Diego Costa

[MihaiM24 156]

Lewandowski

Tevez or Mandzukic.. both beasts

[DYC. 7,542]

For a big man and a player known as a hard man, he's not that physically imposing. Drogba would humiliate players when it came to sheer strength (he would rarely pass up the opportunity to dive when he felt slight contact in his early days though). I wish Diego was more dominating in physical tussles.

Would also be nice if he started threatening goal and scoring goals again. Maybe a double vs Newcastle.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Who says its totally unacceptable ? Have you watched any games in South America, Africa, Eastern Europe ?

Yes in an ideal world, all that stuff would be eradicated, but corporate media as you know Chou need the soap opera, they need the bad guy -and invariably as always its Chelsea. It will always be there Ronaldo got Rooney sent off, the other Diego got Beckham sent off in World cups and it goes on every week. Its not like he has murdered Palestinian kids, he's given another multi millionaire a slap after intense provocation. People will always cheat, and I am not going to get on some media driven bandwagon to condemn him. If we all did the logical conclusion would be to drive him and the best manager we ever had out of Stamford Bridge.

He never punches anyone in the face, as Keown and Savage said its always an open hand, and only then under intense provocation. TV hasnt shown the way Koscielny was having digs beforehand. Gabriel and Koschielny tried to wind him up and paid the price.

Oh the media can sod off. They are sleazy sport journos, they can't claim to have moral superiority over anyone. I don't care one bit about them.

But it still remains that he does not NEED to do any of that. Hands open or closed make little difference to me, he doesn't need to slap nor punch anyone.

You've mentioned Chopper, for me JT is a personal hero. He's physical, a hard tackler, he never shies away from contact or from confrontation, and he's one of the most passionate and emotional players I've ever seen but he's never punched, elbowed, stamped on, head butted anyone.

[Unionjack 7,531]

I love the lad from the day he joined us but before that like most of us (and JT) I hated him. But hes brought to us what we have missed alot which is his fighting spirit.

t winds the fuck up out of me how our own supporters can be hateful towards one of our own when hes doing his job and doing it well. But it disgusts me to have those same people say that the supporters who like the way he played lack morals.

By all means people can slag a player off when hes playing shite. Ive called Bane every name in the book and made some up of my own ffs. But I dontgo slagging off the deluded people who say hes doing a good job!

If the oppositions managers, the online click 'news' sites and refs took more notice of the grief that Costa took every game then he just might not find the need to give it back.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

The few Chelsea fans who hate Costa, most likely used to or still do get bullied when they play football.

Oh, brilliant. The psychiatrists are out

Yes, that is the only reason anyone would be opposed to one of our players regularly assaulting opposition defenders.....

But two can play this game! Heck, I'll go full Freud and say that those who are defending Costa's actions are only doing so because they secretly want to fuck their own mums!

[Kieran. 6,317]

Literally this is why football is viewed as the game of pussies. People crying over a tiny off the ball incident for days on end...

[Unionjack 7,531]

Literally this is why football is viewed as the game of pussies. People crying over a tiny off the ball incident for days on end...

Anyone would think we were gooners!

Who actually on a couple of their sites I snooped on had quite a few of his defenders on them and wished they had a player like him.

[Fulham Broadway 16,838]

Oh, brilliant. The psychiatrists are out

Yes, that is the only reason anyone would be opposed to one of our players regularly assaulting opposition defenders.....

But two can play this game! Heck, I'll go full Freud and say that those who are defending Costa's actions are only doing so because they secretly want to fuck their own mums!

[lionsden 4,689]

Literally this is why football is viewed as the game of pussies. People crying over a tiny off the ball incident for days on end...

Rules are rules and Costa's act on saturday are prohibitted by this same rules governing the sport. Why is it ever okay for any player to break them? If Costa is so desperate to touch/slap/punch his opponent he should have tried a career in boxing or WWE instead.

And personally I prefer the direction football has taken to keep the game as clean as possible. And i can't be the only one that doesn't care for the ugly side of the game.

[Kieran. 6,317]

Not gonna quote you but you just like to have a moan. Not bothered.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Oh, brilliant. The psychiatrists are out

Yes, that is the only reason anyone would be opposed to one of our players regularly assaulting opposition defenders.....

But two can play this game! Heck, I'll go full Freud and say that those who are defending Costa's actions are only doing so because they secretly want to fuck their own mums!

I can see I touched a nerve, must have brought back some memories of you getting knocked about as a kid on the football pitch.

and you act like Costa just goes around picking on defenders for no reason! Costa gives as good as he gets, don't act like he is picking on innocent people, Costa has been punched, kicked and even spat on in his career, but yeah Costa is a terrible person, and those poor defenders are angels right?

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Rules are rules and Costa's act on saturday are prohibitted by this same rules governing the sport. Why is it ever okay for any player to break them? If Costa is so desperate to touch/slap/punch his opponent he should have tried a career in boxing or WWE instead.

and yet you are fine with someone being a racist cannibal as long as they are really good at football.

[Fulham Broadway 16,838]

Oh the media can sod off. They are sleazy sport journos, they can't claim to have moral superiority over anyone. I don't care one bit about them.

But it still remains that he does not NEED to do any of that. Hands open or closed make little difference to me, he doesn't need to slap nor punch anyone.

You've mentioned Chopper, for me JT is a personal hero. He's physical, a hard tackler, he never shies away from contact or from confrontation, and he's one of the most passionate and emotional players I've ever seen but he's never punched, elbowed, stamped on, head butted anyone.

I notice you dont include 'kick' players in Terrys repertoire. Hes kicked plenty, barca player in the back for one, and getting sent off, and he's squared up to plenty, in a very Costa-esque manner.

Attackers are more vulnerable to cynical fouls, wind ups, and constant verbals than defenders. Would I prefer it if Costa didnt respond ? Only if the energy was transmitted into scoring goals, but thats his game. Roy Keane would have been mediocre without his aggression, as would John Mcenroe.

As long as hes doing the business for Chelsea I dont think Chelsea fans whose sensibilities have been ruffled should kick up a fuss, and condemning him is counter productive. But it would be boring if every player adhered to the same behaviour and likewise if all fans all thought the same.

[lionsden 4,689]

Not gonna quote you but you just like to have a moan. Not bothered.

Typical response when a poster has no solid rebuttal to the point being made. Let's make the beautiful game more ugly and dirty for Kieran's own personal pleasure. Why don't we. To hell with the rules.

[Special Juan 27,424]

Lets not turn this into a insulting match please, keep it to the Costa debate and within the lines please.

[DYC. 7,542]

Literally this is why football is viewed as the game of pussies. People crying over a tiny off the ball incident for days on end...

It is 'a game of pussies' though. Same goes for basketball. It's a game of skill and the mind, not so much brawn. In Europe anyway. If you want to see men go at each other, you watch rugby or any kind of form of professional fighting.

As for people going on for days, I don't understand how they find the energy, interest and time. The issue became boring when night time came on Saturday but that's just me.

I'm just happy it annoys the Specialists in Choking so much.

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

But two can play this game! Heck, I'll go full Freud and say that those who are defending Costa's actions are only doing so because they secretly want to fuck their own mums!

and yet you are fine with someone being a racist cannibal as long as they are really good at football.

lmao you two made my day!

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

Or find a striker like Lewandowski, Suarez, Aguero...etc who is NOT AFRAID and also doesn't act like a complete cunt every match? no middle ground though as usual.

Ok we never really had the chance to sign any of them in the past and now we certainly don't at all so please name me a striker as good as those 3 who isn't a cunt and would be better than Costa..... without actually naming those 3? You can't do it really. Benzema maybe but even then he blows hot and cold and when it gets tough for Madrid hes never anywhere to be seen.