Costa Conundrum

FHFC

Already sold him (*cough* PARlance *cough*)

PARlance wrote: »

My suit is in the dry cleaners, got a few grass stains on it from running out into the back garden last Saturday at 2:01pm and sliding on my two knees.
I'm sitting here in my tracksuit, haven't had a shave all week, I look scruffy, my eyes are darkened due to lack of sleep... I look like a man that has given up.... But behind this run down look, I am still two steps ahead of you!!!

Lack of sleep is due to laughing so much at all the Costs owners.

I am champion

Stage 1 - Denial. Check.
Stage 2 - Raving. Check.
Stage 3 - Reality bites. Imminent.
Stage 4 - Depression
Stage 5 - Acceptance
Stage 6 - Recovery
Stage 7 - Buy Costa back.

Don't worry man. We'll be here to support you every step of the way.

Rikand

Already sold him (*cough* PARlance *cough*)

FHFC wrote: »

Stage 1 - Denial. Check.
Stage 2 - Raving. Check.
Stage 3 - Reality bites. Imminent.
Stage 4 - Depression
Stage 5 - Acceptance
Stage 6 - Recovery
Stage 7 - Buy Costa back.

Don't worry man. We'll be here to support you every step of the way.

Come 6:30 on Sunday he'll be ....

Mint Sauce

If you have sold costa, dont read this...

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/29761090

PARlance

FHFC wrote: »

Stage 1 - Denial. Check.
Stage 2 - Raving. Check.
Stage 3 - Reality bites. Imminent.
Stage 4 - Depression
Stage 5 - Acceptance
Stage 6 - Recovery
Stage 7 - Buy Costa back.

Don't worry man. We'll be here to support you every step of the way.

Meh

SlickRic

Anyone who sold Costa early in the week will get what they deserve if Costa plays and scores tbh.

Zero patience.

PARlance

SlickRic wrote: »

Anyone who sold Costa early in the week will get what they deserve if Costa plays and scores tbh.

Zero patience.

I don't get the logic in that, if you're going to transfer him out then transferring him out early was the smart call.

His likely replacements have all risen and he has dropped 0.2. I terms of value/cost, those that have done a Costa -> Aguero switch are now in profit, or break even at worst.

He has 60k transfers out this morning and it's looking very likely that he'll drop again tonight.
Anyone that has transferred him out early would have gotten a maximum of 10.8 for him, he'll be 10.8 to buy back again tomorrow if they want.

You can argue that it might be a big risk getting him out but that's a separate point to blaming early movers imo.
That is the way the game has gone now and many experienced players recognise the need to act faster this year.

NabyLadistheman

Already sold him (*cough* PARlance *cough*)

SlickRic wrote: »

Anyone who sold Costa early in the week will get what they deserve if Costa plays and scores tbh.

Zero patience.

What if Pelle outscores him? (I brought him in for Costa) When he drops another .1 I can buy him back for the same price I sold him. A gamble yes, but worth a shot in my eyes

IsMiseMyself

Selling for Aguero

Besides, we still don't actually know if Costa will even play tomorrow. Too many variables to be declaring selling or keeping him as a failure or a success.

Neoulous

Selling for Pelle

PARlance wrote: »

His likely replacements have all risen and he has dropped 0.2. I terms of value/cost, those that have done a Costa -> Aguero switch are now in profit, or break even at worst.

He has 60k transfers out this morning and it's looking very likely that he'll drop again tonight.
Anyone that has transferred him out early would have gotten a maximum of 10.8 for him, he'll be 10.8 to buy back again tomorrow if they want.

Costa actually dropped 0.3 (though the first 0.1 had no effect on selling price).

I did Costa to Aguero. Swallowed one rise for Aguero and one drop for Costa waiting for news on the latter. Realised I couldn't wait longer to get Aguero in or I'd just would not be able to afford him at all and was not set to rearrange my whole team to fit him in nor I was to use my WC (if Costa comes back quick and fit I felt my WC would be of better use then).

In terms of price my move already paid off almost completely. In terms of points we'll see (Costa already got 1 pt in the other side of Manchester so hopefully he matches that :pac:).

amber69

Already sold him (*cough* PARlance *cough*)

GreenwayM wrote: »

I honestly had no idea what this Question was about . . .

I thought it was about the Ship that capsized - the Costa Concordia . . .

A blonde moment :-)

There's two lots of people in our world, fantasy football players and non fantasy football players and you're obviously not one of us

PARlance

I don't mind if he plays now, having Sanchez in as part of my Costa out move has netted me 31 points from him in 2 weeks.
That'll do, that'll do

Wouldn't say no to a 1 pointer tomorrow all the same

iroced

Selling for Aguero

PARlance wrote: »

I don't mind if he plays now, having Sanchez in as part of my Costa out move has netted me 31 points from him in 2 weeks.
That'll do, that'll do

Wouldn't say no to a 1 pointer tomorrow all the same

Think it's only 29. Really he's not worth it :pac:...

Bleating Lamb

Already sold him (*cough* PARlance *cough*)

Hope Costa doesn't get 5 mins at end of game when Chelsea are desperately seeking an equaliser;)
Have Neil Taylor coming in off the bench with 6pts!

Lemlin

Selling for Aguero

Bleating Lamb wrote: »

Hope Costa doesn't get 5 mins at end of game when Chelsea are desperately seeking an equaliser;)
Have Neil Taylor coming in off the bench with 6pts!

I think he'll start or not feature at all. The news on Twitter, although unconfirmed, certainly looks good for him starting.

Wombatman

Selling for Aguero

(Insert "Keep calm and don't sell Costa" jpeg here)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2807890/Diego-Costa-set-start-Chelsea-against-Manchester-United-despite-injury-problems.html

PARlance

Not in the squad for the second week running:



Unlucky for those that have him but I'm off for pints

IsMiseMyself

Selling for Aguero

Feck off, PARlance.

Ah no: fair play for having the balls to transfer him out.

Ziegler1988

Selling for Welbeck/Lukaku/Berahino/etc.

I just hope this doesn't come back to bite us in the arse for QPR. But Mourinho won't give anything away regardless

internet_user

Selling for Aguero

Costa hat trick against QPR shall be all the more sweet

manual_man

Selling for Aguero

almost tempted to sell him for Rooney at this stage!

tom_k

Selling for Aguero

I have absolutely nothing to back this up but I believe Costa was reasonably close to match fitness this week, hence the "little chance" comment from JM on Friday. Mourinho had a bit of breathing space already at the top of the league which was increased by Man City's early loss yesterday, therefore he decided not to risk Costa.

I'm going to hold onto Costa anyway for at least this week unless new information appears on the radar in the next few days.

PARlance

manual_man wrote: »

almost tempted to sell him for Rooney at this stage!

I'm actually thinking about getting him back in a bit earlier than planned, this week

Rikand

Already sold him (*cough* PARlance *cough*)

PARlance wrote: »

I'm actually thinking about getting him back in a bit earlier than planned, this week

I'm just going to do whatever you're doing

NabyLadistheman

Already sold him (*cough* PARlance *cough*)

Well played Costa droppers:cool:

Bleating Lamb

Already sold him (*cough* PARlance *cough*)

Bleating Lamb wrote: »

Hope Costa doesn't get 5 mins at end of game when Chelsea are desperately seeking an equaliser;)
Have Neil Taylor coming in off the bench with 6pts!

That one worked out nicely...and get in RVP

FHFC

Already sold him (*cough* PARlance *cough*)

PARlance wrote: »

Not in the squad for the second week running:



Unlucky for those that have him but I'm off for pints

Jose had ya sweating just a wee bit this week though. Well played though. You could still get hurt in QPR game mind.

PARlance

FHFC wrote: »

Jose had ya sweating just a wee bit this week though. Well played though. You could still get hurt in QPR game mind.

I won't lie, the nerves did kick in on Friday night.

Mightn't get hurt at all if I bring him back in
Wouldn't say no to Aguero getting suspended for the stamp tbh.

tom_k

Selling for Aguero

PARlance wrote: »

I won't lie, the nerves did kick in on Friday night.

Mightn't get hurt at all if I bring him back in
Wouldn't say no to Aguero getting suspended for the stamp tbh.

Seems Aguero's in the clear for the stamp anyway.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/oct/27/sergio-aguero-escapes-punishment-stamp-mark-noble-manchester-city-manchester-united

Ziegler1988

Selling for Welbeck/Lukaku/Berahino/etc.

https://twitter.com/NBCSportsSoccer/status/526824185792692225

Well then

Mr.Prodston

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/NBCSportsSoccer/status/526824185792692225

Well then

I'm getting fed up of this shi....

Scorpion Sting

Waiting for more news

The plot thickens.

Iused2likebusts

He should really have the op now qpr at home an int break coming up soon. Nice lead at the top of the league and we'll placed in the CL. Get him back well in time for the Xmas period.

Mr.Prodston

Swapping Costa for Bobby Zamora does wonders for your budget

km79

Selling for Aguero

What's rooneys record like against city.......I'm sick of this ****
Sold him gw4 due to "injury"
Kept him this time around and looks like he will cost me money

Lemlin

Selling for Aguero

I think the word to take note of is "eventually". This is coming from a Daily Mail journalist and he mentions that June 14th is allegedly the date pencilled in for the surgery.

Rikand

Already sold him (*cough* PARlance *cough*)

God if Costa really was fecked I could make loads of changes to my team id be really happy with.

But I still want costa lol

Iused2likebusts

km79 wrote: »

What's rooneys record like against city.......I'm sick of this ****
Sold him gw4 due to "injury"
Kept him this time around and looks like he will cost me money

There is talk rooney is injured and a doubt for the city game.

manual_man

Selling for Aguero

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

I'm getting fed up of this shi....

A koala blowing up fpl towers. I'm not sure i thought i'd ever see the likes of that on the FSA

km79

Selling for Aguero

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

There is talk rooney is injured and a doubt for the city game.

Really ? I'm still over here so not really in tune with things but heard nothing in the pubs

Paully D

Rikand wrote: »

God if Costa really was fecked I could make loads of changes to my team id be really happy with.

But I still want costa lol

Yeah, I'd actually kinda like him to be definitively ruled out for a while now.

I could downgrade him to say Sakho/Berahino and relatively easily go with a midfield of Sanchez, Fabregas/Hazard, Di Maria and Sigurdsson as an example with the extra cash, including having Baines in defence.

That said, as long as he isn't definitively ruled out, I won't be selling him. My bench is performing well in his absence - Chambers with 7 this week, Boyd had 8 last week I just made the wrong decision choosing van Aanholt over him, and I'm not going to risk him not having him against a QPR at home as he could easily run absolutely riot in those type of games.

Mr.Prodston

manual_man wrote: »

A koala blowing up fpl towers. I'm not sure i thought i'd ever see the likes of that on the FSA

As long as he didn't get mixed up with Prodston Towers then it's grand :pac:

PARlance

Was doing a Costa twitter search and I spotted this... Really puts all our stressing & worrying into perspective

https://twitter.com/rami_rozay/status/526864174790365185

IsMiseMyself

Selling for Aguero

Ah jesus. I'd love to know, one way or the other for certain.

manual_man

Selling for Aguero

IsMiseMyself wrote: »

Ah jesus. I'd love to know, one way or the other for certain.

You'll know after his hat-trick this weekend v QPR

PARlance

manual_man wrote: »

You'll know after his hat-trick this weekend v QPR

He's on for a hat-trick alright
Palace, United & Qpr

OneColdHand

PARlance wrote: »

He's on for a hat-trick alright
Palace, United & Qpr

PARlance, what are your thoughts on getting Costa back in? Happy to leave him out for a while?

I got rid last week, fully intending to get him back in this week, but now I'm not so sure!

Ziegler1988

Selling for Welbeck/Lukaku/Berahino/etc.

I got rid last week as well and won't be looking at him until after the next international break. Worried more about Hazard going nuts than Costa against QPR

km79

Selling for Aguero

- Chelsea website reports Costa "was outside and involved (in training) as part of his ongoing rehabilitation"

http://t.co/TS8ujNhEDs

- Mourinho on Costa's availability for weekend: “I think so. QPR, one week more, I hope so."

http://t.co/zXQr154ktS

- Mourinho on Costa's absence at OT: "He didn’t come [to Old Trafford] because of the injury, not because of the virus".

Rikand

Already sold him (*cough* PARlance *cough*)

Paully D wrote: »

Yeah, I'd actually kinda like him to be definitively ruled out for a while now.

I could downgrade him to say Sakho/Berahino and relatively easily go with a midfield of Sanchez, Fabregas/Hazard, Di Maria and Sigurdsson as an example with the extra cash, including having Baines in defence.

Thats the exact line i was thinking

Berahino, aguero and pelle
sanchez, di maria, fab, siggy, boyd
baines, cresswell, bertrand, hutton, dummett
guzan, jukopovic

pretty strong 3,4,3 imo

km79

Selling for Aguero

Rikand wrote: »

Thats the exact line i was thinking

Berahino, aguero and pelle
sanchez, di maria, fab, siggy, boyd
baines, cresswell, bertrand, hutton, dummett
guzan, jukopovic

pretty strong 3,4,3 imo

Unless costa gets a hat trick at the weekend. How do you get him back in ? Sell aguero ?