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Hello Mods, Could you please change my name to SW_Blue many thanks

Just read this on the guardian match report. Apparently from an Arsixnil fan but can't vouch for authenticity.... Shows there is more to Diego Costa the person.... "I started following Arsenal in the 70s and I have seen all the ups and downs of this great club. Now my wife and I run an orphanage, a small one on the outskirts of London. We are not rich and it has been very hard to run the place, what with it falling to pieces from wind and rain and the safety of children at stake. I had been let go off my job 2 years back and I've not had the strength in my bones to go back and search for jobs against younger people. Thus I've had to ask for funds more than necessary and funds have dried out mostly with more glamorous charities getting all the funding from footballers and celebrities. I had put up a few fliers in London and left it at that knowing that I'd have to file for bankruptcy sooner than later. I had contacted some of my friends at Arsenal and tried to wangle a few of my oldest friends to approach the players as a last resort. But it seemed that all the players were busy and I couldn't get anything at all to go on and approach them. This happened in October last year. After 2 days of my putting up fliers, I received a call from someone who spoke only Spanish. I thought it was some nut calling and gave the phone to my mother who is of Spanish descent. She said that someone was asking for the directions to come and visit. I, apprehensive and unbelieving, gave the details and never expected them to come. After 3 hours or so, a very high class car, a BMW came to our driveway. Out stepped Diego Costa and Willian. I was visibly disgusted but Diego Costa didn't mind. They spoke primarily to my mother and the Spanish caretaker. He doesn't speak a word of English but the goodness of his heart doesn't need words. They gave 50k pounds, each of them. It has kept us up and running till now and will do for the next 3 months or so. The next time I met Costa was last Thursday, when he came and gave 30 blankets from the Chelsea store. He also invited me to Lagarta where he is running a school for 200. I also got complimentary tickets to today's game and I went to the Emirates for the first time since 2008 because I can't afford the season ticket price nowadays. I know that these boards have an anti-Chelsea bias but I signed on to the guardian today to tell only this even though Diego told us to keep it unknown to others. I love Arsenal. But me, my family and the 56 kids i now tender to love Diego Costa more. I wrote this earlier knowing that Arsenal would win almost surely but hell, this team has given me more grief than anything else in life. I cried after the match as an Arsenal fan. But I was happy inside as a Diego Costa and Willian fan. I read the comments on the article about the philanthropy of PL footballers to London but I was amazed that that Diego wasn't mentioned. I felt it was just the right time to pen this. Thank you for reading through."

Reactions in the media - 'This was expected' , 'Robbie was a only a temp arrangement', 'no surprises here - the results were poor', 'Roman always wanted Pep'. So every one expected this except the fans. And Roman, hiring Pep doesn't make a team Barca - it takes years of sticking together throug thick and thin and a certain La Masia too. I hope Pep has enough self-respect to not take what is possibly the worst managerial position in footbal right now.

Roman is an absolute tool. This is freaking football club not his harem. We won the UCL last season why doens't he juse leave now? I hope no one takes up the job or the players and fans start a revolt or UEFA or FA sanction or relegate us - something, anything to make this mockery end.

Could someone, please? TIA.

Please change my name to Mata_of_fact. Thanks.

I'm so fking pissed with this guy's 'I'll keep you guessing' attitude. He's almost linked himself with everyone in England in the press over the last couple of months. And what's this reality show like bullshit now? I'm not sure if an ego like his is needed in the dressing room. Let him fuck off to Twattenham and play in the Europa league.

Haven't been his biggest fan only because of some of his on-field antics over the years. Thought he didn't have it in him to lead us to glory anymore. But boy have I been proved wrong. A true legend in every possible way. An even greater man off the field. Can't thank you enough Didier.

So happy and proud today. Terry, Lamps, Cech, Drogba and Cole - True legends. Mata and Rami in the making. But I'm most happy for Di Matteo today. What a feeling it must be to do it both as a player and a manager. Take a bow sir!

Malouda?

Need to take Kalou off. He's missed too many chances already.

lmfao... the price of a Wembley final ticket always includes a Didier Drogba goal.... epic

ah DD... it was written in the stars......

DD seems a little casual so far.

Time to show these classless cunts why Torres and Meirelss chose us over them. Time to show them that their history counts for nothing when it comes to the present. Time to set Queen Kenny's record against us straight. Time for Dr. DD to what he does best at the Wembley. A repeat of the semi final performance against Twattenham would do nicely, thanks.

Time to bring mata and lamps and maybe even drogs. I don't care about the effing fa cup let queen Kenny have the treble - carling cup , FA cup and the kit sponsorship deal. But we have to play cl next season come what may.

Hmm so you like him but would have him join anyone but us? You are, either being sarcastic, or on the wrong forum?

Win it for Roman, make him happy so that he at least gives our manager(s) some f*in time to manage, for a change.

Rofl! Love the first pic on that one!

He's good, but quite one-dimensional for me. Agreed he can run down the left flank and cross in game after game, but that's about it. His attempts at cutting in and being more creative through the middle was one of the main reasons for the Spurs slump. Even on the left his threat can be countered now, like Bosingwa and Luiz did today. Massively overrated by the UK media, but Twattenham are the darlings aren't they? Not so much love for Anton Valencia who is light years ahead of Bale in every department.

11 Goalkeepers in front of the goal couldn't have saved that shot. Awesome by DD.

What a player this Sigurdsson is. He's done so well with Swansea.

who exactly is down to ten men - us or Benfica? wtf is going on.

Credit to Benfica though, they really are coming at us full steam.