Lethal Striker

By Gary Watton
September 13 2014

Gee, isn't that Diego Costa a waste of money? Actually, unless the Spanish striker dramatically deteriorates from his current purple patch, then his expensive acquisition is beginning to look like an act of robbery by Chelsea Football Club! The west Londoners certainly received further value for money when Senor Costa almost single-handedly overturned a one-nil deficit as he bagged his first hat trick in England.

Of course the dynamic Hazard, the probing Fabregas, and the enterprising Ivanovic all made big contributions to Chelsea's transformation either side of half time. However, the best flowing football in the world amounts to nothing, if there is no end product. Fortunately for Jose Mourinho, his summer investment is proving more than capable in front of goal. Long may it last.

However, just as folk are naively suggesting that four wins in succession equates to champions-elect, forgetting that the Premiership is a marathon and not a sprint, so it is similarly foolish to think that Costa's prolific scoring will be sustained for the duration of the season. All strikers have dry spells and Costa will be no exception. It might be difficult to imagine it at present, but the Spanish marksman will eventually play a match where he doesn't score! It is certainly a case of so far, so good for Diego and his team mates, but let's hope that when the regular flow of goals dries up that the expectant Chelsea faithful realise that DC is only human and that he cannot find the back of the net all of the time. In fact, DC's magnificent start at Chelsea, which now consists of a mere seven goals in his first four matches, is reminiscent of another mean, moody marksman, Marco Negri at Glasgow Rangers. The latter arrived at Ibrox in 1997 and proceeded to score goals at record-breaking regularity (23 in his first ten league matches to be precise.) However, the goals eventually stopped, and Negri's career soon went off the rails.

Therefore, I would caution against the euphoria surrounding Costa's early season goals spree, but hey let's enjoy it while it lasts. Maybe he will end up with fifty or sixty goals this season, although even Costa might fall just short of such heights!

Finally, it was equally good to see our latest striking prodigy, Loic Remy, quickly lose his virginity! The French man knows that he will be playing second fiddle for the foreseeable future, but he will do his cause no harm if he can prove to be a good supersub. As strange as it might seem at present, given the fact that he is seven goals to one in arrears, don't rule out the possibility that Remy could score more goals this season than Costa. This is going to be a long season, and football after all is a 'funny old game.'

Final score: CHELSEA 4 Swansea City 2; half time: 1-1. Saturday 13th September 2014.

CHELSEA goal scorers: Costa (3), Remy

CHELSEA team: Courtois, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Matic, Fabregas, Hazard, Oscar, Schurrle, Costa. Used substitutes: Ramires, Remy, Salah.

Costa Crushes Plucky Swansea

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