Atleast you accept what Drogba was Yeah I can kind of see the reasoning, Torres, Eto'o and Ba are far to nice for a Mourinho or a Chelsea side. Costa will definitely have no issues gaining an advantage through underhand tactics. He's quite a controversial character
Hits Jose's checklist for a striker: Mid 20s: check Dirty: check Gamesmanship: check Strong personality: check Never say die spirit: check Team player: check Follows orders: check Not necesaarily prolific: check Win at all costs: check Good with back to goal when we park bus: Check Happy playing direct/long ball: check
Jose parked bus with Deco-McCarthy And Sneijder-Milito Modric-Higuain/Benzema Why do you think he can't do it with Fabreags-Costa?
Bit of an exaggeration to say the least. We still scored the third most goals so i think this parking the bus is a little bit of a myth. We certainly play very defensively in Europe but that's probably why we do reasonably well. As for Mata, short term it may not look like it's worked but long term Jose didn't want him because he doesn't fit so there is absolutely no point in keeping him. Although he was in important member of the Champions League squad you know as well as i do that the main reason we won the trophy is because we were unbelievably good defensively.
What has age got to do with it? You parked bus v Bayern with Rio Vidic and Evra last season. Does parking the bus require younger players than playing a high line these days?
After the humiliation of the Spanish by the Dutch with mostly Barca players, fabregas is not the hot property he was a few years ago. Barca and players associated with the club are on the slide. The fact that arsene didn't exercise his option to bring him back is telling.
