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I can't see us finishing above Arsenal now. Arsenal winning at both Swansea and WBA and us dropping three points to Southampton means we'll fighting for 4th spot with Tottenham, imo.

Yes but we did not have the quality to finish in top four last season. This team can challenge for the title with a few adjustments. It would be a shambolic failure if we don't get top four this season, especially if you consider how weak the opposition are.

That should be a good game. They're arguably the two teams playing the best football in the championship right now. 5 hours.

Nice finish:

Maybe, but sounds unlikely to me. If I want to sell Chelsea merchandise I's slap Lampard's pic on everything regardless.

So if Arsenal beat WBA today, we'll drop to fi...fif.... I can't even say it!

I think Carlo would be the last person to buy Torres. He practically got him sacked here.

You're underestimating the marketability of Frank Lampard, my friend. If Adidas decided not to put him in the ad then they must have been told by the club that him being here next season is a serious doubt. Because having a figure like Lampard in the team and not using him in the add is an idiotic marketing decision.

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.

All joking aside, I love having Term in our league. He adds something different and makes it interesting and funny at times. His mind games keep things exciting. Although I'd say he's more a Ferguson than a Mourinho

Tbh, I'm a little upset because I (uncharacteristically) studied very well for it but the idiot professor of ours had 25% of the exam about material that was not supposed to be included in the exam