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Just a small donation, I am too sick of the Club's Owners, DOF's, (cretins) Nike and their sh*te kit, topped off by getting shot of Academy developed players. to contribute much to the chats, so thought I would send money instead 😃😃

it wont do much for his transfer value either 🙄

No more than £20m with reasonable performance related add-ons 😉

And the rumour is that Villa are seeking £50m for him although I heard on Talk Spite that a deal is close at f**king ridiculous £42m. He is 20 and relatively untried, so basically in the same position as Jackson was this time last year. Why can't Stewart & Winstanley realise that we desperately need some experience in the squad to turn us into winners. Someone with a real pedigree, a track record of delivering on the biggest stage. Experience in the Squad as a whole is undoubtedly needed although we do nothing about recruiting any, but the main striking position is the absolutely key. Arsenal lack one and won nothing, same at Liverpool now Salah is past it, City have one and won two major trophies, that is the difference. Yes Duran and Jackson have potential the definition of which is - "having or showing the capacity to develop into something in the future". But, and it is a BIG but, as we well know after all of the "potential" superstars that we have lavished hundreds of millions on over the years, there is ZERO guarantee that the potential will ever turn into the finished article.

What I would really like is for Winstanley & Stewart to call a Televised press conference and explain the following in full; Why they decided to let Poch leave or why they sacked him? Why they picked the FOUR names on the shortlist, What made them ultimately choose Maresca, What are the targets set for Maresca for the 2024/25 Season and what is the bare minimum the Owners will tolerate from him? What do they honestly think of their own personal performances so far In Chelsea's employ and do they truly believe that they have done a good job. Will it happen? will it f**k, but these two charlatans OWE it to the milliions of Chelsea fans to provide the answers, its the bloody least they can do, before commencing their next self destructing experiment. If they were to answer the above questions honestly, they would be out of a job within 24 hours.

errr, hate to tell you, but its not 😛

NO, there were times when we were absolutely useless, but Its not about just the "UPS" of supporting Chelsea. The downs were bloody hard, but I kept going because the hope and expectation were always there to sustain me. Now at 67 years of age, spoiled no doubt, by 20 years of almost consistent success, I just do not have the energy or the money to spend close to £200 per game to watch the Club, which has become a rudderless ship, meander from one crisis to another under the collection of idiots currently running it.

FFS !!! Please not this bloke, it will be the end

WE bloody well should be, but these Clowns wouldn't know a good Head Coach, if he punched them both on the nose

I can't believe I am saying this after 53 years of supporting Chelsea, Home, Away, In Europe and through thick and a helluva lot of thin, BUT I really couldn't give a f**k anymore. The change of Owners to the current Clowns, the appointment of two Sporting directors who have a lot less footballing nouse than most of us on here and the absolute spunking of over £1 billion on some very very mediocre (poor even) players, has now made we seriously consider not spending more money following and supporting the Club. But, before I get dog's abuse for this, I will ALWAYS be a Chelsea fan, but may choose to go and watch Leatherhead in non-league football in preference to paying up to £200 for a day out at the Bridge to continue to witness the collapse of our once wonderful Club.

Agreed, except I actually think that Cucurella has turned the corner and will prove to be an asset for the next coach.

Can anybody tell me why we have or need TWO sporting Directors?? It suggests that neither one was good enough on his own, and by God have they proved that !!!

True, but they set odds to ensure they do not lose money. There is a LOT of insider dealing in football, so it means a lot of people have their money on McKenna already.

McKenna is now best priced evens on the main betting sites, with even a touch of odds on at one or two of them. As the saying goes "The bookies rarely get it wrong"

I have gone for "other" and that other would be Xavi. He is having a torrid time at Barcelona, but is young, a brilliant former player, highly exposed to top level coaches and their methods, tactically astute and a decent man manager. He just might jump at the chance to get away from the Camp Nou and Barcelona would be delighted as they cannot afford to sack him or pay him off.

Are they EVER happy ????

It is so easy to just remember the last two and a half months, 5 wins and a draw after the absolute sh*te show in January & February. At that stage I was very much "Poch OUT" and I have got what I wished for. Wind the clock forward three months and I was now "Poch IN" and I realise that comes across as fickle. So taking a hard look at the Season as a whole, 6th place, European qualification, losers in the Carabao and an FA Cup semi final. Good enough ?? No probably not for Chelsea. I think that the main reasons for Poch not working out are his demand for a large say in transfers, openly railing against the likelihood of Gallagher & Chalobah being sold, Our crippling injury list being associated with Poch's "antiquated" training methods and his poor in game management & tactics, which we have ALL questioned on here. So, although I would have given him another Season (at least) I'm not surprised or sad that he has gone. The real hard work for the Club is now finding that "young" Coach (forget Manager) who ticks all the boxes, but with their shocking record of mistakes, I do not have much faith in Stewart, Winstanley and Egbhali, coming even close to succeeding 😞😞

The Legend that is Thiago Silva for me, not just for this game, but for his four years at Chelsea. I pray that he does come back at some point in a Coaching or Managerial role 💙

So the Season is over, and with that brings a close to the "Shed End Premier League" title race. The winner is Erik Kasemets with 2521 points, (over 200 points more than me 🤨) Second is Kola Awosika on 2497 points and Third is Seun Lubacku on 2430. To put Erik's result into perspective, he was still 201 points below the Top Chelsea supporting player and 278 points below the Overall Fantasy League Champion who amassed 2799 points. Well done anyway Erik 👏👏👏

I cant work out how I missed this terribly sad news. Unforgivable 😔 Coco was there when I joined CSR and was one of the contributors on TSE that I most followed and admired. RIP Mate, you will be sorely missed

No, not West Lower, We came out of there because of the huge tourist concentration and total lack of atmosphere. We went to Shed Upper 😉

Remember to get your Vertigo tablets, if you are near the top 😉 There are quite a lot of ex MHL & MHU fans up there now

I have observed this thread/poll for a few weeks, not really knowing which way to jump on Poch. But yesterday's shambles, debacle, disaster, whatever you want to call it has made me definitely Poch - OUT and I placed my tick accordingly. Firstly he is ex-Spurs, is still in love with the sh*t from White Hart Lane, he has no real pedigree, bottled both the two horse race in 16-17 and Champions League final before being sacked and heading for Paris (I could have won Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France with the squad he was given) but was soon sacked there too and we ended up with him. This season, the complete lack of backbone, tactical nous, Leadership qualities, man management skills and any sort of ability to change a game must surely do for him. Added to this (although the above is far more than was ever needed to lose your job under Roman) there is the total apathy towards the fans. I get a strong feeling he doesn't like us, probably the ex-Spurs link again). His pathetic excuses week in and week out are a f**king insult to people like myself that have watched Chelsea for more than 50 years and yesterday's comment that he "believes" his side should be possibly as high as Top 4, adding that "data" indicates that results have not matched their performances on the pitch, prove that the guy is deluded. I think that FFP compliance, and cash reserves will give him a stay of execution, but I have absolutely no doubt that he will be gone by the end of June. 🤞🤞🤞

I have been a Chelsea fan for 52 years, a Season ticket holder for many of them and I have never been as disenchanted or embarrassed by our performances in all of that time as I am now. The total lack of passion, strength of character, will to win and Leadership is mind boggling and even when we had the shockingly poor squad of the 80's and early 90's, I could still identify with many of the players and, Ron Suart, Geoff Hurst, Danny Blanchflower and John Hollins apart, The Managers and coaches too. I still want us to win and to a certain degree it still ruins my weekend when we don't, but I just feel total apathy at the inept performances, the shockingly poor substitutions, the growing comedy value of Chelsea Football Club to our nearest and most hated rivals and the obvious, total lack of real tactics or a Plan B (is there even a Plan A ??) and lack of Atmosphere at the Bridge. I have read numerous times, people saying "It doesn't feel like my club any more" and that sums it up for me too. It always felt that someone in the higher echelons of the Club really cared about me and people like me. The Mears Family, Ken Bates, Roman Abramovic and Bruce Buck were CHELSEA people, but this has now ended and we are left with a bunch of Investors amateurly lead by the Talking Head Todd Boehly who has surrounded himself with ex-Brighton people of a very low calibre. Sorry, but I fear it is going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better. Oh and PS, Pochettino has to go 😉

It is quite possible that this is all that Clearlake are bothered about. Another Season in the Premier League, with numerous millions £ in TV revenue. There doesn't seem to be any real ambition for more, which is just as well, as with Pochettino as Coach/Manager, they won't be getting more 🤬🤬