Infinitely better than say Torres. 

 
ozboy said:
I think Anelka  won the premier league golden boot with us despite not being the sole striker. There’s a few strikers getting round the place that would like to be that over the hill. He was the last striker we had that had both pace and skill. Infinitely better than say Torres. 
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Do definitely agree there, he was actually good for us. But the point is, that we dont tend to buy young and upcoming strikers and instead always go for people past their prime, Anelka included. Costa and Drogba being the sole exceptions. 

 
I think Demba Ba should be added to the list of Drogba and Costa. He wasn´t the caliber of player as those two, but he wasn´t supposed to be. I think he gave a great return on what he was brought in to do. 

The Gerrard slip and that scissor kick against Man United would be in my top 50 chelsea moments of the decade for sure.

 
mwblue10 said:
Well they did sign Morata from us, and they also just signed some young striker, he’s Balkan but can’t remember which specific country, so I could see them moving on from Costa.

Edit: Šaponji? is his name
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I'll call it now, we'll be linked with him for €130 million in 2 years time

 
chelsea_true_blue said:
Reckon he would have smashed it this season. Usually takes foreign players 6 months to adapt to the intensity here. 
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I'm certain that this wouldn't have happened with Higuain. The simple fact is that his body doesn't allow him to be as good as he used to be. He's gotten older, he doesn't move well, he would never have adapted to the Premier League at this point in his career.

 
Scott Harris said:
I'm certain that this wouldn't have happened with Higuain. The simple fact is that his body doesn't allow him to be as good as he used to be. He's gotten older, he doesn't move well, he would never have adapted to the Premier League at this point in his career.
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He’s the same age as Aguero and only a year older than Aubameyang. And they’re still toying with PL defences. With 6 months of PL football already under his belt and a solid pre-season Higgy would have been tearing it up. 

I’d sooner have him than the two immobile beanpoles we currently have to make do with. 

 
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chelsea_true_blue said:
He’s the same age as Aguero and only a year older than Aubameyang. And they’re still toying with PL defences. With 6 months of PL football already under his belt and a solid pre-season Higgy would have been tearing it up. 

I’d sooner have him than the two immobile beanpoles we currently have to make do with. 
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I´ll quote you on that come November.

 
Soulo said:
I´ll quote you on that come November.
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So you except a productive season from Giroud and Abraham? Really? Yeah I’m sure City, Liverpool, Spurs and Arsenal are sh*tting themselves at the thought of facing them. ?

Giroud has never been prolific and he’s virtually finished. Abraham is championship quality at best. Saddens me to say but they’re just not good enough. Our fans need to put their bias aside and get real. 

 
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chelsea_true_blue said:
So you except a productive season from Giroud and Abraham? Really? Yeah I’m sure City, Liverpool, Spurs and Arsenal are sh*tting themselves at the thought of facing them. ?

Giroud has never been prolific and he’s virtually finished. Abraham is championship quality at best. Saddens me to say but they’re just not good enough. Our fans need to put their bias aside and get real. 
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Giroud is not there to score 15-20 goals per season. He played every minute of France´s world cup campaign and had 0 shots on target. You know what they did? The won the tournament. He is there to give us an option for a player who can hold the ball in the final third and allow the wing players to make runs. 

As for Tammy the world is his right now, it´s up to him to show what he´s got. 

We´re not challenging for any titles this year, no matter who is up front so why pay millions to an aging player who last showed proper form at Napoli rather than develop a younger player so that he will be ready to take the challenge in a year or two when the rest of the squad is set up?

 
Soulo said:
Giroud is not there to score 15-20 goals per season. He played every minute of France´s world cup campaign and had 0 shots on target. You know what they did? The won the tournament. He is there to give us an option for a player who can hold the ball in the final third and allow the wing players to make runs. 

As for Tammy the world is his right now, it´s up to him to show what he´s got. 

We´re not challenging for any titles this year, no matter who is up front so why pay millions to an aging player who last showed proper form at Napoli rather than develop a younger player so that he will be ready to take the challenge in a year or two when the rest of the squad is set up?
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Don't feed the troll.

 
Higuain would have cost a bomb. Wasn’t it 60m or something ridiculous like that? Can’t justify spending that on him based on what we’ve seen.

 
Higuain is a bum that isnt suited for EPL football... Glad we didnt spend anything on him. 

 
chelsea_true_blue said:
He’s the same age as Aguero and only a year older than Aubameyang. And they’re still toying with PL defences. With 6 months of PL football already under his belt and a solid pre-season Higgy would have been tearing it up. 

I’d sooner have him than the two immobile beanpoles we currently have to make do with. 
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Yes, and their bodies are in much better condition than Higuain's. They are much fitter and in the prime of their careers. Higuain has been showing for a while now that his best days are behind him.

 
Soulo said:
Giroud is not there to score 15-20 goals per season. He played every minute of France´s world cup campaign and had 0 shots on target. You know what they did? The won the tournament. He is there to give us an option for a player who can hold the ball in the final third and allow the wing players to make runs. 

As for Tammy the world is his right now, it´s up to him to show what he´s got. 

We´re not challenging for any titles this year, no matter who is up front so why pay millions to an aging player who last showed proper form at Napoli rather than develop a younger player so that he will be ready to take the challenge in a year or two when the rest of the squad is set up?
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Yeah but France had Griezmann and Mbappe to get the goals. We don’t have that luxury. If Giroud isn’t guaranteed to chip in with 15 goals then what good is he? Call me old fashioned but I want my strikers to bang in the goals. That’s what wins football matches.  Abraham is too raw and lacks the required quality for this level. We can’t even call on the creativity of Hazard to provide the ammunition anymore. 

I look at our rivals and their forward options piss on ours. City have Aguero and jesus, Liverpool Firmino, Mane and Origi, Arsenal Auba, Lacazette and Pepe and spurs have Kane and Son. 

What do we have? A striker who’s job isn’t to score goals and a youngster just out of the championship who already failed once in the PL.

Would have rather kept Higgy  

 
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The only thing I will miss about Higuain is the comb-over.

I've seen milk turn faster than him.

 
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