Ted Hughes wrote:Costa SO FAR is doing a lot better than I thought he would, but the way Chelsea are set up & the kind of opponents they have been playing, the chances have been falling to him mostly with time & space to finish. His goal from the corner, albeit v Nastasic style defending is actually the one which has impressed me the most.
Not impressed at all by his game in general though & don't think he would have very many goals at all if he'd been playing for us so far, if any.
Finishing has been very good so far but so was Little Pee at the swamp when he arrived & that fucker for Newcastle who was banging in golazos for fun.
If Costa keeps scoring when it gets tough & wins them the tough games later in the season then fair play to him but I want to see a lot more before making a judgement. He was dogshit again for Spain the other night.
Lukaku fee is a joke btw.
I think the deal with Costa, and Chelsea as a whole, is that they are being given the chance to settle-in. That has a huge effect on their confidence going forward and if they get into the groove, they'll take some stopping.
There's still a long way to go and they'll have to prove against the better teams, but we all know that they've bought some cracking players and if any manager/team had their sort of talent, they' definitely be one to look out for.