Jase

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jun/19/chelsea-celta-vigo-oriol-romeu

It's 8th July actually.

No no. He has...through Skype.

No. At the end of the season, it will be P38 W38 D0 L0 F38 A0 114pts.

The new WHS obviously.

OR it could be played between the Hull and Man United game, just like last season when we played Wigan, Reading and Newcastle all in 1 week.

Have actually yet to see a genuine reason being mentioned as to why Mourinho wouldn't want Mata here, apart from the BS stereotypical view that he isn't a Jose type of player who is big, strong, physical etc. Seen reports that says Mourinho is unconvinced but no actual reason given and now this, because he sees Hazard as the No.10. Didn't know Mata can only play in 1 position... So many reasons being given and so many BS being written about Mourinho and the current team that is based on his previous time at the club. Clearly they didn't realize that Mourinho had similar players in Sneijder at Inter and Ozil at Madrid...

There doesn't seem to be any reports of that on Daily Mail's website...

New season. New manager. Opening PL game vs Hull. Where have we seen that before?

Yeah but on the flip side, our PL games BEFORE CL week - Everton(A), Spurs(A), Cardiff(H), Newcastle(A), West Ham(A) & Stoke(A). 5 tough away games! 8th July.

First 6 PL games: Hull(H), Man Utd(A), Villa(H), Everton(A), Fulham(H) & Spurs(A). Decent games at home but tough ones away. Probably best to get them out of the way early anyway. We'll face Arsenal(A) and Liverpool(H) during the Christmas period. And we have Swansea at the Bridge on Boxing day. Decent. Last 6 PL games: Stoke(H), Swansea(A), Sunderland(H), Liverpool(A), Norwich(H) & Cardiff(A). Better run-in than last season. Our 3rd game against Aston Villa could be postponed or brought forward(like last season) due to our involvement in the UEFA Super Cup. We play Man United away in August and at the Bridge in January. Early clashes against them for a change. And why do we always play Liverpool away at the back end of the season FFS?!

Here is the full fixture list... http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/chelsea-premier-league-fixtures-2013-14-1950524 Hull at home first and then United away after that.

Nope. It will be the 3rd game. Could either be postponed OR brought forward like last season.

Spurs away at City and Arsenal in the first two fixtures?! Doubt it. And IIRC, Spurs basically played those two in the exact same order, both were away games too, last season. Seems unlikely it will be repeated again.

Am a part-time statman. Oops. Sorry. It's 3 out of 10 actually from Azpi. Missed out his cross for Torres against Villa.

Going with this format; Assister - Scorer vs Opposition (H/A) 1. Oscar - Moses vs Wolves (H) 2. Ivanovic - Torres vs Norwich (H) 3. Oscar - Ramires vs Man United (H - PL) 4. Azpi - Hazard vs West Brom (A) 5. Hazard - Torres(1st goal) vs Sunderland (A) 6. Mata - Ivanovic vs Southampton (A - FA Cup) 7. Azpi - Mata vs Arsenal (H) 8. Oscar - Terry vs Brentford (H) 9. Mata - Torres vs Rubin Kazan (H) 10. Mata - Terry(2nd goal) vs Fulham (A) 11. Azpi - Torres vs Aston Villa (H) There are also... 12. Cole - Torres vs Reading (H) 13. Mata - Sturridge vs Spurs (A) But that those 2 assists could be considered as a low passes as opposed to a low cross. Take a pick then.

That was just a theory, if you can call it that, that some members just randomly came up with, due to paranoia I supposed. Nothing of a surprise if he miss home and all that given he's playing abroad but that's normal for every human being anyway. But he's definitely NOT homesick like he desperately wants to return to Spain right now. He has said so many times that he enjoy it here in London, playing for us and living in the city. And besides, if he really have the homesickness like Jesus Navas, we wouldn't have seen so many consistent quality performances from him.

Wahey. Some stats inquiry! I'll get to that. Give me a moment. 4th = His inch perfect cross for Mata against Arsenal at the Bridge.

Think you have mentioned the wrong fella here...

Thanks Barbara!

Blimey. You just realized that?! (no wonder I ditched you!)

Oh Choo Choo. That was only a story reported in the Mirror. Hasn't signed anything yet. Still on his current contract which has 3 years left. Some stories have been going about saying he will get and sign a new contract this summer.

If that had happened, it would have been all over Twitter, the news etc but...it isn't.

Erm, even if we put a 50m price tag on Mata? Not sure if they want to fork out another huge sum on a player.