Diego Costa

[OhForAGreavsie 5,892]

On 16/04/2017 at 7:49 PM, marflow said:

We have beaten Leicester and Bournemouth 3-0 with Hazard-Pedro-Willian and played good attacking football. There is no excuse to continue to play Costa in this form atm.

This is what fascinates me.

Antonio watches every performance several times, and does so forensically. He sees what we see yet he continues to select Diego. There is a reason for it, and I'd love to be told the unfiltered truth about what it is.

I say "unfiltered" because public statements by managers are just as likely to be evasions as anything else. The boss may be telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, when he says, "Diego is playing well. He is doing what I want him to do, so I am pleased with his performance.", but it's hard to believe that is anything more than a manager defending his player as he always must.

In some ways it's easier to come up with a speculative explanation for Antonio's continued reliance on Diego. Many of us will have ideas about what's really going o. I certainly do but, in the end, I want to believe it's simply that the boss thinks the other options are worse. Unfortunately, that's not getting any easier to buy into.

[Special Juan 27,429]

SSN breaking is that the Chinese club are planning on coming back for him in June when their transfer window opens. They will pay a massive amount for him and we will accept it, I guarantee it.

[Jase 43,479]

 

[DDA 9,690]

Looking forward to him going now. Boring the tits of me watching him play like shit.

[MefiX19 1,092]

 

[Special Juan 27,429]

100M please

[Leif 6,006]

With the landscape as it is, 100m to China is average & rational - so we can start higher. 150m. I think they'd go for it.

[Special Juan 27,429]

200M then, why not.

[Stats 7,056]

Weird how as time moves on, it changes your perspective on things. January I was praying he was not going to have his turned as he was on fire and we needed him. Now, with a striker like Lukaku available albeit for a hefty price but who is younger and forever improving, I would rather this deal happen. He has been so off it and you can see how his head has been turned. Just total different player and total different attitude.

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

If "crazy" transfer fee means the money that would cover the Lukaku & Sanchez deals (I assume it must be over 100m) then Chelsea would be crazy not to take it.

[Clockwork 1,794]

1 hour ago, Stats said:

Weird how as time moves on, it changes your perspective on things. January I was praying he was not going to have his turned as he was on fire and we needed him. Now, with a striker like Lukaku available albeit for a hefty price but who is younger and forever improving, I would rather this deal happen. He has been so off it and you can see how his head has been turned. Just total different player and total different attitude.

I want Kylian Mbappe to replace Costa; he is already better then Lukaku. Younger and higher potential. 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

 

[LAM09 6,747]

Tripling his pay packet. Adios!

[Stats 7,056]

3 hours ago, Clockwork said:

I want Kylian Mbappe to replace Costa; he is already better then Lukaku. Younger and higher potential. 

Mbappe is brilliant but if I had a choice who to lead us in a single striker formation I would go for Lukaku. I think Mbappe would find it a lot harder on his own up front for us.

[LAM09 6,747]

Mbappe is brilliant but if I had a choice who to lead us in a single striker formation I would go for Lukaku. I think Mbappe would find it a lot harder on his own up front for us.

I agree the sentiment of having more of a presence upfront, but I'd prefer Belotti. I'm sure Conte will be eager to bring a few Italians to the club as well.

[Special Juan 27,429]

So based on that interview he can't handle the PL because it's a bit rough for him....Fucking absolute lightweight. He wants an easy ride, he wants bags and bags full of cash without the whole physicality of the PL.

This China move is ideal for him, just send him fucking packing quick sharp, and bleed them for every bit of Yen they have for him.

[lucio 5,418]

100m for a bricklayer who chases his first touch

[Fulham Broadway 16,851]

1) Fans (not necessarily on here), but who are at matches got to back him till the title is won or lost.

2) Its in Skys and all the other media interest to undermine Chels at the moment. They want a dramatic finish, preferably with us fucking it up, so they can fuck off.