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He is not good at counter-attacks with his shit decisions and passes, above stats prove he is hopeless at keeping possession. What is his function exactly when not scoring? To jog around when their defence have the ball and not do anything else? So far he's had a full shit season (15/16), a great half a season and a horrible 2nd half of a season. 5-6 months of good form versus 13-14 months of incompetence. I was an avid Costa defender before now but his recent slump has taken too long to the point it's endangering our standing. A truly world class striker shows flashes of his quality even when down and contributes in some ways, you watch and you feel he's gonna return to his true level. With Costa now, I have a feeling that even if he returns to his purple patch some day it's not gonna last long and we will have to carry him the rest of the time. When he's out of form you realize how horrible footballer he is, when he's in form you see he can be a deadly striker.

True. In fact we weakened by offloading Oscar, Ivanovic and Mikel. Didn't think I'd say this but wish we had Brana yesterday. Did the board expect smooth sailing for the rest of the season? I understand the decision to wait for the right targets to become available in summer, but they must not put blame on Conte if we bottle it. When we need to play Pedro or Moses at LWB you know this squad is not good enough.

Yup. He lost concentration for a few seconds and that could have been decisive. He had no active hand in conceding that goal but still a stupid thing to do.

Oh, right, didn't notice that situation. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

Yup, nothing more to say really. He should just pack up and go, together with Ake. They have no future here. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

Now you're just clutching at straws to bash GC for no reason. Nothing wrong with helping somebody up and not doing so doesn't show amazing leadership or whatever, get a grip.

Felt Conte made mistakes choosing his team, especially defenders. I understand when we have 2 injuries for key players (Courtois and Marcos) we will never be as good as with our regular XI, but that defensive line didn't make much sense to me: Azpi - Zouma - Luiz - Cahill - Moses I mean why play Moses on the left when Azpi has more experience playing on that side? Why play Zouma at all when you know Zlatan isn't starting and you can replace Alonso directly with Ake and keep 4/5 of your regular line intact instead of 2/5 like above. Moses - Azpi - Luiz - Cahill - Ake I get the annoying feeling that if he had just trusted Ake to start this game in his somewhat natural position, we might not have conceded 2 goals and looked generally so lost. It's annoying that he doesn't seem to trust young players like Michy and Ake, while giving RLC rare short cameos that I can't understand (he is never going to inspire a comeback). When Marcos is out, PLAY NATHAN PLEASE instead of makeshift right-footed wingers.

Horrific. If we blow the title race my fattest finger will be pointed at him with my pinky pointed at Conte for ALWAYS starting and never subbing this car crash of a player. Not only useless, but a hindrance, drags the team down with him.

A cock vs. lion fight.

Interesting choice from Jose. No doubt he will bring on fresh Zlatan in 2nd half or right after half-time. We will have to deal with two different types of football in each half, hopefully the team is up for it.

Mourinho sacked if they don't reach UCL? Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

Yeah, but in his mind it was the fault of the players, the board and even fans. He's blameless What surprises me is that Jose has a lot of experience fighting on all fronts with little time to rest, is it different this season or is he just getting his excuses in early because other English teams aren't in Europe? He has been moaning like a loser this term instead of preaching like a winner like he used to and it shows in his players' attitudes and their league position.

I think he might be trying to open us up, so-called mind games.

Voted for Kante and Alli.

What's this? Just some shit quality picture of him walking around, where's the story?

They don't need him, but for a player like Sanchez most of them are expendable. There is no question who would bite the dust if the choice was between him and for example both Jesuses, Sterling and Nolito. Even Sane isn't safe because he's an inexperienced kid and Alexis is better. The way City and Pep have failed miserably this season means they will go after a galactico or two.

The guy should hang his head in shame after that "academy day" fiasco and never speak about youth development again. Or the fact that when Lukaku was sold we had grampa Eto'o, El Torrid and the amazing Ba - all players for the moment, the player for the future was a nuisance to him along with KDB. At United he's marginalized Rashford and Martial while humiliating Shaw. He should keep his mouth shut on topics he has no clue about, but we know that's not gonna happen.

He's 35, that means he's scored on average 50 goals a season in what's supposed to be his twilight years? That's mad

I agree, all 3 can stay, but a 4th quality option is badly needed imo. Bakayoko, Matic, Kante and Fabregas would look really solid.

Been posted literally a few posts above yours

We have no choice but to go along with it if other big clubs will or we will lag behind financially. Not sure how I feel about this, depending on how it will be implemented it might look okay. The one on City's looks okay, not too intrusive.

I don't know, don't remember who they were exactly and don't care enough to search his thread, but there 100% was a Hazard out camp. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

Sorry but i remember quite a few people advocating for Hazard to be sold. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

Surprised to come here and see no mention of his pass to Hazard. Too often I read that this guy can't pass and has no vision, then he goes and does that. First intercepts the ball around his own box, then makes the final long pass that would make Cesc proud. I hope it was counted as an assist? It must have. Edit: Yup it's an assist in the official EPL app. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

Yes we can afford to lose quite a few points. Getting a draw at Old Drawford wouldn't be too bad. Winning it would be special though, because we will have beaten the special one in all our games. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk