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Except this time there is no idiot in the world who would pay 50m and 200k/wk for him.

I'm not trying in any way to belittle Mata's contribution and I'm not saying those stats are right, the point behind the original post I wrote is that everyone sees and counts assists his own way which is why everyone arrives at a different number. But regardless of the numbers you chose to believe, no one can argue that Mata is not doing a great assisting(in the general not footballing meaning) his teammates to score.

Nop, all competitions except FA cup and Capital One:

He's not leaving just because he's not in the add, but it's another hint to add to the mountain of indexes pointing to his departure in the summer.

Does it have to be intentional to count as an assist? For example, hat if a player gets past a defender in the box and before he can shoot his team mate who's in a better position takes it off his toes and scores, does the player who got past the defender get the assist? Also, how long before the goal should the assisting pass be played? If Cole plays a simple short pass to Hazard down the left flank and the latter skins 2-3 players, cuts into the area and shoots, does Cole get the assist? What if the player was put clear on goal by the pass but had to run a long distance before scoring? Does Cole get the assist for Torres' goal against Barcelona (this is also a good example about intentional/unintentional assist)? So, I stick with what I said, there is no official agreement about the definition of an assist. Whoscored.com has him at 16 assists this season.

Congrats Skipper, well over due

Don't be silly, that's obviously Lord Voldemort!

There's no official count of players assists. Heck there's no agreement on how to define an assist. Does the act of assisting have to be intentional? If he wins a pen that is later scored does he get an assist? What about if it was a FK? Regardless of all that, I think it is beyond any doubt that the work Juan is doing to help his teammates score is immense. Definitely the best play maker in the league.

The united fan. Ash gets constant abuse regardless!

Those 3 points dropped at St. Marry's were massive, imo. I just hope we don't pay for dropping them come May 19th.

I feel that's something that comes with experience. It's certainly not something that limits him as a player.

JT actually had an excellent game yesterday. His best performance since his injury. If he can keep this form it would help us immensely in the remaining matches of the season.

Not defending the guy in any way, he was clearly an outright c*nt, but he got some nasty abuse on twitter.

^^ Good read. Thanks.

I love this guy. Loved him as a player, loved what he did as a manager here and I love how he still loves Chelsea.

This season has been so bad I can hardly remember half of our wins

I swear you lot can't be left alone in a thread for 5 mins..back on topic!

I hate to be the pessimist here, but have we ever won three games on the trot under Benitez?

Do you think the club can decide his future without his approval? If we're offering to loan him then he has agreed because the deal can't go through without his approval.

If he's okay with it, why aren't you?

Seriously, just drill that hard and low and we have a much much better chance of scoring. No need for that fancy shit.

Regarding the pen, I still think it's very harsh, but tbf, they should have had one earlier when Luiz just elbowed someone for no reason in the area.

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Do you prefer Bertrandao?! I was actually referring to the incident when he got past 3 players like a Brazilian.

Damn, Bild are very reliable. I hope Dortmund say no. I rate Schurle a lot, but I'd much rather have someone like KDB who's more versatile, technically excellent, great work ethic..basically the perfect squad player.