1905.

The king is gone
but he's not forgotten
 
 

The problem certainly ain't Emenalo, we won the league last season! I do think that a manager should have full control of virtually everything pitch related though, can't stand this bullsh*t director of football role - seems like the worlds easiest job!

You are literally describing Costa as well.

There's a difference though, the players you mentioned were all bought for millions and had already been given a chance elsewhere. Courtois was already top 3 in the world before Mourinho dropped Cech to play him, Zouma was £12m or something and had was playing very well for Etienne, and Rahman was 20 odd million and had a great season in the Bundesliga.
 
I don't like saying things like "Mourinho doesn't give younger players a chance" but he certainly prefers buying ready made than bringing through academy players. RLC is a great product of our own academy and considering how badly we're playing he should be given a lot more game time.

There's a difference though, the players you mentioned were all bought for millions and had already been given a chance elsewhere. Courtois was already top 3 in the world before Mourinho dropped Cech to play him, Zouma was £12m or something and had was playing very well for Etienne, and Rahman was 20 odd million and had a great season in the Bundesliga.
 
I don't like saying things like "Mourinho doesn't give younger players a chance" but he certainly prefers buying ready made than bringing through academy players. RLC is a great product of our own academy and considering how badly we're playing he should be given a lot more game time.

I know, and all well and good when we're winning games and playing well but when the current players aren't performing I just think he should be given a run to prove what he can do. If it doesn't work it can't be any worse than it currently is, can it?

There's a difference though, the players you mentioned were all bought for millions and had already been given a chance elsewhere. Courtois was already top 3 in the world before Mourinho dropped Cech to play him, Zouma was £12m or something and had was playing very well for Etienne, and Rahman was 20 odd million and had a great season in the Bundesliga.
 
I don't like saying things like "Mourinho doesn't give younger players a chance" but he certainly prefers buying ready made than bringing through academy players. RLC is a great product of our own academy and considering how badly we're playing he should be given a lot more game time.

Goes out wide too much, just get in the box Diego you are starting to look like Torres!

Good CB, totally sh*te RB.

They can f**k off then :)

Sanchez is far more consistent that Hazard is.

Yeah, hopefully it's that he doesn't actually support them.

I'd add Matic but you've already mentioned the extra weight he is carrying: Fabregas.

If we turn Zouma into our very own Phil Jones I'm going to be pissed off. He's a CB with the potential to be one of the best around, keep him there!

I'm not a fan of playing players out of position.
Use him at CB where he is naturally suited.
If Jose doesn't trust Baba then it's a farce we spent £20 odd million on him, heads should roll if this is the case.

Well, hopefully we use this to give Remy a fair opportunity now. 

Well, hopefully we use this to give Remy a fair opportunity now. 

As expected.
He needs to cut out the petulance and concentrate on playing football.
Yes the FA are inconstant and we get a rough ride regarding these incidents but why do we keep giving them amo?
The club and Diego need to sort this out.

This is the thing, half the time I can't work out whether he's the one getting wound up or doing the winding up! Either way there's a red card coming his way very soon.
 
I can see exactly why people hate him and let's face it we'd all hate him if he played for anybody else.
 
I love his fighting attitude and especially love it if it pisses the Goons off, but he did cross the line on Sat with hitting Koscielny and waving card signs at the ref. Can't stand either of those things.

This is the thing, half the time I can't work out whether he's the one getting wound up or doing the winding up! Either way there's a red card coming his way very soon.
 
I can see exactly why people hate him and let's face it we'd all hate him if he played for anybody else.
 
I love his fighting attitude and especially love it if it pisses the Goons off, but he did cross the line on Sat with hitting Koscielny and waving card signs at the ref. Can't stand either of those things.

This is the thing, half the time I can't work out whether he's the one getting wound up or doing the winding up! Either way there's a red card coming his way very soon.
 
I can see exactly why people hate him and let's face it we'd all hate him if he played for anybody else.
 
I love his fighting attitude and especially love it if it pisses the Goons off, but he did cross the line on Sat with hitting Koscielny and waving card signs at the ref. Can't stand either of those things.

I love Diego and i cant stand Wenger so anything he does that winds that twat up is alright by me.

What a player, love watching him.
One thing I think he might be able to improve on is his spacial awareness, but I'm sure that will come in time. Especially with JT showing him the ropes.
Hard to believe he's only 20.

Basically I love it.
This is a competitive sport and some seem to forget a physical, contact one too.
Diego is awesome, the ultimate warrior, the guy who loves a scrap and went shirk away from the big occasion.
Martin Keown said yesterday he would have loved to have played against him... Sounds about right.
He's a bar steward is our Diego but this is a league built on bar stewards. Keane, Wise, Vieira were scrappers in midfield the likes of Keown, Ruddock and Skertl leave their mark on you in defence and Duncan Furguson, Luiz Suarez and our own Diego always make sure you known you've had a game against them up front.

The thing with Diego Costa is that he is a goalscorer, nothing more really. When he is scoring, he is deadly, if he isn't then he isn't offering much at all. Basically, he will click if the rest of the squad clicks.
 
I guarantee that if the midfield was feeding him the right passes, he would score.