53 minutes ago, havelschayes said:

honestly not sure how I feel about costa staying/leaving anymore, yesterday i thought he was excellent in the second half, he's a fighter, never gave up when things don't go well

but then if we keep him he might throw a hissy fit again after a while, asking to leave and become a liability on the pitch just like the past few months

That's the problem with Costa, you never know what you're going to get with him. Frankly I'm sick and tired of his attitude during so many games, it makes you long for a striker that doesn't turn every match into a circus. The fact that he has a tendency to swith off halfway through season has been covered here at length, too. 

I was actually happy to see him linked to the big money move to China. Now judging by his comments, he will only move to Atletico, if anywhere. What a pain this man is.

Edited May 28, 20179 yr by abramovich

If China don't come in for him is another club in Europe likely to pay £60m?

1 minute ago, Strider6003 said:

If China don't come in for him is another club in Europe likely to pay £60m?

Nope

That is why I think a swap might be considered with Griezeman though not sure Conte would want him.

I believe Athletico still owe us money from Felip Luiz.

No top clubs would be interested in Costa apart from Athletico and they don't have bags full of money. I thought they was signing Lacazette and he won't be cheap. I honestly don't think you would get much more than 40m to maybe 50m on a good day for Costa from a European team.

The only way the China deal might work now is if Chelsea lower the asking price, I would just to get rid of him.

I actually thought he was one of the players willing to carry the fight. He was strong against their defence and causing them problems, which is why I was shocked he was taken off near the end. On another day he bags a hat-trick but for Ospina. Our bigger problem is getting involved in areas that hurt the opposition, far to often yesterday we dallied again on the outside of the area and by the time the ball came in the attackers didnt know wether to make the run or not. What we need if he does decide to stay is a good backup striker that can compliment him but also challenge his no1 position as striker and a system that makes sure Cesc is a starter.

5 minutes ago, charierre said:

I actually thought he was one of the players willing to carry the fight. He was strong against their defence and causing them problems, which is why I was shocked he was taken off near the end. On another day he bags a hat-trick but for Ospina. Our bigger problem is getting involved in areas that hurt the opposition, far to often yesterday we dallied again on the outside of the area and by the time the ball came in the attackers didnt know wether to make the run or not. What we need if he does decide to stay is a good backup striker that can compliment him but also challenge his no1 position as striker and a system that makes sure Cesc is a starter.

That's the problem with Costa, he doesnt like the 6 yard box. 

Just now, Ernie_blue said:

That's the problem with Costa, he doesnt like the 6 yard box. 

His goal came from just outside it yesterday and also brought an excellent save late on from a similar position. Don't get me wrong I hate is attitude sometimes but he is a handful when we get him involved in the game in the right areas and finding an upgrade on him will be very hard.

If we can get Morata beofre Milan, they are in the search for a striker. Then we can sell Costa to them. Atletico Madrid also have money. They give big money for idiots like Jackson Martinez and Gameiro. Also they wanted Costa in the summer and in the winter. So there is no reason they should not give us a 50-60mln. for him.

And the only problem is Costa. It`s only his fault. He did it.

Hes technique are so so poor, why would we want to keep a striker, with so poor technique, who can`t even stop the ball properly. Last game against Sunderland. They give him perfect pass in the penalty area, and hes stop the ball, like he was trying to pass .... The ball flick 2 meter from his feet. That was a certain goal.
Not to mention his misplaced passes. Our wing players can`t do 1-2 with him, cause he always give missplaced passes and our attack is finished. His control of the ball is just terrible. He suck on 1 vs 1 situation. Didn`t go for first ball, didnt go for air balls.

If we have top striker with good technique the team will score a lot more.

Just sell the guy, even for less then 50mln.

charierre, o man, stop defending him. How to involve him into our attacks, when he ruin all with his wooden touches? He fu*** all of our attacks with his poor technique. And then the ball is back into the opponent and we need to take it away again, because Costa is like a tree.

And no it`s so easy to find an upgrade on him. Lukaku is 100x better then him, and it`s 5 years younger. Just look at how many goals Costa was scoring at the age of Lukaku, he doesn`t even have 30% of the Lukaku goals.

And that is in Spain ...

We can find an upgrade on Costa easy, so just sell this guy already.

 

 

 

 

Edited May 28, 20179 yr by brakeit

Just now, charierre said:

His goal came from just outside it yesterday and also brought an excellent save late on from a similar position. Don't get me wrong I hate is attitude sometimes but he is a handful when we get him involved in the game in the right areas and finding an upgrade on him will be very hard.

What I mean is he doesn't like to take a chance on crosses or balls into the danger area. Unless it's put on an absolute plate and he don't have to move for it then he won't make a darting run into the box and the amount of times balls ping across the box and you look to where Costa is and he is nowhere near the danger zone.

Someone like Defoe would have a field day some games.

Just now, Ernie_blue said:

What I mean is he doesn't like to take a chance on crosses or balls into the danger area. Unless it's put on an absolute plate and he don't have to move for it then he won't make a darting run into the box and the amount of times balls ping across the box and you look to where Costa is and he is nowhere near the danger zone.

Someone like Defoe would have a field day some games.

It also requires other players to make those runs too, Costa is often one player up against 3 defenders. He does though excel when they try to battle him for strength in the area. 

2 minutes ago, charierre said:

It also requires other players to make those runs too, Costa is often one player up against 3 defenders. He does though excel when they try to battle him for strength in the area. 

Must be watching a different player then, his been useless since January and I've said it plenty of times but John Terry would of done more up front in the last 4 months.

2 minutes ago, Ernie_blue said:

Must be watching a different player then, his been useless since January and I've said it plenty of times but John Terry would of done more up front in the last 4 months.

I don't disagree he can be frustrating,sometimes downright annoying. Yesterday though I thought he performed were others failed and as I said on another day he bags a hat trick. If he stays, we still will have a top class striker but the need for a decent back up is evident . I don't see Bats as being that man.

We will have average striker, not a World Class, cause Costa is not.

He lacks speed, technique, positiong, do i need to continue.

The guy above already told you.

Moses and Alonso constantly make good crosses where our striker need to be, but Costa is always late, ALWAYS. Our wingbacks find the free space, but Costa don`t bother to run for that balls.

Costa limit our team so much, he need to go.

And how to involve him in the game, when he ruin almost all of our attack with his missplaced passes or wooden touches. His ball controll is terrible.

And hes behaviour for sure reflecs on his teammates and the team. He is harmful for the team.

Costa at Lukaku age has only 49 goals .... Thats tell you the whole story. While Lukaku have 144 .....

 

Edited May 28, 20179 yr by brakeit

A problem I think we will have if we keep Costa is he will expect to play all the time regardless of his form or his moods.

Then we will have a huge problem convincing any top striker to sign for us and play second fiddle to Costa.

All in all I think selling him and getting 2 top strikers to battle it out would be better for us in the long run.

For me the benefits of selling him outweigh any benefits of keeping him. 

how will people feel if lukaku goes to utd and we keep costa? the fact lukaku wants to place for us, and evidently costa doesn't, swings it in lukaku's favour for me. add to that he's young, has been in top 2/3 scorers for last two seasons in the league and will continue to improve. 

6 hours ago, Sindre said:

Negotiations started for a new three year contracted according to Di Marzio.

Wouldn't mind keeping him but we need to get another top class striker as well.

Boo just sell him already. Tired of going through his "does not give a toss" spells. 

4 hours ago, brakeit said:

If we can get Morata beofre Milan, they are in the search for a striker. Then we can sell Costa to them. Atletico Madrid also have money. They give big money for idiots like Jackson Martinez and Gameiro. Also they wanted Costa in the summer and in the winter. So there is no reason they should not give us a 50-60mln. for him.

And the only problem is Costa. It`s only his fault. He did it.

Hes technique are so so poor, why would we want to keep a striker, with so poor technique, who can`t even stop the ball properly. Last game against Sunderland. They give him perfect pass in the penalty area, and hes stop the ball, like he was trying to pass .... The ball flick 2 meter from his feet. That was a certain goal.
Not to mention his misplaced passes. Our wing players can`t do 1-2 with him, cause he always give missplaced passes and our attack is finished. His control of the ball is just terrible. He suck on 1 vs 1 situation. Didn`t go for first ball, didnt go for air balls.

If we have top striker with good technique the team will score a lot more.

Just sell the guy, even for less then 50mln.

charierre, o man, stop defending him. How to involve him into our attacks, when he ruin all with his wooden touches? He fu*** all of our attacks with his poor technique. And then the ball is back into the opponent and we need to take it away again, because Costa is like a tree.

And no it`s so easy to find an upgrade on him. Lukaku is 100x better then him, and it`s 5 years younger. Just look at how many goals Costa was scoring at the age of Lukaku, he doesn`t even have 30% of the Lukaku goals.

And that is in Spain ...

We can find an upgrade on Costa easy, so just sell this guy already.

 

 

 

 

I think our manager may be a little bit mad if milan or anyone else beat us to signing him

Would be a massive relief when he leaves. The daily soap opera, hopelessly mediocre play. Lets hope he just is not at the start of the next season. Would be a massive disappointment if he was.

10 hours ago, abramovich said:

That's the problem with Costa, you never know what you're going to get with him

I do, League title's. We have won 2 in 3 year's now with less than impressive big game record's and Costa is a main reason for that, his movement causes absolute havoc for defender's which makes our job breaking deep defenses easier. Watch us drop a lot of silly point's next season should he go.

4 minutes ago, Argo said:

I do, League title's. We have won 2 in 3 year's now with less than impressive big game record's and Costa is a main reason for that, his movement causes absolute havoc for defender's which makes our job breaking deep defenses easier. Watch us drop a lot of silly point's next season should he go.

You make it sound like he's the only striker who can do that.

8 minutes ago, Barrettinator said:

You make it sound like he's the only striker who can do that.

Not atall, but he won't be as easy to replace as we think, even a more technically gifted striker could end up being a massive downgrade tactically. And not to mention we have a dodgy record with strikers, not long ago we had the worst striker in the league leading our line. 

Yeah, its the devil you know and all that

lol, if lukaku is leading our line next season i can already see the same people that are moaning about costa's link up play and his touch going into overdrive.

but it's ok because he's young and he's a chelsea lad at heart! so who cares if he has the touch of a wombat and can't dribble he's basically one of our own!!!!!!

i feel like costa's naysayers will only appreciate him after he's left, especially if we don't replace him adequately

Sorry but Costa is not the main reason we ended with 2 title in the last 3 years. It`s easy to say it`s all his fault, that we ended 10th in the last season, right ?

Just like this season, Costa did in the previous. He goes missing after 15-20 strong games. And the last season, he probably have less then 10 good games...

And we played in the CL as well, what Costa did there? 15 matches - 2 goals, he is so good. :D

No one say the striker should have Hazard dribble or Fabregas pass, but Costa technique is way above average, hes speed as well.

All the other things are already mention.

And it`s not like someone wanted him to go. He do all this by himself.

So everyone can have their opinion and can want Costa to be sold.

 

Edited May 28, 20179 yr by brakeit