Diego Costa

[quickpassnmove 924]

Crap in the air, rolling around for 30 seconds, whinging over referees/defenders, subsequently offside, crap outside the box with back to defenders, can't dribble for shit/PL defenders have him figured out while he's on the ball --and in reality, Diego's not all that strong.

This player looks at best a future super-sub and I'm not about to call Diego a fox in the box.

He's reached his ceiling and we can say that he's been a good goalscorer in 2014 and in 2016, but our club need more in the CF position as we go into the next couple years with Conte.

The first half of this season, I could easily overlook all of Diego's shortcomings; he was superb for us and he finally began to earn my respect and admiration. Now, I don't feel he's the player for us going into the future, when every single year he can do this shit (total crap except for a few goals scored, in 2017).

Apparently it's not easy to find the striker with skill, fire, physical strength and speed all in one package, but I think we can find one who becomes better than Diego within a few seasons. We need to find the next one.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

I know he's poor in the air, so we can't get any outballs, I know he has a poor first touch and ball control, I know he rarely takes shots from outside the box, I can cope with all that but what I don't like is him refusing to shoot when he's near the box. Sometimes it's like he's allergic to shooting 

[BoyBlue96 990]

Just sell him in the summer to the Chinese. Can't see him come back to his form from earlier this season. 

[Leif 6,006]

Other fans would think we're crazy for our comments, but they only see very carefully picked highlights. 

And other than Torres & unfortunately Matic, I myself have never seen a Chelsea starting player have bad form for 3+ months.

[LAM09 7,043]

Needs to be dropped

[Tautvix 1,321]

What the hell 

[whats happening 1,615]

poor form can happen, he will bounce back, but his behavior is whats really getting on my nerves. 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Cant wait for him to bounce back to top form and see people whoring for him once again...

[Leif 6,006]

(I for one have been calling him shit WHILST he bangs in goals, so don't include me in that. He really is terrible.)

[BlueStorm1003 539]

Bad performance.

I'm sure he'll score again soon and regain his form, but his attitude was awful. We can't have him going back to whining about everything,

[nono 791]

I'm really sick of his antics. 

[Gilvorak 3,734]

His goal record isn't why people are frustrated with him. Don't understand why people don't get this.

[Leif 6,006]

He stopped running entirely, not 1 more jog, around 87 minutes in (I made a mental note), and we had around 4 minutes added time. So for 7 minutes in that scenario, then plus all the other moments he stood there while i was observing someone else/peeing/eating, he stood around, which when added up, would be for around 20 minutes. If the ball he was playing meant he ended up on the wing, he stayed there, leaving no striker up top. If he passed the ball to the United defender (which he did, which lead to our first sign of pressure in 15+ mins), he just stood there, right where he lost the ball, not even jogging, while all the rest of the team run back to our goal to stop the possible goal Diego just gave them.

Is it Conte's tactics or is it Diego? Either way, it is unacceptable for a player to not be out of breath vs. a fierce rival. The likes of them are despised in every team and rightly so; they know how to kick a ball, but they don't know football. Diego can kick a ball, push an impressive bench-press and no more.

[King11Didier 916]

He was really poor today.  It looked like, he is not interested in the game at all. He was more interested in fighting with Rojo. It was like back in the days with Mou in charge, when the 1st thing Diego was doing, was getting in trouble with the opposition defenders from the 1st minute of the match

But seriously, I dont't get it why Conte didn't sub him off, he was standing offside, he was just bored, there was one moment when Hazard asked him why he is not moving on side, but always stays behind the defenders and can't be picked with a long pass.

Hope he can overcome this poor form, because the most importang stage of the season is coming and we need him and his goals.

[Leif 6,006]

If you can't expect your striker to give his best vs. Manchester United, nor Sunderland, you can't expect much from them in the Champions League. If you neither excel vs. the top teams nor neither excel vs. the bottom teams you are by process of elimination, average. Costa is an average striker considering what Chelsea can attract. Those are the best words to sum up what could turn into another Oscar-like fiasco, unless we act early.

Cut him while the memories are good, not when our reality turns sour. Foresight is a gift only humans are blessed with; let's use it.