Barclays Premier League 2014/15

Oh, jog on.

Fact. There is literally no way you, nor I, nor anyone else for that matter, can prove if there was intent by Costa. Unless you have some sort of expansive ability to tap into the thought process of Diego Costa during that exact moment, there is, and always will, remain doubt. He's being judged on what we all saw, which was him chasing down a ball, one he was clearly fixed on, and didn't once take his eyes from his objective (the ball) to locate Can's position before planting his foot. His "reputation" certainly was used to portray the incident in a much different light to what actually unfolded. If you didn't see the incident and purely read what was written, you'd have thought he lined Can up and furiously landed a curb stomp of some sort. As the old adjective goes; innocent until proven guilty. No one can without a shadow of a doubt say the incident occurred with 100% intent. Period. A position backed by a number of ex-players; including Henry, G. Neville and Scholes.

Skrtel was even lucky to be on the pitch himself with his clear elbow on Costa in the first leg. Costa cops a lot of treatment from defenders, more than what most strikers receive, and he's yet to literally snap. He'll push the boundaries and give what he gets back, but it's important to remember that he's not some thug. It might be hard to believe, but Ronaldo has more red cards than Costa.

But we both know all the above means little to you. And with that, I've got nothing further to add.

Edit: spelling

I like Costa but how can you say he's not a thug.

Seems like Mou has got all you idiots believing there is some FA conspiracy against you.

Not some thug? Fuck right off.

Can see us hitting 5 today, very confident.

Walcott's getting right on my tits.

Walcott's getting right on my tits.

Can see us hitting 5 today, very confident.

Aye probably just thrown a wobbler cause he wasn't allowed to go on a FM style spree and ruin a club like usual.

Apparently stormed out after being told he couldn't sign Niko Kranjcar.

Such a cop out blaming it on his knee's, he doesn't even attend training as he has about 13421414 different coaches

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31174879

Pretty sure it could have been a similar situation had FFP been around when they won it