Diego Costa

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

So, can he play against City?

[zolayes 14,489]

So now he will get a four match ban and miss. The city game

[Laylabelle 9,534]

Depending on the hearing I guess.doubt it.they know their decision.

can't see it changing.would make them look daft and show they got it wrong in the first place and that oliver got it wrong as well

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

Hope this time the fa will use their brain.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Even Jose cancelled the pc for tomorrow, my guess to attend Costa personal hearing and give 'the support' he can. Maybe there will be 'burst up' situation, lol. Who knows what the outcome will be.

[Supermonkey92 1,428]

Depending on the hearing I guess.doubt it.they know their decision.

can't see it changing.would make them look daft and show they got it wrong in the first place and that oliver got it wrong as well

I can't help but think the club feels they can win the appeal. If they know that by appealing he won't be able to play city anyway, what is the incentive?

[boshman 1,073]

Usually it's a drawn out process and takes least a few days before a decision.then days or so with the chance to appeal etc.not even subtle either

Yeah, usually it is a long drawn out process. Any other club any other player. We are talking about Chelsea and one of our most important players though. Anything to give us a disadvantage. The campaign will never end against us.

[Laylabelle 9,534]

I can't help but think the club feels they can win the appeal. If they know that by appealing he won't be able to play city anyway, what is the incentive?

no harm in trying I guess.aside from a extra ban that makes no sense.Seeing as John Terry got cleared in court yet banned by them that time...they don't make sense

[zolayes 14,489]

Another. Small win for the Media. Wankers

[Laylabelle 9,534]

According to the media he's the new sureaz love to hate player...such a load of crap.He hasn't bitten anyone ffs.

[The Mak 4,459]

No one batted an eye at Aguero's blatant two-footed stomp on Luiz last season purely because 'the ref saw it' (which I think he only got a yellow for).

But now the witch-hunt is on simply because of Costa's personality and the fact that the ref never saw it. Still, they can in no way prove it was intentional. I'm sure he meant it, but he was looking the other way and made no unnatural movements that could be construed as 'blatant intent'.

If they ban Costa anyway (which they probably will), there will be uproar from Mourinho for the rest of the season and it will feed the entire team's hunger to hurt City on Saturday and to push on in the league.

[iseah100 5,612]

Nice to see sense from Neville and Lineker, two great pundits who won't partake in the witch-hunt. Like I said, impossible to prove Costa meant it from the replays.

Lineker is one of the few pundits i like, Neville is good too. Collymore is a cunt.

[bababoom 4,478]

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Lineker, Gary Neville, Henry. And then you have Redknapp. You can fuck right off you scouse bastard.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

I like how respected Mou and Chelsea are by actual (retired) footballers out there who know how football is played, how our club run, and who Mou personaly is.

Every fucking media and some wannabe presidents of certain clubs or institutions just see us and Mou as devils in football, but most people who know us personaly will probably talk respective of us.

Hell, even Skrtel and Costa shaked hands after game, its part of football intensity these fights and they understand it, unlike FA or refs who know shit. I fully expect once Ronaldo, Ramos, Skrtel etc retires, there will be no bad words toward Mou, Chelsea, Costa etc but respectable praises one to another, much like we saw between Didi and Henry last week.

Media blows shit out of proportion whatever suits them and people are stupid enough to believe it. Football associations then under pressure of mass people around their countries fall under pressure and favour the people's favourite, while they need black sheep to punish. But Fa goes even step further, they clearly give no shit about us whatsoever.

Something similar is going on with Atletico and Spanish Fa and their biased referees. Or the Uefa/Fifa not awarding atletico players/coach for their hard work. I believe thats becuse of the way they play, and of their historical inferiority to big clubs, like Real or Barca.

Chelsea as much we are big now, but older generations who run FA are probably wankers over national big teams like United, Liverpool (I dont know why love for city though) and they hate us because we are apparently fake club run by russian oil money, playing ''ugly'' tactics and are being coached by arrogan prick and that doesnt go with their view of national big club. But all that is irrelative, everyone should be judged same, regardless of history, football style, owner etc...

Atletico fucked La liga FA in face when they won title, I hope we do same with FA when we win title in may (hopefuly).

Its realy nice to hear support from these objective football players like Neville or Henry, because their word will at least give certain people who are against us, a moment to think again. FA, however will still punish us and continue their ''campaing'' regardless.