I think they do compare, cause they are both flops. Costa is just another striker. Could have put alan shearer up there and atl madrid would still have won. You know why? Cause the rest of the team were perfect. Not cause costa was a good striker.
Rooney is one and not only does he play out of position, he makes an impact in defence aswell. What about costa? What has he ever done that is notable with the exception of this season? Even this season he is pretty average to me.
Okay fine, if I canāt judge them on international careers I can judge them since they have been a professional player which costa has been for the past 8yrs and achieved nothing.
Well neither did Aguero when he played for them, nor did Falcao, doesnāt mean theyāre crap. The fact he is the main man at the team which has done the unthinkable and won the league and ALSO destroyed Englandās second best team in the CL and ALMOST won the CL titleā¦he is class. Cazorla was anonymous all last decade but now is a star man, are you telling me heās crap as well? Youāre the only one who loves Carroll. Liverpool fans hated him, we have on GS as well. I am going say you love him because you support Utd. And Carrollās shocking performances since have validated my opinion. How you can compare one striker who has done it all, even for one season, in his league and Champions league to a failure who never did anything for Liverpool or any club he played after is beyond belief.
Costa has been average because a striker wasnāt being played as a striker. He was being played as a winger. Its the reason Rooney is very poor for Utd at times, heās being thrown about every other position than the one he is meant to. Costa was thrown at the position he is meant to play at for one season, and he has not only destroyed teams in his league and Europe but has helped his team do the unthinkable and reach the league final. For Athletico, ATHLETICO that is unbelievable. For that only he deserves accolade after accolade. I cannot believe the word āflopā even comes into the equation. After all this atleast give him a chance! Its a simple thing. Someone of your knowledge about football should get it.
As for Torres, youāre the only person again who seems to think that. Since considering who you support I am going to say that its natural for you to dislike Torres
I just quoted the first page I saw. I donāt have time to go through a million tweets. They are all obviously taking the piss outta costa by claiming heās the sole reason spain lost cause heās **** and he could have just played for brazil and been **** like neymar
Yes I think their tactics were fine, it was there choice in striker that led to their downfall.
I donāt love caroll, I hate caroll and iām comparing one flop to another.
Aguero is crap.
Costa didnāt destroy chelsea, it was atl madrids defence and midfield. Costa did nothing worthy of mentioning that another striker couldnāt do.
Why would I love caroll if I support utd? If you wanted to offend me you could just call me a suarez lover. That would slightly annoy me.
How has costa ādone it allā? Lmao. One season doesnāt make you a superstar unless your name is costa or caroll, and turn into flops.
Costa is such a flop and it will be proven next season what a fraud he is. Iām shocked you think cause one player and mostly due to his teams doing getting into the CL final means the striker is the bees knees. One season means nothing. If he did it again and again it will prove a point but the dude has been playing 8yrs and never done anything.
Playing a past it Xavi, Alonso and a keeper who hasnāt played for a year and two, playing very narrow against a team defending in blocks of four, no overlapping of full backsā¦you think thatās fine?
If youāve seen it on TV youāve seen it on BBC I assumeā¦did you see what they said? Did you see the highlights of how many times Costa made runs only for the full backs to either play it back inside or for Silva to mess it up.
Youāre judging a player on an international performance, letās judge the rest on that too. Rooney Messi Ronaldo rvp are all crap.
Right?
As for Costa i said this superb one season which got a mid table club to a title and nearly a champions League victory if not class then certainly a very good player with potential.
Flop before he has even had a chance to do something and just spent his entire career playing out of position is laughable at best.
You keep repeating the last two lines which have been addressed by atleast two other posters.
Universal derision of Caroll, Spainās tactics and Costaās superb performances for club and your come-back is a comparison to Caroll, declaring Spainās tactics were fine (i dont even know where to start with that) and then Aguero is crap to top it all off.
I think itās perfectly fine Torres should have started, not costa.
RVP has scored 3 goals so far in this tournament, thatās 3 more than costa ever has for any country. Rooney has scored goals for his country, so has messi and the rest. What has costa scored? 6 matches not enough time to even score 1 goal?
You know what. Even heskey was a better striker than costa. At least he scored.
Iām not just judging on international careers. Iām stating as a whole. This is about if costa was right for spain as a striker, which obviously he wasnāt. Why would you put someone like him as your main striker just cause heās had one good season? Itās stupid. Torres, david villa. Any of them would have been better.
Atl madrid have been getting built up since 2009, it has nothing to do with a sole player like costa making a difference.
I forgot the 2 other strikers scoring for A.Madrid last season.
And you finally make a valid point.
Spain had a set system with either no striker and Fabregas as a false number 9 or Villa who roams around and interchanges and is familiar with his ex-Barca team mates. Del Bosque should have stuck to that.
As it stands they have a team with no pace, noone making ANY overlapping runs behind the fullbacks the result is what you see. And you think all is fine with the tactics, which is the problem :). It is not a strikerās job to make chances. Spain has virtually made none over the two game. I am assuming you listened to the commentary and the pundits afterwards. Heck before the game we even had people here saying how static Spain are. Henry also said the game cried for Fabregas. They got Santi in the end instead of Alonso, and we have 2 goals nearly.
Anyone is free to address what they want and give their opinions. It wonāt change my opinion.
I couldnāt care less about caroll. It was just a comparison. Costas superb performance? Really? Common. Lmao. Iāve already asked you, what has costa done to achieve god status in football? Scoring more than 25 goals for the first time in his 8yrs? Lmao. Getting loaned out like 3 times cause heās crap? Why would he get loaned out so much if he was so special? He was loaned out 2yrs ago and now heās this āclassā player we should all fear cause whoopey doo the dude scored around 30 goals in one season? haha.
Everyone is different. The only problem I see with spains tactics was costa, you see it as a positive and everything else as a negative. What can I say?
Unless Spain created some mythical chance after chance and Costa missed them all then the problem is the team. The midfield, the joke of a defence.
You donāt have to say anything. To be honest I donāt even know what to say myself after hearing Aguero is crap, Torres was pants and Heskey and Carroll are great. At this point I am not even sure if youāre serious or joking?
Anyway, spain is out. Costa is crap and itās all his fault. PL doesnāt start until august so we can resume how crap costa is when the time comes. Youāll probably blame jose and the rest of chelsea when costa flops but for now weāre gonna have to agree to disagree. I need to go zzzzz
Nop, Iāll try to have the reasonable perspective that only time tells whether someone is a flop or not. As I said I, for the first time on GS, am lost for words at how to counter a post saying Heskey and Carroll, two comdey figures in British football, are superb while Ageuro and a guy whoās got very big club in europe foaming for his signature are bad.