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Should keep his mouth shut until he understands the game at least a little bit. Anything else will be perceived as arrogant and rightfully so. No reason for him to even think about changing the league before he gets CFC back on track again. When you let your manager spend big and sack him two weeks later it doesn't look very professional, especially since people might be afraid of telling him truths he doesn't want to hear now.

I don't really care at this point but when I saw this:

Wanting the club to be held in the same regard as Real Madrid is a really nice thing to say but it's also a bit naive and it's like a populist saying. Snake oil of promising castles and rainbows to me. Again I got no preference but the other guys don't sound to be so high in the sky with their statements.

He`s maybe not American enough.

Exactly, some blinded fools in here, he stated I make my money other ways, I reckon he’d go full Roman 04, just to show he can….

I'm surprised at the hostility to the Ratcliffe bid in this thread ... if he's serious, then surely it's a pretty good scenario to have an owner that just wants to be the best, without needing a "return on investment" ?

I do hope this is true
sh*t logo for a sh*t network. Looking forward to not seeing that sh*t on our shirts.

Definitely, although in truth it could have been for a variety of reasons. Timing is obviously vital when determining whether or not a business action is viable i.e. environmental factors and opportunities are perpetually changing.
The go-to theory seems to be that Ratcliffe's bid is not genuine and put forward solely for publicity reasons. However, if this is the case then you have to ask what benefit this publicity actually brings him. Submitting a failed/faux bid after all the sales process deadlines have passed can only make him look like one of two things: an unprofessional pillock or a disingenuous snake. I can't see the benefits of either look to a notoriously publicity-shy individual who already holds the spotlight of "Britain's Richest Man". I can only see the benefits of tabling a winning bid.
Completely agree this is most likely the current scenario. Ratcliffe will have known very well that Raine were not going to entertain his bid within this late stage of their process, and by all accounts he submitted his bid directly to Chelsea following conversations with Bruce Buck and the government.
Clearly, his aim was to make the current situation a straight fight between Raine's champion (Clearlake/Boehly) and Buck/government's champion (himself).

Was Chalobah good enough for this level? Ampadu has been excellent this season from all accounts. Still only 21. Surely worth at least giving him a shot as a back up. 

He's only 21. Everyone would have said Chalobah, Tomori etc. weren't good enough before they came into the first team. 

He likes a bit of Bonnie Tyler on his car stereo, I heard 

Terrible selections today.
And still terrible attacking play after 2 seasons. None of our players seem to know what to do when they get the ball. It's just recycle left, right, backwards, or hit a hopeful ball back to the opposition.

This isn’t the first time he’s done this, how does he still not understand that we can’t afford to just play a near second string team in the premier league. Malang Sarr should be playing for Port Vale and he starts him against one of our closest rivals? Oh and this obsession with playing Reece as a RCB needs to f**king stop

How does Trev not play over him

Worst impulse buy since I bought leather pants when I turned 40....

Based on what we've seen of him recently, he'd have been outjumped by Modric.

Don't know why I never tried to join this before. Lifelong Chelsea fan, first game attended was Luton at the Bridge in 91 for my tenth birthday. Moved to New York in 2000 and just relocated back here late last year. Think thats about all the news for now but just wanted to say thanks for having me!

Don't know why I never tried to join this before. Lifelong Chelsea fan, first game attended was Luton at the Bridge in 91 for my tenth birthday. Moved to New York in 2000 and just relocated back here late last year. Think thats about all the news for now but just wanted to say thanks for having me!

Welcome on Gordon!