DH1988

Its not about being that type of striker something is not right fitness wise, clear as day

Yes he scored against West Ham Yes he pressures defenders But something is not right fitness wise, lost a yard or two with the burners

Cba typing alot on my phone so I'll type short one liners. One shot on goal Ball across their six yard box four times Our reputation for diving cost us a penalty, our fault Full backs had a good game, despite some wayward crosses, no full back whips in a good ball everytime Schurrle really messed his chance up today, shocked if he's even in the spuds squad Subs were terrible, too late, same as last season Costa doesn't look right, compare last season Draw away before the game, I'd of taken that but the manner in which we drew is annoying to say the least Hazard, magic and persistently fouled beyond belief Referee, LOLOLOL

Sorry mate, got it wrong today starting 11 and subs.

Sorry mate, got it wrong today starting 11 and subs.

Ridiculous

Well done boys, royally fucked it up

Our own fault this game, fuming

No, remy should of come on 11 mins ago. Costa was giving nothing the past 20

Horrible subs. 88.31 minutes, good one

Make a Fucking sub!!!!!!

Make a Fucking sub!!!!!!

Please get remy on

Penalty. But our own fault for the last few weeks even if it is the officials Fuck up.

Baffles me how we stop crouch and Carroll laying off the ball but we don't give pelle any attention.

Schurrle giving us nothing atm

Cesc. Ahhhh

That pass s though.

I really have nothing negative to say about today other than iva's dive. What Baffles me is people don't realise that we can't have a hazard in every position, some time you need a Willian/oscar or worker bees. Every player does their part, we smashed a top four pretender today, a team flying this season, not only did we smash them we taught them a real lesson in work rate, playing as a team and football aswell. Sometimes I'm not Oscars biggest fan, skim through this thread and I'm guilty of glory hogging, what I mean is that I want every player to do something magical, but I realise after that I probably should rein it in a bit and take stock. Oscar fits what we do, what we need, sometimes he pops up with goals, free kick and such. Not a waste of space by a big stretch.

He's changed the last two games, before that he was trying to bulldoze his way through three players like Fernando used to do but I must say that his runs were not being spotted aswell forcing him to come deeper. Now though he holds it up very nicely and gets rid of the ball after two touches. A required improvement, missed a hatful of chances today but I'll remember his name on the score sheet and scoring when we needed to kill the game more.

West Ham gave him stick, he responded..

Improving with every game, taking more responsibility to a point where he's the battery in the team, without him we don't tick. Fabregas does ever so well in this partnership too, really evident today them two.

Awful, hoping they don't focus too much on it on motd tonight because that was beautiful football today against top four pretenders. Side note, Costa is tiny!

If given the choice between him and Drogba for a spot in the team or bench today I'd of picked Drogba seeing how I thought West Ham might play or play in the last ten minutes, now after the game it was tailor made for Remy. Hindsight. Chill.

Its very much a what if and how I view Mikel's, in my opinion, stalled development and pushed into a role he was not made for BUT saying that, he was comfortable enough to do it and like I said play the safe guy, get it, pass it 5 yards etc. not really offering anything to the team which is why Matic was such a huge upgrade, the times of a get it and give it DM are over, sort of, players evolve as do positions, 'pivot'. Again its a matter of opinion I've watched enough of Mikel for Nigeria and Chelsea to make the comparison, in my opinion, between the two, he has more to offer than he gives us but would I want him to now? No, years ago? Probably.