Diego Costa

[Rekin 835]

I dont want this to be seen as a knee-jerk reaction, as this is something that has been in the air for a while on my part.
Costa is a remnant of a Mou-era that I would rather fling as far away as possible from the club I support. A player that is moody, often acting in a disgusting way and completely unreliable. Those things should be enough for him to not be our striker, but the worst part is that he doesnt fit our system at all. Players like Hazard and Pedro need quick and smart passes, not strikers who look like Bambi on ice. 
 

He can sometimes create a goal out of nothing, but more often than not he stops our attacks, act frustrated and gives away the ball. If we can get what we payed for him, he should in my opinion be let go. One of our weakest links. 

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,919]

Hard to see him like this.

[lucio 5,418]

Reality is , he has fuckall talent. Drop him for rest of season

[Styles 9,790]

But he scored goals 5 months ago so show some respect, guys!

He will be back in September! Keep faith in him!

[Special Juan 27,429]

Pathetic, he's complete dog shit and he doesn't give a fuck about the club.

[drog.ba 239]

Has to go in the summer

[1chelsea 864]

Be gone

[BlueLion. 21,491]

15 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

We'd all love to rail against this post and explain why we think it's wrong. My guess is that @BlueLion. would like that as much as any of us but, sadly, we can't because it isn't wrong.

 

Nah, never really been a fan of people trying to offer counter-arguments... especially when there isn't one, it pains me to say. I love Diego, but he is utter garbage at the moment. He's been pants the last couple of months and sadly his slump in form is alarmingly getting gradually worse. His performance last weekend was laughable... he looked drunk at the best of times. His turn for the first goal was excellent, but everything else he tried to do suggested he was under the influence of some pretty heavy narcotics. Useless. Today was even greater damning evidence. I genuinely hope he gets injured or sent off, because he is wasting otherwise usable oxygen. 

[Special Juan 27,429]

He doesn't even get hauled off when he's shite because I think the management are scared of the reaction. 

Fuck off to China and get your big bucks. Money means more to him than football and this club.

[sutro 1,026]

What is bats doing so badly on the training grounds to not even get 20 min over this waste of oxygen,its beyond me

[FabHazard 655]

Needs to be the first player to be kicked out in summer...Buy one of Lukaku Morata Belotti...Any one of them is better than this guy

Plus Costa's antics does not suit this club

[Fulham Broadway 16,851]

I don't think he's leaving in the Summer

He's already gone by the looks of things

[The Skipper 20,593]

Why can't Batshuayi start over this guy? This is a joke. Can't believe some are still trying to defend a man that doesn't even want to be here himself.

[Styles 9,790]

We had a rare counter-attacking opportunity in the first half.

Costa had the ball with a 4 vs 4 situation.

Hazard was breaking ahead on the right wing.

All Costa had to do was play a 5 yard pass forward but of course, nothing is ever simple with the donkey.

He held onto the ball needlessly and was tackled easily.

I genuinely cannot stand this clown any more. Sick and tired.

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

Binning him in the summer and bringing back Lukaku looks to be an absolute no-brainer.

Awful today. Worst kind of performance, offensive.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

And some actually thought he was world class. Comparing him to Aguero, Sanchez and other world class strikers.  He's not better than Lukaku or Kane! Imagine if Costa was English, how he'll get slaughtered for such laugbable technique and awareness. I almost fell into that trap when he's had his moments but deep down I knew he was never truly elite. You can't be world class with such utter lack of decision making, horrid technique, head down completely unaware of surroundings/teammates and tall but wins fuck all in the air. Add to the fact he performs for only half a season. Anelka was a better player and even Kalou up front will have been so much better for us right now. Right now he's literally one of the absolute worst players in the division. The fans stuck by him and sing his name in every game when he was a stamping thug and he repays us with angling for a move to China, disrespecting Conte because he wanted to be subbed off bang in the middle of an unexpected title challenge. Get him out of here. 

[Spike 12,049]

Great striker. Questionable reliability; he should only be sold when replaced. Not vice-versa.

[nono 791]

24 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

He doesn't even get hauled off when he's shite because I think the management are scared of the reaction. 

Fuck off to China and get your big bucks. Money means more to him than football and this club.

 

What makes me angry is that the team works hard to get him the ball from the back. The whole team's efforts are involved in moving the ball to the striker from the goal keeper, the midfielders to the wingers. He then loses the ball in some poor touch or picking a fight with an opposition player. It's as if he doesn't have a care in the world about the team or his fellow players. Maybe he's switched off because his move to China was blocked ?

 If they bench him at this point they're probably thinking it'll really reduce his transfer fee in the summer. Plus my impression of Batshuayi in the small time I've seen him is that he's not a good finisher. I have no doubt in my mind this is his last season for us. We just have to hope we can see this out.