Those comparing him to Adebayor haven't a clue.
Admittedly I haven't seen him shit loads, but from what I have seen, it's clear he's more explosive. Similar to Aguero rather than Adebayor.
Just because he's a unit some people think he isn't agile. That's far from the case. Maybe if he was 4 inches shorter people would be drooling to get him. Well he's the next big thing so we should deffo give it a go.
Two more to his tally after today's encounter....
Zimm.
He's nothing like Aguero to be honest, Aguero is a bag of tricks, Costa isn't.Originally Posted by She Wore A Red Ribbon
What's funny?Two more to his tally after today's encounter....
Zimm.
I said he's more similar to Aguero than Adebayor, which he is.
He has pace. He's explosive.
Thats actually were he'll shine for us, most of his goals comes from inside the box, where he pushes off a defender and finds space in tight situations. We dont need a guy who can make beautiful goals, dribbles 3 guys and puts it in the corner, we just need a guy who can find space in tight situations for our bunch of creative midfielders to feed him with awesome passes.
Your face.What's funny?
If i was to compare him to anyone i'd say Drogba.Very similar type of goals he scores and the way he pushes people about.
I think the Ade comparison is a little lazy.
I also think Aguero's skill level (or at least content) is very often exaggerated because of some perceived pigeon hole classification that he is small and tricky. He is certainly small, and powerful. In other words he has strength and speed which he uses to exceptional effect. When one marries that to continual/perpetual intelligent movement, you begin to understand how he is a handful. But he doesn't use a huge array of ball skills or tricks in my opinion. His game is often either more subtle than that and way more direct.
In his early career, Aguero was compared to Maradonna a fair amount and I suppose to some extent it is inevitable.... but the real uncanny semblance is between Maradonna and Messi. I suspect if Messi did not exist Aguero's comparisons to Maradonna would have simmered a lot less through his career.
I agree and I cannot get away from the feeling that if Costa was 4 inches smaller, many would perceive him far more favourably.
That takes Costa to almost 20 league goals half way through the season. That puts him into Suarez territory goals wise, although the latter has done it in 6 less games!
Despite the fact I can't stand the bloke and didn't actually want him I stated quite regularly through the summer that the impact of Suarez was understated by many and had we signed him it would have made us title contenders in a single signing (it was before we had confirmed anybody). It's a crying shame we have had a forward of this quality at the club until recent times.
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