But he just can't bully the defenders here as he used to do at La Liga..

And please tell me how would he be better than our strikers? When we signed Demba BA he was scoring goals for fun t Newcastle then rest is history.

These small clubs have team built around certain players that's why they score goals easily but that isn't the case in Chelsea..

Deigo Costa scores sh*t loads of goals for Atletico because their team is built around him to score they create most of their chances for their strikers which we don't... and given too that his poor technical ability he just couldn't make goal for his own.

I seriously just don't think he's the right player for us. Edinson Cavani is the one I really want he's the pure complete striker he has everything and is proven from years.

We need a striker with great technical ability who can make goals of his own not the opposite. I'm really concerned because we don't want another flop here.

Please don't get me wrong it's just my opinion.

 

Atletico are not a small club - they comfortably beat us midweek to make the final of the UCL and look like they are going to win La Liga 

 

Drawing comparisons between leagues and teams is never as easy as it sounds (certainly not as easy as you seem to have described it).  There are never any guarantees that any striker will work at any club , let alone Chelsea . In that sense , every move that we make is going to be a risk but a risk that is quite clearly going to have to be taken this summer . 

 

You ask me to tell you how he would be better? It's going to be a risk no doubt , but one that I think is worth taking for Jose given the fight and ability he has shown for one of the best teams in the world this season .

 

Cavani is just as much a risk with probably a higher price tag . 

 

Deigo Costa looks a winner and a fighter . I WANT HIM AT CHELSEA .

Edited May 3, 201412 yr by gussy122

Atletico are not a small club - they comfortably beat us midweek to make the final of the UCL and look like they are going to win La Liga 

 

Drawing comparisons between leagues and teams is never as easy as it sounds (certainly not as easy as you seem to have described it).  There are never any guarantees that any striker will work at any club , let alone Chelsea . In that sense , every move that we make is going to be a risk but a risk that is quite clearly going to have to be taken this summer . 

 

You ask me to tell you how he would be better? It's going to be a risk no doubt , but one that I think is worth taking for Jose given the fight and ability he has shown for one of the best teams in the world this season .

 

Cavani is just as much a risk with probably a higher price tag . 

 

Deigo Costa looks a winner and a fighter . I WANT HIM AT CHELSEA .

 I'm not saying Atletico is a small club, but Newcastle is and Atletico is not even that big... before this season I doubt anyone thought they would be this successful.

But my point still stands, their style of play is built around their strikers, I mean their team is built around them but in the case of Chelsea it's not.

And given to that his technical ability is very very limited, he can't create goals on his own he needs his team to revolve around him but again that's not the case with Chelsea. He's a very very limited player.

On other hand Cavani he's more accomplished player than Costa he has everything, he has pace, he has mobility, he has great technique and can score goals on his own. And he's far more proven that Costa.

Costa can well be another Torres situation here. Plus the 32 millions are a hefty price tag. And Diego Costa's antics and ridiculing defenders won't work here especially against the teams like Stoke etc. 32million pounds are a lot for a player who isa lot less proven than his cos

Don't get me wrong I also want good for Chelsea, I'm worried because we just can't have another flop striker situation here(Torres one).

I JUST DONT WANT A BLODDY TORRES SITUATION HERE! :S

Edited May 3, 201412 yr by CFCBlue12

Cavani could be a torres. This is a high stakes game with no guarantees. Any big name is a risk .

As I've said many times, whoever we sign is going to be a big risk, Cavani or Falcao at £50mil isn't exactly cheap and while they've been around longer it's still a heftier price tag compared to what we will pay for Costa.

 

I've got faith that Jose will make this guy into a goalscoring machine in the prem.

Timetowaste has nailed it

Did you see it in Drogba's game prior to him signing for us? If not then this comparison is pretty pointless.

 

I had and he looked special. He destroyed Newcastle and Liverpool in the Uefa cup. He could make moments of magic happen and often with his back to goal. I go along with the line of thought that Costas physical advantages would be as effective here as in spain.

 

Also, as have stated many times teams in spain don't tend to park the bus. We need some one who can work in a tight space, scares the sh*t out of defenders and can make something happen from nothing. more to the point we need to be a flat track bully some one who just destroys the smaller teams

I doubt we're throwing around 32 million pounds blindly, Jose and Emenalo and whoever else would have had a very long look at all the options and if they've decided that Costa is the best option, then I trust them as they've generally been spot on in the last few years.

 

To say Costa has no technical ability is frankly ridiculous, to compare Atletico's season with Newcastle's season a few years back with Ba is ridiculous, it reeks of someone who has made a judgement on Costa based solely on his game against us.

Edited May 3, 201412 yr by Jonty

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To say Costa has no technical ability is frankly ridiculous.

That did make me laugh, some of his goals have been technically outstanding. I think the fact he's a big angry physical sod blind people to his excellent first touch and skill.

That did make me laugh, some of his goals have been technically outstanding. I think the fact he's a big angry physical sod blind people to his excellent first touch and skill.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u42-Cth6CoE

 

 

"He has no technical ability" .........LOL

I think he has potential to be a great goal scorer but not the scorer of great goals. £32m is a fair reflection, the players that cost £50m score regularly, and the have thar ability to score from nothing, (bar torres).

Just because I don't think he has that X factor, doesn't mean I don't think he could be a good signing, , especially if Mourinho wants him. Take these 2 players for example, both world class but 1 has more to his game that the other.

This is the extreme ends of the scale!

Fillipo Inzaghi's Top 10 Goals for Milan:

Zlatan Ibrahimovic ? Top 10 Goals Ever ? HD: http://youtu.be/0_4-OOPhrwg

Edited May 3, 201412 yr by big blue

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/diego-costa-agrees-chelsea-move-123600394--sow.html

If Emenalo rates him aswell thats enough for me, any guy who buys Azpi for £7M deserves respect.

hahaha, no technical ability. Give it a rest. He is skilled on the ball, knows where the back of the net is and is a badass. We need a badass in our team who has the physical ability to bully his way to goal.

He has the ability to really intimidate people too. Chelsea need that. None of our current crop of forwards have that. In fact, our forwards are always the ones being bullied off the ball.... we need a pair of bollocks and a spine in our team. Bold statement! But true. I'm sure that I'm not the only one who is fed up with seeing our team collapse with its pants round its ankles once we hit the final third of the pitch.

Number of times I've yelled the phrase "sh*t or get off the pot" whilst watching our players either overplay the ball and lose it on a flank, panic and give away possession in the final stretch or bottle it and pass the ball back. Its infuriating. We need a player who is confident and willing to charge through walls and parked buses.

Fantastic player, sign him.

hahaha, no technical ability. Give it a rest. He is skilled on the ball, knows where the back of the net is and is a badass. We need a badass in our team who has the physical ability to bully his way to goal.

He has the ability to really intimidate people too. Chelsea need that. None of our current crop of forwards have that. In fact, our forwards are always the ones being bullied off the ball.... we need a pair of bollocks and a spine in our team. Bold statement! But true. I'm sure that I'm not the only one who is fed up with seeing our team collapse with its pants round its ankles once we hit the final third of the pitch.

Number of times I've yelled the phrase "sh*t or get off the pot" whilst watching our players either overplay the ball and lose it on a flank, panic and give away possession in the final stretch or bottle it and pass the ball back. Its infuriating. We need a player who is confident and willing to charge through walls and parked buses.

In a nutshell, fantastic post.

What a donkey

If great goal scoring records is what you want take a look at this guy.. Broken all kinds of records and some of those goals look a bit tasty aswell

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mNDUi3_diPE

 

Do we really need another striker who just falls flat on his arse after taking a shot? We already have Ba . . .

If great goal scoring records is what you want take a look at this guy.. Broken all kinds of records and some of those goals look a bit tasty aswell

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mNDUi3_diPE

Terrific point. 

 

Let's never sign anyone with a good goal scoring record because Kezman didn't work out. Let's never sign a striker for £30m or more because Shevchenko and Torres didn't work out. Let's never sign anyone on a free because Mineiro, Ben Haim and Sidwell we're useless. Let's never sign anyone below the age of 20 because we will just loan them out and no good ever comes of it. Let's never sign a Brazilian because Oscar isn't playing well. 

 

Costa tar is proving himself in a side in the champions league final. He's showing himself to be the best striker in the Spanish League and is playing very well. None of this guarantees success, but it's never guaranteed no matter who you're signing. I like his movement and link up play as well as his ability to occupy more than one defender. Makes me think of the way that Eto'o improves us with movement and linking the play, but I think Costa is more clinical and stronger.

im concerned that even after getting this guy, he would be short of services. who would create chances for him in the PL with PL defenders out muscling our tiny creative mid fielders all season. just hope that by next season, it won't be another story of no link up play between our obviously too tiny mid fielders and this striker. it would be much frustration through that whole season again for us.

Terrific point. 

 

Let's never sign anyone with a good goal scoring record because Kezman didn't work out. Let's never sign a striker for £30m or more because Shevchenko and Torres didn't work out. Let's never sign anyone on a free because Mineiro, Ben Haim and Sidwell we're useless. Let's never sign anyone below the age of 20 because we will just loan them out and no good ever comes of it. Let's never sign a Brazilian because Oscar isn't playing well. 

 

Costa tar is proving himself in a side in the champions league final. He's showing himself to be the best striker in the Spanish League and is playing very well. None of this guarantees success, but it's never guaranteed no matter who you're signing. I like his movement and link up play as well as his ability to occupy more than one defender. Makes me think of the way that Eto'o improves us with movement and linking the play, but I think Costa is more clinical and stronger.

 

 

Like most, you seem to be taking the points those of us that aren't over the moon about costa and making it in to something else all together.

 

The point is not that we shouldn't buy some one with a good goal scoring record... that should go with out saying, I'm actually a bit shocked you even think that is the point i'm making. My point is that a good goal record doesn't nessaserily translate in to a good purchase. I have watched him a lot since Jan and personally I have seen nothing that gets me excited. I don't have that feeling that edges me of my seat when he gets the ball waiting to see what he's going to produce, almost expecting a goal no matter how many people parked in front of him.

 

That's how I feel when I watch Aguero for example.. 

 

Also by the way, Oscar is one of my favourite players and I'm pretty sure he's been playing injured since the Fulham game... If you read my posts you will find they are anything but reactionary. The argument for costa seem's to be that he scores a lot of goals and is a bit of a c**t.. I'm just saying that lots of goals one place doesn't always equal a great buy and other factors should come in to it, like the type of goals he is scoring, how is he doing in tight spaces. etc etc

Dude, I totally disagree. We need somebody who knows how to score goals. We need a c**t. We need somebody who will wind up, agitate and throw defenders off and get under their skin.

No disrespect, but I really don't follow any of your points because they do not make sense. Yes, we need a link up guy in central midfield but we need a striker who is proven and has the balls to get into dangerous positions even more so.

Anybody who has watched our team in action more than a few times this season will no doubt see a pattern in our attack. Its impotent. No killer instinct. We hardly get into the box. Its like our strikers are afraid to breach the penalty area and leave it to our wingers and midfielders to shoot from range, which ends up with lots of lobbed efforts that dont reach their target.

Sure, we are stifled in midfield when it comes to that creative element, but a good striker with balls attached would find a way through with a bit of muscle power and actually cause problems for defences.

Our problem is that we do not know how to react when a team implements a tightly knit compact defence. That's why we need Diego Costa.

Edited May 3, 201412 yr by theblueone

Dude, I totally disagree. We need somebody who knows how to score goals. We need a c**t. We need somebody who will wind up, agitate and throw defenders off and get under their skin.

No disrespect, but I really don't follow any of your points because they do not make sense. Yes, we need a link up guy in central midfield but we need a striker who is proven and has the balls to get into dangerous positions even more so.

Anybody who has watched our team in action more than a few times this season will no doubt see a pattern in our attack. Its impotent. No killer instinct. We hardly get into the box. Its like our strikers are afraid to breach the penalty area and leave it to our wingers and midfielders to shoot from range, which ends up with lots of lobbed efforts that dont reach their target.

Sure, we are stifled in midfield when it comes to that creative element, but a good striker with balls attached would find a way through with a bit of muscle power and actually cause problems for defences.

Our problem is that we do not know how to react when a team implements a tightly knit compact defence. That's why we need Diego Costa.

 

I feel like it's more than just the striker. We need the two fullbacks to start overlapping and delivering some crosses. But I do agree with most of what you said. I don't know if it's the managers orders, but I don't like the fact that Torres keeps drifting out wide, instead of rushing towards the goal expecting a through ball or a cross -- it annoys the sh*t out of me. Yet h e does it so often, that it can't be unsolicited by the manager. Some of our players slow down our play too... 

 

In Mourinho we trust though! 

Oh totally. I have complete faith in Jose. Its one of those things where you have to be all in or not at all.

What you stated about Torres is exactly what I am talking about. Our strikers eradicate themselves from games with their positioning and lack of penetration. They tend to leave it to the wingers, who often cross the ball completely wide, straight into the keepers hands or go for the shot themselves, launching it over the bar, to a wide angle.

Torres is the worst for positioning. Its like he is magnetically opposed from stepping foot into the goal mouth area. He corners himself off to a side (usually the left) and it drives me up the wall.

Our match against Swansea was a prime example of our impotent attack. 2 shots of 25 on target. Most of them pot shots from outside the area.